Top Restaurants in Okinawa
Top Things to do in Okinawa
- 1. Southeast Botanical Gardens
- 2. Okinawa Zoo & Museum
- 3. Plaza House Shopping Center
- 4. Awase Shrine
- 5. Okinawa City Tourism and Promotion Association
- 6. Airport Street
- 7. Okinawa City Hall Observation Decks
- 8. Okinawa Post-War Cultural Material Museum Histreet
- 9. Music Town Oto-Ichiba
- 10. Chubunouren Market
Okinawa Food Guide: 10 Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Okinawa
Long a popular destination for Japanese travelers looking for a relaxing beach break, Okinawa is gaining international popularity. Coral reefs provide great snorkeling and diving spots, but if you prefer to see beautiful fish without getting wet, Okinawa also has a fine aquarium. The ancient forests around the city offer a chance to view rare flora and fauna.
Things to do in Okinawa
1. Sam's by the Sea, Awase
Overall Ratings
4 based on 197 reviews
The Nakagusuku bay can be viewed from windows of the restaurant. We offer many charbroiled Steaks and fresh seafood.
Reviewed By Kevin T
We drove and arrived Sam's by the Sea around 5pm. There wasn't many ppl. Detailed and interesting decorations with some historical stuffs. Nice staff and delicious food. You should walk around every corners of the place you can see the efforts the designer put. Every lights are unique. Order the 2 special drinks you can bring the cute cups back home!
2. Steak House Jam
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 216 reviews
Reviewed By DaisyDot24 - Atlanta, GA
This restaurant is fantastic, the decor alone could keep you entertained for hours. The drinks were awesome, and the food was even better. The meat was delicious and perfectly cooked. You get a ton of food between the soup, salad, veggies, tofu, and the main entrees. I had steak with foie gras and it was all perfect and tasted wonderful. We also shared some prawns and they were perfect. Overall it was a wonderful evenings,
As a side note make sure you visit the bathroom and look at the fish tank walls!
3. Hamaya
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 232 reviews
Reviewed By CatRangel - Murrieta, California
I'm not a soba expert but would say the food was good. Nothing that was WOW! But a good meal and very inexpensive. Guess I just may not know how to add flavor to the soba as they had different chilli powder and spicy juice that you may add. The workers were amazing!! Very polite and nice. Not a lot of options which made ordering easy.
4. Four Seasons
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 70 reviews
Reviewed By Carter G - Sagamihara, Japan
First, this restaurant had AMAZING risotto on the buffet and their round omelettes were perfectly cooked. They also make eggs Benedict to order. I like them, my wife didn't. They were made with braised pork belly instead of Canadian bacon and used house-made bread. While not traditional I thought it was still tasty. The variety of foods wasn't as large as many hotels in Japan have on their breakfast buffet but everything was very nicely executed. For only 1,080¥ (about $8.50 at today's exchange rate) it was well worth it.
5. Sailfish cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 167 reviews
Reviewed By TourGuideTanzan - Ichinomiya, Japan
They provide a wide variety of food, local foods of Okinawa, Japanese dishes, pizza and pasta, sushi, ramen, to name a few. However, in high season, there is a long que to just get seats in the restaurant.
6. Transit Cafe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By D7632GKcindyk - Maricopa, Arizona
Great for date night and for business. We loved the beautiful sunset, wonderful beef with butter sauce, and amazing virgin mojito (celebrating Lent). This is a cozy place with good service, can be very busy so make Reservations choosing either patio or inside. We took business clients there last night and they loved it too.
Only suggestion for this establishment is to try reupholstering furniture - a good problem as I know your busy.
7. Sea Side Drive In
Overall Ratings
4 based on 240 reviews
Reviewed By Carl P - Salt Lake City, Utah
The restaurant here is over 47 years old and has quite a history and some nostalgia behind it. The view is very nice and the old jute box works very well.
My wife and I stopped here for lunch after hearing good reviews about this restaurant. Maybe it was our fault, but we had fried rice and some sweet-and-sour beef. The food was alright but I also had a hamburger since I was still hungry. I will say the hamburger was a very good for the taste and value.
After looking around the restaurant, I noticed many other patrons who had ordered sandwiches which looked very good.
8. BLUE SEAL BigDip
Overall Ratings
4 based on 164 reviews
Reviewed By Dawst
An amazing menu of the wildest concoctions of ice creams you could imagine. Whether you want to eat any.... some are good others are Asian taste only.
9. Kinshasa
Overall Ratings
4 based on 160 reviews
Reviewed By Mitsuru - Tokyo
Really a lot of choice and everything is tasty in a very bright comfortable setting. Yamcha is served by wagon service so you can enjoy it on a good timing. The lunch buffet is very reasonably priced so you should go !
10. Kinpaginpa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 98 reviews
Reviewed By KesFrequentTraveller - Melbourne, Australia
We went to this restaurant in the recommendation of the Hilton Hotel that we were staying in. What I didn't realise about Okinawa is that it is heavily influenced by the large American airbase there, so there is a lot of American style food and fusion food. We were looking for something which was truer to the country we were in.
The restaurant doesn't look like much, fairly basic, but the staff were very helpful and friendly. Menus have English translations. Were were first seated at a table where we sat on the floor, which was ok for a while, but our older knees and hips protested after a while. The staff seeing us moving around a bit trying to find a comfortable spot, then told us a table was a available in the area where the tables are low, but there is a sunken area for your feet. Much more comfortable for us, but it was fun to try the low table.
We ordered our food gradually by the plateful, which I believe is the correct way to order in Japan. It also means you food is always nice and hot. The food was very tasty and well prepared. Try the gyoza , they are wonderful. We also tried an amazing fried fish, tempura, pork and chicken, all very enjoyable. The guys drank beer and local sake which they enjoyed very much.
The meal was very reasonably priced also.
