Okonomiyaki

Yamamoto Manbo

Rating74SCORE
WHY IT'S A MESHI MAP PICK
Locals keep coming back. That is the real proof.
地元の人が、通い続ける。それが何よりの証明。
For 77 years since its founding in 1948, this Kyoto institution has remained the undisputed home of mambo-yaki, a style of griddle cooking entirely unique to the city that the restaurant itself invented.
1948年の創業から77年、まんぼ焼きという京都独自の料理を生み出した発祥の店として、地元の人々のソウルフードであり続けてきた老舗だ。
Unlike Hiroshima-style or Osaka-style okonomiyaki, mambo-yaki belongs to a third tradition found nowhere else, and the shop has preserved that singular flavour at a price of 1,150 yen across all these decades.
広島風とも大阪風とも異なる第三のスタイルは同店にしか存在せず、1,150円という価格でその唯一無二の味を守り続けている。
Four consecutive years on the Tabelog Okonomiyaki Top 100 from 2022 through 2025 reflect a loyalty that translates into lunch and evening queues on weekends, and when locals say 'mambo when you're in Kyoto,' they capture everything this place means to the city.
食べログお好み焼き百名店に2022年から2025年まで4年連続で選ばれた実績が示すとおり、休日のランチや夕方には行列ができるほどの人気を誇り、「京都に来たらまんぼ」という地元民の言葉がこの店の存在意義を端的に表している。
Popular Dishes
Manbo-yaki Special (¥1,150)
Manbo-yaki Classic
Horumon-yaki
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Founded 1948, the birthplace of Manbo-yaki — Kyoto's unique teppan dish. Thin batter layered with yakisoba, horumon, pickled radish and ginger, cooked at high heat. Selected for Tabelog Okonomiyaki Top 100 every year 2022-2025.

Strong local support calling it 'Kyoto soul food.' Tabelog 3.69, Okonomiyaki Top 100 2025, 1,270 reviews.

Business Hours
Mon・Tue10:00-22:00
WedClosed
Thu – Sun10:00-22:00
Regular Holiday：Wednesday, 第3Thursday
Phone075-341-8050Call
Access
11 counter seats and 18 table seats. Cash only. Smoky as it is a teppan-yaki restaurant. Priced for locals, not tourists.
61-54 Koinarimachi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
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Okonomiyaki

Yamamoto Manbo

Rating74SCORE
Popular Dishes
Manbo-yaki Special (¥1,150)
Manbo-yaki Classic
Horumon-yaki
Business Hours
Mon・Tue10:00-22:00
WedClosed
Thu – Sun10:00-22:00
Regular Holiday：Wednesday, 第3Thursday
Access
11 counter seats and 18 table seats. Cash only. Smoky as it is a teppan-yaki restaurant. Priced for locals, not tourists.
61-54 Koinarimachi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Phone075-341-8050
English Menu：Not AvailableCredit Card：Not Available
View larger map

Links to reservation and restaurant-guide sites include affiliate advertising. If you book through a link, the operator may receive a referral fee — but this never affects which restaurants we list, how they rank, or how they are rated.

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WHY IT'S A MESHI MAP PICK
Why this place makes the list
Locals keep coming back. That is the real proof.
地元の人が、通い続ける。それが何よりの証明。
For 77 years since its founding in 1948, this Kyoto institution has remained the undisputed home of mambo-yaki, a style of griddle cooking entirely unique to the city that the restaurant itself invented.
1948年の創業から77年、まんぼ焼きという京都独自の料理を生み出した発祥の店として、地元の人々のソウルフードであり続けてきた老舗だ。
Unlike Hiroshima-style or Osaka-style okonomiyaki, mambo-yaki belongs to a third tradition found nowhere else, and the shop has preserved that singular flavour at a price of 1,150 yen across all these decades.
広島風とも大阪風とも異なる第三のスタイルは同店にしか存在せず、1,150円という価格でその唯一無二の味を守り続けている。
Four consecutive years on the Tabelog Okonomiyaki Top 100 from 2022 through 2025 reflect a loyalty that translates into lunch and evening queues on weekends, and when locals say 'mambo when you're in Kyoto,' they capture everything this place means to the city.
食べログお好み焼き百名店に2022年から2025年まで4年連続で選ばれた実績が示すとおり、休日のランチや夕方には行列ができるほどの人気を誇り、「京都に来たらまんぼ」という地元民の言葉がこの店の存在意義を端的に表している。
74SCORE
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Founded 1948, the birthplace of Manbo-yaki — Kyoto's unique teppan dish. Thin batter layered with yakisoba, horumon, pickled radish and ginger, cooked at high heat. Selected for Tabelog Okonomiyaki Top 100 every year 2022-2025.

Strong local support calling it 'Kyoto soul food.' Tabelog 3.69, Okonomiyaki Top 100 2025, 1,270 reviews.

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