Upscale in Osaka

Craftroom

• ★ 4.8
• Cocktail bar
• ¥¥¥
• Umeda and Kita

Drink Seasonal Japanese fermentation cocktail

Asia's 50 Best Bars-ranked Osaka cocktail bar by Ryu Fujii, experimenting with Japanese ferments and distillates in a discreet Umeda basement under Osaka.

Fujimaru Winery Shimanouchi

• ★ 4.8
• Wine bar
• ¥¥¥
• Dotonbori and Namba

Order House Yamabudo wine, Natural Koshu white, Fermented cheese platter

A Shimanouchi urban winery pouring its own Osaka-made bottles and other Japanese wine by the glass, with Italian plates coming out of the kitchen.

Bar Nayuta

• ★ 4.7
• Cocktail bar
• ¥¥¥
• Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura

Drink Bespoke seasonal infusion cocktail

A ten-seat Amerikamura cocktail bar near Triangle Park where bartenders craft bespoke drinks to each guest taste from house-made syrups with no fixed menu.

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.

Ghost Ultra Lounge

• ★ 4.6
• Cocktail bar
• ¥¥¥
• Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura

Drink Ghost signature sour

Amerikamura flagship basement electronic venue hosting Tokyo and international DJs on a Funktion-One sound system; open from 22:00 Thursday to Saturday.

NOAM Wine Bar

• ★ 4.6
• Wine bar
• ¥¥¥
• Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura

Order Georgian orange wine, Beaujolais natural, Charcuterie board

A Higashi-Shinsaibashi wine bar with over 300 labels, built on Champagne and Burgundy and extending to South African and Australian bottles.

bills Umeda

• ★ 4.6
• Brunch
• ¥¥¥
• Umeda and Kita

Order Ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter, Scrambled eggs, Fresh-pressed juice

The LUCUA 1100 branch of Bill Granger's Sydney brunch brand, famous for ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter and impossibly soft scrambled eggs.

Nagahori Michelin Izakaya

• ★ 4.5
• Izakaya
• ¥¥¥
• Kitashinchi and Fukushima

The world's first Michelin-starred izakaya, unknown outside Japan despite a star held since 2010. No English signage; booking requires Japanese.

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.

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.