Kushikatsu Daruma

Kushikatsu Daruma is a small Restaurant chain focusing on, surprise, Kushikatsu! Those delicious deep-fried skewers of meat and vegetables.

We went to their Restaurant in Shinsekai, as this area is packed with Kushikatsu Restaurants and the perfect place to try this local street food style dish. And actually, just in this area, Kushikatsu Daruma has not 2, but 4 Restaurants!

Our Tip; The biggest one in the middle of the main Shopping street always has a queue, but just 2-3min walk you can go to one of their other Restaurants with half the wait.

As already mentioned, their specialty is Kushikatsu, also known as Kushiage. Deep-fried skewers of meat and vegetables. Which are then dipped in sauce and eaten wit raw cabbage. And there is really just one rule to remember: Only dip one time!

Although the menu is not in English, there are plenty of pictures and the staff speak English and are happy to help. One small thing, smoking is allowed inside, so if that’s an issue for you then don’t pick this place.

But what can we say, the food is great! You can get sets with a bit of everything at a great value or buy them one by one. The Sets start from 5 skewers for 1000¥ and the single ones start at 180¥. If you do the latter, we absolutely loved the Renkon, beef tendon, Beni Shoga (pickled red ginger) and the ham with asparagus. And yes, these go great with a nice cold beer…

Make sure to stop by, when visiting Shinsekai but you can also check out their Dotonbori shop in the heart of Osaka.

Web

https://www.kushikatu-daruma.com/sp/

Address

• Shinsekai: 2 Chome-4-5 Ebisuhigashi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, 556-0002
• Dotonbori: 1 Chome-6-4 Dotonbori, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0071

Opening hours