Four Rooms Buffet - Osaka, Japan

The day we traveled from Kyoto to Osaka was a hot sunny day. It was probably normal temperature for that time of the year in Osaka. But the last couple of days we spent in Kyoto had been rainy and cool so a sudden sunny day felt too hot for us.

While waiting for the time to check-in our hotel, we decided to cool off in the mall. The closest mall from our hotel was Abeno Q mall which was like 12 minute walk. The mall was decent with shops like Uniqlo, Daiso and plenty of restaurants to choose from. We happened to lay our eyes on a buffet restaurant that offered a decent price JPY1549 per person (USD 13.60). There was a line of people in front of us though. But the good thing about waiting for restaurants in Japan was some seats are provided. Not restaurants offered seating area but this was the second restaurant we've been to that provided seating. As the line moves, you just move along. That way you don't even need to write your name down on the wait list like what we do in US.



We waited for about 15 minutes. The place though looked small from outside but was actually quite spacious inside and turn over was pretty fast once one group started to leave. When we finally were seated we got offered more options which explained the numbers shown outside. For additional JPY299 per person we could get unlimited juice bar. For additional JPY499 per person we could get sushi. Now we started to see the big picture. We thought the price of JPY1549 included sushi. But now that we know it didn't, we didn't feel like we wanted to pay that extra.

The food selection was decent. Got some pasta, salad, some noodle soup, tempura, etc. The dessert bar was decent as well. We got to make and dressed our own waffle. They came out pretty good. And because it was buffet we actually spent quite some time there.

Four Rooms Buffet
Abeno Q's Mall
Address: 1 Chome-6-1 Abenosuji, Abeno Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 545-0052, Japan
+81 6-4396-6088