One of Osaka’s most popular areas is Dotonbori, an area known for its thriving nightlife with countless bright neon signs to light the street and the canal of Dotonbori. You can find many kinds of restaurants all over this area but the sheer number of choices can be overwhelming at times. The following are a few of our top choices to consider when visiting the area.
Dotonbori has many great okonomiyaki places and Hozenji Sampei is definitely among the top ones. This is thanks to their fluffy okonomiyaki made with fresh ingredients. They also have the option to add topping or even order a custom-made okonomiyaki. We recommend trying the "Suji, Negi, Konnyaku" (1,320JPY) which is mixed with springy green onion, soft stewed steak and healthy konnyaku.
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Hariju was established a bit over 100 years ago and is continually working on preserving not only its traditional taste but the atmosphere, too. They focus on dishes like sukiyaki and shabu-shabu with high grade ingredients like Kuroge-wagyu. Their courses are usually meant for 2-4 people and the popular course is the Sukiyaki Yuki course (8,400JPY), which comes with 4 dishes and a drink.
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Dotonbori has many seafood restaurants in it and Uosho Ginpei is considered to be one of the favorite ones. This is a chain of seafood izakaya with shops in Osaka, Tokyo and other areas in Japan. One of the more popular courses is the special Ginpei course, a Kaiseki course with assorted sashimi, boiled or grilled fish and more for 7,700JPY.
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While Kukuru offers different types of dishes like shabu-shabu and dden its main dish is takoyaki, one of Osaka's most popular dishes. Octopus is considered to be very healthy food and Kukuru makes sure to use fresh and healthy ingredients. You can choose out of many takoyaki dishes like takoyaki with large octopus that comes on a hot plate (840JPY), the Special Akashiyaki that comes with soup (790JPY), and the famous surprised takoyaki were the octopus parts will stick out of the takoyaki balls (1,680JPY), available only at the main store.
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If you are looking for a yakiniku place in Dotonbori we recommend Dotonbori Mitsuru. This yakiniku place boasts about having the most seats than any other restaurants in Dotonbori. The 2F has many tables and counter seats for small groups, 3F is a traditional style floor with enough space to hold a banquet for up to 100 people and the 4F is more suited for couples and has a number of private rooms. However what really makes them one of the best yakiniku in Dotonbori is their high grade wagyu meat. More than that all of their courses are with all you can drink like the Dotonbori course (5,830JPY), available for groups of 2 or more, 2 hours of all you can drink while enjoying high quality meat with side dishes.
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