The Hajime restaurant is one among the few with 3-Michelin Star restaurants in Japan. Located in the ever busy city of Osaka, the Hajime restaurant is a high quality French restaurant that offers exclusive French cuisine at an elegant atmosphere. There is a small waiting room at the entrance leading to the grand dining hall that sports a gold fabric on the wall beautifully lit from below. The floors are filled with grey slate tiles and the tables are widely spread with plenty of space in between and the tables draped with simple but yet attractive white linen that complements the surroundings. Chef Hajime Yoneda spent most of his years in France and has been ably trained by the celebrated French Chef Michael Bras.
Opened in 2008, the Hajime restaurant strives hard to provide everything in proper detail and according to Chef Hajime Yoneda, the restaurant was designed with a theme that resonates a feeling in the guests to be a truly wonderful restaurant.
Equipped with the knowledge and extensive culinary skills gained from celebrated Michael Bras, Chef Hajime Yoneda has come up with a beautiful product in Hajime that represents the beauty of French Cuisine in his own and unique style. Some of his dishes are exclusively designed to exemplify the importance of gastronomy and lingers in your mind even after you leave the restaurant for a long time.
In the Kitchen
Born in 1972 in Osaka, Chef Hajime Yoneda spent most of his early years in his beautiful mountain town. Since his young age he was deeply impressed by mathematics and studied electrical engineering in College. In 1996, he was employed with an electronics company to design electronic products. But his passion for cooking turned him to learn cooking and he started working in restaurants in and around Japan. But the most defining moment came when he started to work with one of the most celebrated chefs in the world, Michael Bras.
In 2008, he opened his own French restaurant in Osaka named as Hajime RESTAURANT GASTRONOMIQUE OSAKA JAPON and within a couple of years it received 3 Michelin Stars. In 2012, he renamed the restaurant into simple HAJIME and continue to impress his critics and guests in his restaurant with his exclusive French dishes with a Japanese touch. He has earned a lot of accolades for his exceptional talent and for his admiration to nature that is reflected in every dish he creates. Some dishes are named like “Chikyu” meaning earth and it is designed in such a way to represent the cycle of life.
Awards and Achievements
Michelin Guide Osaka 2018: Three Stars ☆☆☆
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant 2018: #34
Michelin Guide Osaka 2017: Two Stars ☆☆
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant 2017: #34
Michelin Guide Osaka 2016: Two Stars ☆☆
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant 2016: #11
Michelin Guide Osaka 2015: Two Stars ☆☆
Asia's 50 Best Restaurant 2015: #14
Michelin Guide Osaka 2014: Two Stars ☆☆
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant 2014: #42
Michelin Guide Osaka 2013: Two Stars ☆☆
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant 2013: #21
Michelin Guide Osaka 2012: Three Stars ☆☆☆
Michelin Guide Osaka 2011: Three Stars ☆☆☆
Michelin Guide Osaka 2010: Three Stars ☆☆☆
The Menu
Tasting Menu "Standard": JPY 42'120+ and JPY 27'000 for 9 glasses wine pairing.
Tasting Menu "Short": JPY 30'240
Vegetarian Menu: JPY 34'020
Dress code, children and other policies.
Dress Code: Smart. Gentlemen are requested to wear jackets and leather shoes for both lunch and dinner service. Ties are optional. No jeans, t-shirts, sweat shirt, shorts, sandals or tennis shoes please.
Children policy: Guests should be over 10 years old.
Photo policy: Cameras are forbidden.
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- Monday17:30 - 20:30
- Tuesday17:30 - 20:30
- Wednesday17:30 - 20:30
- Thursday17:30 - 20:30
- Friday17:30 - 20:30
- Saturday17:30 - 20:30
- Sunday17:30 - 20:30
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