9 editor picks in Kyoto.
Food experience in Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Kimono Tea Ceremony at Kyoto Maikoya, Karasuma Shijo
9 of these places are in Karasuma and Kawaramachi
Kyoto drinks quietly, in small rooms behind plain doors. Bar Rocking Chair and Bee's Knees Kyoto lead the classic-cocktail end around Karasuma-Kawaramachi, while hotel rooms like Stilllife at Ace Hotel Kyoto and the Ritz-Carlton Bar offer a more polished setting. For beer there is Yamabuki Craft Beer Bar and Kyoto Beer Lab Tap Room, rounding out a compact but varied scene.
9 cocktail bar places in Kyoto we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Kyoto · Cocktail Bar across every city.
Drink Smoked old fashioned
A speakeasy cocktail bar in a Nakagyo machiya in Kyoto, opened by ex-Saint Germain bartender Yamada-san.
Drink Cocktails with local spirits
A Prohibition-styled speakeasy bar in Nakagyo Kyoto, hidden behind a yellow 'Book Store' door.
Drink Yuzu Negroni
Ace Hotel Kyoto's lobby bar inside the Shin-Puh-Kan complex.
Drink Kyoto Sour
The bar at the Ritz-Carlton Kyoto on the Kamogawa, glass-walled toward the river.
Drink Local-craft tap flight with artisanal sake
A two-story bar in a Karasuma-Oike machiya in Kyoto serving craft beer and artisanal sake side by side.
Drink Japanese craft beer tap
A 10-tap craft-beer bar in a Shijo-Horikawa machiya in Kyoto.
Drink House IPA
The on-brewery tap room of Kyoto Beer Lab on the Takase-gawa in Shimogyo.
Try Cocktails with local spirits
A Prohibition-styled speakeasy in Nakagyo Kyoto open until 02:00.
Try Smoked old fashioned
Bar Rocking Chair's late-night cocktail counter in Nakagyo, Kyoto, open until 02:00.
