JR Kyoto Isetan has several restaurant areas. This article focuses on Eat Paradise, the main-building restaurant street on the 11th floor of the station building, on the north side of the “Daikaidan” Grand Stairway. JR Kyoto Isetan also has a JR West Gate-front Eat Paradise area and open-view restaurants on the 7th-10th floors, so check the floor before heading to a particular restaurant. Among the dining options on the 11th floor are Chinese, Korean, Western-style, Japanese, and Kyoto specialty restaurants. Many of the north-facing restaurants have views of Kyoto Tower and the city beyond.
Eat Paradise at Isetan Kyoto Station
Opening Hours
JR Kyoto Isetan lists 11F Eat Paradise as generally open from 11:00 to 22:00. Some restaurants may keep different hours or last-order times, so check the restaurant listing before making a special trip.
Aoi Jaya
Aoi Jaya specializes in seiro-mushi, food steamed in a bamboo basket. Steaming rice, meat and vegetables in this traditional way concentrates the flavors and helps to retain their nutrients. Here you can enjoy Kyoto vegetables and other local seasonal ingredients to your heart’s content.
Aoi Jaya – Meals steamed in a bamboo basket
Wako
Wako specializes in tonkatsu, or breaded pork cutlets. High quality cuts of pork are rolled in fresh bread crumbs and then deep fried in vegetable oil. These are served with rice, soup and shredded cabbage. You can usually choose between ro-su, or pork loin, and hire, or pork fillet, and there are also breaded seafood options for people who do not want pork.
Wako – Tonkatsu pork cutlets
Kyoto Wakuden
At Kyoto Wakuden you can enjoy kaiseki ryori, traditional Japanese multi-course haute cuisine, in a softly lit dining room with an unbroken view over the city. Each dish is carefully prepared from seasonal ingredients and presented on beautiful tableware to give as much pleasure to the eye as to the palate.
Kyoto Wakuden – Multi-course traditional kaiseki cuisine
Molet
Molet specializes in omu-rice, a Japanese adaptation of Western food in which an omelette is wrapped around fried rice and usually topped off with ketchup or sauce. This is a good choice if you want something easygoing and familiar, but distinctly Japanese in style.
Molet – Japanese style omelettes with fried rice
Grill Capital Toyotei
Grill Capital Toyotei gives the 11th floor another Western-style restaurant option. Keep it in mind alongside Molet and Seioutei if your group wants yoshoku-style cooking rather than noodles, sushi, tempura, tofu, or Kyoto cuisine.
Ishingo Tenshin Chashitsu
Ishingo Tenshin Chashitsu serves Chinese and Cantonese dishes. It is one of the main 11th-floor choices for diners who want Chinese cooking rather than Japanese set meals, noodles, sushi, or Western-style food.
Ishingo Tenshin Chashitsu – Chinese food
Mimiu
Mimiu is a noodle shop serving udon, or thick wheat noodles, and soba, or thin buckwheat noodles. A popular item on the menu is udonsuki, a typical west Japan dish of noodles, seafood and vegetables cooked in a sukiyaki style.
Mimiu – noodles
Tenichi
Tenichi serves tempura, seafood and vegetables deep fried in a light crispy batter. Tenichi is a famous tempura restaurant that opened its first branch in the Ginza district of Tokyo. At the Kyoto branch you can sit at the counter and watch each item prepared and fried for you as you order.
Tenichi – Tempura dining
Seioutei
Seioutei serves Japanese-style Western meals, such as hamburger steaks, ginger pork chops, hashed beef and rice, grilled fish, and crab croquettes. The menu is useful when you want a filling meal but not a formal course, sushi counter, or noodle shop.
Seioutei – Hamburger steaks
Caffera
Caffera is the 11th-floor cafe option for a coffee break before or after a meal elsewhere in Eat Paradise. It is also useful when you want a lighter stop rather than a full restaurant meal.
Minari
Minari is a Korean home cooking restaurant serving meals such as grilled beef, chijimi savory pancakes, chilled Korean noodles and bibimbap, a rice bowl topped with sautéed vegetables, spicy condiments, sliced meat and egg.
Minari – Korean dining
Kyoto Tofu Fujino
Kyoto is famous for its tofu cuisine, and Kyoto Tofu Fujino is an excellent place to sample the variety of dishes that can be made from this versatile food. Look here for tofu, yuba, soymilk and other soy-based dishes and sweets in a restaurant devoted to one of Kyoto’s most familiar food traditions.
Kyoto Tofu Fujino – A tofu cuisine specialty restaurant
Tsukiji Sushisei
Named after Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fish market area, Tsukiji Sushisei serves Tokyo style sushi: hand-pressed bites of rice, lightly seasoned with sugar and vinegar, and topped with a slice of raw fish. You can order set meals or a la carte and watch the sushi chefs prepare each item for you.
Tsukiji Sushisei – Tokyo style sushi
Moritaya
Moritaya is a beef restaurant, bringing the best flavors out of Japanese Black beef in sukiyaki style hot pots, thin slices of boiled shabu shabu, and oil grilled steaks.
Moritaya – A beef specialty restaurant
Shozankaku
The interior of Shozankaku is designed to resemble a traditional tea house and its windows provide a sweeping view over the city and the mountains beyond. These elegant surroundings create a tranquil atmosphere in which to enjoy yuba, Kyoto seasonal vegetables and other Kyoto-style dishes.
Shozankaku – Traditional Kyoto cuisine
Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved. Last updated 25-Jun-2026.
