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Satisfy yourself in the morning! 5 pancake cafes to eat during your trip to Okinawa

Pancakes are perfect not only for a snack, but also for lunch or breakfast. Making pancakes at home is fine, but frying them in a frying pan tends to make them unevenly colored and takes more time and effort than you might think. In addition, there are various types of pancakes, including chunky and fluffy ones. So, here are 5 cafes where you can eat pancakes in the morning that we recommend during your trip to Okinawa.

Simple pancakes cooked on a special grill

Plain with bacon and eggs
Plain with bacon and eggs" 900 yen. You can choose from fried eggs or scrambled eggs.

Located by the sea in Yomitan Village, this café serves food made with local ingredients and completely pesticide-free coffee. There are six types of pancakes on the menu, which were added to the menu based on customer requests.

The goal was to offer pancakes other than the trendy soufflé type, and the "American pancakes" were the result. Buttermilk is added to the batter, and the pancakes are cooked on a copper plate pancake grill. The texture is somewhere between fluffy and chewy. The inside of the pancake is fluffy thanks to the lid.

Relaxing café time in a soothing atmosphere.

The restaurant is bright and inviting, with gentle light shining through.
The restaurant is bright and inviting, with gentle light shining through.

Caramelized Banana" and "An Butter" are popular sweets, and "Bacon and Eggs" is popular for meals, each with a variety of toppings such as whipped cream, banana, fruit yogurt, granola, vanilla ice cream, and keema curry.

All menu items are served at Yachimun by Yomitan Village ceramic artist Kobo Koku. Homemade bagels with a chewy texture are also popular. The warm wooden interior of the store has tatami rooms as well as table seating, and the window seats near the entrance offer a view of the ocean.

Local Guide Comment
We also recommend the dessert menu and the muffins, cookies, and granola sold next to the cash register. Of course, everything is handmade.
songbird cafe
  • address (e.g. of house) 161-2 Miyakoya, Yomitan-mura, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approximately 1 hour drive from Naha Airport
  • Hours of operation Wed-Fri 11:00-15:00, Sat-Sun 9:30-17:00
  • Regular holiday Mon. and Tue.
  • TEL 098-923-2773
  • Parking Free of charge

Crispy and fluffy. Pancakes that are both visually appealing and nutritious!

BLT & Avocado Pancake
BLT & Avocado Pancake" 1,180 yen

The morning menu, "BLT & Avocado Pancake," available only from 8:00 to 11:00 (L.O. 10:30), consists of pancakes, potatoes, salad, tomatoes, mixed beans, avocado and rice. The pancakes are served with potato, salad, mixed beans, avocado, bacon, and eggs (fried or scrambled) for a well-balanced meal.

Oven-baked pancakes are crispy and fluffy. Fruit and granola pancakes with yogurt sauce are also popular.

Stylish cafe overlooking the ocean

The interior of the restaurant makes you feel like you are in a foreign country, like in California.
The interior of the restaurant makes you feel like you are in a foreign country, like in California.

Calif Kitchen is located on the third floor, and its terrace seats offer a panoramic view of the blue ocean and sky that fills the restaurant's front yard, as well as the endless horizon. Pancakes with a spectacular view are exceptional. On a fine day, why not sit on the terrace and enjoy a relaxing time?

If you want to enjoy the blue ocean, we recommend visiting in the morning when the sky is not backlit. You can also enjoy a romantic moment at dusk when the sky turns the color of crested ibis.

Local Guide Comment
We also recommend the "Hybrid Shaved Ice," which is made with ice that is as fluffy as powdered snow and topped with a generous amount of whipped cream.
The Calif Kitchen Okinawa
  • address (e.g. of house) Depot Island Seaside Building 3F, 9-21 Mihama, Chatan-cho, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approximately 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport
  • Hours of Operation 8:00-22:00
  • Closed Closed on weekends and holidays
  • TEL 098-926-1010
  • Parking Free *Please use the free Parking at American Village.

Opened by a charismatic blogger! Popular pancake specialty restaurant

Nut Nut Pancakes
Nut Nut Pancakes" 1,100 yen, plus 200 yen for extra vanilla ice cream

This pancake house was opened by a "pancake blogger" who has eaten pancakes at more than 500 restaurants in Japan and abroad. I started thinking, "What is my favorite pancake? After studying pancakes in Hawaii, she continued her research and opened the store in the summer of 2012.

The buttermilk batter is moist and chewy. The signature item on the menu is the "nut-nut pancake," limited to 40 servings a day (100 on weekends). These are a luxurious dish filled with a thick, rich original nut sauce.

Feel like a foreigner in Okinawa and fill up!

A very popular store with customers coming in and out of the store in turn.
A very popular store with customers coming in and out of the store in turn.

The nut-nut pancakes taste even better when served with vanilla ice cream and salty whipped butter. Although the volume is generous, it is not as sweet as it looks, so you can eat it in a bite.

Located along Route 58, Panilani is a popular restaurant frequented by local foreigners. On weekends and during the tourist season, the store is always crowded with customers from the moment it opens. The interior of the restaurant is reminiscent of a "diner in the countryside of Hawaii. The restaurant's interior is inspired by the image of a "diner in rural Hawaii," where exotic and nostalgic feelings coexist, creating a sense of familiarity.

Local Guide Comment
Panilani has gained a reputation among pancake enthusiasts and is a place you will want to visit even if you are not a pancake fanatic. The nut-nut pancakes are highly recommended, but be sure to try the fried chicken pancakes, which are sweet and salty.
Hawaiian Pancake House Panilani
  • address (e.g. of house) 698 Seragaki, Onna Village, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approximately 18 minutes by car from the Yaka IC of Okinawa Expressway
  • Business Hours 7:00-17:00 (L.O.16:30)
  • Closed No holidays
  • TEL 098-966-1154
  • Parking Free of charge

One bite and you'll be happy. Fluffy soufflé pancakes!

The most popular
The most popular "Okinawa's Beni Imo Pancake" 2p for 1,200 yen (3p for 1,300 yen)

The concept of the café is "a resting place on a journey. Souffle pancakes, which are made to order, are soft and fluffy. They do not use baking powder, but instead mix fine meringue bubbles so that they do not collapse, and then slowly steam the pancakes at a low temperature to create a batter with an airy texture.

There are always 5 kinds of pancakes plus seasonal pancakes, and the most popular one is "Okinawa's Beni Imo Pancake". The pancakes are served with homemade beni-imo paste, whipped cream, and vanilla ice cream, all of which are served with the pancakes and tossed with the batter.

A café to stop by during your trip!

The wood-grained interior with gentle light streaming in through the large windows
The wood-grained interior with gentle light streaming in through the large windows

The cafe opened in August 2020, in the midst of the Corona disaster, with the aim of becoming "a cafe that makes everyone who visits smile" and "a place where people who just happen to drive by can have a good time. The pancakes, which dispel the doldrums and make people feel happy, were immediately well-received and became a hot topic.

Original goods are also sold in the store. Tote bags convenient for short trips and T-shirts with original characters printed on them are perfect as a memento of your trip.

Local Guide Comment
Seasonal pancakes (mango in summer, strawberry in December, etc.) are also popular. For those who want to eat well, hamburgers are also available.
trip cafe okinawa
  • address (e.g. of house) Room No.466-1 CastelloHNB, Maeganeku, Onna-mura, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approx. 50 min. by car from Naha Airport (toll road)
  • Business hours 10:00-18:00 (L.O. 17:00)
  • Closed No holidays
  • TEL 098-989-5456
  • Parking Free of charge

German-style pancakes with a fluffy latte

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The "Omoimo Pancake" is 968 yen and the "Mother Latte" is 605 yen. Order as a set and receive a 100 yen discount!

This restaurant specializes in "Dutch Baby Pancakes," offering a total of 10 types of pancakes, 5 meal-type and 5 sweet-type pancakes. Dutch baby pancakes are German-style pancakes made by pouring batter into a cast-iron skillet and baking it in the oven, resulting in a crispy outside and chewy inside.

The "Oimono Pancake" topped with college sweet potato, Daifuku ice cream, homemade sweet potato paste, and black sesame seeds is very popular among women. The sweet potatoes are soft and chewy. It is less sweet than it looks, and the egg flavor spreads in your mouth.

Stylish space renovated from a foreigner's house.

Window-side tables that make you feel refreshed.
Window-side tables that make you feel refreshed.

The cafe opens at 8:00 am. We recommend a table by the window where you can see greenery through the window. From 8:00 to 11:00 a.m., in addition to pancakes, there is a "Breakfast plate" (748 yen) that includes bread (with butter), salad, and a boiled egg, as well as a drink set, which is a great value.

The "Mother Latte" (605 yen) is not a set drink, but if you order it with pancakes, you get a 100 yen discount. It has a heartwarming picture of a cute bear on it, and is sure to make you feel relaxed and refreshed in the morning.

Local Guide Comment
For those who like hearty pancakes, we recommend the "Bacon," "Sausage," "Amakara Teriyaki," and other meal items.
MOTHER COFFEE
  • address (e.g. of house) 588 Aza Zukeran, Kitanakagusuku Village, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa MAP
  • Direction Approximately 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport
  • Business Hours 8:00-17:00 (L.O.16:30)
  • Closed Thursdays
  • TEL 098-923-3723
  • Parking Free of charge

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