Best kaiseki in Nara
24 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000
The highest-rated kaiseki in Nara on Tabelog are Nara Nikon, Tsukumo, and Gen, and a typical dinner costs about ¥22,000 per person.
Our analysis of these 24
- ¥18,150median cheapest dinner course (17 of 24)
- 25%book online in English (6)
- ¥10,300median lunch course (14)
1Nara Nikon¥20,000–29,999 ★★
2Tsukumo¥20,000–29,999 ★★
3Gen¥15,000–19,999
4Oryori Hirooka¥15,000–19,999 ★
5Okada¥20,000–29,999 ★
At the 17 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥18,150, about the same as the ¥17,200 median of all 2,736 kaiseki restaurants in Japan; the lowest is ¥12,100 at Koikiryori Aji Manso.
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. 6 of these 24 take bookings online.
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- 1
Nara Nikon奈良 而今
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 6 min walk from Nara Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Bronze百名店2025- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 4.24
- 2
Tsukumo白
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 14 min walk from Kyōbate Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Bronze百名店2025- Cards accepted
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Mondays
- ¥27,500 Tasting menu (Kaiseki)」
- ¥27,500 Omakase course
- ¥40,000 Tasting menu (Kaiseki)」
- +1 more · per person
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 4.05
- 3
Gen玄
Soba, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 15 min walk from Kyōbate Station
Michelin Guide2026百名店2025- Cash only
- No children
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
- ¥18,150 Dinner course
- per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Lunch ¥2,000–2,999
Tabelog 4.03
- 4
Oryori Hirookaお料理 ひろ岡
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 7 min walk from Nara Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star- Online booking
- Cards accepted
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Wheelchair access
- Closed Wednesdays
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 3.83
- 5
Okadaおか田
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 9 min walk from Nara Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star- UnionPay
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
- ¥20,570 Omakase Course
- per person, tax incl. · 13% above the list median
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.81
- 6
Tsuru Yoshiつる由
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 11 min walk from Nara Station
2026Bronze百名店2025- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays
- ¥14,300 Course
- ¥16,500 Course
- ¥22,000 Course
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 21% below the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.78
- 7
Aji no Kaze Nishimura味の風 にしむら
Kaiseki, Sakurai, 10 min walk from Sakurai Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star- Online booking
- Cash only
- Counter seats
- ¥13,200 Course
- ¥6,600 Lunch course
- per person, tax incl. · 27% below the list median
Lunch ¥6,000–7,999
Tabelog 3.77
- 8
Hoshinoほしの
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 16 min walk from Kyōbate Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star- Counter seats
- Closed Wednesdays and Thursdays
- ¥25,300 Course
- ¥25,300 Course
- per person, tax incl. · 39% above the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.67
- 9
Restaurant Suiyoレストラン 翠葉
Innovative, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 12 min walk from Nara Station
- English menu
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- ¥22,770 3rd Anniversary Celebration D…
- ¥22,770 <One Drink Service> Dinner Co…
- ¥7,590 3rd Anniversary Celebration L…
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.59
- 10
Musoan夢窓庵
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 12 min walk from Nara Station
Michelin Guide2026- Private rooms
- Closed Mondays
- ¥15,730 Dinner course
- ¥18,150 Dinner course
- ¥24,200 Dinner course
- +2 more · per person, tax incl. · 13% below the list median
Lunch ¥6,000–7,999
Tabelog 3.60
- 11
Azekura
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 10 min walk from Shin-Ōmiya Station
- English menu
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.57
- 12
Ryotei Kikusuiro料亭菊水楼
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 11 min walk from Nara Station
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- ¥22,000 Course
- ¥22,000 Dinner course
- ¥26,400 Course
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 21% above the list median
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 3.59
- 13
TERRACE WakakusayamaTERRACE 若草山
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, near Kintetsu Nara Station
- UnionPay
- English menu
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Wheelchair access
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥3,500 Dinner Children's Course (up…
- ¥13,500 Dinner A Course Featuring the…
- ¥16,000 Generously Crafted Combinatio…
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 26% below the list median
Tabelog 3.51
- 14
Gokan Uogin五感 魚銀
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 7 min walk from Shin-Ōmiya Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays
- ¥24,200 Course
- per person, tax incl. · 33% above the list median
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 3.53
- 15
Oryori Kotan枯淡
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 2 min walk from Shin-Ōmiya Station
Michelin Guide2026- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Tabelog 3.55
- 16
Hyakuraku So百楽荘
Kaiseki, Gakuenmae Area, 7 min walk from Tomio Station
- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Closed Wednesdays
- ¥14,850 Course
- ¥14,850 Course
- ¥16,500 Course
- +5 more · per person, tax incl. · 18% below the list median
Lunch ¥4,000–4,999
Tabelog 3.40
- 17
Wa Asuka和 あすか
Kaiseki, Gakuenmae Area, 5 min walk from Tomio Station
Michelin Guide2026- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Wednesdays
- ¥13,200 Dinner Chef's Omakase Kaiseki…
- ¥5,500 Mini Kaiseki Course for Lunch…
- ¥13,200 Lunch Omakase Kaiseki Course…
- per person, tax incl. · 27% below the list median
Lunch ¥6,000–7,999
Tabelog 3.18
- 18
Oryori Hanagaki花垣
Kaiseki, Gakuenmae Area, 10 min walk from Gakuen-mae Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- ¥33,000 Course
- ¥72,600 Course
- ¥96,800 Course
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 82% above the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.08
- 19
Nishiyamato Saeki西大和 さえき
Kaiseki, Kashiba & Oji, 7 min walk from Ōwada Station
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Wheelchair access
- Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- ¥14,520 Course
- ¥20,570 Course
- ¥21,780 Course
- +4 more · per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.09
- 20
Koikiryori Aji Manso小粋料理 万惣
Kaiseki, Gakuenmae Area, 21 min walk from Gakuen-mae Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star- ¥12,100 Dinner course
- ¥18,150 Dinner course
- ¥24,200 Dinner course
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 33% below the list median
Lunch ¥6,000–7,999
Tabelog 3.08
- 21
Sushi & Bar Shosou鮨&バー 正倉
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 12 min walk from Nara Station
- Cards accepted
- Counter seats
- ¥24,730 Course
- ¥29,095 Course
- per person, tax incl. · 36% above the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.08
- 22
Ryotei Jusoya旅亭 十三屋
Kaiseki, Ikaruga Area (Ikoma-gun), near Shigisanshita Station
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Wheelchair access
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.07
- 23
Gibier Idaじびえ井田
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 9 min walk from Nara Station
Michelin Guide2026- Counter seats
- Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- ¥25,000 Dinner course
- per person, tax incl. · 38% above the list median
Tabelog 3.06
- 24
Japanese cuisine Komasaka日本料理 駒阪
Kaiseki, Nara & Saidaiji Area, 12 min walk from Kyōbate Station
- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Closed Tuesdays
- ¥16,000 Dinner Kaiseki
- ¥19,800 Dinner Kaiseki
- ¥7,700 Lunch Kaiseki
- per person, tax incl. · 12% below the list median
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.01
How to book these 24, and what they charge
17 of these 24 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 14 publish a lunch course, at a median of ¥10,300 (43% below the dinner median). 6 can be booked online in English, 14 online in Japanese only and 4 by phone only. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (18, in Japanese), OMAKASE (4), TableCheck (2), Gurunavi (1, in Japanese).
| Booking | Language | Restaurants | Least expensive dinner course |
|---|---|---|---|
| OMAKASE | English | 4 | ¥13,200 · Aji no Kaze Nishimura |
| TableCheck | English | 2 | ¥13,500 · TERRACE Wakakusayama |
| Ikyu Restaurant | Japanese only | 18 | ¥12,100 · Koikiryori Aji Manso |
| Gurunavi | Japanese only | 1 | — |
| By phone only | — | 4 | — |
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 kaiseki in Nara
There are 24 kaiseki restaurants in Nara in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. By dinner price, 11 at ¥15,000–19,999 and 13 at ¥20,000–29,999. 4 have won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list. The neighborhoods with the most are Nara & Saidaiji Area (17), Gakuenmae Area (4), Sakurai (1), and Kashiba & Oji (1).
6 of the 24 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. 22 accept credit cards. 1 do not admit young children, while 11 say children are welcome. 21 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.
Questions visitors ask
How much does high-end kaiseki cost in Nara?
Dinner at the 24 kaiseki restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥29,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥22,000: 11 at ¥15,000–19,999 and 13 at ¥20,000–29,999, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 17 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥18,150.
Which kaiseki restaurants in Nara have won awards?
Nara Nikon, Tsukumo, Gen, and Tsuru Yoshi have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.
Can I book kaiseki in Nara online?
Yes for 6 of the 24: they can be booked online in English, most through OMAKASE (4) and TableCheck (2). 14 more take online bookings in Japanese only. 4 take bookings by phone only, often in Japanese; a hotel concierge can call.
Are children allowed at high-end kaiseki restaurants in Nara?
It depends on the restaurant: 11 say children are welcome and 1 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.