Hana Akari — Restaurant in Izumisano

Seating fee, otoshi, sucks. It's a thing at Izakaya but I wish I'd asked. Also not getting a receipt which I asked for being shocked about the otoshi. Got a card with a signature and the price instead of a copy of the reciept but, whatever.

Must have caught the two in a bad mood with no other people in the restaurant on a Monday night at around 8. The lady at the desk said all the typical things in a Japanese manner, aside from asking me if I was okay with entering the Izakaya at the door at the start.

I said my partner didn't drink. They gave us the drink menu and I asked for a food menu and they said they wanted us to order drinks first which was fine (you have to order a drink before ordering food, at least at night).

We had two haichu, a tonkatsu set, an ajinantsuke (basically fish in vinegar) and a monteiko chazuke. Honestly, I didn't realise it was an Izakaya till I went in and we weren't super hungry which gave the atmosphere a bad feeling.

The staff only spoke English once and that was to each other, after we ordered to the chazuke. It felt like they were mocking us when they were giggling.

The mentaiko and the ajinan were at least both an experience. The food was fine. Better than in Australia, but not what I expected. Very, very salty.

The haichu (basically type of high ball) was good. We had aoi Ringo (green...

The owners, Yasiko san & Yumiko san, would like to thank everyone who been to their restaurant and enjoyed their food!

Here are pictures of Yasiko san in front of her restaurant, Yasiko san and Yumiko san at the counter, appreciate and would like to welcome everyone to try on their food here near Rinku Town station in Osaka!

The menu is available in Japanese, but you can always try to translate it with your Google translate / Samsung Bixby app to make your order :)

PS: They may not familiar with smart phone and first time seeing Google Maps review which makes them really happy about customers liking their food. So just stop by to say hi and try on their food, which is really good and taste as authentic as it can be!

Taste: Authentic Price: Reasonable Location: Convenient as it is just few walks in Rinku...

This is a small family-owned restaurant next to the shops in the train station. Don't look for it on the street, because it's inside. The food was delicious and made-to-order and it was packed with locals. Just use Google translate on the daily menu board if you don't read Japanese. The service was GREAT and the prices were...