Kyoudon Kisoba Okakita

Best tempura I’ve had in Kyoto this time. I have tried several places before, but 岡北has the best. Very very fresh shrimp and vegetables with thin outside tempura layers. I even ordered one more tempura side. I like their thicken soup too. The egg is very smooth and the hint of ginger is tasty, (though it’s summer now,better to try it again in winter haha).I’ve read some comments saying that the service was not good. I quite understand that waiting for a long time really kills patience and moods. I came here at 3pm which was neither dinner nor lunchtime so I only waited for five minutes. And I came in, I felt staff were nice and helpful. The price is reasonable and the food are outstanding, so please don’t only look at the low-point comments. Try this place yourself.

I was here mistakenly same as other peoples but I can say this is the best Udon during entire my life. If you are at Kyoto , you must visit and try all dished in my photos.

We came here because we couldnt reserve seats at Yamamoto but it didn't disappoint!! There was still a long queue here and we waited for about 30-45 minutes. They have English menu so do ask for it. They would take your order while you are queuing so you dont have to wait a long while after seated. The atmosphere is relaxed and cozy. We ordered the cold udon and soba. The udon and soba are way more chewy when served cold. The savouriness of the soba dipping sauce was just on point. However, the tempura was crispy but too oily, maybe the oil temperature was too low. You cant share tables and often times there are just two people at a four seat table while there only being around 8-10 tables in the whole shop so that explains the long queue outside as the actual occupancy is only around 60% of the total seats. The female shopkeeper is very polite and the overall service is very nice.