Marukatsu at Umeda, Osaka

Tonkatsu specialist on the 16th-floor Ichiroku Gourmet floor of Osaka Station South Gate Tower.

Marukatsu is a tonkatsu, or pork cutlet, restaurant inside the Ichiroku Gourmet dining floor on the 16th floor of the Osaka Station South Gate Tower. Part of the Dainichigroup, it focuses on carefully sourced pork fried to order in a clean, crisp batter.

The menu offers cutlet sets, seasonal variations such as asparagus and mentaiko cheese, and the rice and cabbage refills that tonkatsu fans love. No reservations are taken, so it is a walk-in, queue-and-eat kind of place that suits shoppers and office workers alike.

For a comforting, properly crispy tonkatsu right above Osaka Station, this is a fine choice within the Ichiroku Gourmet lineup.