Nishino

Name: Nishino
Address: 36-16 Saiinkitayakakecho Ukyo-ku Kyoto, Saiin & Katsura, Kyoto, 615-0026, JP
Price range: ¥15,000–19,999

にし野

Yakitori in Saiin & Katsura, Kyoto, 3 min walk from Saiin Station

百名店2025

Our analysis

#3of 13 yakitori restaurants in Kyoto
55%of high-end restaurants in Kyoto have a higher dinner budget
3×Tabelog 100
Nonepublic phone or online booking

Dinner ¥15,000–19,999Closed Wednesdays and Sundays

Inside

Photos from the restaurant's page on Tabelog

All 11 photos, by dishes, the room and the entrance

Dishes 7

Inside 4

Nishino: the dining room (photo 8, Tabelog)

Nishino: the dining room (photo 9, Tabelog)

Nishino: the dining room (photo 10, Tabelog)

Nishino: the dining room (photo 11, Tabelog)

In our ranking, Nishino is 3rd of the 13 yakitori restaurants in Kyoto. Its dinner budget on Tabelog (¥15,000–19,999) is lower than that of 55% of the high-end restaurants in Kyoto in this guide. Its record: Tabelog 100 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. It lists no phone number and no online booking; 5 of the 13 yakitori restaurants in Kyoto can be booked online in English. Good for a late dinner (open until 23:00).

How we analyze restaurants

How it compares

Yakitori restaurants in Kyoto City 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
Tori Saki	#1	budget ¥15,000–19,999	—	Online, Japanese only	★ · Bronze 2026 · Tabelog 100 2025	4 min, Karasuma Oike	Sun
Yakitori Kyoto Tachibana	#2	budget ¥15,000–19,999	—	Online in English (TableCheck)	Tabelog 100 2025	3 min, Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae	Mon
Nishino	#3	budget ¥15,000–19,999	—	No public phone or online	Tabelog 100 2025	3 min, Saiin	Wed, Sun
Tori Kago	#4	¥17,000	—	Online, Japanese only	Tabelog 100 2025	3 min, Ōmiya	—
Torino Koji Yamagishi	#5	¥13,200	—	Online, Japanese only	—	1 min, Shijō	—
wabiya	#6	¥15,000	—	Online in English (TableCheck)	—	4 min, Shijō	Mon, Sun

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 Nishino

Nishino publishes no phone number and lists no online booking service, which usually means its seats go to regulars and their guests. A concierge at a luxury hotel is the best chance of a table.

Reservations: required. Walk-ins are not accepted.

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

The food

Photos from the restaurant's page on Tabelog.

Prices

Dinner	¥15,000–19,999 per person
Diners report spending	¥20,000–29,999 at dinner
Credit cards
Electronic money	Not accepted, QR code payments accepted

Opening hours

Monday	19:00–23:00
Tuesday	19:00–23:00
Wednesday	Closed
Thursday	19:00–23:00
Friday	19:00–23:00
Saturday	18:00–22:00
Sunday	Closed
Public holidays	Closed

Seats and rooms

Inside

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

Seats	9
Private rooms	No
Private hire	Possible
Smoking	Non smoking

Getting there

3 min walk (240 m) from Saiin Station.

Also near: Sai: 6 min · Nishiōji-Sanjō: 9 min

Leave Saiin Station and walk west along Shijo Street for 60 m.
Turn left at McDonald's onto Saihigashi street and walk 30 m.
Turn right and walk 100 m.
Bear right and walk 40 m.
You arrive at Nishino.
Look for
にし野
The restaurant's name, as on its sign

Show this to a taxi driver

にし野京都府京都市右京区西院北矢掛町36-16

The address in Japanese, as drivers enter it

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Location

Address	36-16 Saiinkitayakakecho Ukyo-ku Kyoto, Kyoto 615-0026
Stations	Saiin, 190 m, about 3 min walk Sai, 320 m, about 5 min walk Nishiōji-Sanjō, 630 m, about 10 min walk
Directions	5 minutes walk from Hankyu Nishinomiya Station.