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...
21 splurge places in Osaka, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Osaka. All Osaka food.
Kashiwaya Osaka Senriyama ★ 4.9
Suita · 2-5-18 Senriyamanishi, Suita, Osaka 565-0851
Kashiwaya Osaka Senriyama in Osaka holds three Michelin stars and a Michelin Green Star for sustainability, with chef Hideaki Matsuo drawing.
La Cime ★ 4.9
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 3-2-15 Kawaramachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0048
La Cime holds two Michelin stars; chef Yusuke Takada refracts classical French through Kagoshima citrus, Satsuma chicken, and Osaka seafood at Kawaramachi.
Kashiwaya ★ 4.8
Umeda and Kita · 2-5-18 Senriyamanishi, Suita, Osaka 565-0851
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
Two-Michelin-starred French restaurant by Chef Yusuke Takada, using Japanese ingredients from Osaka's farms and Seto Inland Sea coastal waters.
Koryu ★ 4.8
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 3-3-3 Uchiawajimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0038
Two Michelin stars; chef Shintaro Matsuo builds Osaka-style kaiseki with Naniwa produce, richer dashi, and deeper umami than Kyoto counterparts.
Sushi Harasho ★ 4.8
Tennoji and Abeno · 3-30 Uenomiyacho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0037
Sushi Harasho holds two Michelin stars; the chef seasons only with wasabi and nikiri at a 12-seat unmarked counter in a Nakanoshima back street.
Sushi Minazuki ★ 4.7
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 1-5-7 Sonezakishinchi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0002
A Michelin-starred Kitashinchi omakase counter; Chef Sato sources Seto Inland Sea fish direct from fishermen to a 14-seat pale-wood counter.
Agnel d'Or ★ 4.7
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 2-4-4 Nishihommachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0005
A Michelin-starred ten-seat counter in Nishihommachi; chef-owner Akinari Fujita trained in Normandy, Basque Country, and Lyon before returning to Osaka.
Yugen ★ 4.7
Tennoji and Abeno · 14-14 Ishigatsujicho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0031
Yugen holds two Michelin stars; chef Keisuke Mifune offers an approachable kaiseki in Tennoji using Osaka seafood in seasonal multi-course progression.
Chi-Fu ★ 4.6
Umeda and Kita · 4-4-8 Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0047
A Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant in Nishitenma by chef Koji Azuma, whose Chinois-Fume concept fuses Chinese flavour with French culinary structure.
Agnel d'Or ★ 4.6
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 2-4-4 Nishihommachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0005
Agnel d'Or holds one Michelin star; chef Akinari Fujita works a ten-seat Nishihommachi counter building umami-rich dishes from Kyushu produce.
Sushi Minazuki ★ 4.6
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 1-5-7 Sonezakishinchi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0002
Sushi Minazuki in Kitashinchi holds one Michelin star for its artistically sequenced omakase at five counter seats, with chef Takayuki Saki showcasing Inland.
Nagahori ★ 4.6
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 1-3-9 Uemachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0005
Nagahori became the first izakaya in the world to earn a Michelin star in 2010 and retains it in the 2026 guide; chef Shigeo Nakamura serves heirloom.
Koryu ★ 4.5
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 3-3-3 Uchiawajimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0038
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
Two-Michelin-starred omakase sushi in Tennoji; Chef Harasho sources the morning auction at Osaka's Honmachi fish market for a 12-seat counter.
Chi-Fu ★ 4.5
Umeda and Kita · 4-4-8 Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0047
One Michelin star; chef Koji Azuma's Chinois-Fume concept fuses Chinese flavour with French culinary structure across a short tasting menu in Nishitenma.
Yugen ★ 4.4
Tennoji and Abeno · 14-14 Ishigatsujicho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-0031
Two Michelin stars; chef Keisuke Mifune brings a kaiseki-rooted omakase that shifts monthly with Kansai seasonal produce at a Tennoji counter.
Tonkatsu Koshiro ★ 4.4
Shinsaibashi · 2-10-24 Minami-Senba, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Tonkatsu Koshiro runs an omakase tonkatsu counter at Minami-Senba; three lunch cuts and six dinner cuts daily, each explained cut-by-cut at the 10-seat bar.
Hajime ★ 4.3
Kitashinchi and Fukushima · 1-9-11 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0002
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
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
Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura · 1-22-6 Kitahorie, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0014
One Michelin star; a sukiya-style kaiseki room in Kitahorie where the second-generation chef sources seasonal Kansai produce in the Kitcho tradition.
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