Feb. 01, 2023 UPDATE
Restaurant Epice
- レストランエピス -Traveler Friendly
They don’t have an a la carte menu, so ordering is easy. Many foreign people also visit this restaurant, so going to Epice should be easy.
Menu
English.
Languages spoken
English.
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Story & Recommendation
Enjoy authentic French cuisine in a Kyoto town house built over 100 years ago
Restaurant Epice is located on the eastern side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, a 6-minute walk west from Keihan Demachiyanagi Station. The restaurant is in a renovated Kyoto town house which was built over 100 years ago, and it specializes in authentic French cuisine with the spotlight given to local produce.
For both lunch and dinner, the menu consists only of courses that change monthly. There are two lunch courses at 3,250 yen and 5,500 yen (+5% service fee), and two dinner courses at 8,800 yen and 11,000 yen (+7% service fee). The dinner courses require reservations at least 3 days in advance.
The main specialty of restaurant Epice has to be their locally grown vegetables. The restaurant’s signature dish is the beautiful vegetable terrine which is served at dinner. In this dish, you can taste the “living vegetables” which are pesticide-free and organic. When going to the Kyoto Imperial Palace or Shimogamo Shrine, remember to also make a reservation to Restaurant Epice.
1Recommended
Dinner course
/ ￥7,150(Inc. tax) ＋7% service charge
The 4,900 yen dinner course contains an amuse-bouche, two plates of hors-d'oeuvres, soup, fish and meat dish, two desserts, handmade bread, and a drink with the dessert, totaling 10 plates. In the picture, you can see the daily meat dish, which this day was a bottom flap steak from Australian cattle served with a sauce that had a little bit of wasabi in it. The meat dish can be upgraded to duck or wagyu beef for 1,000 yen extra.
2Recommended
Kiwami drink set
/ ￥4,290(Inc. tax)
They have an excellent selection of alcoholic drinks, and they always stock over 100 types of wines. My recommendation is their Kiwami set, which comes with a glass of champagne, white wine, red wine, and a digestif. You can choose the wines and digestif from a good selection of wines and difestifs.
3Let's Try!
Enjoy the atmosphere of the town house
Restaurant Epice offers you a great chance to enjoy dining in a 100-year-old Kyoto town house. Their seasonally chancing garden is also very beautiful. I also wish you’ll take notice of the beautiful ranma architectural details found over the kitchen counter; they were made by the owner-chef’s family, and they fit the restaurant perfectly.
How to Order
They are very dedicated to offering you the best espresso possible, so after ordering an espresso, you’re given this taste chart so you can choose the espresso that best fits your palette.
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If you don’t like sweets, you can change your dessert to a cheese platter. You can feel how this restaurant wants you to enjoy their courses to the very end.
