Monkey Cinema Restaurant — Restaurant in Osaka

Okay, let’s start with the good. I read an earlier reviewer referring to this as a “hole-in-the-wall restaurant”. It is nothing of the sort. It is a spacious restaurant with an outside area at the front. I thought to myself as I sat inside that this restaurant could be anywhere in the world, with only the dual language menu giving away the country of its location. It is delightfully furnished with a sort of a bric-a-brac shop feel.

The server on the night was efficient and welcoming, but she had her work cut out for her. Getting her attention was sometimes difficult, but that is not a criticism of her - she never stopped.

I had the pickle plate, and to be fair it was exactly as described on the menu. It would have benefited from the addition of bread or crackers. I had the chicken and vegetarian tacos. The veggie one was good… the chook outstanding. I would return for this dish alone. Drinks were very reasonably priced.

Now to my (slight) criticism. This is the Monkey Cinema Restaurant. I thought from the name that it was a cinema restaurant. It is not. It is a restaurant that happens to have a cinema attached. There is simply nothing about this restaurant that has anything to do with cinema. I went hoping to watch a film or two with my meal, or at the very least to eat amongst cinema paraphernalia, film posters, etc. It appears from my discussion with the front of house lass that the cinema is available for function bookings only. So, in this respect, I was disappointed. I don’t want to diss on this restaurant because of this, but it is misleading.

So in summary, it is a very good restaurant. It just is not a...

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