7 restaurants in Osaka, editor-picked for sunday dinner. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Osaka.
Agnel d'Or ★ 4.7
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 2-4-4 Nishihommachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0005
Hours: Tue 18:00-19:30; Wed-Sun 12:00-13:00, 18:00-19:30; Mon closed
A Michelin-starred ten-seat counter in Nishihommachi; chef-owner Akinari Fujita trained in Normandy, Basque Country, and Lyon before returning to Osaka.
Yugen ★ 4.4
Tennoji and Abeno · 14-14 Ishigatsujicho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0024
Hours: Mon-Tue 12:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00; Thu-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 self-taught chef Hajime Yoneda; the Planet Earth omakase meditates on Japanese ecology and Kansai seasonal ingredients.
Kani Doraku Dotonbori Honten ★ 4.2
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-6-18 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0071
Hours: Daily 11:00-23:00
The restaurant behind Dotonbori's mechanical crab sign, serving full Hokkaido crab courses and individual crab kaiseki since 1960 on five floors.
Daruma Shinsekai Honten ★ 4.1
Shinsekai · 2-3-9 Ebisu-higashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-0002
Hours: Daily 11:00-22:00
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.