18 Must-Eat Restaurants in Osaka, Japan

No matter how many years we’ve been traveleating, no matter how many cities we’ve explored, I think Osaka will always be near and dear to our hearts. It stands out because it’s the trip that inspired us to take this blog seriously and remains one of our favorite cities to visit for food.

That trip to Osaka in 2014 was our first visit to Japan in decades. I remember being blown away by everything by every thing we ate. From the sushi to the udon to the takoyaki to the ice cream, everything was sensational and the best experience we had ever had with each dish in our lives.

The thing is, we weren’t as into this blog yet so as good as those restaurants were, I knew they weren’t the best. Many were random finds and chosen more out of convenience than anything else. Hard as it is to imagine, but those experiences would have been even better with more thorough research, which is why that trip to Osaka has always felt like unfinished business to me.

Well, we finally got to finish…