Craftroom
- ★ 4.8
- ¥¥¥
- Umeda and Kita
Drink Seasonal Japanese fermentation cocktail
Asia's 50 Best Bars-ranked Osaka cocktail bar by Ryu Fujii, experimenting with Japanese ferments and distillates in a discreet Umeda basement under Osaka.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Osaka for grown-ups.
Where to drink
9 places
Bar Nayuta
- ★ 4.7
- ¥¥¥
- Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura
Drink Bespoke seasonal infusion cocktail
A ten-seat Amerikamura cocktail bar near Triangle Park where bartenders craft bespoke drinks to each guest taste from house-made syrups with no fixed menu.
Ghost Ultra Lounge
- ★ 4.6
- ¥¥¥
- Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura
Drink Ghost signature sour
Amerikamura flagship basement electronic venue hosting Tokyo and international DJs on a Funktion-One sound system; open from 22:00 Thursday to Saturday.
Bars: tours, tastings and classes in Osaka
Good Times Reggae Bar
- ★ 4.5
- ¥¥
- Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura
Drink Dark rum punch
An Amerikamura reggae bar open since 1992 with a Sound System from Jamaica, a rum-heavy cocktail list, and walls of vintage dancehall posters.
Ueda Saketen
Drink Seasonal junmai from Hyogo brewery
A Shinsaibashi standing sake shop selling direct-from-brewery junmai and daiginjo from smaller Kansai and Hiroshima breweries not widely distributed.
Hozenji Yokocho Izakaya Strip
- ★ 4.3
- ¥¥
- Dotonbori and Namba
Drink House sake by the tokkuri
The lantern-lit stone alley parallel to Dotonbori: moss-covered walls, traditional izakayas, and the Fudo-son temple giving the alley its resonance.
Yellow Ape Craft
- ★ 4.2
- ¥¥
- Nakanoshima and Kitahama
Drink Yellow Ape IPA
A Kitahama craft beer bar pouring around 20 rotating draught taps shipped direct from breweries across Japan, in a narrow Imabashi corner room.
Craft Beer Base Mother Tree
- ★ 4.1
- ¥¥
- Umeda and Kita
Drink Barrel-aged Osaka porter
A beer complex north of Umeda combining a bottle shop, a beer hall and an on-site brewery, with Japanese and imported craft beer on rotating taps.
Shinsaibashi Bar District
- ★ 4.0
- ¥¥
- Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura
Drink Varies by bar
The five-floor walk-up buildings along Nishishinsaibashi hold Osaka's densest concentration of cocktail bars, DJ booths, rooftop terraces, nightclub floors.
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