串焼き猿 at Dotonbori, Osaka

A Dotonbori creative kushiyaki izakaya, three minutes from Namba, famed for fresh chicken liver.

Kushiyaki Saru - "Grilled-Skewer Monkey" - is a creative kushiyaki izakawa near Dotonbori bridge, three minutes from Namba station. Its concept, "more delicious than you'd think", is built on carefully sourced chicken: Tottori jidori and Kyoto Tanba chicken, duck from Matsubara's Tori Fukumoto, and seafood from the central market. The signatures include a fresh chicken liver sashimi (rare for its quality), a tamahimo skewer grilled rare for texture, and a "heart's entrance" (hatsumoto) with a sweet-spiced orange sauce. Average dinner spend is around 2,000 yen, with private rooms and a counter for 20. For a high-craft, value-led yakitori session in Dotonbori, Kushiyaki Saru is a dependable, at-home choice.