Vegan
Japanese
Macrobiotic
Organic
Juice bar
Beer/Wine
Fully-vegan cafe with Japanese macrobiotic lunch sets which include brown rice balls, soup and veggies. They also serve curry, waffles, gluten-free cookies / cakes, and drinks (has soy). On the 2nd floor, upstairs from related Genki Shop, at 大阪府大阪市中央区南久南宝町３-６-９. Seats 36. Easy to find from Hommachi, go 1 block east of the station and turn south down the shopping street. Occasionally closes in the mid-afternoon for private events. Reported closed July 2024.
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Added by lemurcat on 31 Oct 2012
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44 Reviews
First Review by lemurcat
Sanimals
Points +67
Perfect little lunch spot - Edit
Adorable, modern, and bright cafe located right on the Shinshibashi shopping street. Large wooden facade out front, can't miss it.
Read moreLots of vegan options, including dessert! I got the curry and pumpkin cake, both great. Husband got the onigiri set with soup and sides and said it was excellent.
Portions and price were fair. There's also a little shop downstairs if you want to grab some snacks before heading out. We bought a pack of small vegan cookies -- a little hard, but tasted great!
Pros: Many vegan options, english menu, lots of seating
Guest
riatanakaa
Points +21
Would definitely reccomend - Edit
This organic, vegan café's food is actually really quite good. It does serve meat and I'm not entirely sure if everything is gluten free but it was very tasty. If anything they could make it clearer on the menu which dishes have animal products and gluten in them, however if you were to ask they would explain it perfectly well to you. The packaged items such as their takeaway cookies and cakes (which by the way were really good as well) are labeled gluten free and so are the products they have in the downstairs health foods shop. The café itself is stylish and clean inside and out and I would definitely come here again.
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iFreeze
Points +560
Great curry - Edit
This place looks like it's mainly visited by locals (which often is a good sign!).
Read moreThe staff speaks English just fine and even explained the menu to me.
The food was served quickly and the curry I ordered was probably the best I had so far in Japan!
Prizes are about average for this kind of restaurant.
Would give 5 stars if possible.
Pros: Delicious curry, Friendly staff, Decent prizes
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KisaraVera
Points +78
So good! - Edit
This place was awesome! They had a ton of options for vegans. I went here multiple times on my trip. I got the rice ball plate with a side of soup which was absolutely amazing! Best soup I've ever tried. And had cakes and waffles another visit, very very good!
Read moreI definitely recommend this place if you're looking for some awesome vegan treats.
Pros: Friendly staff, Delicious
Guest
gbsn17
Points +78
Nice casual spot with tasty food - Edit
Was really happy to discover this place after a few too many meals of the same thing. I had the set lunch where you choose your own rice balls. I had one with nori and the other with miso. It was all really tasty and I'll definitely go back. Nice range of drinks too.
Read moreEnglish menu, friendly staff, Nice selection of Meal - set lunch, curry of the day, as well as cakes and snacks to take away. Might try the ginger soya latte next time!!
Pros: easy to find, English menu, good range
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JessicaLeeStar
Points +46
very good - Edit
As far as I could tell, everything here was vegan. I didn't see any of these fish sauce packets that were talked about. I had the pizza waffle and a brown rice ball with mushroom and kelp and it was delicious and vegan.
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Sukedc
Points +56
Mediocre Food - Edit
We were not very impressed with the food at this place. The staff were not very helpful when ordering. The location was also very out of the way.
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marcodamb
Points +40
vegan organic cafe in the heart of Shinsaibashisuji shopping district - Edit
This vegan organic cafe in the heart of Shinsaibashisuji shopping district serves several combinations of dishes (soup/brown rice balls/salad) to be combined in a meal. It was good. Some of the rice balls were a bit less tasty than expected but still very good. We will come back!
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vegelover
Points +336
Healthy vegetarian food in Shinsaibashi Osaka - Edit
Very nice cafe, we had the set meal but limited choices bec we don't eat onion/garlic. Considering hard to get vegetarian food, happy enough.
Read morePros: Easy to find location., Nice atmosphere.
Cons: Not many choices on no garlic , no onion variety.
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LiamRobinson
Points +25
Delicious lunch - Edit
Ate here a couple of weeks ago, came about 2pm and it was empty apart from me and another lady, had the onigiri and soup set and a slice of cake.
Read moreLoads of choice of different onigiri and I had the pumpkin soup which was great for a cold day!
I'm not quite up there with Japanese yet but they had an English menu and I communicated in the best of my Japanese ability. Staff were friendly, but really most important thing was the food was nice!
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EmmaCebuliak
Points +1890
Lovely Veggie Oasis in Honmachi - Edit
Although less well known than other vegetarian / vegan cafes in Osaka, I've recently come to love this tranquil spot, nestled between Honmachi and Shinsaibashi on the Shinsaibashi suji covered shopping street. Although they don't display themselves as vegan, their menu is actually completely vegan EXCEPT for the supplement packets they give out with meals, which contain vitamins from shell fish. You can politely decline these and they will understand. I've asked several times and was told that they use kombu dashi rather than fish dashi in their soups.
Read moreI've eaten their vegetable curry with rice and salad, the 1,000 yen lunch set with onigiri and several deli items, their macrobiotic cookies, the gluten-free take away cakes, the sachertorte cake, the brown rice waffle, and a recent lunch special with soy meat balls. Their food is authentic Japanese macrobiotic cooking, simple but flavourful and really nice. The pricing is reasonable, and they have an English menu as well (although the staff don't really speak English). If you go right at lunch hour, expect it to be bustling, but throughout the afternoon it is always very quiet. They are open 12noon - 6pm, most days except national holidays.
My only big complaint is that they don't use real cups or mugs for most of the drinks, instead having paper cups for both water and hot beverages. I've had tea there twice now, and each time they even put a plastic lid on the cup even though it was to stay! This is both aesthetically unappealing, and so awful for the environment. They also used a miniature paper cup with a plastic lid for the waffle syrup on the side, and I don't understand why a small ceramic one couldn't be used instead.
Otherwise, I really enjoy this spot and would definitely recommend it!
Updated from previous review on 2016-08-23
Pros: Yummy food, Reasonable price, Nice atmosphere
Cons: Paper & plastic cups!?, Non-vegan supplements, Not clearly advertised as vegan
Guest
alessa2510
Points +182
not that happy - Edit
I found this café today by accident because I walked past it, and I had the curry with genmai rice and then cheese cake and coffee. The curry was good, but the amount of food was not enough for me to become full or for the price I paid. Same for the cake, it was tiny and not that delicous, and the coffee wasn't that good either ... they don't prepare the food fresh but take it from containers with the prepared food, so you can have the meal immediately after you ordered.
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Lyf
Points +21
Veggie friendly 5 min walk from Shinsaibashi stn - Edit
Genmai cafe (ゲンマイカフェ) is a convenient casual cafe right in the heart of a main shopping arcade in Shinsaibashi. It's not a pure veggie restaurant but vegetarian friendly, a couple of staff are English spoken and prices are very reasonable. My husband bought the veggie curry that came with a small soup for 850 yen and I had a lunch set that consisted of two brown rice balls, miso soup, 2 servings of pickles and a drink for only 750 yen. Food was a little on the bland side but no real cause of a complaint. If you happen to be in the area and looking for a no fuss, fast and healthy lunch then this is a great pick. It's located in a busy shopping arcade in Shinsaibashi on the 2nd floor. Look for their health food shop located on a corner and their cafe is upstairs on the 2nd floor.
Read morePros: English menu, Value for money , Healthy cafe serving brown rice
Cons: Food may be a little bland for some
Guest
al30sh
Points +114
Mellow vibe and good set menu - Edit
We enjoyed this cafe for lunch. Great vegan options with a couple very clearly labelled fish dishes. Really good minestrone soup and rice balls. Try the hot soy ginger drink - so delicious. Very relaxed and low key vibe.
Read morePros: Low key vibe, Ginger tea!!, Simple and good menu
Cons: Not a lot of english spoken
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SP
Points +1440
yummy brown rice! - Edit
I came across it by chance and went in for lunch one day. I had the Japanese curry with brown rice. I happened to be in the area again the next day, and because I liked it enough I went back for another lunch. This time I had some soup, a brown rice ball (triangle) with crushed sesame seeds on the side of it, and tea. They have several varieties of the brown rice triangles. I then also got two more brown rice triangles to go!
Read moreThey do have an English menu, so if they don't offer it, ask for it. Items containing fish are marked accordingly.
From Honmachi Stn take Exit 12. Once at street level go right to the covered shopping arcade, and again right into the arcade. It's about a block or so down the arcade, on the right, at an intersection.
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LindaLoveletmego
Points +96
nice and yummy - Edit
We went to Genmai Cafe to have lunch. The location is perfect, directly on Shinsaibashisuji (the number 1 shopping street). They had a menu in English but the girl who was working on the counter didn't speak a word English (I speak (not fluently) Japanese, so it was okay).
Read moreI had the curry (japanese curry of course, not to confuse with indian curry!) and I got soup with it. both was delicious and filling!
everything is organic and the portion was totally fine, too! the atmosphere was nice too :)
Pros: yummy food, portions okay, English menu
Cons: not many options
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lemurcat
Points +404
Stop by if you're in the area - Edit
But I wouldn't make a special trip. The food that contains fish is labeled on the English menu but not the Japanese menu. Avoid the supplement packs because they contain calcium from shellfish. Various types of rice balls, curry, cake, pudding.
Read morePros: nice atmosphere, easy to find, plenty of vegan options
Cons: supplements contain shellfish, Japanese menu not labeled for fish
Guest
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