De Frites Staan

Calling all fries lovers out there! We have found the place for you. Please say hi to “De Frites Staan”, an authentic Dutch/Belgian potato fries and craft beer specialty café located in central Kyoto. The café sits conveniently on three minutes from Hankyu Kyoto Line – Kawaramachi Station right next to the Teramachi shopping street making it easily accessible even when coming from Osaka.

The café has a stylish exterior with wainscot molded frames around the door and around the large window where customers can view directly into the kitchen and see the delicious food being prepared. Entering inside you will find a narrow passage that passes along the kitchen where customers pass through and have to order first. After you made your order you can choose to take out or eat in, if you decide to eat in you can walk to the narrow but cozy bar space in the back that offers counter seats for four or two standing tables. Behind the bar you can see a line up of taps that supply the various draft beers. The small space is decorated with photos of the owner’s trip to Holland and Belgium and has a large TV for showing sports events.

The menu offers two main dishes, “Signature frites Kyoto” (which is a sukiyaki inspired dish topped with sweet and salty beef, onions, Kujo green onions, hot spring eggs, original mayonnaise and shichimi) and “frites regular 2 dips” (which is a large bowl of Dutch style fries with two dips). There are various dips customers can choose from including “classic (original mayonnaise), aioli (mayonnaise and garlic), samurai (mayonnaise & chili pepper), andalouse (mayonnaise & tomato), zure (mayonnaise & sour cream), vegan (vegan mayonnaise), truffle (mayonnaise and truffle), umami (mayonnaise & soup stock), gouda cheese (shaved gouda cheese), some of which will cost a small extra fee. The mayonnaise is original, made by the owner himself and for the fries, the owner had a custom fries machine made that resembles the authentic Dutch machines. The fries are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside and go perfect with one of the craft beers.

De Frites Staan is a stylish fries and craft beer cafe, conveniently located near Kawaramachi Station, that offers a variety of toppings on super delicious fries that can be enjoyed in a cozy setting.