Secret Garden
Otaku Bar Review
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Rating /5
Review
In the same building as U.N. Osaka Nazdrowie, but on floor 10. It's pretty expensive. Even makes Room Mania look reasonable! Luckily when I went some dude was buying everybody tequila shots. His bill was over a "man" and he was still going strong.
Anyway, when I went there were 3 Swedes, 3 Yanks and an Australian-Filipino. The Yanks said they always tell people they're from New York, "to avoid association with the other 80% in the middle of the country". Delightful. Anyway some Japanese people showed up later but I didn't get to talk to them.
This also has a charge to take an instant photo with the staff, and a seperate price to buy the staff drinks. Seems like a cross between a half-maid-cafe like Mofuru and a "proper" Otaku bar, with zillions of anime figures and staff who actually want to talk about anime.
Getting There
Go north from Nipponbashi Subway station, over the river, past Dotonbori and it's on the left up there. In a tall, white building where the directory of bars / businesses is quite far inside and hard to see from the street. I nearly walked past and I knew where I was going! Keep your eyes on your map. Or watch this!
Details
Alcohol system is ¥1200 per half hour AND ¥500 per drink. Come back Room Mania, all is forgiven! They have a ¥1500 per hour and all-you-can-drink soft drink system.
In Conclusion
Not all that. I guess it was decently fun being able to speak English with the gaijin. Also they were all tourists so I could tell them about off-the-beaten-track places in Osaka. But that was just that one night. So far, based on one visit to each, you're better off going down a floor and visting U.N. Nazdrowie.
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