*POST UPDATED OCTOBER 2026.
Hi, sweet friends! I hope this post finds you well! I’m here today to share, if I may say so, an exceptionally exciting post: A Food & Drink Guide to Kyoto, Japan! It’s the companion piece of sorts to last week’s post — Four Days in Kyoto, Japan — and it deals exclusively with all things edible and delicious! In all of my twelve years as a blogger, the last eight of which I have been sharing travel content, I have never once shared a travel guide solely dedicated to food. I suppose there’s a first time for everything — because I foresee a lot of potential for these in our future! Whenever Husband and I are setting off on a new adventure somewhere, most of my pre-trip planning is spent researching restaurants, snack-spots, and classy rooftop cocktail bars; it’s about time that was reflected here on the blog! Shall we?
As you might have assumed, there are a lot of recommendations listed below. For ease, I’ve divided everything into categories, with the main ones being where we had coffee / where we ate / where we drank. Naturally, the where we ate category is further broken down into pastries / breakfast / lunch / dinner / ice-cream; while the where we drank category is divided into beer and cocktails. You get the gist: heaps of delicious food and drink spots listed below.
Hope you don’t plan on reading on an empty stomach!
where we had coffee
DUNSTAN COFFEE ROASTERS // a very cute coffee shop! One of the few places in Japan we stopped into solely for the purpose of drinking coffee, and we really enjoyed it! We had an americano each and it was great: strong, hot, punchy. The cafe itself was also very cute, with a nice communal table, plants, magazines, and an exceptionally chill vibe. Added bonus: this spot is a quick 1-minute walk away from MASH, below! Would recommend. Address: 600-8401 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Torocho, 559-2 Ragusa東洞院高辻 1階
