Shin-Umeda City
[ Open 6:30am-11pm daily. ]
This bright and airy dining room offers a far more interesting menu than the typical hotel coffeeshop, with many organic and vegetarian dishes in the "Nature Cuisine" section. There's also a popular...
[ Open 6:30am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 11:30am-2:30, 5:30-10:30pm (bar to 2am) daily. ]
A melange of South East Asian flavours, design and attitude with a Japanese twist. Dinner for two, with drinks, is around 6,000 yen.
[ Open 11:30am-2:30, 5:30-10:30pm (bar to 2am) daily. ]
[ Open 3-10pm (Sat, Sun from noon). Closed Tuesdays. ]
Originally known as Kansai's best retail shop for imported beers, Craft Beer Base have expanded their operations to include a restaurant, bar, on-premises brewery and bottle shop. These are all...
[ Open 3-10pm (Sat, Sun from noon). Closed Tuesdays. ]
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5-9:30pm (LO) daily. ]
Reliable deep-fried meat and seafood skewers from this Tokyo-based shop. Budget around Y3,500 at night, Y1,000 at lunchtime.
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5-9:30pm (LO) daily. ]
Grand Front, Ofukacho
[ Open 11am-11:30pm daily. ]
Run by Osaka's adventurous Bak brewery, this Umeda outlet serves ten of the brewery's beers on tap along with a small food menu. It's a pleasant spot located inside the Grand Front Osaka's stylish...
[ Open 11am-11:30pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-9pm daily. ]
Serious, modern Italian dining from Kyoto's highly regarded Il Ghiottone restaurant. Prix-fixe menus are priced at Y3,780-10,800 in the evening, and wines start at around Y6000 per bottle.
[ Open 11am-9pm daily. ]
[ Open 10am-9pm daily. ]
Inexpensive bakery and deli items and salads from the famous no-brand design store Mujirushi.
[ Open 10am-9pm daily. ]
Sawara - Oden: Umeda [ Open 11am-2:30, 5pm-3:30am (LO; Sun -11pm) daily. ]
Sawara is one of the more stylish sake bars in town, with late-night hours (until 4am), a live DJ spinning dance music, and a panoramic nighttime view of the JR Osaka station area. You can sample a...
[ Open 11am-2:30, 5pm-3:30am (LO; Sun -11pm) daily. ]
[ Open 10am-10pm daily. ]
Located inside the Actus interior shop, this large cafe-restaurant serves an international menu that includes Scandinavian-style meatballs and various pastas and dessert items. Lunch is served until...
[ Open 10am-10pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
With more than 300 seats and several different bar counters and table areas, this sprawling complex is more like a world-beer theme park than a typical bar. The place is run by a beer importer, so...
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 9am-10pm daily. ]
A branch of the excellent Tokyo-based chain, Aux Bacchanales is known for their authentic casual French style and well-prepared cafe fare.
[ Open 9am-10pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily. ]
Nagoya-style grilled unagi eel is served here, grilled over only the finest binchotan charcoal and served with their own special low-salt tamari sauce. Hitsumabushi (a traditional Nagoya serving...
[ Open 11am-3, 5-10pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
Run by a beer import company, this sister shop of the nearby World Beer Museum serves draft beers from Czechia, Belgium, Germany, the UK and the US, including tasting flights. They also offer a big...
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
Chayamachi
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO; 2am Fri/Sat) daily. ]
Bears serves more than 100 different beers from around the world, along with bar food like nachos, sausages, calamari, and fried chicken fajitas. The stand-up bar is open till 2am weekends; there's...
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO; 2am Fri/Sat) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
The restaurant's name pretty much says it all - you'll find plenty of oyster varieties, champagne, seafood and a smattering of Cajun-style dishes. The two-story chrome-trimmed dining area is one of...
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-midnight daily. ]
Coffee, wireless internet access and good food from the popular Wired Cafe chain. Open until 3am on Friday and Saturday nights.
[ Open 11am-midnight daily. ]
Peko - Bar: Chayamachi [ Open 6pm-2am (5am weekends) daily. ]
This quiet, well-hidden bar has plenty of space spread out over three floors, and they offer a good selection of whiskey and bourbon, cocktails and a few Japanese craft beers, as well as an...
[ Open 6pm-2am (5am weekends) daily. ]
[ Open noon-12:30am (LO) daily. ]
This conveniently located cafe is part of the popular chain of Osaka Belgian beer bars, and stocks around 100 beers, mostly from Belgium. Unfortunately the food menu is rather lackluster, and even...
[ Open noon-12:30am (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 5pm-midnight daily. ]
There are plenty of places in town to get some yakitori and beer, but the beers here are Belgian craft beers and the yakitori is made from free-range Tamba birds, an heirloom breed prized for its...
[ Open 5pm-midnight daily. ]
Nakazakicho
[ Open noon-2, 5:30-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays. ]
Owner-chef Olivier imports a lot of his ingredients directly from his native France, and you'll find un-Japanese dishes like tripe, stewed rabbit, cous cous, and wine and cheese even at lunchtime....
[ Open noon-2, 5:30-10pm (LO). Closed Sundays. ]
Hankyu Umeda station area
[ Open noon-2, 5-11:30pm daily. ]
A lively standing bar, conveniently located in the Hankyu Sanbangai station complex, Molto serves four craft beers on tap along with several dozen by the bottle. They also have around ten wines by...
[ Open noon-2, 5-11:30pm daily. ]
[ Open 10am-9:30pm (LO) daily. ]
This small shop serves takoyaki and akashiyaki (the Kobe-style version of the dish); take-out is available.
[ Open 10am-9:30pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-9pm daily. ]
Wines by the glass at very reasonable prices (Y300-550) at this informal stand-up wine counter in Hankyu Sanbangai. Inside, the Ishii shop sells imported foods, a large selection of wines and...
[ Open 11am-9pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
This casual shabu-shabu restaurant, located at the far end of the old-fashioned Kappa Alley restaurant complex under the Hankyu line tracks, offers decent-quality beef and pork at affordable prices...
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 4-10pm (LO) daily. ]
The menu here is deep, with strange and unexpected variations on the oden theme - shiitake mushrooms, lotus roots, ginkgo nuts, oysters, plus a separate menu of whale delicacies. The ambience is...
[ Open 4-10pm (LO) daily. ]
Hankyu honten, Hankyu Grand
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
Besides the usual okonomiyaki variations, Fugetsu also serves grilled seafood - a combo of octopus tentacles, shrimp, squid and oysters is Y1050.
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm daily. ]
Craft Beer House Molto is definitely the highest craft-beer bar in Osaka, offering a fine view of the city from its 31st-floor location. There's a full menu of Italian food (budget around Y4000 at...
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
Toribun's specialty is shamo (a game bird) served raw, oven-roasted, and on skewers as yakitori. Y4000 covers a prix-fixe dinner, or you can order a la carte. Drinks include shochu and some sake.
[ Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11:15am-8:50pm (LO) daily. ]
Regional "Tosa cuisine" is the draw here, including lots of great fish and seafood fresh from the Kochi side of Shikoku. Dinner with drinks averages around Y5000.
[ Open 11:15am-8:50pm (LO) daily. ]
Hep Navio area
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
This national chain prepares good-quality okonomiyaki, yakisoba, "modern-yaki", and interesting five-color "salads" of shredded vegetables. They also do a Hiroshima-style option. Take-out is...
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
Bruno brings you old-school retro curry-shop decor and a nice selection of Japanese curries - including squid - all at budget prices.
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
All-you-can-eat deep-fried skewers of meat and vegetables, plus assorted side dishes and desserts, will set you back Y2625 (or Y1575 at lunchtime). There's a two-hour limit, so don't dawdle over the...
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
Ippudo - Ramen: Umeda [ Open 11am-3am daily. ]
Ippudo's Hakata-style ramen noodles, served in a surprisingly rich pork broth, draw the crowds here every night. It's worth the occasional wait.
[ Open 11am-3am daily. ]
Kuruma - Yakitori: Umeda [ Open 5pm-midnight (LO) daily. ]
Miyazaki free-range chicken is the main ingredient at Kuruma, with chicken sukiyaki and chicken shabu-shabu supplementing the usual yakitori menu. The tasteful interior is plusher than what you'd...
[ Open 5pm-midnight (LO) daily. ]
south of Hep Navio
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
It's hard to beat Craft Beer Market for price and beer selection. Offering thirty domestic and imported craft beers on tap, they charge just Y550 for a small glass and Y880 for a pint, plus a very...
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open from 8pm. Closed Sundays. ]
Gay bars usually disdain flowers; this one embraces them. Could it be for the contrast they afford master Chanho-san's tattooed biceps? The internet can't compete with Chanho's generosity of spirit,...
[ Open from 8pm. Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open 8pm-late (Sat 9pm- ) daily. ]
A well-established landmark in Osaka's gay community, Explosion operates as a bar during the week and turns into a club on Saturday nights. Note that they often have special events, so the crowd may...
[ Open 8pm-late (Sat 9pm- ) daily. ]
[ Open usually 8pm-2am daily. ]
A small but comfortable gay bar with a friendly Australian publician and a lively, mixed crowd - gay and straight, foreign and Japanese. Homesick Aussies may appreciate the selection of Villi's Meat...
[ Open usually 8pm-2am daily. ]
[ Open 5pm-2am. Closed Tuesdays. ]
The eight taps at this tiny bar here dispense a rotating selection of well-chosen craft beers, mostly from Japan, the US and Germany. Imperial pints are priced at Y1080. Open from 3pm weekends.
[ Open 5pm-2am. Closed Tuesdays. ]
Nikuzushi - Izakaya: Umeda
[ Open 5-11pm (LO) daily. ]
As the name implies, meat sushi is the specialty of the house at Nikuzushi. Sushi by the piece comes with toppings like Iberico pork, foie gras, teriyaki chicken, beef tongue, and wagyu sukiyaki. ...
[ Open 5-11pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 8pm-2am daily. ]
One of Osaka's longest-running gay bars, under new management since 2014, Physique Pride Osaka attracts a diverse, international crowd.
[ Open 8pm-2am daily. ]
[ Open 5:30-11:30pm (LO; to 1am weekends). Open every day. ]
This small, nearly impossible-to-find izakaya in the back streets of Umeda has a warm and cozy atmosphere that instantly relaxes you when you walk in. It's the kind of place where you can drop in...
[ Open 5:30-11:30pm (LO; to 1am weekends). Open every day. ]
Tohoku Tabesa - Japanese regional: Umeda [ Open 2pm-5am daily. ]
Kiritampo (toasted rice on skewers) from Akita, tongue stew from Sendai, and other dozens of other exotic specialties from the Tohoku region are the specialty at this lively izakaya. You'll also...
[ Open 2pm-5am daily. ]
[ Open 5pm-midnight (Fri, Sat -3am) daily. ]
First-rate Miyazaki chicken dishes, regional Kyushu fare and local shochu brands are the specialties at this reasonably priced, unpretentious Miyazaki-based izakaya chain. Budget around Y3000-4000...
[ Open 5pm-midnight (Fri, Sat -3am) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
One of the more stylish branches of this Osaka Belgian bar chain, Keller Keller Kranz is located in the Fukoku Forest Square dining complex, accessible from the Whity underground shopping arcade. ...
[ Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
Bordering neighborhoods:
- West of Midosuji: JR Osaka station and south
- Further west (Herbis): Umeda 2-chome
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