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About this place
For a meal built around T-bone steak, Benjamin Grill Kyoto’s dinner course is one option. The menu lists a course of 5 dishes with a veal T-bone steak as the main. The steak is cooked in an oven at 900 and served piping hot, according to the restaurant. One diner who tried it also remembered the mashed potatoes served alongside; another enjoyed steak with French onion soup. Starting with soup before moving on to the meat makes for a fitting progression on a steak-centred evening.
If you prefer to order à la carte, you could begin with tuna tartare, follow it with steak and roast beef, then finish with tiramisu. A diner who enjoyed this combination recalled that the seasoning was not too strong and that the dishes were well balanced. The menu includes tuna tartare, house-made roast beef in limited quantities, and tiramisu; the roast beef is served with horseradish teriyaki sauce.
At lunch, courses centre on diced steak made with aged meat. The menu includes a steak course, another with Spanish Iberico pork, and a further option that also features roast beef made with aged meat. Choose according to whether you want one meat dish or a little of the pork and roast beef as well. One lunch guest said the salad, vichyssoise and meat dish made for a generous meal. The lunch courses vary in their combination of meats, making it easy to choose a hearty meal or sample several different meat dishes. Salads and soups are also listed, offering the option of adding a dish outside the course.
A burger is another way to enjoy a steakhouse-style meal. The Benjamin Burger pairs a patty of 100% prime beef, aged for at least 28 days, with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles. The Gotham Burger Benjamin Style, made with shishito peppers and mozzarella, and the cheese steak sandwich are other options for a more casual meal than a course.
For dessert, there are also New York cheesecake and key lime pie. Private rooms are available, and dinner reservations are accepted, making the restaurant worth considering for an anniversary or a meal where conversation is part of the plan. Located in Bandoya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, it offers different courses and à la carte dishes at lunch and dinner, with meat at the heart of the meal.
