Okonomiyaki / Monjayaki / Takoyaki Spots in Umeda Area

  • Hanadako
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 9-16 Shin Umeda Esophagus Street 1F
    Hanadako located in Shin-Umeda Shokudogai (food arcade) right next to Umeda Station is known as a takoyaki (octopus dumpling) restaurant where there is always a queue. A largish takoyaki fried on a high flame is attractive with a springy texture. It has the taste of a main Osaka dish with the soft, fragrant flavor of the stock, and the standard sauce as well as Negimayo topped with heaped spring onions are also popular. In the eating area, there is only seating for six with a standing-bar style. It is a popular restaurant with many visitors including regular local customers, shoppers and tourists.
  • Okonomiyaki Yukari restaurant (Sonezaki flagship store)
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    4.0
    101 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezaki 2-14-13
    Okonomiyaki Yukari is a long-established Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) restaurant that opened in 1950. The Sonezaki flagship store is located in the Ohatsutenjindori Shotengai shopping arcade in the Kita Ward of Osaka City. Okonomiyaki Yukari achieved fame and lasting popularity by being a pioneer in the development of innovative Okonomiyaki recipes that feature ingredients such as Mochi rice cakes, cheese, etc. With a soft, sticky pancake base covered with a wide variety of toppings (including meat, fish, seafood, etc.), the restaurant’s Okonomiyaki are both delicious and filling.

    Coming to Osaka we were so excited to try okonomiyaki and this place had such great reviews. We arrived and had a short wait as the place was quite busy. We were pretty excited because the atmosphere...

  • Negiyaki Yamamoto Umeda EST Branch
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    4.0
    121 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 3-25ESTE27
    Negiyaki (green onion pancake) Yamamoto Umeda EST Branch, established in Jyuso, Higashiyodogawa Ward in 1965, is a famous restaurant as the birthplace of the negiyaki (spring onion pancake). The staff meals that the owner made for children became famous and the negiyaki, an okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) with plenty of spring onions, has become the signature dish. A popular menu item is sujinegi with beef sinew and konjac paste. It goes well with the special soy-based sauce. The restaurant is located in the corner of “EST”, a shopping complex, and is known as a restaurant where there is a queue. The closest station is Umeda Station.

    We came all the way to this restaurant to try the hyped delicacies, having queued 30mins with my friends going to washroom intermittently. The staff came and told us to start from scratch and queue...

  • Negiyaki Yamamoto Shin-Osaka Branch
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    3.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-16-1 JR Shin-Osaka Station Shinkansen ticket gate
    Negiyaki Yamamoto is a restaurant serving negiyaki (Okonomiyaki savory pancake with green onions), one of Osaka’s lesser-known traditional fried foods, and teppanyaki. As Negiyaki Yamamoto is located inside the concourse of Shin-Osaka Shinkansen (Bullet Train) Station, it is the perfect place to stop for a bite to eat while traveling. For the benefit of customers who may be in a rush, some of the fried foods are pre-cooked, and then finished off just before serving. The Suji-Negi, which includes plenty of spring onions with slow-boiled beef tendons and konjac, is especially popular.

    フードコートのような、お店がいくつかあるうちの一つです。改札内にあって、お気軽に食べられます。ネギ焼き、美味しかったです。ただずっと食べてると少し飽きるかも?他のお店のものも頼みながら、誰かとシェアすることをお勧めします。

  • Takonotetsu Kakuta Store
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 1-10
    A takoyaki (octopus dumpling) restaurant first opened in 1979 which gives diners the chance to make their own takoyaki using the iron takoyaki frying molds installed in each of the tables. The batter and fillings all make use of carefully selected ingredients, including a secret dashi stock and fresh raw octopus, as well as kujo negi spring onions and other vegetables stocked from specially contracted farms. The shop also offers a variety of sauces for topping your takoyaki with, from a special house sauce to an Akashiyaki-style tsuyu sauce. In addition to takoyaki, the restaurant offers a variety of Kansai favorites, including okonomiyaki and yakisoba. Don't be worried if this is your first time making takoyaki; the staff are there to help anyone having difficulty getting their takoyaki right.

    Last thing you’d expect from a small Japanese store. The service is terrible. I waited at the front and no one greeted me for 30 minutes - it was packed but they kept walking past me without a quick...

  • KYO CHABANA Kitashinchi Branch
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    4.5
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezakishinchi 1-2-28
    This original okonomiyaki restaurant is located in the Kitashinchi area along with luxury shops and first-rate eateries. With healthy and stylish dishes on the menu such as okonomiyaki topped with plenty of tomatoes and yakisoba (fried noodles) with avocado, this restaurant is popular with the ladies. The teppan-kushi (skewered food grilled on an iron plate) made with meat and seafood with vegetables or cheese is a Kitashinchi Branch original dish and tastes great with a glass of natural wine. Course meals such as risotto and Wagyu steak are also popular choices. In addition to counter and table seats, they also have private rooms which can be used for wining and dining. The nearest station is Kitashinchi Station.

    The variety, ingredients, taste and presentation were all amazing. Came across it by chance and this was our best meal of the trip!

  • Okonomiyaki and Negiyaki Kubukurin Zanmaiya
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Kakudachou 9-36 Hankyu Umeda Station Kyoto Line Ticket Exit Umeda First Town
    If you want to enjoy superb, fluffy Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes), then Okonomiyaki and Negiyaki Kubukurin Zanmaiya is highly recommended. Particularly popular items on the menu include Tonpeiyaki, a “mille-feuille” type dish made by folding up slices of Yongenton silky pork produced in Yonezawa and grilling them, Kama-age Yakisoba (fried noodles), and Negioko, made with plenty of spring onions and using beef tendons boiled with sugar and soy sauce. Okonomiyaki & Negiyaki Kubukurin Zanmaiya is located around three minutes' walk from JR Osaka Station.

    阪急梅田駅の南、JRの高架下の梅田一番街にあります。お好み焼店ですが、牛スジ煮込み、鉄板焼、串もの、揚げ物、サラダなどいろいろと揃えています。生ビールと豚焼きそばを注文しました。麺は自家製麺の中太麺を使用していて。具材は豚肉スライス、キャベツが主体です。細かく切った紅生姜が添えてあります。卓上のサービス品、削り粉と青海苔も追加してかけました。これでイメージ通りの焼きそばになりました。ソースは甘さ控...

  • Ikuno Okonomiyaki Momotarou Umeda LUCUA Restaurant
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    3.5
    46 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Umeda 3-1-3
    Momotarou (LUCUA Osaka Branch) is an Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) restaurant located on the 10th floor of the Lucua building; it serves Osaka-style Okonomiyaki which have a thick base, and which contain steaming-hot Danshaku Imo (Baron Potatoes). One of the most popular items on the menu is the potato, beef tendon and green spring onion okonomiyaki, which as the name suggests contains potatoes, boiled beef tendons and deliciously-scented green spring onions. The modanyaki, made with yakisoba (fried noodles) that are fried in beer is also very popular.

    We didnt have long to wait to get a table and staff were friendly and efficient in taking our order. Great fun to cook our Soba and Okonomiyaki on the grill plate at the table. Both were delicious...

  • Vin-Ju-Tei Wine / Okonomiyaki / Teppanyaki Restaurant
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezakishinchi 1-2-24 New Umeda Building 1F
    Vin-Ju-Tei is a restaurant where diners can enjoy wine with okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) or Teppanyaki. The entrance resembles a fashionable bar; inside, the only seating is at the counter. Looking around, the interior décor seems too stylish to be an okonomiyaki restaurant. There is an array of wine bottles behind the counter. The restaurant owner recommends the Vin Ju Tei Yaki Fromage, which has plenty of melted cheese poured over the okonomiyaki, turning the okonomiyaki white in color, and which goes very well with wine.

    大阪のVin樹亭さんへ訪問。 お好み焼き風のフロマージュを食べました。 なかなか面白かったです。 電気の雰囲気は悪くありませんが、接客は改善の余地ありでした。

  • Takohachi Umeda Underground Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Komatsubarachou Umeda Underground Town 4-6 Whity Umeda
    This octopus dumpling restaurant, founded in 1979, is located in the “Whity Umeda” underground shopping area that connects directly to Umeda Station. It uses three specially selected types of wheat flour and yam flour along with a special broth to form dough with a soy sauce flavor, creating a wonderful taste even without sauce. The crispy exterior and gooey interior combine with the tender and chewy chunks of octopus to form an amazing combination. There's also okonomiyaki (savory pancake with various ingredients), negiyaki (green onion pancake), ikayaki (squid pancake), and other flour-based foods for your enjoyment. Counter seating is available.
  • Tsuruhashi Okonomiyaki Omoni (Grand Front Osaka Restaurant)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Ofukachou 4-20 Grand Front Osaka South Building 7F
    Omoni, located on the 7th floor of the South Building of Grand Front Osaka, is an okonomiyaki (a dish somewhere between a crepe and an omelet) restaurant that offers a large and varied menu of toppings and other dishes. A popular, long-standing eatery founded more than fifty years ago, its walls are festooned with the autographs and endorsements from famous people. The most popular dish is Omoniyaki, a type of okonomiyaki in which pork and seafood are mixed with eggs, using very little flour, in a way that brings out the sweetness of the cabbage. Other menu items include Grand Front Yaki and dishes named after famous people.
  • Okonomiyaki Kiji
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    4.5
    669 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osaka-shi Kita-ku Oyodonaka 1-1-90 Umeda Sky Building B1F

    Fantastic little place to try some of the best okonomiyaki in Osaka. Be ready to spend some time waiting in line depending on the time of day, but its totally worth it. Owner and staff are super...

  • Negiyaki Yamamoto Honten
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    4.0
    104 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    1-8-4, Jusohonmachi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 532-0024

    元祖ネギ焼きのクチコミに誘われて行きましたが、私には普通だなと感じました。 やや男臭い印象のお店でしたが、繁盛しておりました。このようなコロナ禍で大変ですが飲食店のみなさまどうか頑張ってください!!

  • Kukuru JR Shinosaka Sta. Shin Kansen Inside Ticket Gate
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osaka-shi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-16-1 JR Shinosaka Sta. Shin Kansen Inside Ticket Gate
  • Okonomiyaki miyoshi Noda Hanshin
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Fukushima-ku Ebie 1-1-23 Uisute fourth floor
  • Okonomi Teppan Deep-Fried Skewers tanaka
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Kita-ku Sonezakishinchi 1-1-23 Dojima Center Building 1F

    北新地の老舗お好み焼き、鉄板焼き屋。入り口が狭く、一見さんを受け入れにくい雰囲気を感じさせられるが、店の中は大衆感のある鉄板焼きの飲み屋のイメージでした。 名物はカレー焼きそばで、なんでやねんとツッコミを入れたくなりましたが食べてみたら確かにうまい!単なるカレー粉をまぶした焼きそばとは別物でした。後、とんぺい焼きが美味しい。大阪のとんぺい焼きはおいしいという話を聞いたことがあり、何軒か食べて、特に...

  • Osakanoajiokonomiyakitsuruya
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    3.0
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Met. Osakashi Kita-ku Komatsubarachou 4-62, 3rd floor

    今から約35年前の高校生の時依頼、超久々に友人と行きましたが、店の構えが全く変わっていなくて驚きました。昔と同じ鉄板で、シーフードお好み焼きなど満喫しました!

  • Okonomiyaki Asahi Ku Shimizu Ichi Choume
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Asahi-ku Shimizu 1-18-14

    We came here by pure chance - place full of locals and no English menu and very little English spoken by staff. HOWEVER! We asked in broken Japanese what they recommended and they definitely...

  • Okonomiyaki Takoyaki Messe Kuma Ne
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osaka-shi Yodogawa-ku Nishinakajima 5-16-1 JR Tokai Shinosaka Sta. Konai

    平日のランチで利用しました。お好み焼き屋さんです。ねぎ焼きが人気のお店です。我々はねぎ焼きの他に豚平焼き・せせり鉄板焼き・砂ずり・キムチを注文しました。せせりと砂ずりにもたっぷりのネギが入ってました。

  • Konamonya Tompei Mutsutoyosatohohashiten
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    1-6-9, Daidominami, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 533-0012

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