Kanesho

This is hard to find restaurant inside of the alley. However, this is something that you should not miss when you are in Kyoto. I ordered the grilled Eel rice bowl. They served me the rice bowl with a pot of tea on the side, in which I poured it over in my rice bowl. The eel had sweet-savory in flavor and had soft in texture. The strong flavor of the eel was balanced out because of subtle flavor of the tea. The service was outstanding! The whole experience was amazing. Food: Excellent Service: Excellent Ambiance: Excellent

Second time again in Kanesho. The taste is still delicious ! Worth for every calories in - take ! The authentic roasted eel in Kyoto. Very recommended to this restaurant. Eel with egg also the best dish. Hope you guys like it.

I don’t know what happened but we were extremely lucky that we got in without reservations. Seated at the counter and we were greeted by a nice lady, have our orders and were told to wait for 45 mins as the master starts working the eel on his chopping board. It was quite an experience having the opportunity to witness the entire process, and the outcome was nothing short from fabulous. The sauce was not overpowering and you could taste the quality of the eel, the sweetnesses and texture of the meat coupled with perfectly cooked rice, definitely worth that wait.

Best to call and make reservation since there are only 14 seats per sitting, i.e. 2 tables of 4 and 6 counter seats, at 5.30pm and 7pm. Walk-in chances are very low. Waited an hour before food was served but it was well worth it. The best unagi don we ever had, the eel is not as sweet as what we used to for those available in Singapore. The sliced omelette added texture to the dish. For those who can take spicy food, do add the red chilli powder which will enhance the whole experience 😋

Food: Good, but not impressive. We had the grilled eel with wasabi and soy sauce which was good. We also had the grilled unagi in a box with rice which was normal and nothing special. Ambience: the restaurant only is able to seat 8-10 people at any given time. There is no ambience to mention. 🔴 Service: service by the two waiters was good and efficient. When making the reservation, the restaurant was very particular in only accepting reservations for guests who provided proof of hotel bookings. 🟡 Location: located in a narrow alleyway that is easy to miss. 🔴

Traditional Japanese bowl of eel with rice. It tastes a bit mild (not sweet & not salty) far from what I first expected .. the soup is ok. The price is quite high. The restaurant is located in the difficult-to-find alley (if you come at night)

Tabelog 3.7. Came two days ago and made a booking for dinner. This place seems always booked out. We have ordered Mamushi-don, Kinshi-don, Unaju and Ochazuke-unagi. The eel is well grilled and cooked. You can put some seasonings provided onto the eel for different taste. We have also ordered Kimoni(肝煮) and Dashimaki(eel wrapped in Omellete). The taste of Kimoni(肝煮) is phenomenon. If you dine in here, this is a must try dish. The service is nice although we were seated not close to the kitchen where the cooking of eel can be viewed directly.

First thing They have two rounds (lunch 11.30 and dinner 17.30) They accept only '10 customers' per round. So, make sure that you actually make a reservation or walking in 30 mins before. Seriously... Just only ten. Btw the food is great really.

We walked around the neighborhood which was very close to the machiya house we were staying at for close to 45 minutes looking for Kanesho from the map provided by Yelp. After stopping by a mochi shop, hair salon, and convenience store in the area, no one knew of this restaurant. The map placed Kanesho at the back of a city office building and we walked though and around the building with our gps telling us we were standing right on the restaurant site. It was until we stopped at a bicycle rental shop on Matsubara Street that the helpful young lady steered us to Shijo-dori several little alleyways above the Kamogawa River. When got to the restaurant it was almost opening time (12:00 noon) when a well coiffed older Japanese women came walking down the alley. When I gestured to the restaurant asking if this was Kanesho, she rudely shushed us away in Japanese using her hands to indicate we should leave. I guess the restaurant was closed before New Year's (this was December 26th) but the women's rude words and gestures sure seemed to be very un-Japanese. Throughout our travels in Japan over 3 decades we have never had this kind of rude treatment. There are so many fine casual unagi restaurants in the area. I would definitely recommend that people go elsewhere for their unagi fix. Not a good way for a business to end 2018 especially since they are in the hospitality industry. Shame on you Kanesho! Too bad there isn't a way to give negative stars...or maybe black marks. Yelpers, please help to correct the location of this restaurant. Initially I was so upset with the way the rude lady treated us I figured it didn't make sense trying to help others find their way to Kanesho

They only take like 9 customers at a time. After you're seated, they prepare the food after they take your order. Note that it takes about 40-50mins while he prepares your meal. Family run business. Excellent food.