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Irish Pub Man In The Moon Karasuma
Review
About
2011/7 opened Irish pub, located on Karasuma street. Open everyday: relax with 1 pint of Guiness in a real Irish atmosphere; a sister bar of Kyoto's famous BRITISH pub, The Pig & Whistle; 6 draft beers on tap; 60 single malt whiskies; friendly staffs assist you to make your stay in Kyoto more enjoyable; 3 large TV screens for live sporting events (NFL, AFL, Premier League, F-1 etc.); English menu & spoken!!
Features
CUISINES
Irish, Bar, Pub, Dining bars, Beer restaurants
Meal types
Dinner, Late Night, Drinks
PRICE
$$ - $$$
FEATURES
Accepts Credit Cards
American Express
Digital Payments
Discover
Free Wifi
Full Bar
Live Music
Mastercard
Private Dining
Reservations
Seating
Serves Alcohol
Sports bars
Television
Visa
Wine and Beer
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Hours
Open until 12:00 AM
Sunday
3:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Monday
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Tuesday
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Thursday
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Friday
4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Saturday
3:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Contribute
4.3
(80)
Excellent
39
Good
29
Average
9
Poor
2
Terrible
1
FoodGuru7777 - Phil Solomon
London62 contributions
Mar 2024 • family
Really nice burger and fries. Portions not large but costs aren't either. Best Guiness in town. Could do with adding to the looped Irish music. Apparently Japanese owner and multi-national business and travelling clients all having a warm welcome from really good staff. Yana, Kaede and the others work hard to make you feel welcome.
Stayed in the Sequence Hotel with my daughter almost opposite the pub so it was a regular visit for me. I say go for sure but beware no late drinking!! They shut on time...11.00pm
Written March 27, 2024
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primitifsmondieur
2 contributions
Aug 2023 • friends
Been to this bar and their other locations a couple of times and have always liked it. Even when it’s very busy the atmosphere is good. It’s especially nice finding a place to watch big games like NRL, and even though the staff seems very busy they were friendly.
Written September 7, 2023
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Hagtravel27
Dayton38 contributions
Nov 2024 • family
We were looking for a little respite and the Man in the Moon pub provided a Great atmosphere and great food.
Fabulous Fish and Chips and Cottage Pie.
Written November 1, 2024
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WalkingPoint
Kumamoto420 contributions
Feb 2020 • solo
The pseudo "irish" / British pub seems popular. At this "pub" the food was decent and the staff (2) pleasant. Not exactly a home away from home for a world weary ex-pat but was a welcome break on a rainy day!
Written February 22, 2020
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kyoya7
Hello!
Thank you very much for visiting our pub during your stay in Japan. We are glad you enjoyed your time and our food.
We are sorry we failed at making you feel like at home, but we are working on improving our service, menu all the time. Therefore we are grateful for every comment. We hope to welcome you again.
Stay safe in these challenging times.
Cheers.
Written April 23, 2020
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
mindy74
34 contributions
Oct 2023 • couples
Nice pub, good service. Loved watching the Orix Buffaloes play in the Climax Series but can understand why they changed to soccer.
Written November 11, 2023
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CathyRD
Adelaide239 contributions
Oct 2019 • couples
We visited this particular Man in the Moon on our last visit to Kyoto (there are four in the area) and enjoyed the friendly service. This time was no different but much busier (like many, we’re here for the Rugby World Cup).
Good service and a good place to watch sport on TV. A couple of bar staff have excellent English making orders super easy.
Food is ok (not amazing) but drinks range is brilliant.
Written October 9, 2019
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kyoya7
great stuff thanks for your comment, hope to see you again soon
Written November 4, 2019
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georgematthews
Bangor421 contributions
Oct 2019 • none
Watched a rugby World Cup match here and the pub was absolutely rammed but the service was brilliant. Never had to wait moe than a couple of minutes to get a pint. Can highly recommend.
Written October 1, 2019
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kyoya7
great stuff thanks so much for your comment, all the best and see you again soon.
Written October 6, 2019
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Tillie05
Appin47 contributions
Apr 2019 • couples
What a treat we stumbled upon, after travelling through Japan for a week, and eating all kinds of unusual food we are not at all used to, all we wanted was something we could eat that was not Japanese food.
Yes I know you are saying you are in Japan what do you expect you would eat. But hey how nice to have a burger and fries. Seriously it was really nice and great beer on tap.
We had Kirin beer and cheese burgers it was great.
We were served by Noriko she was very helpful and speaks english.
Would recommend this place.
Written April 13, 2019
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kyoya7
hi there and thanks for your comment, hope to see you again soon.
Written June 13, 2019
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Demi H
Johannesburg70 contributions
Dec 2018 • none
We were the only people in the bar when we visited. Staff aren’t very friendly and are uninterested. Beer was good, but there are many better places in the area.
Written December 6, 2018
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kyoya7
Hi there and thanks for your comment. We are sorry you didn't have a good experience with us. We take on your feedback and will try to do better in future.
Written December 11, 2018
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
47mikeg
Woore37 contributions
Oct 2018 • friends
A large group of us ( UK+ Anzac tourists on a Wendy Wu tour) arrived after dinner at a local restaurant and were all made most welcome by the staff and also 2 other locals who gave up their seats for us as a gesture of Japanese -Irish hospitality . It was music night which added an extra element although it was quite odd listening to Japanese jazz -some with lyrics , in an Irish pub ...with not "a wild rover" to be seen, apart from our group!
Many thanks to the one bar lady who gave me and successfully deflated, ready for travel, one of the Jack Daniel`s promo balloons for my son who is such an avid collector of anything and everything JD !
Great selection of beers -draft and bottled and also compared to a number of other watering holes -NOT EXPENSIVE ! Thanks to all M & The Gang !
Written October 10, 2018
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kyoya7
Great! thanks so much for your comment and we are glad you had a good time. Please come again!
Written October 18, 2018
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breggie
976 contributions
Sep 2018 • couples
...but as an authentic Irish pub, it is NOT. Food overpriced but good . Same
For the beer. A welcome respite for us chicken Westerners who dislike odd raw fish dishes!
Written September 16, 2018
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kyoya7
thanka for your comment, take care and we hope to see you again soon.
Written October 2, 2018
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Alireza S
Zwolle772 contributions
Jul 2018 • couples
A quite a good place with very nice friendly staff. The cocktails are good and verity of choices is quite wide. Good place if you wonder where to drink in Kyoto
Written July 16, 2018
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kyoya7
hi there and thanks for your comment. we appreciate it. safe travels and come back soon!!
Written July 24, 2018
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Ron S
Toronto511 contributions
Apr 2018 • family
Overall we had a good experience. My family isn't as adventurous at trying local cuisine and so finding an irish pub for dinner worked well for us. The beer selection was great, along with the rest of the bar menu. Our food came quickly and hot and was overall fairly good. We had ordered some fried food which were perhaps a little too greasy but not terrible. We saw a couple of these Man on the Moo restaurants so perhaps it's a chain style restaurant around Kyoto.
Written May 4, 2018
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Александр Котляр
Moscow22 contributions
Dec 2017 • friends
Really good beer yonoyona, every1 should try it. 1 pint and u almost drunk. Food is good 2 but plz add new menu (food in the end). Ahhhhrrrgg)
Written December 5, 2017
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Tommy J
Cattolica5 contributions
Nov 2017 • friends
Very Nice place to have a good time with friends. Afordable prices andre very nice Staff. Recomendable. 👍👍👍
Written November 5, 2017
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