Kuku

Name: Kuku
Address: 1-21-5 Edobori Nishi-ku Osaka, Kitahama, Yodoyabashi & Higobashi, Osaka, 550-0002, JP
Price range: ¥20,000–29,999

Yakiniku in Kitahama, Yodoyabashi & Higobashi, Osaka, 3 min walk from Higobashi Station

百名店2026

Our analysis

#3of 31 yakiniku restaurants in Osaka City
53%of high-end restaurants in Osaka have a lower dinner budget
1×Tabelog 100
Nonepublic phone or online booking

Dinner ¥20,000–29,999

Inside

Photos from the restaurant's page on Tabelog

All 12 photos, by dishes, the room and the entrance

Dishes 8

Inside 4

Kuku: the dining room (photo 9, Tabelog)

Kuku: the dining room (photo 10, Tabelog)

Kuku: the dining room (photo 11, Tabelog)

Kuku: the dining room (photo 12, Tabelog)

In our ranking, Kuku is 3rd of the 31 yakiniku restaurants in Osaka City and 5th of 36 in Osaka. Its dinner budget on Tabelog (¥20,000–29,999) is higher than that of 53% of the high-end restaurants in Osaka in this guide, and higher than that of 62% of its yakiniku restaurants. Its record: Tabelog 100 in 2026. It lists no phone number and no online booking; 2 of the 36 yakiniku restaurants in Osaka can be booked online in English. Good for Sundays (15 of the 31 yakiniku restaurants in Osaka City say they open then) and a late dinner (open until 23:00).

How we analyze restaurants

How it compares

Yakiniku restaurants in Osaka City with a dinner budget close to its own, nearest to it in our ranking.

Restaurant	Rank in Osaka	Dinner from	Lunch from	Booking	Awards	Walk	Closed
Keiraku Yakiniku Pome	#3	budget ¥15,000–19,999	—	Phone only	Bronze 2026 · Tabelog 100 2026	4 min, Nagahoribashi	Mon
Kuku	#5	budget ¥20,000–29,999	budget ¥20,000–29,999	No public phone or online	Tabelog 100 2026	3 min, Higobashi	—
Nara Kimiya Bettei Zakuro	#6	¥19,800	—	Online, Japanese only	Bronze 2022 · Tabelog 100 2026	4 min, Ōebashi	—
Kitan In	#8	¥10,395	—	Online, Japanese only	Tabelog 100 2026	3 min, Nippombashi	Wed, Sun
Kitashinchi Yamagata Ya	#9	¥16,500	—	Online, Japanese only	Tabelog 100 2026	2 min, Watanabebashi	Sun
Pegopa	#10	budget ¥15,000–19,999	—	No public phone or online	Tabelog 100 2026	1 min, Yotsubashi	—

For international visitors

Book through a concierge

No online booking in English and no menu or staff in English are listed. A hotel concierge can book for you.

Menu	Not listed
Staff	Not listed
Payment	Credit cards

How to book Kuku

Kuku publishes no phone number and lists no online booking service, which usually means its seats go to regulars and their guests. A concierge at a luxury hotel is the best chance of a table.

Reservations: required. Walk-ins are not accepted.

Can't get a table? Yakiniku nearby you can book online

The food

Photos from the restaurant's page on Tabelog.

On Instagram

The restaurant's account: @99kuku_official

Prices

Dinner	¥20,000–29,999 per person
Lunch	¥20,000–29,999 per person
Diners report spending	¥20,000–29,999 at dinner, ¥20,000–29,999 at lunch
Credit cards	Accepted
Electronic money	Not accepted

Opening hours

Monday	17:30–23:00
Tuesday	17:30–23:00
Wednesday	17:30–23:00
Thursday	17:30–23:00
Friday	17:30–23:00
Saturday	17:30–23:00
Sunday	11:30–14:00

Seats and rooms

Inside

The dining room, in photos from the restaurant's page on Tabelog.

Private rooms	No
Private hire	Possible
Smoking	Non smoking
Opened	May 2025

Getting there

3 min walk (250 m) from Higobashi Station, Exit 7.

Also near: Yodoyabashi (Exit 9): 9 min · Watanabebashi (Exit 7): 9 min

Leave Higobashi Station by Exit 7 and walk south for 20 m.
Turn right and walk 120 m.
Turn left at 7-Eleven and walk 40 m.
Turn right and walk 60 m.
You arrive at Kuku.
Look for
OP BLD
Written this way on the building
Floor
1F
Street level

Show this to a taxi driver

大阪府大阪市西区江戸堀1-21-5 OP BLD 1F

The address in Japanese, as drivers enter it

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Location

Address	1-21-5 Edobori Nishi-ku Osaka, Osaka 550-0002
Stations	Higobashi, 350 m, about 6 min walk Watanabebashi, 590 m, about 10 min walk Yodoyabashi, 710 m, about 12 min walk
Directions	332 meters from Higobashi.