Local Guide
6 Recommended Dinner Restaurants in Yomitan Area, Okinawa

The best part of a trip is the food! If so, here are six recommended gourmet spots for your trip to Okinawa. The menus, which incorporate seafood and agricultural products unique to Okinawa, can only be enjoyed there. Okinawan cuisine, Western food, curry, steak.... Choose according to your mood of the day. We hope you will have a memorable dinner during your trip.

Plenty of vegetables grown in the prefecture! Spicy and sweet spiced curry is our specialty!

Home-made spiced curry
Home-made spiced curry" topped with seasonal prefectural vegetables is 1,100 yen.

Sake and delicious food that goes well with sake can be enjoyed at the Restaurant & Bar, whose name means "whimsy," located inside "Gala Blue Sea. The "homemade spiced curry" using 12 different spices is especially recommended.
The curry, made without flour and slowly simmered with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, turmeric, cumin, and other spices and aromatic vegetables, is moderately spicy "so that even those who do not like spicy food and children can enjoy it. One bite of the curry will give you a complex aroma of spices and sweetness.

There are always more than 30 kinds of craft beer to go with the dishes!

The casual atmosphere of the restaurant overlooks the ocean.
The casual atmosphere of the restaurant overlooks the ocean.

The secret ingredients are mango and coconut milk. These are said to add a gorgeous sweetness, richness, and depth of flavor and depth.
The owner, who has experience working at a liquor store specializing in Western liquors, recommends food pairings of craft beers such as pale ale, IPA, and wheat beer. More than 30 types of craft beer and 6 types of draft beer are always available. At dinner time, in addition to the very popular curry, you can enjoy a varied menu that includes pasta, risotto, freshly picked, hot vegetables, homemade roast beef, and even Okinawan cuisine.

Local Guide Comment
Original goods such as beer glasses, stainless steel bottles that can carry soda water and beer, T-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, and tableware are available for purchase in the store. They are perfect as Okinawan souvenirs for yourself.
Coastal Diner Caprice
  • address (e.g. of house) 915 Takashibo, Yomitan Village, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa (in Gala Blue Sea) MAP
  • Direction Approx. 50 min. from Naha Airport by Car
  • Business Hours 11:30-15:00 (L.O.14:30), 17:00-21:00 (L.O.20:00)
  • Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
  • TEL 098-800-1398
  • Parking Free of charge

Once you try our rich egg carbonara, you'll be a repeat customer!

Carbonara with eggs grown in Yomitan Village and bacon from Spain: 1,320 yen
Carbonara with eggs grown in Yomitan Village and bacon from Spain: 1,320 yen

The small Restaurant, located within walking distance of Nagahama Beach in Yomitan Village, offers a wide variety of dishes made with local ingredients. The "Carbonara with Yomitan Village Jiyou Eggs," popular for both lunch and dinner, is a dish recommended for egg and cheese lovers.
The eggs, the star of the dish and the key to its flavor, are from healthy, stress-free chickens raised free-range. The yolks are sweet and rich. Carbonara, which uses a lot of such eggs, is a very popular menu item with a high repeat rate. Please try Carbonara with a glass of wine.

Restaurant where you can enjoy both Italian and French cuisine

Simple and clean interior
Simple and clean interior

The theme of the Restaurant, which offers casual Italian and tropical French cuisine, is "health. Vegetables are organic or grown in Okinawa, and are grown with minimal use of pesticides whenever possible. Meat and seafood are also mainly produced in the prefecture.
Thirteen types of wine are always available, and wines by the glass are reasonably priced at 500 yen per glass. Popular dishes such as "Seared Seika Carpaccio" (630 yen), "Lobster Cream Pasta with Tiger Prawns from Ginoza Village" (1,860 yen), and "Roasted Japanese Black Motobu Beef from Okinawa" (3,520 yen) are also served with wine.

Local Guide Comment
The "Island Delicatessen," which can be shipped nationwide, is also on sale to rave reviews. You can enjoy the taste of the restaurant at home, such as "Ishigaki Island Misaki Beef Burg in Ratatouille" and "Kurobuta Pork Spare Ribs in Miso BBQ".
Bistro Rueil
  • address (e.g. of house) 3459-1 Maeda, Onna Village, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approximately 60 minutes from Naha Airport by Car
  • Business Hours 11:30-15:00 (L.O.14:30), 18:00-22:00 (L.O.21:30)
  • Closed Monday and 1st Sunday
  • TEL 098-923-1213
  • Parking Free of charge

A variety of menu ideas that transcend the boundaries of conventional Okinawan cuisine!

Sea grape somen noodles with seaweed sauce: 950 yen, fried tofu with arsa sauce: 580 yen, minu-dal: 1,200 yen
Sea grape somen noodles with seaweed sauce: 950 yen, fried tofu with arsa sauce: 580 yen, minu-dal: 1,200 yen

The Awamori Pub is located in a residential area of Yomitan Village. The menu includes such classic dishes as umi budou (sea grapes), sashimi of island goatfish, and bitter melon chanpuru, as well as more innovative dishes that transcend the boundaries of traditional Okinawan cuisine.
For example, the "UMIBUDO Somen Chanpuru with Yomogi Sauce" is inspired by a genovese sauce made with fresh basil, and is tossed with boiled somen noodles in a yomogi sauce and topped with umi budou. The serving dishes are all made by ceramic artists working in Yomitan Village.

Awamori pub working to revitalize the local community

The restaurant has a relaxed atmosphere. The restaurant has both counter and table seating, and can accommodate both small and large groups.
The restaurant has a relaxed atmosphere. The restaurant has both counter and table seating, and can accommodate both small and large groups.

The most popular menu item is "fried pig's feet" filled with collagen. Other tasty dishes include "Deep-fried Jeermami Tofu with Deep-fried Okinawan Seaweed Artha Starch Ankake," which is deep-fried "Jeermami Tofu" made with peanuts and topped with Okinawan seaweed artha starchy sauce, and "Minudaru" (a court dish from the Ryukyu Dynasty) made with Agu pork! The restaurant was established in 1994.
The restaurant was established in 1994. Since the restaurant was opened as part of the revitalization of the local community, Awamori, the dishes, and the glasses are all made in Yomitan Village as much as possible. Why not spend a memorable night at a place filled with the charm of Yomitan Village?

Local Guide Comment
The restaurant has a relaxed atmosphere with modern jazz music playing. Awamori-based cocktails are also recommended.
Yomitan Story
  • address (e.g. of house) 2481-1 Hahira, Yomitan-mura, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approx. 50 min. from Naha Airport by Car
  • Business Hours 18:00-23:00 (L.O. 22:00, Drink L.O. 22:30)
  • Closed Closed on Sundays and the Monday following the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month
  • TEL 098-956-0002
  • Parking Free of charge
  • Memo No children under 20 years old are allowed.

Directly operated by a fresh fish restaurant! A can't-miss place to enjoy the freshest seasonal fish!

Sashimi assortment
Sashimi assortment" (1,870 yen), "Butter grilled fish" (around 1,800 yen) (market price), and "Duruten" (660 yen) are all perfect to pair with Awamori.

This Restaurant has been in business for 38 years and is under the direct management of a fresh fish restaurant. The restaurant offers sashimi, fried fish, boiled fish, nigiri-zushi, and other dishes using the freshest seasonal fish.
You must order the "Sashimi Moritate" which includes 10 kinds of seasonal seafood such as Okinawa tuna, octopus, squid, white fish (meibai, swordfish, taman, michi, makubu, etc.), and salmon! In addition to the size for 3-4 people, there is a small size (1,540 yen) that is just right for 2 people, so you can order according to the number of people. The thickly sliced sashimi has a chewy texture and rich, sticky flavor.

Restaurant loved by a wide range of customers from local regulars to tourists

There is also a small tatami room where you can stretch out your legs. The tables are spacious, so even if you order a lot of dishes, you can use them comfortably.
There is also a small tatami room where you can stretch out your legs. The tables are spacious, so even if you order a lot of dishes, you can use them comfortably.

Butter-Yaki, seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and grilled with plenty of butter, is also popular. The fish changes each day, but the chef chooses light white fish that goes well with butter, such as shumachi, meibai, taman, and lenkodai. The restaurant also offers a wide variety of non-seafood dishes such as "Rafty," "Soki Nimono" and "Island Rakkyo Tempura.
The Restaurant, which has been loved by locals since its establishment, is lined with bottles of awamori that have been kept on hand. Perhaps it is a proof of the trust of regular customers.

Local Guide Comment
In addition to seafood, the proprietress's favorite dish is "Duruten," which is made by steaming taro, adding pork and shiitake mushrooms, kneading the mixture, forming it, and deep frying it. The crunchy and chewy texture is irresistible.
Oki Seafood Restaurant
  • address (e.g. of house) 427-2 Oki, Yomitan-mura, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approx. 50 min. from Naha Airport by Car
  • Business Hours 16:00-23:00 (L.O. 22:00)
  • Closed Closed on weekends and holidays
  • TEL 098-956-5692
  • Parking Free of charge

Directly from the fishing port! Izakaya where you can enjoy both seafood and Okinawan cuisine

Assorted sashimi for 3-4 persons
Assorted sashimi for 3-4 persons" for 1738 yen, "Goya Chanpuru" for 715 yen, "Island Rakkyo pickled in salt" for 539 yen, "Umi Grapes" for 539 yen

This izakaya boasts dishes using seafood directly from the local Miyakoya Fishing Port and fish freshly caught from the restaurant's fish tank. The sashimi platter, which features five kinds of fresh fish, is a must-try. The contents change depending on the weather and the fisherman's mood, but on this day, the five types were tuna, bonito, gara, akajin meibai, and irabucha.
In spring, you can taste Spanish mackerel and tachiwai, in summer gara and gachun, and in colder weather, island octopus and sode-ika. And the classic Okinawan dish "Goya Chanpuru" is not to be missed.

Proud of Okinawan cuisine that incorporates elements of Japanese cuisine

Inside the restaurant you can feel the warmth of wood. With tatami rooms, table seating, and counter seating, the restaurant can be used for a variety of occasions.
Inside the restaurant you can feel the warmth of wood. With tatami rooms, table seating, and counter seating, the restaurant can be used for a variety of occasions.

The owner-chef studied Japanese and Okinawan cuisine in Tokyo before returning to his hometown in Okinawa and opening the restaurant one year later in August 2012. He is particular about seasonings and soup stock, and incorporates elements of Japanese cuisine into his dishes.
The original Ryukyu cocktails based on Awamori are also very popular among tourists. At lunch time, check out the rice bowls and set menus that use plenty of fresh fish, as well as the "Chirashi Sushi" and "Lunch Tendon" available for only 550 yen each, limited to 5 servings each. You will want to visit this restaurant again and again, both during the day and at night.

Local Guide Comment
In the fish tank inside the restaurant, you will find Okinawa's local fish, gurukun. You can have it made into sashimi on the spot.
Hariyun
  • address (e.g. of house) 467-3 Oki, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approximately 60 minutes from Naha Airport by Car
  • Business Hours 11:00 - 24:00 (L.O. 23:00)
  • Closed Wednesday
  • TEL 098-989-5062
  • Parking Free of charge

Great view and gourmet food. Authentic steaks grilled over a wood fire

Rib roast steak 200g
Rib roast steak 200g" 3,600 yen and a wide variety of side dishes

This authentic grill restaurant is attached to BANTA CAFE by Hoshino Resorts. It is recommended for those times when you are in the mood for a little luxury, as you can enjoy both the spectacular view and the gourmet food.
The best dish is the steak, which is made from carefully selected meat by the chef and grilled juicy with the strong heat of wood fire. The steak sauce, which is a combination of herb- and shikwasa-scented butter, awamori, and brown sugar, gives it a rich flavor combined with the aroma of the wood fire. The menu also features a wide variety of dishes such as "Island's Colorful Salad" and "Mussels Fisherman Style," which are lavishly prepared with vegetables typical of Okinawa.

Enjoy an extraordinary time at a special seat overlooking the ocean!

The large wall of windows overlook the endless horizon.
The large wall of windows overlook the endless horizon.

The Restaurant, perched on a cliff along a cove, overlooks the shallow waters of Inoh. You can enjoy the magnificent view while enjoying your meal, so why not take advantage of it for a memorable trip or anniversary?
At lunch time, you can see the cobalt blue sea, at dusk you can watch the sunset, and at dinner time, you can enjoy the fantastic view of the lighthouse illuminated by the light. It is recommended to use the restaurant at different times of the day and night to enjoy different atmospheres of the scene.

Local Guide Comment
At lunch time, the burger with a thick, juicy patty is also recommended. For dinner, be sure to try it at sunset time.
All Grill by Hoshino Resorts
  • address (e.g. of house) 560 Gima, Yomitan Village, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approx. 70 min. by car from Naha Airport
  • Business Hours 12:00-14:30 (L.O.14:00), 17:00-21:00 (L.O.20:00) *Reservations are required for dinner.
  • Closed No holidays
  • TEL 098-921-6811
  • Parking 60 minutes free when using the Cafe Grill
  • Memo Business hours are subject to change.

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Hoshino Resorts facilities nearby
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