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Highest published rating first. Restaurants without ratings retain their guide order and appear last.
A curated selection from the MICHELIN Guide, covering starred dining, Bib Gourmand value picks, and selected restaurants. Each card links to its recognition. Dollar signs are the guide’s price ranges. Checked Oct 19, 2026.
MICHELIN Guide Selected Restaurant; current guide page verifiedLe Cadeau — operator photoJingu-MarutamachiFrench
Modern French courses beside the Kamo River, with published lunch, dinner and late-night dessert menus.
Tax included; add10%service. Daily ingredients change.
1F MicMac Building, 541-25 Suemarucho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
MICHELIN Guide Selected Restaurant; current branch verifiedL’aparté — operator photoGojo / NishiwakamatsuchoFrench
French counter dining in a Kyoto townhouse, with bouillabaisse-led Heritage and seasonal Aparté courses.
Tax included; booking system says service extra but does not publish a percentage. Heritage main is fish bouillabaisse. Expired¥13,000MenuAparte ended October31,2024and is excluded.
247-3 Nishiwakamatsucho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
MICHELIN Guide Selected Restaurant; current branch verifiedLuca — operator photoKawaramachi / TakamiyachoFrench
Seasonal French tasting courses by Takuya Kuwahara, with published black-Wagyu upgrades and advance-booked wine pairings.
Expired Champagne lunch ended October14; solo dinner ended September30; anniversary and restaurant-week packages with passed dates are excluded.
2F Wakaba Building, 585 Takamiyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
MICHELIN Guide Selected Restaurant; no unsupported star claimVena / MICHELIN GuideMarutamachi / KagamiyachoItalian
Seasonal Italian courses and sommelier-selected mature wines at an intimate Marutamachi counter.
All published amounts include tax and service. No a la carte prices published.
46-3 Kagamiyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
MICHELIN Guide Selected Restaurant; operator reports Tabelog Award2026BronzeRADICE — operator photoMarutamachi / KagamiyachoItalian
Italian omakase at a renovated Kyoto counter, with a published panzerotti-led course structure and five- or eight-wine pairings.
Current menu image and booking agree on¥19,800; stale meta-description¥16,500is excluded. Ordinary pairing courses are not dated Specials.
50 Kagamiyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto