Mansoh

For one diner who ordered several à la carte dishes, the standouts were steamed pork, bulgogi with offal and meat, and salt-and-garlic fried rice to finish. Another diner singled out skirt-steak bulgogi as a good match for both beer and rice. That makes the meat dishes appealing whether you are settling in for drinks or looking for a substantial meal. At Mansoh (まんそう), a Korean-style izakaya serving Kyoto vegetables and meat, these dishes sit alongside vegetable plates and Korean classics.

Vegetable options include komatsuna and Chinese cabbage namul, cucumber namul with yuzu salt, and sashimi-style mizunasu aubergine. Reviews also call out the jeon, and one diner appreciated the variety of vegetable dishes. The menu includes Tamba beef loin and sesame-leaf jeon, as well as seafood jeon with Kujo spring onion and red pickled ginger. One brings the savoury flavour of beef; the other pairs seafood with aromatic accents.

For a heartier dish, consider the yuzu-salt jjigae with Kyō-Aka chicken and daikon, or the kimchi jjigae with oysters. One diner who had ginger jjigae with Kyō-Aka chicken on a cold day said it warmed them up, making it another option for those drawn to jjigae. To finish, there is the salt-and-garlic fried rice mentioned in reviews, along with stone-pot bibimbap and stone-pot dashi ochazuke with beef tongue. You could share meat dishes and vegetable sides before ordering rice, or make a stone-pot dish the centre of the meal from the outset; the range accommodates both ways of eating.

Diners have shared positive impressions of à la carte meals and group visits, and the restaurant’s information lists reservations and all-you-can-drink options. One guest also reported enjoying ginger jjigae with children. A children’s menu and baby chairs are listed, making the restaurant an option for dinner with family or friends sharing dishes.