Tarokichi Yakitori Restaurant

October 23, 2019

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In the famous area of Gion in Kyoto, we found Tarokichi Yakitori Restaurant!

Tarokichi Yakitori Restaurant is just next door from the Grandbelle Hotel, on the same street literally around the corner. It is a small Izakaya, very comfortable and quite fashionable. It is easy to come here by yourself and sit at the counter and we have seen quite a few couples on a date. So if you are a bigger group and want to try it, better try to get a reservation. There might be a wait if you come from 7 pm as it is their peak time, but the queues moved quickly.

What you probably love to hear, they have an English menu!

And if you really can’t decide, they also do a combo. The set includes a variety of 5 skewers for about 1000¥. If you order them one by one, our recommendation is the chicken meatballs, called Tsukune, either plain or with Ume.

Because we do love to have a little carbs with our meal we also ordered the fried rice ball, which was absolutely delicious! The lady next to us let us know that the Shitake mushrooms are to die for. And actually every single table ordered them… And if you do want to add a little bit more healthiness to your meal they also do salads and of course Tofu.

So what did we order?

We ordered; 1 fried rice ball, 2 chicken meatballs, 1 chicken breast, 1 aubergine with cheese and 1 beer. All of this together came to ¥1600 which was more of a pre-dinner snack, but as you know you can always order as much as you like. Which makes these Yakitori Restaurants so great, right? However, we do recommend to stage your order, as often your eyes might be bigger than your stomach, hint hint. And it does happen that your order arrives all at once occasionally. And Food just tastes so much better hot!

We would definitely come back! In fact, we already recommended this restaurant to some fellow travelers we liked it that much!

Also, check out how to spend one day in Kyoto for some inspiration on what to do.