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Kyoto Gardens

Asian/Oriental Contemporary Japanese Sushi
Location Pointer 11B Kloof Nek Rd, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
4.4
(447 reviews)
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Attributes

  • Romantic
  • Gourmet Guide Rated 2019

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Open from 17h30 until 22h00 for walk-ins. If you would like to book a table, you can book online between 11h30 and 16h00 or 18h30 booking or 20h00 booking.
This shrine to Japanese cuisine offers much more than sushi and sashimi. At Kyoto Garden Sushi fresh seafood is the specialty, with no net unturned in sourcing top-quality, unusual ingredients from around the world, from farmed abalone to Mozambican conch, eel, sea urchin, and even Alaskan king crab, deep-sea scallops and wild salmon.

Exquisite combinations – imagine sake-steamed clams – capture the subtle tastes and textures of Japanese cuisine. Enjoy superb sushi from the bar. Try the signature clear broth called ‘the sea or crayfish miso soup, and the feather-light tempura scallops, vegetables, prawns and oysters.

The combinations are innovative, the flavours fresh and delicate. The fare reflects the savoury essence of umami in stocks and dressings infused with mirin, dashi, ponzu, ginger and soy. Vegetarians are spoiled for choice with fresh seaweed salad with shitake mushrooms, vegetable tempura and exotic mushroom dishes.

Leave space for delicious desserts of green-tea crepes or toasted tofu with ginger and cherry blossom ice cream.

Opening Hours

  • Monday CLOSED
  • Tuesday 17h30 - 23h00
  • Wednesday 12h00 - 23h00
  • Thursday 12h00 - 23h00
  • Friday 12h00 - 23h00
  • Saturday 17h30 - 23h00
  • Sunday CLOSED

Reviews (447)

4.4 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.6
Value 4.1
Service 4.3
Ambience 4.4
  • Slindile M. Dined: 4 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 22 Feb 26
    Amazing sushi!

  • Christian J. Dined: 4 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Joern F. Dined: 2 weeks ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 12 Feb 26
    Best Japanese food in South Africa. The Japanese chef is a true master of his trade. I’m coming here regularly for the past 11 years and it is always a culinary highlight.

  • Sigrid F. Dined: 4 weeks ago
    4.5
    Food 5.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0
  • Derick H. Dined: 1 month ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Caroline G. Dined: 1 month ago
    1.3
    Food 1.0
    Value 1.0
    Service 1.0
    Ambience 2.0

    Reviewed on: Fri 09 Jan 26
    Dreadful experience at this restaurant.the food was incredibly underwhelming & the service dreadful.

  • Brian K. Dined: 1 month ago
    3
    Food 4.0
    Value 4.0
    Service 2.0
    Ambience 2.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 07 Jan 26
    Food and value were fine. Service however was poor. My wife’s pre-dinner drink, starter and main course were all delivered before I had anything in front of me.. Had to ask multiple times for my starter whilst my wife waited with all her food in front of her. Then both my starter and main arrived together. Was never offered any dessert menu At that stage we finalised and left

  • Joseph P. Dined: 1 month ago
    3
    Food 4.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 2.0
    Ambience 3.0

    Reviewed on: Wed 07 Jan 26
    Could be great, but the kitsch Muzak playing on repeat and the impossibly slow service really let this down. The food, if and when it arrives, is good, but is overpriced.

  • Tristan P. Dined: 1 month ago
    2.3
    Food 3.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 1.0
    Ambience N/A

    Reviewed on: Sun 28 Dec 25
    Catastrophic …

  • Ilia K. Dined: 1 month ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
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