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.

Tankubo - Okonomiyaki: Sannomiya south

[ Open 11am-9:30pm (LO). Closed Tuesdays. ]

Sobameshi is a unique local dish that originated in the Nagata district of Kobe in the 1950s, and it's one of the specialties of this shop. The name describes a mix of yakisoba (fried wheat noodles)...

[ Open 11am-9:30pm (LO). Closed Tuesdays. ]

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. ]