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Shinsaibashi / Namba

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Kuromon Sanpei Kuromon Market Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nippombashi 1-22-25

This fresh fish retailer is set up in the Kuromon Market, which has continued to operate since the end of the Edo period (1603-1868). The retailer started as Sanpei Fishery Co., Ltd., which handled salted salmon and fish eggs at the Osaka Central Wholesale Market. The inside of the store is lined with fresh seafood just purchased from the Osaka Central Wholesale Market. In addition to large packs for dealers, they also offer many processed items such as sushi and seafood rice bowls that can be easily purchased by tourists. With a dining area in one corner of the shop, you can enjoy a bento lunch box bought there right away.
Takoyaki Doraku Wanaka Sennichimae Main Store

4.0

319 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nambasennichimae 11-19

A venerable takoyaki octopus dumpling shop located next to Namba Grand Kagetsu in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward. Known as the orthodox paragon of the flavor of Osaka takoyaki, almost every day sees long lines of tourists and locals waiting outside the shop’s door. The shop’s vaunted dough, made with a kombu kelp and bonito dashi stock, is fried up crisp on the outside and chewy and viscous on the inside. In addition to standard takoyaki sauce, the shop offers soy sauce, a spring onion and salt sauce, and a seasonal sauce to popular acclaim. Eat-in space available.

Osaka is the Japanese capital of street food and one of its signature dishes is takoyaki. In the area of Namba/Dotonbori Ive found Wanaka and during my holiday I ended up eating takoyaki there every...
Kani Douraku Main Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-6-18

One of the symbols of Osaka and the Dotonbori, this crab restaurant is easily identified by its giant moving crab sign. Here diners can enjoy fresh crab year round, sourced from locations such as the San’in region and Hokkaido as appropriate to the season. The restaurant’s signature menu option is its “kani-suki course,” with which diners can enjoy crab with the restaurant’s secret dashi stock. The colorful “kani kaiseki” course meal is also popular for parties and banquets. A popular destination for tourists, the restaurant also sells its special crab vinegar and crab rice gruel in convenient packages to take home as souvenirs.
Mizuno

4.0

518 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-4-15

A venerable okonomiyaki savory pancake shop located in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward founded in 1945 in the postwar devastated Minami area. This restaurant sees an unending line of patrons waiting to get in consisting not only of long-going regulars but also tourists from throughout Japan and the world. Harnessing the distinct deliciousness of the ingredients used, the shop’s okonomiyaki taste good even without sauce and are made according to an old fashioned, secret recipe passed down over the years. The shop’s most popular menu item is its “yamaimo-yaki,” a type of okonomiyaki made with Japanese yams instead of flour along with hearty portions of scallops, pork, and shrimp.

We queued for half an hour but it was worth it. The food was prepared in front of us on a hot bbq plate set into our table. We had a set menu of three different dishes with a variety of tasty treats...
Fukutaro

4.5

284 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Sennichimae 2-3-17

Fukutaro located in Chuo Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture is an okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) restaurant and is famous with long queues. The most popular dish is the negiyaki using plenty of green spring onion produced in Osaka. It is an exclusive dish in which the homemade soy based sauce goes well with the flavor of the batter, and the Sujinegiyaki with beef sinew is particularly popular. As seafood such as octopus, scallops and oysters is purchased directly from Osaka Chuo Market, it is freshness itself. There is a range of okonomiyaki with a springy texture and a la carte menu items. Inside the restaurant, it offers an atmosphere of an old-fashioned okonomiyaki restaurant in downtown Osaka. Booking is not available.

Amazing fresh food served. Staff are friendly and very helpful. The menu’s at the time unfortunately were only available in Japanese but the staff were kind enough to take me through in English...
Okonomiyaki CHIBO (Dotonbori Shop)

4.0

587 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-5-5

Okonomiyaki CHIBO is a restaurant specializing in Okonomiyaki (savory pancakes), located in Dotonbori in the Chuo Ward of Osaka City. The restaurant’s original pancake mix—which is made from around 20 different types of flour mixed with high-quality onsen water—ensures plump pancakes with a mellow flavor. Okonomiyaki CHIBO pays particular attention to its sauces, which play a key role in enhancing the flavor; the restaurant’s low-calorie original sauces are made using carefully-selected fruits and vegetables. The spacious dining area, with around 200 seats, is kept spotlessly clean, and the restaurant is a popular choice for dates and for women to get together with their female friends.

Visited chibo as we had seen a number of reviews saying there was a vegi and vegan menu. We waited in the queue outside for some time and a staff member asked us to pre order. She said there was no...
Takoya Dotonbori Kukuru Main Shop

4.0

155 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-10-5 Chalka Building 1F

A takoyaki (octopus dumpling) shop located in the Dotonbori area of Osaka City’s Chuo Ward easily identifiable by its unique sign enwrapped by a giant octopus. This venerable shop is famous even in Osaka, the capital of takoyaki restaurants, and its dumplings are distinguished by their spongy and viscous texture. The “meibutsu bikkuri takoyaki,” only served at the main restaurant location, features huge chunks of plump wild octopus sticking boldly out of the dumplings. In the eat-in space, octopus shabushabu and dried octopus-based oden stew are served in addition to takoyaki and akashiyaki.

Delicious tokoyaka (octopus balls). Super soft and fluffy. Don’t eat too quickly as they have a hot centre so you need to leave to cool down a few minutes. I got 8 for 960 yen and they were super...
American Village Kougaryu Main Store

4.0

144 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nishishinsaibashi 2-18-4

A famous takoyaki octopus dumpling shop located in America-Mura in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward said to be the originator of the “amikake mayonnaise” style of takoyaki, which is fast become the standard for takoyaki today. Since the shop was first opened, it has only used carefully selected, highest quality ingredients, including a specially made mayonnaise and select octopus. The dough, made with a dashi stock prepared from seven varieties of ingredients and mixed with Japanese yam, is flavorful, spongy, and addictive. In addition to standard takoyaki sauce, the shop also offers a negipon spring onion and yuzu sauce as well as a popular black pepper and salt mayonnaise. Eat-in space available.

The line went fast despite the number of people waiting to buy takoyaki. Loved the taste and the atmosphere of the place. Defo coming back!
Dotonbori Akaoni

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 1-2-3

A famous takoyaki octopus dumpling restaurant located in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward which has even been featured in the Michelin Guide. The shop uses raw instead of the more conventional boiled octopus and makes no use of chemical seasonings, resulting in a more delicately flavored takoyaki that has won much renown. The shop also takes great care in the dashi stock used to flavor the dumpling batter. The shop’s takoyaki is so delicious you might be tempted to eat it as-is, but Akaoni also offers conventional sauce and soy sauce for diners to enjoy their takoyaki with. Eating “chapuchapu” style—dipping your takoyaki in a cup of warm dashi stock—is also popular. The shop uses no beef or pork in any of its dishes, making it a good choice for tourists from outside Japan with dietary restrictions.
Dotonbori Jihey

4.0

11 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 2-1-4

A fugu and pike conger restaurant founded in 1945 and located on Dotonbori in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward. The restaurant serves high quality fugu dishes year round such as tessa fugu sashimi and techhiri boiled fugu. The seasonal fugu kaiseki courses and tecchiri course are popular. The hamo (pike conger) course, primarily served in summer, is renowned and includes hamo chiri (boiled pike conger), hamo sukinabe (pike conger sukiyaki-style hotpot), and pike conger oshizushi. The restaurant also offers a variety of seating options, including regular tables, sunken kotatsu seating, and private rooms overlooking Dotonbori.

this is one of the many restaurants located at dotonbori. it’s relatively ‘quieter’ so we love it. most people come here for hot pots. the restaurant offers set menu for hot pots. globe fish or...
Daruma Namba Main Store

4.0

90 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 1-5-24

Located a five-minute walk away from Exit 14, Namba Subway Station. This is a kushikatsu restaurant of long standing which has a rule, “don’t dip skewers into sauce twice”. They put a special sauce on the skewers. The restaurant’s dark brown sauce has been developed over a long time and has been carried down to the present day. The initial crispiness, followed by a sticky food texture is unique to Daruma. The food texture of the batter is well maintained by using a fine textured batter and also due to the sauce also being well mixed. They are the right size that they are easy for women and children to also eat them. In addition to the main dish of kushikatsu, they also have seasonal items and a set menu.

One of the Better Tasting Kushikatsu out there. If not for the dipping sauce I would have rated them 5. I find it unhygienic as to why you have to use the sauce over and over again from different...
Kushikatsu Daruma Shinsaibashi Store

4.0

117 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Shinsaibashisuji 1-5-17

The Shinsaibashi branch of the long-established Kushikatsu Daruma chain opens at 11:00 a.m. and has plenty of tables, so it attracts lots of family groups at lunchtime. The main focus of the menu is, as the restaurant’s name suggests, kushikatsu (Japanese-style deep-fried kebabs), but there is also a wide range of reasonably-priced set meals, including doteyaki (beef tendons stewed in miso and mirin) etc. Adults accompanying children who order less than a specified amount will be required to pay an additional cover charge, so it works out cheaper to order plenty of kushikatsu.

Good kushikatsu. A bit greasy. The recommended 9 piece set is more than enough for one person. Very friendly and helpful staff.
CREO-RU Dotonbori Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-6-4

CREO-RU Dotonbori Branch located in downtown Dotonbori in Minami district of Osaka is a large restaurant where you can enjoy well-known Osaka foods such as takoyaki (octopus dumpling), okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) and kushikatsu (grilled skewer) in one place. Takoyaki which has a crispy fragrant outer and soft inner is famous as it is delicious even when cool. There are a range of fusion menu items such as a “Semi-boiled egg with plenty of spring onions” and “Pepperoncino style” as well as a standard sauce flavor. Okonomiyaki with a springy mixture blended with brown rice flour as well as kushikatsu which is fried with 100% soybean oil are also popular. Takoyaki is available for take-out. The closest station is Namba Station.
HARIJU Dotonbori Main Store

4.0

79 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-9-17

HARIJU Dotonbori Main Store opened in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture in 1919 is a well-established specialty beef restaurant. It operates a butcher’s store and three restaurants in a historical building which was built in 1948 and is also a landmark of Minami district of Osaka. In particular, it boasts an exclusive Sukiyaki, a well-known dish in Japanese restaurants which impresses all gastronomes from Japan and overseas. You can enjoy the taste unchanged since the time of establishment which goes well with the secret sukiyaki stock and umami from high-quality Japanese black beef. It provides quiet Japanese-style seating as well as individual rooms which can be also used for happy events. The closest station is Namba Station.

Came to this place after being recommended by hotel concierge. We went for the set menu which gives a great selection of japanese beef. Tried different cuts, all tasty with different texture. Great...
Okonomiyaki and Teppanyaki Bonkuraya Dotonbori Branch

3.5

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-5-92F

Besides soft, fluffy Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) made using plenty of delicious yam, Bonkuraya also offers a Teppanyaki menu and a range of set meal options. Inside the restaurant, the walls are covered with the densely-packed signatures of celebrities who have eaten at Bonkuraya; tables near the window provide superb views of the Dotonbori River. Many of the items on the menu are very reasonably priced, and diners can enjoy first-class Teppanyaki that doesn’t cost a fortune. The Petite-yaki Six Varieties, which provides the opportunity to try small portions of several different Teppanyaki dishes, is very popular among female diners and as an alternative for children. Bonkuraya is located around seven minutes’ walk from both Kintetsu Nippombashi Station and Osaka Namba Station.

We wanted to try the Kansai style okonomiyaki - savoury pancake with toppings like meat. We found this just along the Dotonbori canal. We ordered one standard and one house favourite - 巨乳焼き. The...
Sennichimae Hatsuse

3.5

62 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nambasennichimae 11-25 Hatsuse Bldg 2F

Sennichimae Hatsuse is a long-established okonomiyaki restaurant which began in 1945. As it used to be operated as a ryokan (Japanese style accommodation), all seating is in relaxing individual rooms. Double sauce with a secret mixture combining four types of flour and Japanese stock covered with two types of sauce is the key to the taste. Mix, a main dish with pork, squid and prawn as well as Butatama (a pork topping) are popular. The Hatsuse set meal which allows you to enjoy a pork hot plate pot, squid tempura (deep fry) and other items is also well-received. As you can cook by yourself on a hot plate at each table, groups and families can enjoy their meals while having fun. The closest station is Namba Station.

Went for lunch with family. Not overly crowded. Interesting DIY concept for okonomiyaki and yaki soba. Comes with instructions in English so easy to follow. Food cooks in about ten minutes. Quality...
Takoyaki 18 ban Dotonbori Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Doutombori 1-7-21 Kudaira Building 1F

A takeout takoyaki octopus dumpling shop located on the first floor of the Nakaza Kuidaore Building in the Dotonbori area of Osaka City's Chuo Ward. The shop's takyoyaki is distinguished by its creamy dough made with dashi stock and milk accented with the flavors of sakura shrimp powder and red pickled ginger. The secret to the shop's crisp takoyaki dough is the abundant sprinkling of tenkasu deep fried dough bits. Designed to be a shop easy for women to enter, the restaurant sees long lines on weekends and holidays.
Chibo (Sennichimae Main Shop)

4.0

63 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Nambasennichimae 11-27 Kazebusu Building 1/2F

This is the original store of the national franchise, okonomiyaki specialty store Chibo. The original sauce with a hint of sweetness and fresh fragrant after taste, is made so that it is perfect when it is poured on to the hot okonomiyaki-pancake. In addition to okonomiyaki, which is the store's signature dish, Negi-yaki (grilled green onion pancakes) with a specialty sauce that uses onions (kujo negi) freshly delivered from Kyoto, is a popular dish. The second floor can cater to 50 guests and is available to be reserved for groups over 40 people.

Our favourite meal in Osaka was at Chibo in Osakas Namba region where we devoured Okonomiyaki twice. We loved that okonomiyaki is cooked in front of you, adding to the food experience. After it’s...
Tako-ume Honten

4.0

29 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osaka-shi Chuo-ku Dotonbori 1-1-8

This jokan hot sake bar has been in business for over 170 years since 1844. The restaurant's Kanto-daki stew has been made according to the same unchanged recipe since the first owner gave it a unique, rich flavor by using saezuri whale tongue. The establishment has also been a favorite of numerous writers and persons of culture, including Sakunosuke Oda, Shotaro Ikenami, Kazuo Dan, Seiko Tanabe, and Ken'ichi Yoshida; and has even appeared in various works of fiction!

大阪に出張の際は必ず時間が取れればお伺いするお店です。日本一古いおでん屋と言われています。こちらのタコの甘露煮はとても美味しい一品です。事前に予約して、お土産用にタコの甘露姿煮を頼みます。日本酒も美味しいですよ道頓堀に来たら是非おすすめのお店です
Dotonbori Ichiaki

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...

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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."