Ito

Name: Ito
Address: 307 Higashiyama-ku Kyoto, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama, Kyoto, 605-0000, JP
Telephone: +81-90-2043-2021
Price range: ¥20,000–29,999

いとう

French in Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama, Kyoto, 6 min walk from Higashiyama Station

百名店2025

Our analysis

#3of 23 French restaurants in Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama
¥15,000least expensive dinner course; median ¥19,800
3×Tabelog 100
Japaneseonline booking only

Dinner ¥20,000–29,999Closed MondaysBook by phone

Inside

Photos from the restaurant's pages on Tabelog and Ikyu

All 15 photos, by dishes, the room and the entrance

Dishes 11

Ito: a course (photo 13 from the restaurant)

Ito: a course (photo 14 from the restaurant)

Ito: a course (photo 15 from the restaurant)

Inside 4

Ito: the dining room (photo 10, Tabelog)

Ito: the dining room (photo 11, Tabelog)

Ito: the dining room (photo 12, Tabelog)

In our ranking, Ito is 3rd of the 23 French restaurants in Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama and 14th of 63 in Kyoto. Its least expensive dinner course is ¥15,000 (on Ikyu), 24% below the ¥19,800 median of the 21 French restaurants in Kyoto ranked nearest to it; at lunch, ¥6,000 (on Ikyu) is 50% below the ¥12,000 median of 21. Its record: Tabelog 100 in 2021, 2023, and 2025. It takes bookings online only in Japanese, on Ikyu Restaurant; 32 of the 63 French restaurants in Kyoto can be booked online in English. Good for a less expensive lunch (from ¥6,000, 60% below its least expensive dinner course).

How we analyze restaurants

How it compares

French restaurants in Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama with a dinner budget close to its own, nearest to it in our ranking.

Restaurant	Rank in Kyoto	Dinner from	Lunch from	Booking	Awards	Walk	Closed
Shimmonzen Yonemura	#4	budget ¥20,000–29,999	¥15,000	Online in English (OMAKASE)	★ · Bronze 2026 · Tabelog 100 2025	7 min, Sanjō Keihan	Tue, Wed
Yamaji Yosuke	#6	¥10,000	¥6,800	Online in English (TableCheck)	Bronze 2020 · Tabelog 100 2025	6 min, Gion-shijo	—
Ito	#14	¥15,000	¥6,000	Online, Japanese only	Tabelog 100 2025	6 min, Higashiyama	Mon
Gion 245	#16	¥15,000	—	Online, Japanese only	Tabelog 100 2025	6 min, Sanjō Keihan	—
Restaurant Hiramatsu Kodaiji	#17	¥18,150	¥9,680	Online in English (Pocket Concierge)	★	15 min, Gion-shijo	Mon
Le Chene	#19	¥20,570	¥12,100	Online in English (Pocket Concierge)	—	10 min, Gion-shijo	—

For international visitors

Book through a concierge

No online booking in English and no menu or staff in English are listed. A hotel concierge can book for you.

Menu	Not listed
Staff	Not listed
Payment

How to book Ito

The restaurant also takes online bookings in Japanese through Ikyu Restaurant.
Call 090-2043-2021 (+81-90-2043-2021 from outside Japan). Staff may speak only Japanese, so a hotel concierge can call for you.

Reservations: required. Walk-ins are not accepted.

Can't get a table? French restaurants nearby you can book online

Courses and prices

As the restaurant sells them on Ikyu (一休.com), a Japanese booking site: names and menus as written there. Prices are per person and include tax and service. Book on Ikyu (in Japanese)

Lunch course
【ショートコース】前菜、スープ、メイン、デザートの全4品
Lunch · 4 dishes · 2–8 guests
- Seasonal ingredients
What is served (5)（menu in Japanese）
1. 季節のオードブル
2. スープ
3. その日おまかせのメイン料理
4. デザート
5. 宇治ほうじ茶
¥6,000
per person, tax & service incl., ≈$40
Cheapest
Lunch course
【Xmas2026】クリスマス限定特別ランチ
Lunch · 2–8 guests
¥8,250
per person, tax & service incl., ≈$60
¥2,250 more than the one above
Lunch course
京野菜をふんだんに使った前菜、魚＆肉のWメインなど全6品
Lunch · 6 dishes · 2–8 guests
- Seasonal ingredients
What is served (6)（menu in Japanese）
1. アミューズ
2. 季節のオードブル2品
3. その日お勧めのメイン料理（お魚料理）
4. その日お勧めのメイン料理（お肉料理）
5. デザートもしくはチーズ
6. 宇治ほうじ茶
¥8,500
per person, tax & service incl., ≈$60
¥250 more than the one above
Dinner course
魚＆肉のWメイン、季節の前菜など全6品
Dinner · 6 dishes · 1–8 guests
- Seasonal ingredients
What is served (6)（menu in Japanese）
1. アミューズ
2. 季節のオードブル2品
3. その日お勧めのメイン料理（お魚料理）
4. その日お勧めのメイン料理（お肉料理）
5. デザートもしくはチーズ
6. 宇治ほうじ茶
¥15,000
per person, tax & service incl., ≈$100
¥6,500 more than the one above
Dinner course
【Xmas2026】クリスマス限定特別コース
Dinner · 2–8 guests
¥16,500
per person, tax & service incl., ≈$110
¥1,500 more than the one above
Dinner course
【こだわりコース】ご希望に合わせたお料理をご用意
Dinner · 1–8 guests
- Seasonal ingredients
What is served (7)（menu in Japanese）
1. アミューズ
2. 季節のオードブル2品
3. 当店のスペシャリテのオードブル
4. その日お勧めのメイン料理（お魚料理）
5. その日お勧めのメイン料理（お肉料理）
6. デザートもしくはチーズ
7. 宇治ほうじ茶
¥20,000
per person, tax & service incl., ≈$130
¥3,500 more than the one above

The food

Photos from the restaurant's page on Tabelog.

Prices

Dinner	¥20,000–29,999 per person
Lunch	¥10,000–14,999 per person
Diners report spending	¥15,000–19,999 at dinner, ¥10,000–14,999 at lunch
Credit cards
Electronic money	Not accepted

Opening hours

Monday	Closed
Tuesday	12:00–13:30, 17:00–22:00
Wednesday	12:00–13:30, 17:00–22:00
Thursday	12:00–13:30, 17:00–22:00
Friday	12:00–13:30, 17:00–22:00
Saturday	11:30–13:00, 17:00–22:00
Sunday	11:30–13:00, 17:00–22:00

Seats and rooms

Inside

The dining room, in photos from the restaurant's page on Tabelog.

Seats	10
Private rooms	No
Private hire	Possible
Largest group	10 people
Smoking	Non smoking
Setting	Hideout, Relaxing space
Drinks	Particular about wine

Getting there

6 min walk (490 m) from Higashiyama Station, Exit 1.

Also near: Sanjō Keihan: 7 min · Sanjo: 7 min

Leave Higashiyama Station by Exit 1 and walk east for 20 m.
Turn right at Tassel Hotel Sanjo Shirakawa and walk 20 m.
Turn left at Tassel Hotel Sanjo Shirakawa and walk 370 m.
Bear right onto Furumonzen-dori and walk 70 m.
Ito is on your left.
On your left
Look for
いとう
The restaurant's name, as on its sign

Show this to a taxi driver

いとう京都府京都市東山区古門前通石橋町307

The address in Japanese, as drivers enter it

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Location

Address	307 Higashiyama-ku Kyoto, Kyoto 605-0000
Stations	Higashiyama, 360 m, about 6 min walk Sanjō Keihan, 440 m, about 7 min walk Sanjo, 540 m, about 9 min walk
Directions	344 meters from Higashiyama.