Kashiwaya
- ★ 4.8
- Kaiseki
- ¥¥¥¥
- Umeda and Kita
Order Seasonal kaiseki course
One of Osaka's three three-Michelin-starred restaurants: kaiseki in a wooden sukiya house in Senriyama, built on Naniwa vegetables and Awaji produce.
The restaurants worth the trip in Osaka: bistros, neo-classics, neighbourhood favourites, and the rooms locals book first.
Our picks in Osaka
18 places
La Cime
- ★ 4.8
- French
- ¥¥¥¥
- Kitashinchi and Fukushima
Order Chef's tasting menu, Japanese beef course
Two-Michelin-starred French restaurant by Chef Yusuke Takada, using Japanese ingredients from Osaka's farms and Seto Inland Sea coastal waters.
Sushi Minazuki
Order Omakase course
A Michelin-starred Kitashinchi omakase counter; Chef Sato sources Seto Inland Sea fish direct from fishermen to a 14-seat pale-wood counter.
Kaiseki tours and tastings in Osaka
3 of the restaurants on this list serve kaiseki.
Agnel d'Or
- ★ 4.7
- French
- ¥¥¥¥
- Kitashinchi and Fukushima
Order Chef's omakase menu
A Michelin-starred ten-seat counter in Nishihommachi; chef-owner Akinari Fujita trained in Normandy, Basque Country, and Lyon before returning to Osaka.
Nagahori
- ★ 4.6
- Izakaya
- ¥¥¥
- Kitashinchi and Fukushima
Order Roasted chicken, Dashimaki tamago, Sake pairing
The world's first Michelin-starred izakaya (one star since 2010); Shigeo Nakamura cooks dashimaki tamago and roasted chicken to careful izakaya standard.
Chi-Fu
- ★ 4.6
- Chinese
- ¥¥¥¥
- Umeda and Kita
Order Chef's tasting menu
A Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant in Nishitenma by chef Koji Azuma, whose Chinois-Fume concept fuses Chinese flavour with French culinary structure.
Koryu
- ★ 4.5
- Kaiseki
- ¥¥¥¥
- Kitashinchi and Fukushima
Order Seasonal kaiseki menu
Two-Michelin-starred kaiseki in a formal tea-house setting; Chef Hamano uses Osaka Bay seafood and Naniwa vegetables in precise seasonal courses.
Sushi Harasho
- ★ 4.5
- Omakase Sushi
- ¥¥¥¥
- Tennoji and Abeno
Order Omakase nigiri course
Two-Michelin-starred omakase sushi in Tennoji; Chef Harasho sources the morning auction at Osaka's Honmachi fish market for a 12-seat counter.
Takoume Honten
- ★ 4.4
- Oden
- ¥¥
- Dotonbori and Namba
Order Tako kanroni, Daikon oden, Ganmodoki
Operating since 1844, this Dotonbori landmark serves Osaka's most storied oden: simmered daikon, octopus, and tako kanroni in ancient dashi.
Yugen
- ★ 4.4
- Japanese
- ¥¥¥¥
- Tennoji and Abeno
Order Chef's tasting menu
Two Michelin stars; chef Keisuke Mifune brings a kaiseki-rooted omakase that shifts monthly with Kansai seasonal produce at a Tennoji counter.
Where to stay in Osaka
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Hajime
Order Planet Earth tasting menu
Three Michelin stars for chef Hajime Yoneda, who won them on French cooking in 2008 and holds them on the innovative cuisine he turned to in 2012.
Fujiya 1935
- ★ 4.3
- French
- ¥¥¥¥
- Nakanoshima and Kitahama
Order Seasonal degustation menu, Uni beurre blanc
Two Michelin stars; fourth-generation chef Tetsuya Fujiwara fuses Osaka dashi tradition with French technique at a Yariyamachi counter since 1935.
Ajikitcho Horieten
- ★ 4.2
- Kaiseki
- ¥¥¥¥
- Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura
Order Seasonal kaiseki course
One Michelin star; a sukiya-style kaiseki room in Kitahorie where the second-generation chef sources seasonal Kansai produce in the Kitcho tradition.
Kani Doraku Dotonbori Honten
- ★ 4.2
- Japanese
- ¥¥¥
- Dotonbori and Namba
Order Zuwaigani course, Kani suki (crab hot pot), Kani gratin
The restaurant behind Dotonbori's mechanical crab sign, serving full Hokkaido crab courses and individual crab kaiseki since 1960 on five floors.
Tsuruhashi Fugetsu Namba
Order Classic buta-tama, Kimchi okonomiyaki, Yakisoba
The Namba CITY branch of Osaka's Tsuruhashi Fugetsu chain, cooking pork belly and squid okonomiyaki on a teppan counter just south of Dotonbori.
Daruma Shinsekai Honten
- ★ 4.1
- Kushikatsu
- ¥¥
- Shinsekai
Order Beef tongue skewer, Asparagus wrapped pork, Cheese and nori
The 1929 Daruma flagship beneath Tsutenkaku Tower; the sauce-no-double-dip rule is enforced at the counter; skewers arrive in rapid unbroken succession.
Dotonbori Imai Honten
- ★ 4.0
- Udon
- ¥¥
- Dotonbori and Namba
Order Kitsune udon, Kakiage tempura udon, Ankake udon (winter)
One of Dotonbori's oldest udon restaurants; the kitsune udon recipe has been unchanged since the 1940s; dashi is simmered in a 70-year-old clay pot.
Zerohachi
- ★ 4.0
- Japanese
- ¥¥¥
- Dotonbori and Namba
Order Akage wagyu karubi, Kobe beef, House kimchi
Halal-certified yakiniku on the fifth floor of OCAT Mall, Namba; Akage wagyu and Kobe beef grilled table-side, all meat halal-sourced, prayer space available.
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