New and hot in Kyoto

Just opened, or worth the line right now.

12 places in Kyoto · by Chef Amazing · updated October 20, 2026
Photo: Ocdp, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

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   ageru.

   New restaurant in Karasuma, September 2026 report

   油掛通, 612-8363 京都市 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
2. 2

   SoNoMa

   Opened spring 2026 at Capella Kyoto

   国道24号, 612-0072 京都市 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
3. 3

   Tsujiri

   Matcha sweets · Gion

   Matcha soft serve and wafers downstairs; parfaits in the Saryo tea room upstairs.

   573-3 Gionmachiminamigawa, Higashiyama-ku · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
4. 4

   Samjo Kyoto

   First Kansai location reported September 2026.

   1F Oak House, 3-24 Omiya, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
5. 5

   Aozora Hanten

   New opening in Gojo Rakuen, 2026

   京都府京都市下京区上ノ口通二ノ宮町西入ル菊屋町317-8 (Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
6. 6

   Voces en la mesa

   New restaurant in Nijo, reported September 2026.

   姉小路通, 604-8375 京都市 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Zako-ya Main Store

   Renovated restaurant relaunch reported September 2026.

   147-3 Honeya-cho, Rokkaku-dori, Karasuma Nishi-iru, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Kichi Kichi Omurice

   Omurice · Nakagyo Ward

   Chef Motokichi Yukimura's showy omurice, with egg tosses and fire, in an online-reservation-only restaurant.

   Zaimokucho 185-4, Nakagyo-ku (2018 source) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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   Nishiki Market Stalls

   Street food market · Nishiki Market, central Kyoto

   Tako tamago: a candied baby octopus with a quail egg tucked in its head, on a stick.

   609 Nishidaimonji-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8054 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
10. 10

    Kama-dashi Shin-Gohei

    New opening featured October 2026 in Karasuma.

    370 Rokkaku-cho, Shinmachi-dori Takoyakushi-agaru, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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    Ramen-so Chikyū Kibo de – Sun

    New Kawaramachi branch: October 2026

    3-11 Saiinoiwakecho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, 615-0035, Japan · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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    Niku-Mabushi Senka Niku-tei Shin

    Opened 2026; Shijo Kawaramachi

    京都府京都市下京区烏丸通塩小路下る東塩小路町902 京都ポルタ B1 (902 Higashishiokojicho, Shimogyo-ku, B1 Kyoto Porta, Kyoto 600-8216) · Map · Add to Chef Amazing