Best innovative fine dining in Kumamoto
3 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000
The highest-rated innovative fine dining in Kumamoto on Tabelog are .know, if, and Japanese cuisine Nihon Ryouri Yuu.
Ranked list
In our order: Tabelog rating, awards and ease of booking. Restaurant data checked November 2026. None of these 3 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
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
- 3
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 3 innovative restaurants in Kumamoto in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. All 3 are in the ¥15,000–19,999 band. 1 has won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list.
None of these list an online booking service, so book by phone (usually in Japanese) or through your hotel concierge. All of them accept credit cards. 1 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 3 innovative restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥19,999 per person: 3 at ¥15,000–19,999, by Tabelog's dinner budgets.
Which innovative restaurants in Kumamoto have won awards?
.know has 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.