Osaka Food Guide

"Chicken ramen with char siu pork. It's a really popular place, only open on weekdays until 4pm."

"A busy izakaya bar specialising in tuna. I went multiple times and definitely recommend it."

"I'm not usually a fan of trusting TripAdvisor when it comes to local food, but I was intrigued by this Okonomiyaki restaurant being number one at the time of my visit. I arrived with a friend about 20 minutes after it opened for lunch and we waited for about half an hour to be seated at the bar right in front of the action."

"Fantastic Okonomiyaki. I arrived at 8pm and was seated 10 minutes later because I was on my own but the queue was long and I imagine most people wait around 30 minutes."

"Highly-rated and famous ramen restaurant."

"Very highly rated ramen. Expect queues and beware that at peak times the queue is split in two, starting outside the restaurant and then continuing around the corner on the main road, so make sure you join the end of the queue."

"Delicious sushi for a good price. You can get 3 pieces of tuna nigiri for only 150 yen."

"For Japanese curry. You need to pay (using 1000 yen notes) at the ticket machine."

"Great sushi on the 5th floor. This is affordable high-end sushi with a selection of five delicious nigiri for under 1,200 yen."

"Cheap and popular conveyor belt sushi. I loved it!"

"Highly rated okonomiyaki at a very small local restaurant which doesn't have any English inside or out. The owner was kind enough to serve me even though it was almost closing time and then he gave me a bookmark with a drawing he'd done."

"Extremely-highly rated chicken and soy ramen noodles in a small restaurant in a residential area."

"Japanese curry with a very generous amount of beef curry sauce, rice and pork or shrimp in breadcrumbs. Tasty and satisfying!"

"Curry in a little restaurant. Good ratings."

"Takoyaki (octopus balls). It was annoyingly hard to find but the location on the map is correct."

"Possibly the most famous takoyaki brand in Osaka. They have multiple branches and are always busy."

"Another Ichiran branch for ramen."