Nagoshi — Restaurant in Osaka

Best hidden gem from our visit to Osaka. Staff was super welcoming and friendly. Smiles all around including the customers, all you could hear was good conversation and laughter. Despite our 5-word Japanese and their friendly English, they put an effort to make it work. They even dug out an old menu with some comments in English, that really helped us not to guess as much what we were ordering.

The food was amazing, the best. Perfectly timed to our pace. From the wasabi sushi and tuna sushi to tonkatsudon and to clam miso. The croquette was just perfect. Also, by seating at the bar, we could see first hand all the amazing food going to other tables.

This was the exactly the non-tourist experience we were looking for.

My only two regrets were not having a second stomach to eat more and to only finding them on my last day in Osaka. Don't make the same mistake I made, go there on your first day.

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This is THE best place we’ve eaten at out of our ENTIRE Japanese trip. I am so happy we stumbled upon this place. The dishes are supper affordable and they are so fresh and so delicious! If you are looking to really submerge yourself into the culture, this is the place. We were the only ones there that were tourists and there wasn’t a single table that was open. Our server was amazing. He was super friendly and tried to help us with the menus as much as he could. We loved it all! Will definitely be returning! Thank you Nagoshi for the best experience!!! P.S. we were so hungry that we ended up not taking pictures of all of our food.. but here are a few plates that did make it into my...

I'd say if it was only the food maybe I would give 3 stars since it's pretty typical izakaya quality, but I like the energy of the staff and the food doesn't disappoint in terms of betraying expectations. Service is fast and they're pretty good on social distance seating. They also sell ready to go lunch outside on the ground floor.

The restaurant is in the basement with a weird staircase that's certainly not going to be...