A great place to eat near Ginkaku-ji Temple, Goya is an Okinawan-themed restaurant with excellent food, cool music and comfortable seating.
Goya is exactly the kind of restaurant that Kyoto needs more of: Inexpensive hip restaurants totally at home with foreign customers. While the menu is heavy on Okinawan fare (meaning things like Okinawan-style noodles and bitter-gourd stir fries), there are plenty of other things to choose from, many of them more familiar to Western palates, like taco rice and curly fries. With chilled out music, funky art on the walls and low slung couches, this place invites long lazy meals.
For more Kyoto shokudo choices, see our Best Shokudo (All Round Restaurants) in Kyoto) page.
English address:
114-6 Nishida-cho, Jodo-ji, Sakyo-ku
Japanese address:
左京区浄土寺西田町114-6
Opening hours:
11:30-4pm & 5:30pm-11pm
Closed Wednesday except for national holidays
Price:
Cheap
Non-smoking area: Yes
Nearest Transport:
3min walk from Ginkakuji-michi Bus Stop, Kyoto City Bus 5 or 17 from Kyoto Station
Telephone: 752-1158
Website: None
Near To Here:
Goya is located in Kyoto’s Northern Higashiyama district. See our complete list of things to do in Northern Higashiyama, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.
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