Gion’s best cocktail bars often serve up frosty receptions to foreign faces. Satonaka doesn’t. In a subtly lit interior with walls that evoke black lacquer, bartender Michito Satonaka offers friendly service and great drinks, including an impressive range of Japanese whiskies and 15 kinds of champagne cocktail. Bring a date.
Kyoto Shortlist
Review updated October 2009
Transport Gion Shijo station (Keihan line).
Telephone 075 541 1197
Open 7pm-3am; mon, tue, thur-sun.
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