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Best restaurants in Nara

9 places from 7 Nara travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.

9 places

  1. Izakaya One

    Restaurant ยท JR Nara Station

    Izakaya right next to JR Nara Station serving standard izakaya dishes, with an English menu available.

  2. Mizuya Chaya

    Restaurant ยท Nara Park

    Thatched-roof teahouse restaurant in the forest near Kasuga Taisha serving a variety of udon dishes.

  3. Kakinoha Sushi Honpo Tanaka

    Restaurant ยท Higashimuki

    Specialist in kakinoha sushi, a Nara speciality for over 200 years, with vinegared rice and fish wrapped in persimmon leaves.

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6 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.

  1. Kamaiki

    Restaurant ยท Higashimuki

    An udon restaurant serving noodles made from scratch daily, hot or cold, at communal tables.

  2. Izakaya Tsunofuri

    Restaurant ยท Higashimuki

    A fancy izakaya on Higashimuki Shopping Street with semi-private tables and an adventurous menu.

  3. Wakakusa Curry

    Restaurant ยท Mochiidono

    A curry restaurant just south of Nakatanidou offering a range of curry flavours plus vegetarian and vegan options, with an English menu.

  4. Edogawa Naramachi

    Restaurant ยท Naramachi

    Unagi (freshwater eel) restaurant in central Naramachi offering a multisensory kaiseki course, with the eel prepared before diners' eyes.

  5. Izasa Nakatani Honpo

    Restaurant ยท Naramachi

    A restaurant serving kakinoha-zushi, Nara's traditional sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves.

  6. Tonochaya

    Restaurant ยท Nara Park

    A traditional tea house known for chagayu, a rice porridge simmered in roasted green tea.