Tsuruhashi Fugetsu Namba
The Namba branch of Osaka's famous okonomiyaki chain, serving thin lacy batter with pork belly or squid at a teppan counter near Dotonbori canal.
Order: ['Classic buta-tama', 'Kimchi okonomiyaki', 'Yakisoba']
Kani Doraku Dotonbori Honten is a crab kaiseki restaurant in Dotonbori And Namba, Osaka.
The restaurant behind Dotonbori's mechanical crab sign, serving full Hokkaido crab courses and individual crab kaiseki since 1960 on five floors.
Must order: ['Zuwaigani course', 'Kani suki (crab hot pot)', 'Kani gratin']
Address: 1-6-18 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0071
The Namba branch of Osaka's famous okonomiyaki chain, serving thin lacy batter with pork belly or squid at a teppan counter near Dotonbori canal.
Order: ['Classic buta-tama', 'Kimchi okonomiyaki', 'Yakisoba']
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.
Order: ['Kitsune udon', 'Kakiage tempura udon', 'Ankake udon (winter)']
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.
Order: ['Akage wagyu karubi', 'Kobe beef', 'House kimchi']
The Namba branch of Osaka's famous okonomiyaki chain, serving thin lacy batter with pork belly or squid at a teppan counter near Dotonbori canal.
Order: ['Classic buta-tama', 'Kimchi okonomiyaki', 'Yakisoba']
The 1929 Daruma flagship beneath Tsutenkaku Tower; the sauce-no-double-dip rule is enforced at the counter; skewers arrive in rapid unbroken succession.
Order: ['Beef tongue skewer', 'Asparagus wrapped pork', 'Cheese and nori']
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.
Order: ['Kitsune udon', 'Kakiage tempura udon', 'Ankake udon (winter)']
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.
Order: ['Akage wagyu karubi', 'Kobe beef', 'House kimchi']
Osaka's sole three-Michelin-starred kaiseki in a traditional Senriyama machiya. Seasonal menus draw on Naniwa vegetables and Awaji Island produce.
Order: ['Seasonal kaiseki course']
Two-Michelin-starred French restaurant by Chef Yusuke Takada, using Japanese ingredients from Osaka's farms and Seto Inland Sea coastal waters.
Order: ["Chef's tasting menu", 'Japanese beef course']