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Without doubt my favourite bar in Osaka. Unbelieveably friendly staff (Norri, Shingo, Mie and Masa are legends!) live music at least 2 nights a week and great food (check out the huge burgers with potato wedges for just 800 yen!). Customers are a good mix of Japanese and foreigners, and the place is friendly enough so you don't feel out of place if you go there on your own. Also it doesn't have the "meat market feel of many of the other bars popular with foreigners. Tuesday nights and Saturday nights are particularly busy - although Tuesday night has no live music.
The bar opens at 6pm until late, is closed on sundays, happy hour (300 yen beer) is from opening time until 9pm.
They also have cheap drinks on nights when there is a full moon, and all food is 500 yen on public holiday nights!
Dress Code: No dress code.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Tennoji
This little pub hidden away in Osaka`s Northern centre Umeda is a great escape. Lots of quality beer from around the globe(although recently the number has decreased I think) and good food for this type of place. The place is divided into two spaces, the bar area and the restaurant area. I have only frequented the bar area which is great to get away at the end of the day but the restaurant space looks good too. Music is pretty good too differing from the standard pop and rnb onslaught in most commercial places. Prices are varying depending on what you order.
Every 8th of the month people wearing glasses get a 200yen discount on all drinks (I think food too) as its glasses day. Also for 300 yen you can get all-you-can-eat peanuts which I always honour.
Dress Code: No dress code
Written May 25, 2010
Address: Umeda
Hubs have started popping up like mushrooms around Osaka. Anybody remember the old Pig and Wistle. Well that is no more but Hub has taken over the spot. There is one more Hub in the Namba-Shinsaibashi area and one more that I know of in Umeda. Mixed crowed with lots of japanese and foreigners.
5-7 is happy hour were all coctails are half price. They also offer Hub ale which has become one of my recent favorites. They also serve a variety of food but I wouldnt vouch for it though most of my friends actually like it.
Dress Code: No dress code
Written May 25, 2010
If you want to get away from the norm but still have a great time this is the place to go. They offer a nice selection of local beer from microbreweries and English beer. The place is run by Osugi san and his wife Katsumi. A selection of English dishes is served including Haggis.
Dress Code: No dress code.
Written Apr 26, 2010
Address: Tsuruhashi
Website: http://www.thedoghouseinn.co.uk/
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This area named Kitashinchi is one of the most popular areas for nightlife in Osaka. It has many restaurants, bars and cubs. It was anyway just between the Osaka station and our Hotel, so it was perfect to hang around here for food and drinks.
Written Dec 1, 2009
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This was a small pub not far from our hotel where you sit around a big bar tables and blended with the locals. It was full with local people drinking beers, wine and cocktails and yes, they were curious to know where are we from and they had enough to drink not to be shy and ask us :) It was nice place to relax after dinner and we had a couple of GT here :) (Image 3)
Written Dec 1, 2009
Address: Dojima-Hama 1-1-9
Shinsaibashi is THE place to be seen, if you know what I mean. Its a great spot for checking out all the cool kids and their hairstyles and fashion, hah. Lots of tourists flock there and its a very busy spot, but the shopping arcades and sign lights reflected in the Dotombori river make it a must see spot to check out.
Written Aug 19, 2007
Address: dotombori, near Namba train station
As I promised before, I went on that guided bar tour in Osaka. It was awesome! I had been on a bar tour in Rome before, but I got more free stuff on this one - a lot more locals on the tour too, rather than just being tourists in Rome. I highly recommend it for visitors or people new in town - it's exactly as advertised: A Crash Course in Osaka's Nightlife.
Written Apr 28, 2007
Address: Shinsaibashi
Website: www.osakanightlife101.net
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Cinquecento is a cozy martini bar where all the drinks and food are 500 yen. It's my friend's favorite bar in Osaka and he really gets around =) I've been there a few times and the food was tasty and the drinks were good. It's a pretty mixed crowd with lots of non-Japanese and very friendly staff.
Cinquecento is open 7 days a week from 8pm to 5am.
Written Apr 15, 2007
Address: 10-1-2 Higashi Shinsaibashi
Phone: 06-6213-6788
Website: http://www.myspace.com/cinquecento_osaka
This is the place to go to see where locals party. There are live houses (live music venues) such as "King Cobra" and various eating and drinking establishments. Take a walk around and you're sure to find something to satisfy. Observing the behaviour of the local kids is entertaining in itself. Many of the bars are below and above street level and are very small, try 3-4 people! There are also nightclubs catering to different tastes and many places to eat. Check it out! Highly recommended.
Dress Code: If you want to blend in, don't be seen in anything unfashionable or stylistically bland.
Written Apr 2, 2007
Address: Close to Shinsaibashi station.
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