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Hyotei Frommer's Exceptional

35 Kusakawa-cho, Kyoto

Frommer's ReviewMap It
Cuisine Kaiseki, Obento
Hours Kaiseki daily 11am-7:30pm; shokado bento Fri-Wed noon-4pm
Location Nanzenji. West of Shirakawa Dori and south of Murin-an; look for a plain facade hidden behind a bamboo fence with a sign shaped like a gourd, Eastern Kyoto
Transportation Subway: Keage (5 min.). Bus: 5 or 100 to Dobutsuen-mae (3 min.)
Reservations Reservations required for kaiseki, recommended for obento
Phone 075/771-4116
Prices Kaiseki lunches from ¥23,000, dinners from ¥27,000; obento ¥5,000
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V
Closed Closed the 2nd and 4th Tues of each month

Hyotei Review

This 300-year-old restaurant first opened its doors as a teahouse to serve pilgrims and visitors on their way to Nanzenji Temple. Today it consists of two parts: one that offers expensive Kyo-kaiseki, which originated with the tea ceremony but is now associated with Kyoto cooking, and an annex offering seasonal obento lunch boxes. The kaiseki meals are served in separate tiny houses situated around a beautiful garden with a pond, maple trees, and bushes; the oldest house, which resembles a small teahouse, is more than 3 centuries old. You'll dine seated on a tatami floor in a private room, the food brought to you by kimono-clad women. The bekkan (annex), to the left of the kaiseki restaurant and with its own entrance, serves delicious shokado bento (lunch boxes), which change with the season and are served in a communal tatami room with views of a garden.

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