Japanese Food Spots in Osaka Area

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Osaka
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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Takoyaki Tamaya Main Store

4.0

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kokubunji 1-3-4

Takoyaki Tamaya specializes in takoyaki (octopus dumplings), the classic Osaka “junk food.” The restaurant owner, who trained as a chef in France, has refined this dish through the development of new types of pork bone broth and vegetable broth (as well as lobster broth) to cook the dumplings in. An impressive range of toppings is available, including not only the standard mustard and mayonnaise, but also more unusual toppings such as rock salt, garlic and soy sauce, and curry. It is also possible to order some really distinctive menu items, such as takoyaki in bean sauce.

This place might not look like much from the outside but the takoyaki is simply wonderful. Get the takoyaki assortment to try all the flavours on offer. Delicious!
Vin-Ju-Tei Wine / Okonomiyaki / Teppanyaki Restaurant

4.0

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezakishinchi 1-2-24 New Umeda Building 1F

Vin-Ju-Tei is a restaurant where diners can enjoy wine with okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) or Teppanyaki. The entrance resembles a fashionable bar; inside, the only seating is at the counter. Looking around, the interior décor seems too stylish to be an okonomiyaki restaurant. There is an array of wine bottles behind the counter. The restaurant owner recommends the Vin Ju Tei Yaki Fromage, which has plenty of melted cheese poured over the okonomiyaki, turning the okonomiyaki white in color, and which goes very well with wine.

大阪のVin樹亭さんへ訪問。お好み焼き風のフロマージュを食べました。なかなか面白かったです。電気の雰囲気は悪くありませんが、接客は改善の余地ありでした。
Mimiu Main Restaurant

3.5

8 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Hiranomachi 4-6-18 Spirit shrine in the west

Mimiu is a long-established restaurant that traces its origins back to Mimiu-ro, a 200-year-old restaurant in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture. The name was changed to Mimiu when the restaurant was transformed into a specialist noodle restaurant in 1925. Mimiu’s signature dish is Udon Suki (seafood and vegetable hotpot served with udon noodles), cooked using a special Kansai-style broth. Several different set meals are available at different prices. At Mimiu’s Main Branch, Soba noodles made using 100-percent buckwheat flour (with no wheat flour added) are available, up to a limited number of servings per day. All seating is in private rooms, with rooms for every occasion from small-scale get-togethers to large-scale banquets; Mimiu provides a relaxing environment tailored to meet customers’ needs.

久し振りにランチを摂りに訪問しました。いつも混み合っている印象があった為、少し時間を遅らせたところ待ち時間無しで席に案内されました。今回はメニューの中から気になった「ゆば」の蕎麦を選択しました。厚めのゆばが乗った代物で、うどん専門店にも関わらず蕎麦を堪能出来ました。
Tsuruhashi Fugetsu Okonomiyaki and Yakisoba Main Store

4.0

58 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Tennouji-ku Shimoajiharachou 2-18

Located around one minute's walk from Tsuruhashi Station (JR and Subway), Tsuruhashi Fugetsu Okonomiyaki and Yakisoba is restaurant that has been in existence for over 60 years that serves Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake), a food that has become symbolic of Osaka's gastronomic culture. Passing through the white curtain at the entrance, customers are greeted by a bright, clean interior, with large tables and seats that make it possible to really relax and enjoy your meal. The Okonomiyaki, which is served with plenty of cabbage, is prepared right in front of you. The frying is performed with great attention to detail, and so the preparation process takes around 15 minutes to complete; the end result has a crisp exterior and a soft, fluffy inside. The Cod Roe and Mayonnaise Salted Soba Noodles, which is available only in the spring months, makes for a delicious combination.

神戸三宮店、旅行から帰り久しぶりに大阪の味を食べたくて豚玉、野菜たっぷり焼きそば、単品でイカ焼き、たたききゅうり食べましたが、お好み焼きはふっくらとした感じはなしパサパサ、お好み焼きは野菜はカリカリ、肉は焦げたカリカリ、一口食べて店を出ました。私達が食べた2品だけだと思いますが。神戸店以外はすべて美味しく頂きました。
Bubutei Hankyu Sanbangai Branch

4.5

8 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Shibata 1-1-3 Hankyu Third Avenue South Bldg. B2

Bubutei (Hankyu Sanbangai branch) is an akashiyaki (small fried dumplings) and takoyaki (octopus dumplings) restaurant located on the B2 level of the Hankyu Sanbangai shopping center (South Building), around one minute’s walk from Hankyu Railway Umeda Station. The superb broth used to dip the dumplings in is made using carefully-selected Kombu (kelp) and Bonito fish according to a recipe handed down from the famous Japanese restaurant Kawatomi. The menu comprises three main items: akashiyaki, takoyaki, and takoyaki gratin. Takeout service is available. When the Akashiyaki dumplings have been dipped in the broth and fried, they are melt-in-the-mouth soft, and diners can also enjoy the marvelous flavor of the eggs. Portion sizes at Bubutei are substantial, and the combination of dumplings with fresh-tasting mitsuba (wild chervil) is sure to leave you feeling fully satisfied. The food can also be enjoyed together with chuhai (Shochu liquor mixed with soda water) or draft beer.

阪急梅田駅の地下にある明石焼き店です。お昼時満席で20分待ちでした。ふわふわ熱々トロトロでだし汁と相性抜群で、さらっと食べれます。
Akiyama Japanese Cuisine

4.0

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Doujima 1-2-23 Country Building 2F

This restaurant is a three-minute walk from Kitashinchi Station on the JR Tozai Line. You can taste the quality of the seasonal and unusual ingredients which are creatively married together at this restaurant. The restaurant's interior is composed of a counter and a private room, and it has a simple relaxing atmosphere. The lunch menu consists of a hearty bowl of rice topped with sashimi and soft boiled egg. For dinner time, you can enjoy a prix-fixe or an a la carte menu. You can enjoy to your hearts content, cuisine which has been made with beautifully incorporated seasonal ingredients starting with the sashimi assortment and the Japanese-style rolled omelet. Earthen pot rice is cooked fresh every time.

コスパが良いと評判のためビジネスランチにて訪問。タイミングが良かったのか12時頃伺ってもすんなり入店。たっぷりの海鮮と半熟卵が乗った丼が絶品でした。
Kushi Katsu Curry Shichifukujin

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Tenjimbashi 5-7-29

Located a five-minute walk away from JR Tenma Station. This is a kushikatsu (deep-fried pork or vegetables on skewers) restaurant, and it also has a drinks and an a la carte menu. The full menu is put up on the wall inside the restaurant, and it is a cozy space with a downtown atmosphere. Also depending on the seasons, there are more than 40 kinds of kushikatsu. Beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin is a specialty product (three skewers). There are lots of dishes such as three kinds of salads, rice balls, whole fried garlic, udon noodles as well as Oden (various ingredients stewed in soy flavored stock) and curry. The restaurant is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. until 15:00, and open for dinner from 17:00 until 23:00 (last orders being at 22:00).
Sogetsu

4.5

25 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Tenjimbashi 3-3-9-9

This restaurant is located a five-minute south of Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street from JR Tenma Station. The business was established in 1973. This is an “Okonomiyaki” (Japanese savory pancake), stir fried noodle and “Udon” noodle restaurant which is open for lunch and is also open on Sunday. The restaurant overflows with a downtown atmosphere, and lined up in the warm ambience of the restaurant’s interior are autographs by celebrities. There are also semi private rooms, where you can enjoy okonomiyaki in comfort. As a consequence of there being a grilling system by which customers as a matter of course can get to enjoy grilling and eating by themselves. The restaurant owner instructs customers on how to make delicious grills. If you call out to one of the staff, they will also help you.

昔ながらの庶民的なお好み焼き屋さん。有名人のサイン色紙がずらっと飾られていました。お好み焼きはもちろんだし醤油とレモン汁で食べるねぎ焼きもおいしかったです。
Abeno Takoyaki Yamachan 2nd shop

4.0

56 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Abeno-ku Matsuzakichou 2-3-53 Kawakami Building 1F

Located a five-minute walk away from JR Tennoji Station, in addition to “Takoyaki” (savory octopus dumplings), this restaurant has a new menu which you can also enjoy which includes Akashi Yaki (pan-fried dumplings made from egg and soup stock), salted fried noodles, “omusoba” (fried noodles wrapped in a thin omelet) and “soba meshi” (soba noodles and rice cooked together along with meat and vegetables). Chicken carcass is added to the vegetable and fruit soup and a Japanese style soup stock such as kombu is blended to make a high quality batter dough. At the restaurant, they are particular about using seasonal vegetables and fruits to add to their soup. They favor the original Osaka takoyaki flavor using simple ingredients. Using a heavy custom made iron plate, they carefully grill at a high temperature, and the scent and sweetness of the hidden ingredients in the soup comes alive.

It is on a side street just around the corner from the main store, but this one has a small interior with seating on shared tables. A humble place, but friendly, and really you go there for the...
Sakanaya Stand Fuji Shin-Naniwa Daishokudo Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-15-5

This is a restaurant located in the commercial facility, “Shin Naniwa Daishokudo” close to the northern ticket gate of Shin-Osaka Subway Station. Based on the theme of “a restaurant where seafood is just cheap”, they offer good quality seafood cuisine at low prices which come directly from a seafood company. There are an abundance of a la carte dishes such as sashimi, flame-broiled food, and fried dishes, and for lunch bowls of rice topped with something and the set menu are popular. They also have more than 15 kinds of local sake on their menu, and it is also a popular spot to stop for a quick drink while spending time waiting for a Shinkansen bullet train or commuting from work.
Tempura Shunrakuan Obata

4.5

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Doujima 1-3-36 Sonezaki Building 2F

This is a tempura specialty restaurant located in the “Kitashinchi,” downtown area of Osaka Kita with many high class and well-known eateries. The tempura is delicious as it retains the texture of the ingredients which are chosen carefully according to the season and their freshness. The produce used is high quality, the vegetables coming from farms in Minoh and Nose picked freshly in the morning, and the whiting, live prawns, live conger eel etc. from Awaji Island. The chef adjusts the amount of flour and frying according to the dish. Depending on the season, visitors may be able to try a unique item that is not usually available to eat. The restaurant also offers a reasonably priced tendon (bowl of rice with tempura) for lunch. The nearest station is Kitashinchi Station.

北新地にあってカウンターだけの小さな天ぷらのお店です。ランチで入りましたが、席に着くとメニューが出されます。店主がその日のお薦めやお得なメニューを説明してくれます。いろいろなものが食べたいので、天ぷら定食にしました。オニオンドレッシングのサラダが初めに出されました。新鮮な野菜にサッパリした味のドレッシングです。次に天つゆ、、穴子の茶わん蒸しが出されました。茶わん蒸しはやや甘さがあって自分の好みとは...
Kushi Katsu shop Yoneya Namba Minami Branch

4.0

11 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 2-1-4 Namba Walk The first street south street

This is a kushikatsu (skewers of fried food) specialty restaurant located in the underground shopping area “Namba Walk” near Namba Subway Station. It is a popular casual shop where you can taste hot fried kushikatsu, and in addition to the classic skewers such as beef and pork, chicken, whiting and onions, seasonal skewers such as conger eel, sweetfish and oysters are also popular. The light and crispy batter of coarse bread crumbs mixed with beer is delicious. In the restaurant there is a counter to stand and drink, as well as table seats making it an easy place to drop in for a drink on the way home from work alone or with friends for a party. Please, no double dipping in the sauce.

ビール込みのセットメニューがあります。パン粉はちょっとだけ荒引き。立ち飲みカウンターとテーブル席があり、テーブル席を利用しました。串揚げを食べ歩きした中では一番おいしく感じました。難波ウォークの中にありますが、また是非行きたい。
Takomasa Dotonbori Branch

3.5

25 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-4-15

This takoyaki restaurant called “Takoyaki Kappo” is famous for Osaka gifts as well, and visitors can leisurely enjoy a meal in the shop as well as take out takoyaki. The takoyaki has a traditional flavor with a secret soy sauce kneaded into the dough, and each one is hand-cooked on a copper plate. The interior has an elegant atmosphere with Japanese-style seating on the floor, offering not only a takoyaki menu but also a “Takoyaki Kaiseki” (traditional multi-course meal) for guests to enjoy including a variety of takoyaki served in different ways. Guests can also try making their own takoyaki if reserved in advance. The nearest station is Namba Station.

I got food poisoning after eating here, I had the set meal takoyaki. I subsequently lost 2 days of my holiday, avoid.
Okonomiyaki Chigusa

4.5

34 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Tenjimbashi 4-11-18

This old-fashioned okonomiyaki restaurant, located in an alley behind “Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street”, is about two minutes on foot from Temma Station. The interior has an atmosphere of the Showa period, and a nostalgic, at home feel. The iron plate for cooking is at the table, so visitors cook their own okonomiyaki. A well-known dish on the menu is “Chigusa Yaki”, a deluxe type of okonomiyaki using a thick piece of pork meat and cooked by the restaurant staff for you. The sauce of mustard and ketchup mixed together goes perfectly with the pork.

This gem is in one of the smaller alley from the main shopping street. The shop has a very local vibe and you cook the okonomiyaki on the pan in front of you (we ordered the oysters one which is only...
Takohachi Umeda Underground Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Komatsubarachou Umeda Underground Town 4-6 Whity Umeda

This octopus dumpling restaurant, founded in 1979, is located in the “Whity Umeda” underground shopping area that connects directly to Umeda Station. It uses three specially selected types of wheat flour and yam flour along with a special broth to form dough with a soy sauce flavor, creating a wonderful taste even without sauce. The crispy exterior and gooey interior combine with the tender and chewy chunks of octopus to form an amazing combination. There's also okonomiyaki (savory pancake with various ingredients), negiyaki (green onion pancake), ikayaki (squid pancake), and other flour-based foods for your enjoyment. Counter seating is available.
Shinsekai Kushi Katsu Ittoku Osaka Station 3 Building Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Umeda 1-1-3

Enjoy the taste of the downtown Shinsekai district at this deep-fried skewered meat restaurant in the first basement floor of the “Osaka station 3 building” in Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. The many varieties of skewers have a thin bread crumb layer and crunchy texture thanks to the oil, making them perfect as a light snack. You’ll find domestically produced vegetables and specially selected Japanese beef, and the ingredients are fresh, high-quality, and a cut above the rest. The “doteyaki,” made from deliciously simmered sinewy meat, is especially famous, as is the banquet course that includes motsu (offal) hot pot. The dark brown and white interior makes for a subdued atmosphere that women can enter with ease.
Kushikatsu Bon Hanare

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Doujima 1-3-14 Heihachi Building 3F

This specialty kushikatsu (skewers of fried food) restaurant has one Michelin stars and is located a five-minute walk from Osaka’s Kitashinchi Station. The chef carefully cooks fine ingredients like chateaubriand steak and foie gras in addition to seasonal food ingredients, and they offer quality kushikatsu at a reasonable price.
Shinsekai Kushi Katsu Ittoku (Hankyu Umeda Kappa Yokocho Restaurant)

3.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Shibata Of 1-7-2 cups Yokocho 1F

Restaurants in Osaka that sell Kushikatsu (deep fried skewer) are known to have a rule against dipping one's skewer in the sauce twice, and this branch in the Ittokuchain of Kushikatsu restaurants is located just one-minute from Hankyu LineUmeda Station, in the row of traditional taverns under the tracks of the Hankyu Railway called Kappabashi Yokocho. Here customers can enjoy the same crispy Kushikatsu and flavorful Doteyaki (stewed beef tendons) as at Ittoku's main restaurant, as well as small plates, such as Age-Takoyaki (deep-fried octopus dumplings) or Agedashi Mochi (deep-fried savory rice cakes).

大阪市内を中心に展開している人気の串カツチェーン店です。かなりの種類がありあきません。ビールはなぜかぬるい気がしました。
Kushikatsu Shirotaya

4.0

27 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-7-21 Kobayashi Building 3F

This kushikatsu (skewers of fried food) specialist is run by the famous food fighter Giant Shirota and is only a five minute walk from Namba Station. Shirota himself often explores Osaka trying different kushikatsu and wanted to develop a menu that was cheap, delicious and huge. Their Giant Kushikatsu is their most popular dish because of its size, with kamaboko (steamed fish cake), rolled omelet, eggplant, hot dogs, and more, making a rich, filling kushikatsu. Of course you'll want a giant beer to go with your giant meal.

While not the best kushi katsu we had in Osaka, this place is good and fun. A little heavier than our favorite, and a little oiler. I would definitely recommend this as a second stop to compare and...
Shinsekai Kushi Katsu Ittoku Main Restaurant

3.5

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Naniwa-ku Ebisuhigashi 2-4-13

This is the main location of the Ittoku chain of Kushikatsu restaurants. Visitors are greeted at the door by a charming metal Billiken figure, and the small restaurant space contains eight counter seats and tatami room seating for 12. The varied menu features everything from simple meat and vegetable skewers to carefully prepared Shisomaki (nuts and miso wrapped in shiso leaves). In addition to the Kushiage Variety Set, there is an all-you-can-eat option. Ittoku's famous Doteyaki (stewed beef tendons) is available for take-out.

県外から来た友人と一緒に行きました。私自身は地元民です。一言で言えば最悪！味は普通。 550円するどて焼きがカスくらいの量。コスパも超絶悪い。串カツ20本ほどライス2杯烏龍茶3杯、ビール一杯、どて焼きで7,000円参考にしてください。接客最悪。店内不潔。観光地になって一見さんのみを相手にしてる新世界だからやっていけるだけなように感じました。がら空きにスタッフ3、4人。一杯目の...

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Osaka Areas

While Osaka prefecture is the country's second smallest prefecture, its capital, Osaka City, is the country’s third-largest and arguably one of the most popular in the Kansai region thanks to its vibrant nightlife, the Osaka people’s openness, and its much-loved cuisine, which has earned it the nickname "the nation’s kitchen."