A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an apparatus main body, a document cover, and a front cover. The apparatus main body houses the recording head therein and has outer surfaces including a document placement surface being an upper surface and a front surface which is adjacent to the document placement surface and which intersects the document placement surface. The document cover is able to be opened/closed in the document placement surface being the upper surface of the apparatus main body. The front cover is able to be opened/closed in the front surface of the apparatus main body. A hand-holding recess used to open the document cover and also used to open the front cover is positioned at part of a portion of the apparatus main body where the document placement surface being the upper surface and the front surface intersect each other.