In the green

‘In the green’ is a casual café/restaurant, located right next to Karasuma line’s Kitayama station and sits partially inside Kyoto Botanical Garden.

It’s a spacious restaurant with three seating areas of which one is a semi-terrace that is covered by a retractable roof. Right next to the restaurant is a field with cherry blossom trees that when blooming in spring makes for an absolute lovely sight while having lunch. The restaurant has over 120 seats which consists or table seats, sofa seats as well as a few counter seats facing the kitchen. There are also larger tables that can seat groups of six.

The menu of ‘In the green’ has a wide selection of foods and drinks that include ‘pizza (choice of over 16 pizzas), pasta, spareribs, tandoori chicken’, a variety of appetizers, set lunches, side menus and of course a wide variety of sweets. There is absolutely something for anyone. They also have a BBQ plan and rent out picnic baskets to enjoy lunch inside the botanical garden (need to pay a small admission fee).

‘In the green’ is a nice café with a casual atmosphere, it has a large menu and a lovely view over the cherry blossoms in the spring. The café is extremely popular so we highly recommend coming early or making a reservation.