9 editor picks in Osaka.
Food experience in Umeda and Kita
Kimono experience and Japanese home-cooking lesson Osaka Umeda
2 of these places are in Umeda and Kita
Osaka drinks late, and its bar culture runs from precise cocktail rooms to the lantern-lit alleys off Dotonbori. Craftroom in Umeda and Kita and Bar Nayuta in Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura sit at the careful, spirit-forward end of the spectrum. The same Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura grid holds Ghost Ultra Lounge and Good Times Reggae Bar for a louder night, while the narrow Hozenji Yokocho Izakaya Strip near Dotonbori and Namba keeps the old-Osaka drinking lane alive.
9 cocktail bar places in Osaka we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Osaka · Cocktail Bar across every city.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
