Mrs. Milepig and I were at Gion Nanba last night. Great experience, wonderful food overall. Some reviewers complained about ingredients making repeat appearances and we had a bit of that - last night was Sea Bream night, and it appeared in at least 3 dishes.

Service started out great, and we had the experience of the server taking pains to explain ingredients even bringing out a Japanese/English food book to help. Then at one point there was a long pause for us, while the table behind us surged ahead 2-3 courses (we started together), ours dribbled out, and then suddenly our last three courses came pretty much all at once, followed immediately by the bill, unasked for - a first in Japan for us.

It is HOT HOT HOT in Kyoto this week, and I fit right in with other diners wearing a pair of slacks and a long sleeved cotton shirt. No one was wearing a jacket.

But all in all, we had a great time. Oh, for the record since to website I found mentioned it, they DO take major credit cards.