Kyoto, Japan｜Gion Uokeya U

Traditional restaurant with their famous fresh cooking of eels. I order the large eel rice bowl. It was very delicious. Be careful with small fish bone. I think they have the bone because it was fresh. Those pre-cooked eel from other places do not have this kind of issue. But I love the freshness of the dishes. You have to have appointment to dine-in!

This is a Michelin star restaurant as I recall. We visited here back in 2019. We were super lucky since usually the place requires reservations a few weeks ahead of time, but we got lucky and the restaurant told us that they had a table available for walk-in on the next day, although they didn’t take the reservation anymore at that point. It’s like a first come first grab table. So we went there half an hour ahead of time and got our table. The unagi was juicy and delicious. One of the best dishes we had in Japan.

Excellent restaurant shall be booked first, or high chance can not eat. Because seat is limited.