• Gluten-Free & Vegan OKONOMIYAK Vim

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Est. March 2025. Serves okonomiyaki and crepes reported by owner to be vegan. Open Mon-Wed 6:00pm-11:00pm, Fri-Sun 6:00pm-11:00pm. Closed Thu.


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11 Reviews

First Review by sealion

joepickle

Points +36

Vegan
30 May 2025

Great service and many options

Super nice owners and very good experience overall. Fun to be able to try okonomiyaki somewhere

AndreaJE

Points +201

Vegan
18 May 2025

Cozy

Cute small cozy place with multiple vegan options. Bit pricey for the amount, but then you do have a good tasting and good looking vegan gluten free okonomiyaki. Had some really nice home made drinks as well. The location is a bit hard to find if you don't know it's there!

Updated from previous review on 2025-05-18

StephenNE

Points +23

Vegetarian
09 May 2025

Delicate and delicious

A wonderful experience for the taste buds and nose. The ambience plus service was exceptionally friendly and staff accommodated limited spoken Japanese and there was an English menu available upon request. Would recommend.
Located at the end of a small lane way with limited seating.

Pros: Food, Ambience, Attentive Service

Cons: Not a con - wait time is part of the experience , *, *

Alice97490

Points +35

Vegetarian
13 Apr 2025

Très bon restaurant d’okomiyaki

Il y a très peu de places donc je suppose qu’il vaut mieux réserver si on ne veut pas avoir à attendre. Mon partenaire et moi avons eu des places immédiatement mais certains n’ont pas eu cette chance. L’une des cuisinières a tout de suite proposé d’autres options véganes aux deux personnes venues (elles étaient toutes les deux très gentilles et accueillantes).
Il y a trois okonomiyaki disponibles et plusieurs autres plats véganes que je n’ai plus en tête (j’ai donc eu le choix !). Pour nuancer ce que reprochaient les autres commentaires : les cuisinières nous ont aussi demandé si nous voulions un œuf dans nos okomiyaki vegan mais c’est pour savoir si nous les voulons végétariennes ou vegan ! Pas de quoi critiquer en somme.
Même si nous avons bien mangé et que les plats étaient très beaux, la note était très salée (je suppose que c’est parce qu’ils utilisent de bons produits et favorisent la qualité à la quantité au vu du peu de place).

Pros: Les cuisinières sont adorables, Les nuggets végétales étaient délicieuses, Super ambiance (très calme et cosy)

Cons: Un peu cher (obligation de prendre boisson + plat), Peu de places (attente possible)

AnitaDollar

Points +5701

Vegan
10 Apr 2025

Yummy and friendly

Different type of okonomiyaki from other stores - very yummy, and the potato salad is lovely too!

TeazerCH

Points +25

Vegetarian
02 Apr 2025

Etwas versteckt, aber sehr lecker!

Wir hatten Glück und bekamen gleich 2 Plätze. Das Restaurant ist ziemlich klein und hat erst seit einer Woche geöffnet. Trotzdem war es gut besucht. Kein Wunder, denn das Essen war sehr lecker!

diodradek

Points +233

Vegan
02 Apr 2025

Vim

Venue
Last little shop at the end of an alley. A pretty big neon sign so you can’t miss it even from a distance. Seating for 7 I believe. Seems to be a secondary venue for “Spy’s Oasis” just down the street which also has vegan options.

Service
A friendly enough greeting. I did my initial order which was fine. I ordered something else and after 20mins of waiting, it was clear the staff weren’t actually cooking anything and were busy drinking with three obnoxious and annoying customers instead so I paid up and left. I was also asked if I’d like an egg on my okonomiyaki so I made sure to specify that I’d like a vegan okonomiyaki which means no egg. Being asked this in combination with the restaurant having vegan in the name despite serving lots of animal products should’ve set alarm bells ringing but I was tired and hungry.

Food
It’s been noted already and I’ve made an update request but this place is NOT VEGAN. It’s just vegan-friendly with a few vegan options. Fried soy meat was pretty good. Had a slight lemon-y taste to it. The okonomiyaki was okay. Not Hiroshima style which is what I’m used to. Not bad but not amazing. It was the first thing I ate (at approx 9:15pm) after a 7am breakfast so perhaps I would’ve felt the same about any food.

Price
3800jpy for the fried soy meat, the avocado topped okonomiyaki and a non-alcoholic beer. So…pretty expensive now that I think about it.

keanu.t

Points +80

Vegan
02 Apr 2025

Not fully vegan, long wait

First of all this place is NOT fully vegan, not sure why it’s marked as such on happy cow. They use pork, shrimp, egg, etc. There are indeed gluten free options and vegan options but if you are both gluten free and vegan you’re short of luck.

We asked for kimchi on our okonomiyaki with no problems, but when we received our food (some 40 minutes) after ordering we were told they were sold out of kimchi (and they lowkey gaslit us like we never asked for it). Also when I ordered the vegan okonomiyaki I was asked if I wanted egg in it, so who knows what other animal products they think are vegan?

As for the okonomiyaki itself, it’s simply covered in red sauce with a small dollop of a yogurt like cream. It’s not crispy at all and the interior is mushy and bland.

With avocado it’s priced at 2200 yen which is quite steep compared to the 1300 yen okonomiyaki at vegan and gluten free Osaka in umeda which is considerably tastier as well.

diodradek

02 Apr 2025

Probably listed as fully vegan based on the name of the place. But yeah, lots of animal based foods on the menu. I’ve submitted an update request to HappyCow already.

I quite enjoyed the food but I was very hungry. I’ll give the Umeda option you mentioned a try tomorrow.

GabrielUceda

Points +46

Vegan
01 Apr 2025

Great okonomiyaki.

The vegan okonomiyaki I had was delicious. Seating qas limited but food I had was good

deidden

Points +156

Vegan
01 Apr 2025

Cozy little retreat

Tucked away in an alley is this delightful eatery - an oasis from the bustle of Dotonbori.

The staff were friendly and the okonomiyaki was just so delicious. Small, but delicious. Generally, a bit more on the expensive side, but worth it if you have the budget.

sealion

Points +157

Vegan
30 Mar 2025

Delicious and stylish

The okonomiyaki here was really good, as were the drinks and fried soy meat. The place is intimate and cosy, and has more upmarket vibe than other vegan okonomiyaki alternatives in Osaka.

Pros: Good taste, Stylish decor, English menus

Cons: Slightly pricier than other places

AnitaDollar

31 Mar 2025



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