Osaka: Food Tour with 15 Dishes & 3 drinks With Local Expert
The most popular food tour in Osaka 7 years straight! Discover 15 dishes at 5 local eateries & 3 drinks. Local foodie experts will take you to the whole range: Tachino...
15 restaurants in Osaka, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Osaka.
Kashiwaya ★ 4.8
Umeda and Kita · 2-5-18 Senriyamanishi, Suita, Osaka 565-0851
Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-13:00, 18:00-19:30; Sun closed
One of Osaka's three three-Michelin-starred restaurants: kaiseki in a wooden sukiya house in Senriyama, built on Naniwa vegetables and Awaji produce.
La Cime ★ 4.8
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 3-2-15 Kawaramachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0048
Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00; Sun closed
Two-Michelin-starred French restaurant by Chef Yusuke Takada, using Japanese ingredients from Osaka's farms and Seto Inland Sea coastal waters.
Sushi Minazuki ★ 4.7
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 1-5-7 Sonezakishinchi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0002
Hours: Mon-Sat 18:00-23:00; Sun closed
A Michelin-starred Kitashinchi omakase counter; Chef Sato sources Seto Inland Sea fish direct from fishermen to a 14-seat pale-wood counter.
Chi-Fu ★ 4.6
Umeda and Kita · 4-4-8 Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0047
Hours: Mon 17:30-20:30; Tue-Sat 11:30-13:00, 17:30-20:30; Sun closed
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
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 3-3-3 Uchiawajimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0038
Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-14:00, 18:00-23:00; Sun closed
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
Tennoji and Abeno · 3-30 Uenomiyacho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0037
Hours: Mon-Tue 12:00-14:00, 18:00-22:00; Thu-Sat 12:00-14:00, 18:00-22:00; Wed,Sun closed
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
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-1-8 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0071
Hours: Daily 16:00-22:30
Operating since 1844, this Dotonbori landmark serves Osaka's most storied oden: simmered daikon, octopus, and tako kanroni in ancient dashi.
Yugen ★ 4.4
Tennoji and Abeno · 14-14 Ishigatsujicho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0031
Hours: Mon 18:00-22:00; Tue 12:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00; Thu-Fri 18:00-22:00; Sat-Sun 12:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00; Wed closed
Two Michelin stars; chef Keisuke Mifune brings a kaiseki-rooted omakase that shifts monthly with Kansai seasonal produce at a Tennoji counter.
Hajime ★ 4.3
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 1-9-11 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0002
Hours: Daily 17:00-23:00
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
Nakanoshima and Kitahama · 2-4-14 Yariyamachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0027
Hours: Mon-Sat 18:30-22:00; Sun closed
Two Michelin stars; fourth-generation chef Tetsuya Fujiwara fuses Osaka dashi tradition with French technique at a Yariyamachi counter since 1935.
Kani Doraku Dotonbori Honten ★ 4.2
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-6-18 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0071
Hours: Daily 11:00-22:00
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 ★ 4.1
Dotonbori and Namba · Namba CITY South Building 1F, 5-1-60 Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0076
Hours: Daily 11:00-22:00
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
Shinsekai · 2-3-9 Ebisu-higashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-0002
Hours: Mon-Fri 11:00-22:30; Sat-Sun 10:30-22:30
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
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-7-22 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0071
Hours: Thu-Tue 11:00-22:00; Wed closed
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
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-4-1 Minatomachi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-0017
Hours: Mon-Fri 11:00-16:00; Sat-Sun 17:00-22:00
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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