Wasai-chubo Katura — Restaurant in Osaka

Lovely ~30 seat Japanese restaurant with focus on seafood and sake. We went for the 9-course set menu (¥8250) which was delicious. We sat at the bar where we could watch the chef preparing the courses. We received excellent sake recommendations with the menu, and upon ordering the first one we could pick our own sake cup, such a nice small personal detail. The chef wrote all names of the sashimi and hors d’oeuvres in English on a card, it made us feel really welcome. Amazing flavours and attention to detail The menu included: ・Appetizer ・Hors d'oeuvres ・10-piece sashimi platter ・fried (or grilled) dish ・Beef Steak ・Seasonal Fish Shabu-Shabu ・ Mini Hot Pot ・Japanese...

In short, great food and not expensive and the right amount of choice. Basically had a really relaxed lovely time with carefully cooke, lovely food. A fantastic surprise. There is an English menu and our waitress spoke English too. The restaurant was modestly sized, elegant and simple interior (ie Japanese) and populated by Japanese when we turned up out of the blue. Menu has a decent amount of a la carte options but not worryingly large. There are a couple of set menu options too. There are safer options eg tempura, sashimi, hotpot,but also, Japanese roll the dice options. This is not a backpacker budget option but NOT expensive,...

This might be the best restaurant I’ve ever been, food wise. Everything we ordered tastes amazing. Literally nothing was bad. And the presentation was great. All of the dishes look pretty! The price was reasonable. Definitely worth it! This is our last night in Osaka. I was worried that the place won’t accept us because we’re foreigners and we didn’t make a reservation. Luckily, we got in. I’m very glad that my boyfriend chose this place😁😁😁😁😁 I’ll always remember the food here. Especially the...