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This guide covers cafes, bars (including specialty craft-beer bars) and animal cafes.
Osaka cafes
[ Open 11am-midnight daily. ]
Coffee, wireless internet access and good food from the popular Wired Cafe chain. Open until 3am on Friday and Saturday nights.
[ Open 11am-midnight daily. ]
[ Open 9am-8pm (LO) daily. ]
Attached to a popular bakery of the same name, this pleasant cafe offers pastries, sandwiches, pancakes and espresso beverages.
[ Open 9am-8pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 7am-midnight daily. ]
A pleasant, trendy little cafe in the heart of Shinsaibashi with hip decor and a nice vibe. Unusual for Osaka, they serve an American breakfast plate from 7am-noon.
[ Open 7am-midnight daily. ]
[ Open 6:30am-11pm daily. ]
This bright and airy dining room offers a far more interesting menu than the typical hotel coffeeshop, with many organic and vegetarian dishes in the "Nature Cuisine" section. There's also a popular...
[ Open 6:30am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 9am-10pm daily. ]
A branch of the excellent Tokyo-based chain, Aux Bacchanales is known for their authentic casual French style and well-prepared cafe fare.
[ Open 9am-10pm daily. ]
[ Open 10am-9pm daily. ]
Inexpensive bakery and deli items and salads from the famous no-brand design store Mujirushi.
[ Open 10am-9pm daily. ]
[ Open 10am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
Decent food and a very lively atmosphere at this branch of the popular Wired Cafe chain. There is some terrace seating looking out over the Osaka Station City complex below.
[ Open 10am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 9am-11:30pm daily. ]
This hip little cafe with attached art-oriented bookstore is a relaxing place for a break from shopping in E-ma or nearby. There's a substantial, inexpensive food menu featuring quiche, stews and...
[ Open 9am-11:30pm daily. ]
[ Open 10am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
A spacious Italian-style cafe in the basement of Herbis Ent, serving panini sandwiches during the day, and wine, cocktails and light dishes after work.
[ Open 10am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
Osaka coffee shops
[ Open 8am-7pm (Sat, Sun 10-7). Closed holidays. ]
Single-origin pour-over coffees are the specialty at this tiny shop - you can choose from two different coffee farms in Costa Rica and one in Honduras, or go for their house blend. They also serve...
[ Open 8am-7pm (Sat, Sun 10-7). Closed holidays. ]
[ Open 8am-7pm (Sat, Sun 9-7) daily. ]
Located in a building with two concert halls and a Conrad Hotel, this is one of the more luxuriously appointed coffee shops in town. The spacious seating area is furnished with comfortable sofas,...
[ Open 8am-7pm (Sat, Sun 9-7) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-7pm (LO) daily. ]
A combination wine retailer and espresso bar, Takamura provides a spacious and comfortable sofa-furnished area at the front of the shop where you can enjoy espresso beverages or wine by the glass,...
[ Open 11am-7pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 8am-6pm daily. ]
Cafe Tales serves only coffee made from Colombian beans, and it's a great place to explore the differences in flavors among that country's various coffee-growing regions. You can usually find four...
[ Open 8am-6pm daily. ]
[ Open 8am-7:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -6:30) daily. ]
This comfortable riverside cafe offers good espresso beverages, drip coffee and a few pastries, plus a gorgeous river view from the spacious deck out back. A flower shop occupies part of the space...
[ Open 8am-7:30pm (LO; Sat, Sun -6:30) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
Popular with international tourists and Osakans alike, this tiny shop has just a handful of seats and is probably best visited during non-peak hours. They offer a variety of drip-coffee options, as...
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 9am-7pm daily. ]
Established in 2010, Streamer is one of the pioneers of modern coffee roasteries in Japan, and they are known for their latte art. Unlike some specialty coffee shops in this area there's ample...
[ Open 9am-7pm daily. ]
[ Open 10am-8:30pm (LO) daily. ]
A self-declared "Cultural Engineering Stand" located at the entrance to Osaka Grand Front, this is a convenient spot to grab a quick coffee for here or to go. They serve hand-drip and cold-brew...
[ Open 10am-8:30pm (LO) daily. ]
Osaka animal cafes
[ Open 11am-9pm (Sun, Mon -7pm) daily. ]
Maybe it was just a matter of the time of day we were there, but "Time for Cats" seems like one of the sleepiest cat cafes we've ever visited. Main activities here seem to be a) napping, and b)...
[ Open 11am-9pm (Sun, Mon -7pm) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-8pm daily. ]
This flagship branch of the Hogoken group of rescue-dog cafes is an engaging place, full of friendly, enthusiastic dogs that are happy to meet new visitors. Grab a spot on one of the sofas, order a...
[ Open 11am-8pm daily. ]
Osaka beer bars
[ Open 6pm-1am (Sun -11pm) daily. ]
Formerly known as "Craft Beer Kitchen Pogo," the bar now offers both craft beer and hard cider on tap. The Italian food menu features big appetizer platters, pizzas, pastas and grilled meats and...
[ Open 6pm-1am (Sun -11pm) daily. ]
[ Open 5pm-1am. Closed Sundays. ]
The 23 taps at Craft Beer Works Kamikaze serve mostly Japanese craft beers, with a few US imports as well. Food and service are good, but it can get crowded during busy times and seating can be...
[ Open 5pm-1am. Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open 5pm-2am. Closed Sundays. ]
Thirty beers, mostly Japanese craft beers, are served on tap here along with bar snacks like pizza. The Y320 table charge includes a small appetizer.
[ Open 5pm-2am. Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open 3pm-midnight daily. ]
Kyobashi may be off the beaten track for Osaka craft-beer bar denizens, but this cozy neighborhood spot is worth checking out if you're anywhere nearby. There's a big tap list, including eight...
[ Open 3pm-midnight daily. ]
Iiie Craft Beer - Beer bar: Shinsaibashi
[ Open 4-11pm daily. ]
Past the front counter with its 20 taps, beyond the huge refrigerators stocked with 300 different canned beers, the main dining area here is surprisingly spacious, and quite stylishly appointed. ...
[ Open 4-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 6pm-midnight. Closed Tuesdays. ]
This extremely informal, charmingly scruffy bar has one of the most impressive selections of US craft beers by the bottle that we've seen in town, usually with more than 100 to choose from. Most...
[ Open 6pm-midnight. Closed Tuesdays. ]
[ Open 5pm-midnight. Closed Sundays. ]
Six US craft beers on tap plus nice Utsunomiya-style gyoza are served at this convivial beer bar. From the folks who brought us Q-Brick.
[ Open 5pm-midnight. Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open 3pm-midnight daily. ]
Fourteen taps, including four hand pumps, all dispense beers from Osaka's Minoh Brewery at this spacious company-run taproom. The food menu is decent, with a wide range of tapas dishes.
[ Open 3pm-midnight daily. ]
[ Open 11am-11:30pm daily. ]
Run by Osaka's adventurous Bak brewery, this Umeda outlet serves ten of the brewery's beers on tap along with a small food menu. It's a pleasant spot located inside the Grand Front Osaka's stylish...
[ Open 11am-11:30pm daily. ]
[ Open noon-2, 5-11:30pm daily. ]
A lively standing bar, conveniently located in the Hankyu Sanbangai station complex, Molto serves four craft beers on tap along with several dozen by the bottle. They also have around ten wines by...
[ Open noon-2, 5-11:30pm daily. ]
[ Open 3-10pm (Sat, Sun from noon). Closed Tuesdays. ]
Originally known as Kansai's best retail shop for imported beers, Craft Beer Base have expanded their operations to include a restaurant, bar, on-premises brewery and bottle shop. These are all...
[ Open 3-10pm (Sat, Sun from noon). Closed Tuesdays. ]
[ Open 11am-11pm (LO) daily. ]
When Craft Beer Market opened their first branch in Tokyo they shook up the craft-beer scene with their low prices, wide beer selection, good food and overall mass appeal. Their first Osaka branch...
[ Open 11am-11pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
It's hard to beat Craft Beer Market for price and beer selection. Offering thirty domestic and imported craft beers on tap, they charge just Y550 for a small glass and Y880 for a pint, plus a very...
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 5pm-2am. Closed Tuesdays. ]
The eight taps at this tiny bar here dispense a rotating selection of well-chosen craft beers, mostly from Japan, the US and Germany. Imperial pints are priced at Y1080. Open from 3pm weekends.
[ Open 5pm-2am. Closed Tuesdays. ]
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm daily. ]
Craft Beer House Molto is definitely the highest craft-beer bar in Osaka, offering a fine view of the city from its 31st-floor location. There's a full menu of Italian food (budget around Y4000 at...
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 11:30am-10:30pm daily. ]
A lively, very down-to-earth craft-beer bar, Bud offers an inspired selection from their eight taps - generally four brews from the US and two each from Japan and Europe. All pints are priced at...
[ Open 11:30am-10:30pm daily. ]
[ Open noon-12:30am (LO) daily. ]
This conveniently located cafe is part of the popular chain of Osaka Belgian beer bars, and stocks around 100 beers, mostly from Belgium. Unfortunately the food menu is rather lackluster, and even...
[ Open noon-12:30am (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 10am-9:45pm (LO) daily. ]
Conveniently located next to the Namba subway station, Beer's Table Keller Keller carries a couple dozen Belgian beers by the bottle, mostly priced around Y970-1240. There are also a few common...
[ Open 10am-9:45pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 10:30am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
If you're in the mood for a Belgian beer before you catch your train, this small branch of the Keller Keller chain serves a couple dozen Belgian beers by the bottle, mostly in the Y1000-1200 range,...
[ Open 10:30am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
Regale - Belgian rest/beer bar: Tanimachi 4-chome [ Open 6pm-3am. Closed Sundays. ]
Worth noting for their late-night hours, Regale serves a handful of Belgian beers on tap, including DeKoninck and Brigand, as well as more than 70 by the bottle. The food menu features the usual...
[ Open 6pm-3am. Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5pm-midnight (LO; Sun -11pm) daily. ]
Good yakitori and Belgian beers, from the Dolphins chain of Belgian beer bar-restaurants. Budget around Y3000-3500 for dinner and drinks.
[ Open 11:30am-2, 5pm-midnight (LO; Sun -11pm) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
Run by a beer import company, this sister shop of the nearby World Beer Museum serves draft beers from Czechia, Belgium, Germany, the UK and the US, including tasting flights. They also offer a big...
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
One of the more stylish branches of this Osaka Belgian bar chain, Keller Keller Kranz is located in the Fukoku Forest Square dining complex, accessible from the Whity underground shopping arcade. ...
[ Open 11am-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-2, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
Nine Belgian beers on draft and many more by the bottle are served at this sprawling pub-restaurant. The food menu includes Belgian standards like mussels and frites, plus teppan-grilled meats and...
[ Open 11am-2, 5-10:30pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11:30am-midnight. Closed Sundays. ]
Good, authentic Belgian cuisine and a nice assortment of Belgian beers, including several on tap.
[ Open 11:30am-midnight. Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO; 2am Fri/Sat) daily. ]
Bears serves more than 100 different beers from around the world, along with bar food like nachos, sausages, calamari, and fried chicken fajitas. The stand-up bar is open till 2am weekends; there's...
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO; 2am Fri/Sat) daily. ]
More Osaka bars
Peko - Bar: Chayamachi [ Open 6pm-2am (5am weekends) daily. ]
This quiet, well-hidden bar has plenty of space spread out over three floors, and they offer a good selection of whiskey and bourbon, cocktails and a few Japanese craft beers, as well as an...
[ Open 6pm-2am (5am weekends) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-midnight daily. ]
As behooves a dynamic metropolis, Osaka knows its drink. And long before the advent of the Irish pub there was The Leach Bar. A 1960s homage to Japanese folk craft, The Leach eschews wainscot for...
[ Open 11am-midnight daily. ]
[ Open 9am-7pm (6pm Sat). Closed Sundays. ]
Beneath this ordinary-looking sake shop - through a hole in the floor and down a narrow ladder - is a hidden sake tasting cave with a big selection of premium sake from around the country, including...
[ Open 9am-7pm (6pm Sat). Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open from 8pm. Closed Sundays. ]
Gay bars usually disdain flowers; this one embraces them. Could it be for the contrast they afford master Chanho-san's tattooed biceps? The internet can't compete with Chanho's generosity of spirit,...
[ Open from 8pm. Closed Sundays. ]
[ Open 8pm-late (Sat 9pm- ) daily. ]
A well-established landmark in Osaka's gay community, Explosion operates as a bar during the week and turns into a club on Saturday nights. Note that they often have special events, so the crowd may...
[ Open 8pm-late (Sat 9pm- ) daily. ]
[ Open usually 8pm-2am daily. ]
A small but comfortable gay bar with a friendly Australian publician and a lively, mixed crowd - gay and straight, foreign and Japanese. Homesick Aussies may appreciate the selection of Villi's Meat...
[ Open usually 8pm-2am daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
Enoteca's wine bar corner is a convenient place to stop for a quick glass or two and a small snack to nibble on. Food includes wine-friendly fare like smoked duck, beef carpaccio, and cheese, and...
[ Open 11am-10:30pm daily. ]
Kobe cafes
[ Open 10am-11pm (LO) daily. ]
This lively cafe is perched in an ideal people-watching location midway up the Kitanozaka hill, with a popular outdoor sidewalk terrace that takes full advantage of the view. The menu includes...
[ Open 10am-11pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 10am-6:30pm (LO). Closed Wednesdays. ]
Certainly one of grandest cafe settings in town, Freundlieb occupies the former Kobe Union Church, a Kitano sightseeing landmark. The menu includes sandwiches and salads as well as fresh pastries...
[ Open 10am-6:30pm (LO). Closed Wednesdays. ]
[ Open 11am-8pm daily. ]
Inexpensive bakery and deli items and salads from the famous no-brand design store Mujirushi.
[ Open 11am-8pm daily. ]
[ Open 11:30am-11pm daily. ]
Brugge is one of the few places in town where you can find a multiplicity of Belgian beers, in a convenient location right at the foot of Ikuta Road.
[ Open 11:30am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
A rooftop oasis right in central Kobe, this cafe looks out onto a big garden area, with seating both indoors and out. The casual, inexpensive food menu is a mix of Japanese and Western dishes -...
[ Open 11am-10pm (LO) daily. ]
Kobe coffee shops
[ Open 10am-8pm daily. ]
Greens sells both fresh-roasted coffee beans (various house blends as well as single-origin) and excellent espresso and drip coffee to go, from Y300.
[ Open 10am-8pm daily. ]
[ Open noon-11pm daily. ]
An old-fashioned Japanese jazz kissaten (coffee shop), Jam Jam plays classic vinyl jazz and serves coffee, limited drinks and desserts.
[ Open noon-11pm daily. ]
Kobe animal cafes
[ Open 10am-9pm (last entry 8pm). Closed Mondays, Tuesdays. ]
A nice contrast to the sleepy atmosphere of your typical cat cafe, Miacis was positively frenetic with activity during our evening visit, with cats running amok and chasing one another across the...
[ Open 10am-9pm (last entry 8pm). Closed Mondays, Tuesdays. ]
[ Open 1-8pm. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays. ]
The resident flock at this charming small-bird cafe includes canaries, finches, Java sparrows, lovebirds, cockatiels and various parakeets - some three dozen in all. The food menu includes both...
[ Open 1-8pm. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays. ]
Kobe beer bars
[ Open 11am-9pm (LO) daily. ]
This big second branch of Hop Stand yakitori restaurant has forty terrace seats and another forty inside. They serve several different craft beers from Rokko brewery plus a collection of...
[ Open 11am-9pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-9pm. Closed Tuesdays. ]
The attractive setting and the excellent background music, mostly classic R&B and funk, are the biggest draws at this cozy brewpub located on Rokko Island. Regular beers are priced at Y730 and Y1120...
[ Open 11am-9pm. Closed Tuesdays. ]
[ Open 5pm-midnight (Sun 2-10) daily. ]
Craft beers from Rokko brewery are served with yakitori at this small bar. There are generally five or six craft beers on draft (along with three macros), served in four different sizes and priced...
[ Open 5pm-midnight (Sun 2-10) daily. ]
[ Open 5-11pm. Closed Wednesdays. ]
Formerly the Rokko Beer Diner, this brewery taproom serves beers from Rokko Brewery, Starboard, and a decent selection of guest beers - we noted Boundary Bay and Coronado among the breweries during...
[ Open 5-11pm. Closed Wednesdays. ]
[ Open 11am-3, 5-9pm (LO) daily. ]
This popular cafe-style restaurant serves "farm-to-table" fare, with heaping "one-plate" lunches. The buttermilk fried chicken is a specialty of the house, and is recommended. Japanese craft beers...
[ Open 11am-3, 5-9pm (LO) daily. ]
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
This charming Kobe landmark serves a full range of Sapporo beers, and a huge, 150-item food menu. The small brewery in the basement produced two craft beers - a somewhat fruity wheat beer and a...
[ Open 11am-11pm daily. ]
[ Open 1pm-midnight. Closed Tuesdays. ]
This cozy and pleasant beer specialist has seven seats at the bar and a few tables. In addition to four hand-pumped ales they offer more than 100 bottled beers, including a wide selection of Belgian...
[ Open 1pm-midnight. Closed Tuesdays. ]
[ Open 11:30am-11pm daily. ]
Brugge is one of the few places in town where you can find a multiplicity of Belgian beers, in a convenient location right at the foot of Ikuta Road.
[ Open 11:30am-11pm daily. ]
More Kobe bars
[ Open noon-11pm daily. ]
An old-fashioned Japanese jazz kissaten (coffee shop), Jam Jam plays classic vinyl jazz and serves coffee, limited drinks and desserts.
[ Open noon-11pm daily. ]
Barstro Kitchen - French: Sannomiya [ Open 6pm-1am (LO) daily. ]
As the name implies, Barstro falls somewhere between a bistrot and a straight-out bar, and you can either enjoy a full-on French-inspired meal here, with dishes like duck confit and foie gras pate,...
[ Open 6pm-1am (LO) daily. ]
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