Best innovative fine dining in Kobe
21 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000
The highest-rated innovative fine dining in Kobe on Tabelog are Cà sento, Aspirant, and Espice, and a typical dinner costs about ¥22,000 per person.
Our analysis of these 21
- ¥13,500median cheapest dinner course (10 of 21)
- 19%book online in English (4)
- ¥10,700median lunch course (8)
1Cà sento¥30,000–39,999
2Espice¥20,000–29,999
3Aspirant¥30,000–39,999
4erre¥15,000–19,999
5Fusible¥20,000–29,999
At the 10 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥13,500, about the same as the ¥13,900 median of all 27 innovative restaurants in Kobe & Hyogo; the lowest is ¥11,000 at Espice.
Counted 5 November 2026 from Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge and restaurant websites. Booking services ↓ · How we count
Ranked list
In our order: Tabelog rating, awards and ease of booking. Restaurant data checked November 2026. 4 of these 21 take bookings online.
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- 1
Cà sentoカセント
Innovative, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 7 min walk from Kenchōmae Station
2026Bronze百名店2025- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 4.30
- 2
Espiceエスピス
French, Sannomiya, 5 min walk from Sannomiya Station
百名店2025- English-speaking staff
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Wheelchair access
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥11,000 10th Anniversary Special Cour…
- ¥44,000 SP Caviar Course
- ¥15,400 Omakase Course (Only for Lunc…
- +3 more · per person, tax incl. · 19% below the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 4.02
- 3
Aspirant
French, Sannomiya, 8 min walk from Sannomiya Station
2026Bronze- Cards accepted
- Counter seats
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.04
- 4
erre
Innovative, Sannomiya, 8 min walk from Sannomiya Station
百名店2025- Private rooms
- Closed Tuesdays
- ¥16,500 ◉Special Dinner Course (Servi…
- ¥25,000 ◉Special Dinner Course + Wine…
- ¥11,000 Special Lunch Course
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 22% above the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.77
- 5
Fusible
Innovative, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 3 min walk from Kenchōmae Station
百名店2025- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Closed Mondays, Tuesdays, and Sundays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.73
- 6
yokoyama
Innovative, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 5 min walk from Kenchōmae Station
百名店2025- Counter seats
- ¥15,000 Course Seats from 20:30
- ¥13,000 Lunch Course
- ¥15,000 Course available during lunch…
- per person, tax incl. · 11% above the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.76
- 7
Japanese cuisine Jusan Kura日本料理 十三蔵
Kaiseki, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 7 min walk from Sannomiya Station
- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- ¥6,600 Seasonal dishes in a private…
- ¥8,800 Seasonal dishes in a private…
- ¥11,000 Seasonal Dishes in a Private…
- +7 more · per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥6,000–7,999
Tabelog 3.65
- 8
Recette
French, Sannomiya, 9 min walk from Sannomiya Station
百名店2021- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Wheelchair access
- Closed Mondays
- ¥6,600 ―◇― Short Course: Enjoy an El…
- ¥12,100 ―◇― "Dinner" Short Course wit…
- ¥16,500 ―◇― "Dinner" Recommended for…
- +5 more · per person, tax incl. · 10% below the list median
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.60
- 9
China Bistro EVOLVEチャイナビストロ EVOLVE
Chinese, Sannomiya, 6 min walk from Sannomiya Station
百名店2023- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Wheelchair access
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
- ¥13,200 Dinner course
- ¥20,900 Dinner course
- per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Tabelog 3.60
- 10
Niku Specialite Carma
Wagyu, Sannomiya, 5 min walk from Kobe-Sannomiya Station
- Counter seats
- ¥13,500 Shizuku | Dinner Encounter wi…
- ¥20,000 Aoi | Dinner Essence of Kobe…
- ¥30,000 Kami | Dinner Kobe Beef Pinna…
- +3 more · per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.59
- 11
Riviere Carreリヴィエール キャレ
French, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 5 min walk from Tachibana Station
- Ages 10+
- Closed Mondays
- ¥15,015 熊本県産 褐毛和牛サーロインへ変更したコース
- per person
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 3.39
- 12
Koba
French, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 5 min walk from Tachibana Station
- Cash only
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.29
- 13
Gize祇是
Innovative, Kitano, Shin-Kobe & Nada Area, 5 min walk from Shin-Kobe Station
- English-speaking staff
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥22,000 Dinner Course Featuring 8 Pie…
- ¥8,800 Lunch Course Featuring 4 Piec…
- per person, tax incl. · 63% above the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.15
- 14
Yamagoya
Innovative, Sannomiya, 2 min walk from Sannomiya Station
- UnionPay
- Online booking
- Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- ¥19,800 Dinner Course featuring Amuse…
- ¥38,500 Anniversary Course - A specia…
- ¥8,415 Lunch Menu ◇ 4-Person Plan -…
- +2 more · per person, tax incl. · 33% above the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.09
- 15
Momoya百屋
Kaiseki, Sannomiya, 2 min walk from Sannomiya Station
- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- ¥6,050 Dinner course
- ¥12,100 Dinner course
- ¥15,730 Dinner course
- +4 more · per person, tax incl. · 10% below the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.13
- 16
a Tempo Kobe sumiyoshia Tempo 神戸住吉
Italian, Sumiyoshi & Mikage, 4 min walk from Sumiyoshi Station
- UnionPay
- English-speaking staff
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Wheelchair access
- Closed Tuesdays
- ¥11,000 Omakase Course
- per person, tax incl. · 19% below the list median
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.08
- 17
Oryori Umi御料理 うみ
Innovative, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 7 min walk from Tachibana Station
- Counter seats
- Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Tabelog 3.09
- 18
Kobe Tonbo神戸とんぼ
Steak, Motomachi & Harborland Area, 3 min walk from Kōsoku Kōbe Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Wheelchair access
- ¥13,860 Chef's Recommended Premium A5…
- ¥16,730 Kobe Beef Dinner Course
- ¥21,500 Chef's Recommended Premium A5…
- +7 more · per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.07
- 19
Kisetsu Ryori Shiosai季節料理 汐彩
Kaiseki, Sannomiya, 1 min walk from Sannomiya Station
- Private rooms
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Lunch ¥5,000–5,999
Tabelog 3.06
- 20
n/a
Innovative, Sannomiya
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Tabelog 3.04
- 21
Doro to Hasu泥と蓮
Kaiseki, Sannomiya, 5 min walk from Sannomiya Station
- Private rooms
- Closed Mondays
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
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How to book these 21, and what they charge
10 of these 21 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 8 publish a lunch course, at a median of ¥10,700 (21% below the dinner median). 4 can be booked online in English, 10 online in Japanese only, 6 by phone only and 1 publishes neither a phone number nor online booking. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (11, in Japanese), TableCheck (4), the restaurant's booking form (1, in Japanese).
| Booking | Language | Restaurants | Least expensive dinner course |
|---|---|---|---|
| TableCheck | English | 4 | ¥11,000 · Espice |
| Ikyu Restaurant | Japanese only | 11 | ¥11,000 · Espice |
| the restaurant's booking form | Japanese only | 1 | — |
| By phone only | — | 6 | — |
| No phone or online booking published | — | 1 | — |
Each restaurant counted once for every service it takes bookings through; the least expensive dinner course is the lowest among the restaurants that service covers, as published on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or the restaurant's website.
About innovative fine dining in Kobe
There are 21 innovative restaurants in Kobe in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. By dinner price, 13 at ¥15,000–19,999, 5 at ¥20,000–29,999, and 3 at ¥30,000–39,999. 8 have won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list, including 1 Gold winner. That is about the same as the Hyogo average of about ¥22,000 for innovative fine dining. Most are closest to Sannomiya (10), Tachibana (3), and Kenchōmae (3) stations.
4 of the 21 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. 20 accept credit cards. 1 do not admit young children, while 7 say children are welcome. 17 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.
Questions visitors ask
How much does high-end innovative fine dining cost in Kobe?
Dinner at the 21 innovative restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥39,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥22,000: 13 at ¥15,000–19,999, 5 at ¥20,000–29,999, and 3 at ¥30,000–39,999, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 10 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥13,500.
Which innovative restaurants in Kobe have won awards?
Cà sento, Espice, Aspirant, erre, Fusible, and yokoyama, among 8 in total, have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.
Can I book innovative fine dining in Kobe online?
Yes for 4 of the 21: they can be booked online in English, most through TableCheck (4). 10 more take online bookings in Japanese only. 6 take bookings by phone only, often in Japanese; a hotel concierge can call.
Are children allowed at high-end innovative fine dining restaurants in Kobe?
It depends on the restaurant: 7 say children are welcome and 1 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.