Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an optical pickup apparatus in which a condensing lens can be bonded with as large an adhesive coating area as possible. The optical pickup apparatus includes a condensing lens for gathering light emitted from a light source on an optical recording medium, and a lens holder for supporting the condensing lens. The condensing lens has, in an outer periphery in a radial direction thereof, a plurality of lens-side concavities equi-spaced circumferentially so as to open to face the optical recording medium. That part of the condensing lens which faces the lens-side concavity is bonded to the lens holder with an adhesive.