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Is Osaka Japanese Bistro Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 23 Las Vegas, Nevada

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Osaka Japanese Bistro is listed open on lasvegas-sushi.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A site check on 2026-09-08 found the restaurant's website live (HTTP 200, last modified September 2, 2026) at 4205 West Sahara Avenue listing current hours for both locations, and a recent feature article confirms it as Las Vegas's oldest Japanese restaurant, still family-run. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On Taste of Asia, which aired July 24, 2015, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Osaka Japanese Bistro, where Guy Fieri sampled the restaurant's fan-favorite Roppongi roll, according to Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Osaka opened in 1967 as the first Japanese restaurant in Las Vegas and is still run by the second generation of the founding Nakanishi family, with a West Sahara location and a second location in Henderson, according to Islands.com. A site check on 2026-09-08 found the restaurant's website live, with a last-modified date of September 2, 2026, listing current hours for both locations and a Las Vegas phone line, according to lasvegas-sushi.com. The restaurant has won the Las Vegas Review-Journal's "Best of Las Vegas" award 20 times, according to Islands.com.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 23

Episode 2
Aired
Title: Taste of Asia · What was featured: Fan-favorite Roppongi sushi roll at Las Vegas's oldest Japanese restaurant
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. lasvegas-sushi.com https://www.lasvegas-sushi.com
  2. islands.com https://www.islands.com/2163491/osaka-japanese-bistro-las-vegas-nevada-oldest-japanese-restaurant-local-favorite-fresh-flavor-featured-guy-fieri/
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Record ddd-0804 · checked by Cal Marchetti.