Omo & Coffee (&liqueur)

Between Umeda station (roughly 15 minute on foot) and Minami-Morimachi station (7 minutes on foot) is a stylish café called ‘ Omo & Coffee (&liqueur) ‘. Omo opened on 20 may 2022 operates as a café during the day, opening at 7 AM and transforms into a bar at night, closing at 5 AM the next morning. The meaning of the name omo according to the owner, Omo stands for ‘One of Many Others, with the concept that all customers can just relax and forget their social status or even their names when they are at the cafe. Perhaps some customers have stress or issues in their social life, so Omo wants to offer the cafe where customers can relax.

The café sits along the Honjo Nishitenman road on the ground floor of a large office building and has a Japanese stylish exterior with black wood paneling featuring a large glass lightbox with the cafe’s logo hanging from its canopy. The façade also features traditional Japanese glass in wood sliding doors with Showa era Japanese frosted glass and two bamboo plants in front of the café to finish the Japanese look.

The interior is spacious and also has a traditional Japanese style design featuring ishitatami (large cobble stones) placed in a gravel stone garden using gravel from Nara near the entrance. Directly right of the entrance is a hidden nook for two people which offers more intimacy. In the back of the café are five tables for two as well as the bar with six counter chairs. Finally there is a table bench set for four people near the entrance that sits on the gravel garden.

The bar features a beautiful cupboard with shoji sliding doors that elegantly hides the alcohol bottles and tableware. The kitchen counter is a stunning piece of solid cedar wood.

Omo’s menu is large and offers anything for anyone, with coffee, alcohol, sweets and breakfast, lunch and even dinner. For their morning menu they have toast, hotdog, pizza toast or egg sandwich. For lunch or dinner they serve beef stew, cheese gratin as well as pasta Neapolitan or carbonara. Sweets consists of pudding, cheesecake or a chocolate sundae.

The atmosphere in the café in the morning is relaxing mood with soft music playing in the background. Unfortunately, the café allows smoking inside, but even then, if you are able to stand it, it is worth a visit for the interior alone.

Caution: This café allows smoking inside.