In 2015, if you wanted sushi in Waterford City, you were more or less out of options. Kyoto on High Street changed that — opening as the city’s first dedicated Japanese restaurant and demonstrating that Waterford had both the appetite and the audience for Asian street food done properly.
The Menu
Kyoto’s menu spans the range of Japanese and pan-Asian street food that has come to define a certain kind of casual restaurant dining: sushi (rolls, nigiri, sashimi), ramen made properly with a long-cooked broth, and bento boxes that work as well for lunch as for an early dinner. The cooking is straightforward in the best sense — focused on the quality of the ingredients and the precision of the technique rather than elaboration for its own sake.
Ten Years on High Street
Opening the first Japanese restaurant in a city is a commitment — you’re not riding an existing wave, you’re creating one. Kyoto has been doing that on High Street for a decade, building a loyal customer base that has grown as the restaurant’s reputation has spread.
Waterford’s first Japanese restaurant, still going a decade on. Kyoto opened a door that wasn’t there before — and kept it open.
Kyoto Asian Street Food
Unit 3, 26–29 High Street, Waterford City
📞 051 854 762
Mon–Thu 1pm–10:30pm | Fri–Sun 12pm–10:30pm
