Koryu

Everything about this meal / experience was fabulous. The physical restaurant was beautiful, it was comfortable, not pretentious but everything was perfect and well considered. The staff & service was amazing. We are not fancy dressers, we just love food. Everyone was kind & patient, we had many d...ishes that were new to us & lots of questions about preparation & ingredients. Every course prepared with the finest & freshest ingredients. Every dish was beautiful including the actual ceramic dishes. Each course was artfully conceived & plated.

Visited October 2023

Koryu is a 12-seat bar serving a kaiseki meal on a small side street in the downtown area of Osaka. Our reservation was made through our hotel, and consistent with some other reviews, we were only offered the 9:00 pm seating that appears to be the time for non-Japanese speakers. We selected the seas...onal menu focused (because it was winter) around fugu (blowfish). All of the courses, apart from the several fugu courses, were excellent and inventive in presentation and preparation. However, the fugu being served that night was exceptionally tough and chewy. One of us had enjoyed fugu previously and we both had fugu at other restaurants during this trip, and in none of these cases was the fugu so tough. It is a firm fish, but even the cooked fugu at Koryu was chewy. We chose to have sake pairings with our meal and enjoyed the choices. Several reviewers have suggested that the restaurant was not very friendly and that not enough English was spoken. Admittedly, the chef did not chat with us during the meal, but I think it is an unreasonable expectation that everyone in Japan should be comfortable in English. How many chefs and servers in Michelin-starred restaurants in the US are fluent in Japanese? Our server did a perfectly adequate job with his limited English explaining the contents of each course, including using a notebook containing the photos and names of the fishes, and the chef very graciously escorted us out of the restaurant and the end of the meal.

Visited February 2020

The restaurant is located behind ANA crown hotel. We made arrangement to have the winter special dinner ( Fugu or Blowfish) meal that cost 30,000y per person. The restaurant serves a Omakase meal with multi course food, both raw n cooked food. Overall good quality food, good service with staff abl...e to speak English. If you in town and want a special meal with a decent budget, give this place a try.

Visited February 2020

From the start I should say that overall this was a lovely experience. This was to be our very special meal in a short trip to Japan for myself accompanied by my Japanese friend who was visiting for a little longer. The chefs are clearly at the top of their art and every dish is prepared with expert...ise in an open kitchen in front of you so entertaining as well. They also took turns to explain in Japanese and some English what the dishes were. Some courses, like the vegetable dishes were absolutely the best dishes I've had and the fish courses were very good too. The cod sperm dish was interesting and is widely eaten in Japan so while it might not be familiar to many Westerners I understand the inclusion. The first course of Bear however is not something I would have expected to see, or in my wildest dreams ever wanted to eat. We were shown a picture of a smiling dancing bear and informed that the first course was Bear Broth/Soup. I understand restaurants at the cutting edge need to push diners into new areas but for me it seemed more about appealing to the Chinese market rather than being faithful to what they were about. I maybe wrong but I was left a little confused although I can understand many would not have a problem with this and mention it only so you can say, no bear when booking if you feel as I do and it's again on the menu. The restaurant itself is intimate but perfectly adequate and adds to the authenticity of a Japanese meal. Overall this is an experience you need to see and taste for yourself and make up your own mind.

Visited November 2019

We are a couple living in Dubai and normally going for high end restaurants.Travelling to Japan we have booked a 3 Michelin star experience in Tokyo and Koryu in Osaka. Koryu by all standards was an outstanding experience which hardly can be compared with anything else we had. Starting from chefs pr...eparing food in front of you (chef is 36 y.o., sou-chef is 22 y.o) to plate decoration, atmosphere and of course delicious food - everything was superb and chefs are true masters of what they do. I never thought slowly roasted head of prawn can be so tasty and there were many other surprises. If you desire a spectacular exciting meal, I would highly recommend Koryu, cannot praise them enough.

Visited October 2019