Contemporary Restaurants in Kyoto

The city of Kyoto features many restaurants serving international cuisine including continental, English and western. The Contemporary Restaurants in Kyoto offers a wide array of delectable dishes and sumptuous spread along with world class drinks and cocktails.

Kyoto provides traditional cuisine which distinguishes itself in its use of fresh seasonal elements and delicate flavour. The food is not only mouth-watering it is served with lot of love and care. In addition, the city offers a number of different styles of cuisine uniquely and exotically its own.
Contemporary food is famous among the young college going crowd as well as foreigners in Kyoto. There are Contemporary restaurants in Kyoto which offer sumptuous meal.

The Contemporary restaurants are:
Agatha

Agatha has been serving up delicious charcoal grills since 1980 from its central downtown location in the heart of Kyoto's entertainment district. Agatha has a full English menu and you can choose a la carte or try a dinner set which include an appetizer, salad and grilled chicken in various forms including the popular chicken with plum sauce. There is also a full drink menu, including draught beer and wines.

Cafe Independants

This is a darkish, subterranean place with occasional live performances catering to a young clientele who enjoy the low prices and underground feel that it projects. The bar is located in the basement the old Mainichi Newspaper building.

The River Oriental

The River Oriental, situated right on the Kamo River, south of Shijo on Kiyamachi, is an impressive new development combining the best of old and new. The stunning three-story construction consists of a complete refurbishment of a traditional Japanese ryokan or inn and the addition of a modern European-style annex. The imaginative menu is inspired by South East Asian cuisine with a distinct Japanese lightness of flavorings.

Eitaroya

Eitaroya is an izakaya, a traditional mix of bar and restaurant where you can drink and order a wide selection of small dishes in a relaxed atmosphere complete with soothing background music.

Itadori

Located in a recently renovated two-story traditional townhouse (machiya), Itadori serves Kyoto cuisine with a modern touch.

There are other restaurants also like Sesamo Restaurant, Zac Baran 1, Zac Baran 2, Tavetarina, Malt's Club, Rumiyuka, Tsubohachi, and Hamac de Paradis.