Washoku Gankozushi Umeda honten — Restaurant in Osaka

This restaurant is near our hotel and appears to be quite popular among the local & foreigner so we came to try. Not sure if it’s the items we ordered but there were hits and misses.

We first had pickled mackerel sushi and today’s sushi special each to start. The mackerel sushi was average, so was the sushi special (my sushi rice came apart from the scallop). Then we shared some beef teppanyaki which came in a small grill to let the meat brown a little. It was nice but nothing special about it. The chef’s sashimi platter was the menu highlight. Again nothing special about it. The salad however had an unexpected sweet and savory mix with the sweet potato included. We then finished off with the matsutake mushroom in a claypot rice. The latter was brought to our table and cooked on the spot for a good 30min. The result is this freshly cooked rice full of mushroom earthiness.

The place was very busy when we were there. We had to alert the wait staff for our soya sauce plate after our sushi sets had arrived, and to request the wait staff twice...

Highly recommended for tourists from abroad. Already well known abroad for good sushi at the right price. The English menu is somewhat inadequate, but if you can eat any nigiri sushi, just ask the chef to '"nigiri omakasede." (leave it to you.)in Japanese and he will provide you with delicious sushi. In this case, make sure you sit at the counter. If you are a sushi gourmet, you should order "sashimi" first before ordering sushi. Of course, you can also taste tempura, for example. These are, so to speak, appetisers, after which you order the main sushi, which is what a sushi...

This restaurant is part of a local chain (I saw a few of them in town) but it has an authentic feel to it. The number of locals far outnumber the tourists. When visiting with one or two people, ask to sit at the bar, so you can see the sushi chefs at work. I chose one of the assorted set menu's including sushi, soup and tempura. Especially the sushi was very good, some of the side dishes were not exactly my taste. The quality was good compared to the price, would go there again...