I came here a few weeks ago on my visit to Santiago. I had a free evening and there was a table available for 1, so I took the opportunity and made the reservation online. Nestled in the Vitacura neighborhood of Santiago, the restaurant isn't too far from Providencia (10 min car ride, 25 min by bus) - Osaka is a Nikkei fusion restaurant that has a few other branches, mostly in South America. Service here is friendly but can be a tad slow when busy. So keep this in mind if you're super hungry. I used a mix of Spanish and English here - the preferred language here is Spanish (being in Chile after all!) but most waitstaff knows some English - so language barrier shouldn't be much of a problem.
I ordered...
1) BEBIDA - Passion liptus pisco sour - a lovely take on the traditional pisco sour, with tropical fruit forward notes (yay for maracuya)
2) COOKED - passion shrimp - tasty and perfectly fried, with a good balance of sweet, salty and sour. Better than sweet and sour as this has a nice tropical twist
3) RAW/SEARED: I had the hotate truffle nigiri, rocoto usuzukuri tiradito, and the crispy rice appetizer. Both the hotate truffle and crispy rice appetizer had truffle notes, which were very nice as it complimented the seafood in both. Hotate is scallop, and the crispy rice features salmon. I really enjoy tiraditos, and try to get them when I can in South America. The rocoto sauce in the tiradito was absolutely delicious. Creamy, a little smoky, and a little piquant - a perfect compliment with the catch of the day (a type of white fish).
The bill came out to around 80$ for myself- but I ordered a lot for one person. Restaurant is a little bit on the expensive side for Japanese-style food in Santiago; but it's well worth every penny!
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