Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Osaka Area

  • Food Mashica
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Nishi-ku Edobori 1-19-15
    Food Mashica located in Nishi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture is an Italian restaurant with an izakaya (a Japanese style pub) atmosphere. It operates in a traditional cigarette shop and has counter seating. A chef and a sommelier who have experience working at famous restaurants propose a new “food” culture with selected ingredients and alcohol. It offers a range of dishes such as the standard menu item, “Pate of mochi pork” with an irresistible smoky flavor, and the Japanese-Italian fusion menu item “salted mackerel sushi”. There is also a take-out counter for sandwiches and delicatessen items.
  • Ageha Grand Front Osaka Branch
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Ofukachou 3-1 Grand Front Osaka South Building 7F
    Ageha Grand Front Osaka Branch on the seventh floor in the south annex of Grand Front Osaka, a shopping complex located right next to JR Osaka Station is a specialty kushikatsu (a grilled skewer) restaurant. You can enjoy an original combination of kushikatsu and wines selected by a sommelier. There are always more than 30 types of kushikatsu with a commitment to texture and decoration using seasonal vegetables from contracted farmers, high quality meat and seafood. Among these, the Angel Prawns full of sweetness and umami are popular. A lunch set with eight skewers of kushikatsu, a salad and rice is also popular.

    お昼に軽くと思い入りました。ランチメニューが幾つかあって、一番安いコースをお願いしたのですが、カラッとした衣とフアッとジューシーな具材が口の中で心地よいハーモニーを奏でました。また訪れたい店の一つです。

  • AOI NAPORI IN THE PARK
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Tennouji-ku Chausuyamachou 5-55
    AOI NAPORI IN THE PARK is a restaurant which operates in the corner of Tenshiba a commercial zone centering an open grass area in the entrance of Tennoji Park. It is the second outlet for the famous Italian restaurant in Koishikawa district, Tokyo. Its menu includes a range of Italian cuisine with plenty of fish and vegetables, such as the Napoli pizza baked in a wooden oven by a pizza artisan and the chef’s exclusive authentic pasta. On terrace seating, the barbeque package where they supply you with everything you need, which you can enjoy with greenery and the park breeze, is popular. It holds kids’ cooking classes, and a booking is required in advance. The closest station is Tennoji Station.
  • Dotonbori Ichiaki
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-6-12 Nicoville B1F
    Dotonbori Ichiaki is a restaurant where you can enjoy okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake), a famous Osaka dish, as well as a view of the Dotonbori River, and is popular with both locals and tourists. The okonomiyaki is made from vaunted ingredients which the owner himself purchases. There is a full range of okonomiyaki from the standard fare to original items. The Osaka tsuruhashi yaki (pancake) which has a superb flavor made by mixing in slowly stewed beef sinew and kimchi (a fermented Korean pickle) is popular. The heart-shaped Osaka omoide yaki is also popular with couples. There is table seating inside the restaurant as well as terrace seating where you can glaze at the Dotonbori River nearby. The closest stations are Namba Station and Nippombashi Station.

    We went there today after a long walk to find Chibo Okonomiyaki that was apparently closed 3pm-5pm. It was good! We ordered yakisoba and green onions okonomiyaki. They even wrote welcome on the...

  • Udonbo Osaka Main Store
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    4.0
    43 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Umeda 1-1-3 B200 Osaka Station front 3rd building B2F37-2
    Udonbo Osaka Main Store, located in the second below ground floor of Osaka Station 3 Building in Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, is a well-known sanuki udon noodle restaurant. The main restaurant is located in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. The chewy thin noodles using wheat developed especially for Sanuki udon noodles and carefully made stock with several ingredients such as bonito and sardines are the keys to the good taste. Chanpon (mixed) udon noodles full of ingredients is a specialty dish. Bukkake, hot noodles without topping which go down smoothly, is also popular. It is crowded with neighboring business people on weekdays and many couples and families visit on weekends.

    本格的なランチタイムが始まる前の午前11時30分ころに訪問したところすでに2人が店の前で待っている状態。どうやら11時の開店でどっと席が埋まり、1回転目待ちといった感じだったので、その後は席が次々と空いてすぐに座ることが出来ました。 メニューを見ると「ちく玉ひや天」がオススメのようなのでソレを注文。最初はなんのことやら分からなかったのですが、料理が届いて納得、具材のことだったのですね。具沢山だった...

  • Hitoyoshi
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    5.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Tanimachi 8-2-6 Happy Mutual Building 1F
    Hitoyoshi located in Chuo Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture is a specialty handmade monaka wafer shop and is popular as a new signature Osaka souvenir. The wafers made from 100% Japanese glutinous flour are crispy and go very well with the miso (soybean paste) filling made from organic Japanese white miso and white kidney beans produced in Hokkaido as well as a coarse bean filling using red beans produced in Hokkaido. It sells signature products such a coarse bean filled wafer and a burdock wafer as well as western-style wafers including a rum raisin flavor and a lemon and ginger flavor which are sold according to the season. As the wafers and fillings are separate, putting them together just before eating allows you to enjoy the crispy texture.

    谷町筋沿いにある最中の人気店。最中の具がカップに入っており、別の袋に入ったパリパリの皮に入れて一口でパクリ。お客様への手土産に良く使う。店主のお母さんの気遣いが凄く良い。

  • Ura-Namba Torame Yokocho
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Sennichimae 2-3-15
    Ura-Namba Torame Yokocho located right next to Namba Station and Nippombashi Station is a food theme park with a food stall village, and the red torii (archway) at the entrance is the landmark. Inside the yokocho building, there is a row of nine restaurants, including Osaka gourmet dishes such as barbecued offal, sushi, izakaya (a Japanese style pub), grilled skewered chicken, Italian, kushikatsu (grilled skewers) and okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake). A delivery service between the restaurants in the yokocho building is available. It is attractive as you can enjoy a small amount of food from several restaurants. You draw a fortune card in all the restaurants when you enter and receive an extra service if you draw a lucky card. It is a popular gourmet place with both Japanese and overseas tourists.
  • Hozenji Yokocho Alley Yakizen
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 1-1-18
    Yakizen is an okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) restaurant and located in the corner of Hozencho yokocho (a side lane), a laneway where there is a row of small Japanese cuisine restaurants and bars. A yellow Zenchan doll in front of the restaurant is the landmark. The Modern Yaki featuring uniquely blended flour is famous, and you can enjoy a unique Osaka taste with a perfect combination of the springy mixture and secret sauce. Negiyaki (spring onion pancake) with a special soy-based sauce is also popular with women. There are a range of a la carte dishes. Inside the Japanese-style restaurant, there is counter and table seating in a quiet atmosphere, so can be used by both couples and groups. The closest station is Namba Station.

    Okonomiyaki pre-pared and seared at your personal teppan. Not a large selection but made up with flavourful toppings. The restaurant has a counters on the first (ground) floor and tables on the...

  • Matsuba Souhonten
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    4.0
    64 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 9-20 New Umeda Esophagus Street
    Matsuba Souhonten, located in Shin Umeda Food Arcade near Umeda Station in Osaka, is a well-established specialty kushikatsu (a grilled skewer) restaurant, which opened in 1949. The standing bar-style surrounding a counter is often featured on TV and magazines. It is crowded with neighboring office workers daily and also popular with both families and tourists. Each kushikatsu carefully made by an experienced artisan is a taste of Osaka with a crispy texture. The grilled beef skewer is famous and more than 10 types of kushikatsu including vegetables, meat and seafood can be enjoyed.

    19時30分位に入店。 8割り位の混み具合。 男性店員さんがお出迎え&ご案内。 では、とりあえずの瓶ビールで。 串かつは目の前に揚げてあるやつを取っても、頼んでもOK。 では、5年ぶりの松葉を堪能しますか! 頼んだものは以下。 [食べたもの] ・若鶏 170円 ・うずら 140円 ・牛肉 100円 ・若鶏 170円 ・牛肉 100円×3 [呑んだもの] ・モルツ 大瓶...

  • Kindai University Fisheries Laboratory
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Pref. Osakashi Kita-ku Ofukacho 3-1 Granfront Osaka kitakan 6F
    Kindai University Fisheries Laboratory is a joint restaurant with Kinki University, which is known for research into cultivation of Bluefin tuna, and Dynac Corporation. You can enjoy dishes using fresh fish delivered directly from Kindai Fisheries Laboratory and ingredients produced in Kishu. It offers cultivated fish such as flounder, red sea bream, yellow jack, yellow tail, and great amberjack as well as Kindai Tuna. You can enjoy a range of menu items such as stew and grilled dishes as well as sashimi (raw fish). There are also limited menu items using the rare cuts of Kindai Tuna depending on the day. A banquet set meal and the lunch menu as well as a la carte dishes are also popular. The closest stations are Umeda Station and Osaka Station.
  • Bokkokukaitentoriryouri Tenma Main Store
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Ikedachou 8-4
    Bokkokukaitentoriryouri Tenma Main Store, located about three minutes' walk from JR Tenma Station, is a food-stall style Mexican restaurant with a clear plastic sheet as a landmark. The custom-order rotisserie chicken baked whole in the baked chicken machine is the signature dish. You can enjoy crispy skin and succulent fillets wrapped in tacos and tortillas. There is also an extensive menu including a la carte dishes, Mexican beers, and a premium tequila. In a colorful, exotic atmosphere, you can enjoy an authentic taste in Japan.

    ここの前に居たお店でお腹いっぱいになっていた為、お酒だけ飲みました。 テキーラベースのカクテルが何種類もあり迷いましたが、メニューの1番最初に載っていたフローズンマリガリータを注文。 オープンテラスと言うか、路上に置いた小さいテーブルとイスで、とても好きな雰囲気でした。冷房が苦手な友人と私、外の風を感じながら飲めて最高に気持ち良かったです。 他のお客さんが食べていた回転鶏がとてもおいしそうで、お腹...

  • muse umekita winebar & grill Grand Front Osaka
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    3.5
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Ofukachou 3-1 Grand Front Osaka North Building 6F
    This is an Italian cafe on the sixth floor of the north building of the Grand Front Osaka complex near JR Osaka Station. Here one can enjoy an authentic menu in a relaxed bar atmosphere, with grilled premium meat, seafood and vegetables from contract farms, and Naples-style pizzas. It is an adult's playground, with the wide windows lending it a free and open feel and music events playing until late in the night. Since they stay open until 4 a.m. it is a great place for a second round of drinks or an all-night ladies party.

    Wife and I came in tonight for what we expected was a decent Italian meal. We didnt get it. The salad was too small for the price - not even worth it. The pizza was tasty, but it was only lukewarm...

  • Yoshino Sushi Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Awajimachi 3-4-14
    This old sushi restaurant established in 1841 is famous for its “Hakozushi,” conceived by its third generation chef. The “Hakozushi” box is loved as a beautiful, representative type of Osaka sushi that remains delicious even after some time has passed, filled with premium toppings including conger eel cooked in a sauce that has been passed down since the restaurant’s founding, thick fried egg, small sea bream and shrimp, as well as nori seaweed and shiitake mushrooms over a bed of sushi rice. The second floor is an elegant eating space where one can enjoy an Osaka sushi course menu. The nearest station is Yodoyabashi Station.
  • Sumiyakishoten Yo Namba
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nambasennichimae 14-25 Hannan Building 1F
    This is an izakaya in Chuo Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, a comfortable space with warm wood, handmade tables and sunken horigotatsu seats. Their focus is charcoal-cooked cuisine involving carefully cooking selected foodstuffs including fresh Yamato chicken, seafood from a direct contract market, and seasonal vegetables with Kishu binchotan charcoal. Popular options include the “yakitori-moriawase” (yakitori assortment), “momo-no-aburiyaki” (toasted chicken thigh) and nodoguro-urokoyaki (grilled black throat fish). The lunch menu with its rich variety of sake and casual “oyakodon” (chicken and egg on rice) dish is another customer favorite.

    When I was researching my trip, I stumbled across a blog that recommended this restaurant and said that they offered “Japanese home-style dishes,” something that I was very curious about. I’m glad I...

  • HARIJU Curry Shop
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    4.0
    57 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-9-17
    This is a curry shop managed by the old beef specialist “Hariju” established in 1919. It is located in a historical building constructed in 1948 which is also a landmark in Osaka’s Minami area, and the shop offers high-quality Japanese beef in curry rice, beef cutlet, and hayashi (hashed beef) rice. Their famous specialty is “Beef Wan” which is a beef bowl topped with egg. The interior is Western-style with a relaxed informal feel that welcomes customers. The nearest station is Namba Station.

    心斎橋の御堂筋に面したカレーショップ。典型的な昭和のレトロな雰囲気のある「食堂」の雰囲気があり、どこか懐かしさを感じるお店だ。カレーの専門店で、いつもよいにおいを漂わせているので、食べてみると確かにうまい。カツカレーはさすがお肉屋さんのカレーだと感じるだろう

  • HARIJU Grill
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    4.0
    50 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-9-17
    This is a Western-style restaurant managed by old beef specialist “Hariju” established in 1919. It is located in a historical building made in 1948 which is also a landmark in Osaka’s Minami area, and offers beef-centric cuisine including Japanese Black beef steaks, beef cutlets, and slow-cooked beef stew. The interior is of retro Western style, its good old style mixing nicely with the Western menu. The nearest station is Namba Station.

    Nice traditional style sukiyaki in the busy Namba region in Osaka. Worth spending the money on the beef as it simply just melts in the mouth. Sukiyaki sauce a little in the set side which suits my...

  • Naniwa no aji Meijiken
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    4.0
    79 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Shinsaibashisuji 1-5-32
    This is an old Western-style eatery established in 1926 in Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Here one can eat traditional Japanized Western food as well as authentic Western dishes. Their famous dish is the “omuraisu” (omelette with rice), its flavor not having been changed since establishment. They are proud of their soft rice with fluffy egg, which also comes in a popular set with a juicy skewered beef cutlet. The menu is full of other options including the voluminous extra special beef cutlet set meal and pork chops. The interior is a mix of brown wood and white walls with the atmosphere of a Western restaurant in a red brick town, popular even with unaccompanied female diners.

    Very nice, low profile restaurant for a quick lunch while shopping. We enjoyed a good (a strange as it may sound, the best yet in Japan) steak. Lovely staff.

  • Tsuruichi
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    3.5
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    3-3 Minamihara, Tennoji Ward, Osaka-shi, Osaka
    This is an old yakiniku restaurant established in 1948 in the Tsuruhashi Area, Osaka’s yakiniku battleground. It is said this place is the first to have offered “Tsukedare”—simply grilled meat with sauce. The traditional sauce has a refreshing taste and is made with a Japanese-style dashi stock base. In addition to standard menu items such as roast, skirt steak or tongue meat, there is also a rich variety of offal. There is also a reasonably-priced lunch set which includes meat, rice and kimchi. It is a large restaurant 152 seats, making it easy for families and women to enter. The nearest station is Tsuruhashi Station.

    絶対一押しが鶴一である。 カンテキで焼く肉は最高に旨い 並ぶことを覚悟して行け数少ない店である 鶴橋は電車の駅を降りた瞬間から 焼肉の煙の香りに引き込まれる

  • Daruma Kiwaaji Kitashinchi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezakishinchi 1-5-25 Daruma Building 3F
    This is a kushiage (fried meat and vegetables on a skewer) restaurant in Osaka Kita’s Kitashinchi area, known for its large number of high class and quality restaurants. It is a branch of the famous “Daruma” restaurant in Shinsekai. Selected seasonal foodstuffs are fried carefully one-by-one in tallow that is easily digested, and the resulting crunchy kushiage is a masterpiece for its splendid fusion of tradition and design. One can choose from course menus with appetizers and seasonal small rice bowls depending on budget. The high class Japanese interior makes it a great venue for various special events including receptions or anniversaries. The nearest station is Kitashinchi Station.
  • Wasabi
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    4.5
    40 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 1-1-17
    This is a famous creative kushiage (fried meat and vegetables on a skewer) restaurant in Hozenji Yokocho, earning a star in the MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2017. They offer over 35 kinds of special kushiage, based around seasonal vegetables grown naturally in the mountains and fields. With no unnecessary extras, the kushiage fried in fine breadcrumbs and rice bran oil have a light and crisp flavor, allowing one to savor the taste of the raw ingredients. With the “Omakase Kushiage Course” one can eat the various kushiage at their own pace and stop whenever they wish. As there are just 10 counter seats available, it is necessary to book in advance. The nearest station is Namba Station.

    This restaurant was recommended to us by someone who visited earlier this year. It ended up being one of the highlights of our trip! This is a small restaurant with only 9 counter seats where you...

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