【Dotonbori gourmet】We introduce 9 selections of recommendation lunch we’d like to have by all means.

Minami(the south) area in Osaka is a very wide area from Namba station of Nankai Railway to Shinsai-bashi. There are many stores and gift shops for Osaka specialty around Dotonbori which is located at the center of the area, and it’s a very convenient place to go sightseeing.
We will introduce the recommended restaurants in Dotonbori is introduced. We are very happy if you can refer to our articles.

1.The hamburger with the fantastic taste of the meat and the rich favor of the sauce

【Dotonbori main store Hari-Jyu grill】
Founded in 1919, it is a shop that has a history of 100 years. Since its founding, Kuroge Wagyu beef has only been used for the dish, and they continue to offer delicious meat. The department of the Western food restaurant department is “Hari-Jyu Grill”.
It seems that the Showa retro appearance is telling a long history.
We ordered “Hamburger Steak”. 1750 yen + rice 200 yen(tax not included/Price in September 2019). It’s a bit luxurious, but this is way we visited Hari-Jyu.
We were surprised to try it! It is great. It’s a very soft and fluffy hamburger, but the meat has rich taste. The demi-glace sauce also has the best balance of richness and sourness, while its refreshing taste, we can also enjoy the rich taste. It’s a little expensive but worth enough. Please try by all means.
There are tables that stands in line inside the shop, so you can eat quietly. You can eat calmly with forgetting the hustle and bustle of Dotonbori.
Here is the lunch menu.(Price in September 2019) “Lunch A” has a cup of drinking after eating, so you can spend the time without searching the coffee shop.

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Although it is not in the menu, you can order a single bowl of rice for 200 yen(tax not included/Price in September 2019).

2.The Elaborate curry of the butcher

【Hari-Jyu Curry Shop of Dotonbori Main Store】
This is “Hari-Jyu”. It is Hari-Jyu specialized in curry.
We ordered a curry and rice with a beef cutlet. Beef cutlet is soft! And it has rich taste of meat! ! Do not make light because it is only curry and rice. The sauce of curry is also firmly boiled, and that has either richness and suppleness, we felt the good flavor of spice in aftertaste.
This is what it’s like inside the store. It is a Showa atmosphere.
This is a menu.(Price in September 2019) Beef cutlet curry is recommended.

3.Soup stock is delicious! The soup of Udon noodles of Osaka is best

【Dotonbori Imai】
Dotonbori Imai continuing business at this place in Dotonbori since opening as a tea-house attached to a theatre around 1780. Udon is famous now, but it was an instrument shop a long time ago.
Entering the unexpectedly wide entrance, there is an aisle and it leads to the tables. We felt the calmness of the Japanese atmosphere.
The tables are comparatively wide, and you can enjoy the meal slowly.
We ordered Tendon(bowl of rice topped with tenpura)(with small udon). The price is 1,890 yen. You can adjust the volume of the source according to your taste.
There are Two Big shrimp, ginger, and deep-fried sweet pepper. Shrimp is crispy with thin clothing, and the body of the shrimp is springy. Because clothing is thin, it is not greasy, you can enjoy the taste of shrimp. Tempura of sweet ginger is just good accent and it is tasty.
Dotonbori Imai is famous for Udon. They have a strong preference for its soup. They use fresh seaweeds in Hokkaido and dried bonito(fish powder) in Kyusyu(the south of Japan). It is a very elegant taste, although it is light but rich in flavor. You will be surprised that the aftertaste feeling is slightly sweet taste. We can feel that it was good to be born to the Japanese.
These are the recommended dishes.(Price in September 2019) This delicious soup reminds you of the absolutely delicious Duck Udon noodles!

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The other dishes. Of course, Udon noodles are delicious.(Price in September 2019)

4.The restaurant where you can have authentic hand-made soba

【Hand-made soba “Akari”】
It is a handmade soba restaurant located in the east side of Dotonbori, near Sakaisuji. It is a popular shop that provides authentic hand-made Soba noodle.
There are three tables and three counters in the shop. It will be crowded with people soon. The upper side of the photo is the entrance, near the entrance on the right hand, there was a tool for buckwheat. Because the shop owner makes Soba every day, you can eat freshly made Soba noodles.
This time We got the Soba with boiled duck meat. They use soba produced in Fukui Prefecture, and its fragrance is very good.
This duck is very tasty! It is not hard and has reasonable chewy response and the flavor is rich.
And a roasted duck meat. This is also delicious! When chewing, rich flavor will overflow with our mouths.
This is an onion. Fresh texture and the smell is good! If you look closely, it is put in after baked. They put more effort into this ingredient.

5.You can only taste it here! The selected Okonomiyaki

【Mizuno】
The selected Okonomiyaki restaurant people from all over the world visit, is here. Always a queue is made, but it has the value to eat. They offer Okonomiyaki that is really delicious, the ingredients of which are very elaborately selected.
This is “Mizu no Yaki”. Because many ingredients are contained, every time you eat, different ingredients spread in your mouth. It is the Okonomiyaki that you can’t get enough of.
You can see the countertop on the first floor and they grill Okonomiyaki in front of you. It is fun to wait.
This is the menu.(Price in September 2019) Grilled Yam is popular! Even if you eat anything, you will feel delicious, and The Grilled Onion is also recommended.

6.Osaka Black Soup, a Ramen representative of West Japan!

【King-Emon Dotonbori Store】
It is a specialty restaurant of soy sauce Ramen of the head office in Higashi Osaka Fukaebashi. “Osaka Black” which made the taste of the shrimp with the base of the dark soy sauce is a popular restaurant selected as Kansai No.1 soy sauce Ramen by the ramen Grand Prix which Ramen Big Four choose.
What we ordered this time is the No.1 popular menu of this restaurant! It is described as “Gold soy sauce Ramen with boiled egg”. They recommend this fine noodle, but I changed to thick noodles with personal preference. It is good to choose! Ingredients are very thick Menma(a food made from Chinese bamboo shoots that have been fermented and then dried), juicy roasted pork, onions and selected boiled. The soup is based on the light soy sauce, the mouthfeel is light but has a rich taste that you never feel bland.
This sliced pork is soft and runny. We have rich taste..
This is boiled egg! The texture is soft and runny. it was between soft-boiled and raw. Of course, it is delicious!

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Since the menu has variety from light to well-seasoned, it makes you want to eat more.(Price in September 2019)

7.Famous restaurant of Kayaku rice(rice mixed with meat or vegetables) founded in 1898

【Daikoku】
On the western side of Dotonbori, the good old restaurant which is located just off from the Midosuji street and Established in 1898, is the popular restaurant.
You can select Japanese dish as you like. Please order Kayaku Rice by all means.(Price in September 2019)
This time, we ordered seafood soup(Asian hard clam) with salt(350 yen), salt-grilled saury(600 yen), and Kayaku Rice(450 yen). The total is 1,512 yen(tax included/Price in September 2019).
This is Kayaku Rice which keeps being loved since the old time. The ingredients are thin fried and Konnyaku(jelly‐like food made from the starch of devil’s tongue) and the seaweed is sprinkled.
The taste is light, but the sweetness of the soup stock and the flavor of the soy sauce slightly spread in the mouth. The texture is soft and fluffy, it is really delicious. It makes sense that it has been popular for many years.
This is the grill of Sanma(Pacific saury) with salt. You can eat with the Sudachi(squeezed sharp citrus fruit) and the grated radish. delicious! It is fluffy. Since grilling is perfect, you can enjoy the body of fish and rich taste of the intestines. We ordered it because saury is my favorite, but we think we would like to have the boiled fish next time because that reputation is high.
This is the seafood soup(Asian hard clam) with salt. We like the juice from the clam best.
There are two large tables inside the shop. There were many regulars and elderly people. Although you have to share the table, since it is a cozy atmosphere, you can relax without worrying about it.

8.Let’s eat Ketchup-based spaghetti at the retro café of Showa era

【Coffee shop “American”】
There is a retro modern coffee shop with a traditional atmosphere which is located just off from Sennichimae Shopping Street passing through Doutonbori. Old fashioned pancake is popular, it is a shop where you can take out cakes and sandwiches.
This time we tried Italian spaghetti with salad and drink as lunch. It is spaghetti with tomato sauce, it is the same as Neapolitan(Ketchup-based spaghetti). In Osaka you may call it “Italian”. The ingredients are bacon, onion, green pepper. A moderate sour taste and Ketchup taste , will lead your feelings old-fashioned and nostalgic.
The inside of the shop is comfortable, and you can enjoy the feelings of the time slip to Showa era.
This the menu for the lunch.(Price in September 2019)
Sandwiches and pancakes, the menu is abundant unexpectedly.(Price in September 2019)

9.Yakiniku anytime! At a reasonable price open 24 hours

【Irori-Ya, Dotonbori branche】
There are 3 Yakiniku(grilled meat) restaurants in Osaka city(Nankai branch, Sennichimae branch, Dotonbori branch). It is the restaurant which severs at a reasonable price and is open 24 hours a day and also has private rooms.
Lunch is very reasonable! Here “The large sized set meal of “Outside Skirt” 880 yen(tax included/Price in September 2019)” has enough volume! Radish kimchi and cabbage, soup is also included.
Big Harami “Outside Skirt” with sauce, once you put it on the rice! Sauce and rice are the best combination! Of course, you can order another bowl of rice!
The inside of the store separated by the partitions, you can take your time.
please look! They serve the lunch at a reasonable price.(As of September 2019) The large volume will also make you satisfied.

Summary

How do you like our article? We featured delicious lunch shops in Dotonbori area.
Did you find the shop you like? If you come to Dotonbori, we would like you to have a lunch at a good restaurant.