Takoyaki, Akashiyaki

Takoyaki are balls of fried batter filled with bits of octopus, an inexpensive delicacy of Osaka. Akashiyaki are a Kobe version of this dish with a lighter and fluffier batter, using octopus from the Akashi area.

Tako-no-tsubo - Akashiyaki: Motomachi

[ Open noon-9:45pm (LO) daily. ]

Akashiyaki is a lighter, fluffier version of takoyaki, made with local octopus, and Tako-no-tsubo is an expert in its preparation. The room cozy dining room - usually filled with the aroma of...

[ Open noon-9:45pm (LO) daily. ]

Kushiage

Kushiage (aka kushiyaki) refers to battered and deep-fried food on skewers. Typical ingredients include pork, chicken and other meats; mushrooms, lotus root, and seafood like scallops and shrimp.

Kushiya Monogatari Harborland - Kushiage: Harborland

[ Open 11am-10pm daily. ]

This popular shop lets you cook your own kushiage skewers in a deep-fryer right at your table. It's all you can eat, including various side dishes and a big variety of skewered tidbits. Y2625 per...

[ Open 11am-10pm daily. ]

Kushiya Monogatari - Kushiage: Nishinomiya

[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]

This popular shop lets you cook your own kushiage skewers in a deep-fryer right at your table. It's all you can eat, including various side dishes and a big variety of skewered tidbits. Y2625 per...

[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]

Okonomiyaki

Okonomiyaki is another inexpensive Osaka favorite - savory pancakes made from flour and eggs and filled with pork, squid, shrimp, shredded cabbage and other ingredients. See the okonimyaki menu article for more details.

Kobe beef steaks, teppanyaki

This section covers classic "steak houses" as well as teppanyaki restaurants, which serve full-course meals that include seasonal seafood delicacies in addition to steak.

Miyasu - Steak house: Motomachi

[ Open noon-9pm. Closed Sundays. ]

One of Kobe's top-rated places for steaks; full-course dinners start at Y9000, or you can go a la carte.

[ Open noon-9pm. Closed Sundays. ]

A-1 - Steak house: Sannomiya

[ Open noon-11pm. Closed Tuesdays. ]

The interior here is far from fancy, but the steaks are good and the prices reasonable; full-course Kobe beef steak dinners start at Y6500.

[ Open noon-11pm. Closed Tuesdays. ]

Tofu and Kyoto-style cuisine

Umenohana - Tofu: Kyukyoryuchi

[ Open 11am-3, 5-9pm (LO) daily. ]

Excellent home-made tofu is the core of the menu here, with tofu-centered set meals at various price levels (Y4000-10,000). The dining room offers a nice high-rise view over the Kobe waterfront.

[ Open 11am-3, 5-9pm (LO) daily. ]