Osaka · Food & Drink

Best Izakaya in Osaka

8 places, each checked by our team.

• Binbiya びんびやKitashinchi — Kitashinchi izakaya specializing in seafood, a Tabelog Izakaya Top 100 pick every year since 2021.
• Fukushima Izakaya Quarter 福島 飲み屋街Fukushima — One stop from Osaka Station, Fukushima is the foodie neighbourhood where Osakans go for creative izakaya, yakitori, natural wine and seafood bars in…
• Hozenji Yokocho 法善寺横丁Namba / Hozenji Yokocho — A stone-paved lantern alley of old-school restaurants, bars and kappo counters around the moss-covered Mizukake Fudo, the most atmospheric dining…
• Izakaya Toyo 居酒屋とよKyobashi — The open-air Kyobashi standing bar made famous by Netflix's Street Food: a blowtorch, fat slabs of tuna and a showman owner, all for a few thousand…
• Sakana Tetsu 酒肴哲Nipponbashi — Nipponbashi izakaya known for oden and sake-friendly dishes; Tabelog Izakaya West Top 100 2024-2026.
• Shin-Umeda Shokudogai 新梅田食道街Umeda — A warren of around 100 tiny eateries and bars squeezed under the JR tracks by Osaka Station since 1950: kushikatsu, takoyaki, oden and standing bars…
• Ura Namba 裏なんばUra Namba — The tangle of backstreets east of Namba where Osaka's best small izakaya, standing bars and natural wine counters are packed into every alley. Where…
• Ura Tenma Izakaya District 裏天満Tenma — The cheap, rowdy drinking quarter around JR Tenma Station and Tenjinbashi-suji: open-front izakaya, standing bars and seafood counters where a night…