Rakusai — Restaurant in Osaka

Absolutely love this place! Been to this place 4 times and I’m just a visitor!

Owner is a very lovely lady, she can’t speak a lot of English but she will still try to communicate with you using Google Translate. Her laughs always brighten my day.

This place specializes in fresh and wild tuna. During lunch hour they have different kinds of tuna rice bowls.

It becomes an izakaya at night, I love all the dishes especially the pan fried shirako and the tuna sashimi platter! For the platter apart from the sashimi they also have a spoon for you to scoop out the meat...

Came in around 5 pm on a Wednesday night and the place was empty. We ordered the tuna head and tuna cheek sashimi, tuna intestines, grilled tuna belly and onion, fried chicken and yakisoba. The owner recommended the tuna sashimi platter and fried tuna in moringa sauce. They also recommended three types of sake for us. Everything was great except the tuna intestines, which didn’t sit well in my weak stomach. Maybe someone else will have...

Rakusai is an absolutely wonderful izakaya! The owners were a delight to chat with and had many great recommendations for food and sake. I hope to visit here again every time I come back to Osaka. Thank you for such a fun...