Hanadako Umeda: Takoyaki Menu, Prices & Wait Time

Hanadako (はなだこ) in Umeda, Osaka is a takoyaki specialist on the first floor of Shin-Umeda Shokudogai. As of 11 September 2026 it is number 1 in Tabelog's Osaka takoyaki ranking, and here are its negimayo menu and prices, the queue, and how takeaway works.

Hanadako location and opening hours

Hanadako (はなだこ) is a takoyaki specialist on the first floor of Shin-Umeda Shokudogai in Umeda, Osaka. It's a popular shop with a queue that never really stops, and its signature dishes are the basic takoyaki and the negimayo piled with spring onion.

The takoyaki is cooked fast at a high temperature, which gives it a soft outside and a moist middle. You can watch the staff grilling right in front of the small counter, and you can eat in or take it away.

※ Hours, closing days, reservations, payment and takeaway are as listed on the Shin-Umeda Shokudogai official website on 12 September 2026.

✅ Getting to Hanadako on the first floor of Shin-Umeda Shokudogai

Hanadako is right at the entrance to Shin-Umeda Shokudogai, which sits under the railway viaduct next to the crossing between JR Osaka Station and the Hankyu Department Store Umeda main store. You don't have to go deep inside Shin-Umeda Shokudogai to find it; it's right by the entrance.

According to Shin-Umeda Shokudogai's own information, the walking times from each station are as follows. Hanadako is at position 6 on the map below.

• Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station: about 1 minute on foot
• JR Osaka Station Midosuji exit: about 3 minutes on foot
• Osaka Metro Midosuji Line Umeda Station: about 3 minutes on foot
• Hanshin Osaka-Umeda Station: about 3 minutes on foot
• Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line Higashi-Umeda Station: about 3 minutes on foot
• Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line Nishi-Umeda Station: about 3 minutes on foot

Hanadako queue and how the line works

Hanadako's shopfront is in the narrow passage at the entrance to Shin-Umeda Shokudogai, so instead of a long line in front of the shop, you're directed to a marked waiting area that keeps the passage clear.

The line starts at the shopfront and follows the arrows on the signs to the marked space around the crossing and the pillars. When the queue gets long, rather than standing wherever you like in front of the shop, follow the signs and the staff's directions.

When I went at about 1:40pm, I was roughly 15th in the queue. About 10 minutes after joining it, a member of staff asked whether I wanted takeaway.

When I said yes, I didn't keep waiting in the general queue: I stepped out of the line, went straight to the till, ordered and paid.

The sign at the shop said Cash only when I visited, so I paid in cash. Once I'd paid, the packed takoyaki came straight away.

Hanadako takoyaki menu and prices

Hanadako's signature dishes are the basic takoyaki and the negimayo (ねぎマヨ). What makes the negimayo distinctive is the spring onion piled on until you can't see the takoyaki.

All of Hanadako's takoyaki uses fresh octopus. The basic takoyaki and the negimayo come in 6, 8 or 10 pieces.

Takoyaki is the basic item, Osaka-style takoyaki served with sauce and mayonnaise.

Negimayo is Hanadako's signature, with spring onion and mayonnaise piled on top of the takoyaki.

Takosen puts takoyaki between thin senbei crackers, which makes it easy to eat while walking.

📌 Pick one of 5 sauces

You choose the flavour for the takoyaki and the negimayo when you order.

• Sauce
• Ponzu
• Dashi soy sauce
• Salt
• Shiodare (salt seasoning)

If you don't want mayonnaise, you can ask them to leave it off when you order.

The Hanadako negimayo I ate

What I ordered was Hanadako's signature negimayo, 6 pieces for 670 yen.

Negimayo piles on spring onion until the takoyaki is hidden, then adds mayonnaise.

I ate takoyaki at three places on this trip, and Hanadako had the best balance of octopus, sauce, spring onion and mayonnaise. Of the three, the Hanadako negimayo also suited my taste best.

If you like spring onion, you could go for the negimayo before the basic takoyaki.

Where to eat your Hanadako takeaway

After taking the negimayo away from Hanadako, I headed toward the Hanshin Department Store Umeda main store to buy something to drink with it.

I bought a mix juice at Ganso Mix Juice Osaka-Umeda main store, then went up to the rooftop plaza on the 12th floor of Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South, the building the Hanshin Department Store Umeda main store is in.

It isn't an office-only space: it's a public rest area that ordinary visitors can use too. With benches and greenery, it was a good place to sit for a while in Umeda.

When I was there, plenty of office workers were resting and eating their lunch boxes. I sat among them for a while with my Hanadako negimayo and mix juice. If you get takeaway from Hanadako, this route is worth keeping in mind as somewhere to sit and eat in Umeda.

Bonus: Tabelog’s Osaka takoyaki ranking

After visiting Hanadako, I also had a look at Tabelog's Osaka takoyaki ranking.

As of 11 September 2026, Tabelog's takoyaki category for Osaka City lists 692 shops, and Hanadako is first with a rating of 3.65. Takoriki, also on 3.65, is second, and Takoyaki Sauce is third.

※ The ranking and ratings are as checked on 11 September 2026 and change with Tabelog's reviews.

※ Tabelog's takoyaki category includes not only takoyaki specialists but also izakaya and akashiyaki shops that serve it alongside other food.

The 3 takoyaki shops I tried

On this trip to Osaka I went to three of them: Hanadako, Shinsekai Kankan and Acchichi Honpo Dotonbori.

Number 9, Shinsekai Kankan

When I went, they poured sauce over takoyaki that had been grilled in advance and handed it over.

It wasn't the crisp style, and the octopus inside was small compared with Hanadako's.

Number 17, Acchichi Honpo Dotonbori

Acchichi Honpo Dotonbori is near the Don Quijote in Dotonbori, so it was easy to drop into while sightseeing. There's a space downstairs where you can eat, so you can have your takoyaki comfortably indoors with the air conditioning on.

The takoyaki was crisp on the outside and the sauce went well with it. Being able to sit indoors after walking around Dotonbori on a hot day was good too.

If I had to pick one again, I'd choose Hanadako.

The negimayo with its pile of spring onion is what stayed with me, and the octopus and sauce went together best there.

Eating takoyaki at three places showed me how much the taste and texture differ even within Osaka. Of the three, the Hanadako negimayo with all that spring onion is the one that comes to mind first now the trip is over. Next time I'm in Osaka, I think I'll be queueing at Hanadako.

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