Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan｜Totoya

Came across this restaurant by chance and were very happy with our experience- a group of 4 tourists. Limited menu due to a soccer game being on, but still great variety and an extremely delicious meal. Fresh, wonderful hospitality and care despite only one of our group being fluent Japanese speaker. Would love to return in future.

Not exactly tourist friendly, though that's not too surprising given its location. The staff were super kind in helping us order with our mix of English and broken Japanese. The other patrons also chipped in to help. This place fully demonstrated Japanese hospitality. The dashi tamagoyaki was moist and flavourful. The set meals were also reasonably priced (1500 yen for one set). Would absolutely learn proper Japanese just to come back here to eat.

I missed you just before 2 o'clock. I was the only customer. After all, a time zone is a time zone. I thought about sitting at the counter, but he told me it was cooler and led me to a tatami room. By the way, you will naturally take off your shoes in the tatami room. I think the lighting is a little dark. It's not fluorescent lighting, so it might be because they're imagining an izakaya at night. Well, if you think you're calm, there's no problem. Lunch is mainly set meals. Today's daily set was a seafood bowl and small udon. However, since I was aiming for a hearty meal, I had the Tonkatsu set meal here. The pork cutlet is crispy and goes well with the sauce. There's also Worcestershire sauce, but it's tonkatsu sauce. The cabbage was also delicious with the sesame dressing. The miso soup is indeed mysteriously sweet. This was my favorite flavor. It's a flavor you want to eat over rice. This set meal was the most delicious! ? It was a small potato (sorry).It's also on the night menu, so I really want to go for it. I had a second helping of rice and was full. It was a very satisfying lunch.