Best innovative fine dining in Kumamoto
4 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000
The highest-rated innovative fine dining in Kumamoto on Tabelog are .know, HanaKomachi, and if.
Ranked list
In our order: Tabelog rating, awards and ease of booking. Restaurant data checked November 2026. 1 of these 4 take bookings online.
- 1
.know
Innovative, Kumamoto, 3 min walk from Gionbashi Station
百名店2025- Cards accepted
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Tabelog 3.83
- 2
HanaKomachi花小町
Innovative, Koshi, Ueki & Otsu, near Ueki Station
百名店2025- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Closed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
- ¥11,000 Omakase Course
- ¥16,500 Omakase Course
- ¥6,600 Lunch Only Omakase Course
- per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.70
- 3
if
French, Kumamoto, 3 min walk from Fujisakigumae Station
- English menu
- Counter seats
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Tabelog 3.52
- 4
Japanese cuisine Nihon Ryouri Yuu日本料理 人有
Kaiseki, Kumamoto, 12 min walk from Misotenjin-mae Station
- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Wednesdays
- ¥15,000 Dinner Course
- ¥6,000 Lunch Course
- per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
About innovative fine dining in Kumamoto
There are 4 innovative restaurants in Kumamoto in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. All 4 are in the ¥15,000–19,999 band. 2 have won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list. The neighborhoods with the most are Kumamoto (3) and Koshi, Ueki & Otsu (1).
1 of the 4 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. All of them accept credit cards. 2 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.
Questions visitors ask
How much does high-end innovative fine dining cost in Kumamoto?
Dinner at the 4 innovative restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥19,999 per person: 4 at ¥15,000–19,999, by Tabelog's dinner budgets.
Which innovative restaurants in Kumamoto have won awards?
.know and HanaKomachi have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.
Are children allowed at high-end innovative fine dining restaurants in Kumamoto?
It depends on the restaurant: 1 say children are welcome and 0 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.