Osaka · Food & Drink

Best Bars & Nightlife in Osaka

21 places, each checked by our team.

• Bar Augusta Tarlogie バー・オーガスタ・ターロギーUmeda — Highly rated authentic bar north of Hankyu Umeda, one of the Tabelog Bar Top 100.
• Bar Juniper バー・ジュニパーDojima — Late-opening Dojima bar between Kitashinchi and Nakanoshima; Tabelog Bar Top 100.
• Bar K バー ケーKitashinchi — Long-established Kitashinchi basement bar for classic cocktails, one of the Tabelog Bar Top 100.
• Bar Nayuta バー ナユタAmerikamura — No menu, just conversation: tell the bartender what you like and get a bespoke cocktail built from house infusions and bitters. No. 70 on Asias 50…
• Bar Rarity バー ラリティーHommachi / Shinsaibashi — Basement cocktail and spirits bar between Shinsaibashi and Hommachi, one of the Tabelog Bar Top 100.
• Beer Belly Tenma ビアベリー 天満Tenma — The Tenma taproom of Minoh Beer, one of Japans most decorated craft breweries: 15 Minoh beers on tap and hand pump along a 12-metre counter inside…
• Bible Club Osaka バイブルクラブ大阪Shinsaibashi — The Osaka sister of Portlands famous Bible Club speakeasy: a discreet basement with a pre-Prohibition interior, Japanese-ingredient twists on…
• Circus Osaka サーカス大阪Nishi-Shinsaibashi — A small, serious techno and house club in Nishi-Shinsaibashi, sister to Circus Tokyo, booking international DJs most weekends with a great sound…
• CRAFT BEER BASE leaf (Grand Green Osaka) クラフトビアベース リーフUmeda / Umekita — A bright craft-beer pub in Grand Green Osaka beside Umekita Park, pouring 15 fresh beers from Osakas own Craft Beer Base brewery plus a big bottle…
• Craftroom クラフトルームUmeda / Ekimae — Osakas first entry on Asias 50 Best Bars (No. 28 in 2024, still on the extended list in 2026): a tiny basement bar in the Ekimae Daiichi Building…
• Dojima Samboa 堂島サンボアDojima — A dark-wood Samboa bar in Dojima, part of the 1918 Samboa lineage, where the ice-free highball and an unchanged counter make it a pilgrimage for bar…
• Kita Samboa 北サンボアUmeda / Sonezaki — Classic bar of the Samboa family near Ohatsu Tenjin; Tabelog Bar Top 100.
• Kitashinchi 北新地Kitashinchi — Osaka's Ginza: a dense grid of elegant cocktail bars, hostess clubs and high-end restaurants just south of Osaka Station, where the city's best…
• Kitashinchi Samboa 北新地サンボアKitashinchi — A pillar of Osaka bar history: the Samboa family of bars dates to 1918, and this Kitashinchi branch pours its trademark ice-free Kaku highball at a…
• Maruho Sakaten Kujo Honten (Standing Bar) マルホ酒店 九条本店Kujo — A neighbourhood liquor store in Kujo with a kakuuchi standing bar: drink craft beer and sake from the shop shelves among locals, Osaka style.
• Misono Building 味園ビルSennichimae — A faded 1950s leisure building in Sennichimae whose second floor is a dim corridor of tiny themed bars, a cult spot for Osaka's music, film and…
• PC and Retro Bar Space Station スペースステーションAmerikamura / Nishi-Shinsaibashi — A cosy video-game bar run by English speakers, with walls of retro consoles from Famicom to N64, drinks named after game characters and no cover…
• Samboa Osaka Terminal (Innogate Osaka) サンボア大阪ターミナルUmeda / Osaka Station — The Samboa highball tradition, open from noon right at Osaka Station: a 25-seat bar on 3F of Innogate Osaka, directly linked to the JR West Gate.
• Tachinomi Tani Ohatsutenjin 焼鳥と日本酒 立呑み たに お初天神店Umeda / Ohatsu Tenjin — A cheap and cheerful standing bar by Ohatsu Tenjin: yakitori and a rotating line-up of jizake, with a 1,000-yen senbero set until 19:00.
• USA GI Rock Cafe Bar (Dotonbori) ロックカフェバー USA★GIDotonbori — An Elvis Presley shrine of a bar on the 4th floor of a plain Dotonbori building: jukebox, pinball, oldies and one of Japans biggest Jack Daniels…
• WCB Dark Lab (West Coast Brewing) WCB DARK LABMinami-Senba — Shizuokas cult West Coast Brewing opened its first Kansai bar here in 2023: 16 taps of hop-bomb IPAs in a deliberately dark, lab-like room in…