Location: Okayama
Top Restaurants in Okayama
Top 10 restaurants in Okayama, Japan
Okayama (岡山市, Okayama-shi, Japanese: [okaꜜjama]) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1889.
Things to do in Okayama
1. Ajitsukasa Nomura
Overall Ratings
4 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By Marcus W - Worthing, United Kingdom
Breaded pork cutlets in a thick sauce, on a bed of rice, and with a miso soup accompaniment - recommended! This is a local speciality, and very reasonably priced.
What is slightly weird, to this westerner 's eyes, is that you order from a machine at the entrance and pay there, in advance, too. The dish I just described was 800 or 900 yen, depending on whether you wanted no fat at all on your cutlet.
The restaurant was recommended on the Lonely planet guide and it was a good recommendation in this case - I didn't check trip advisor on this one!
Rustic and cheap!
2. Teppan Ku-Ya
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 126 reviews
Reviewed By RoamingJock - Edinburgh
We ate in this small, welcoming restaurant 2 nights out of the 3 we had in Okayama. The 2 set menus are a bargain compared to other places we ate. The JPY3500 one has some selected appetisers, salad, seafood, Wagyu beef, octopus dumplings and dessert. (There was probably also rice and miso soup.) If you sit at the bar, where most seats are, you will see your meal being cooked before your eyes.
The small team - looks like family owned - are very welcoming, happy to speak English and very charming. They have an english menu too. Be sure to book.
3. Okonomiyakimori
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By forBrooke - San Francisco, California
We love (cooked) oysters, so walked here easily from our hotel near the station. Clues: it is on the main street, has 5 small lanterns out front and locals know it as Mori, the chef's name. Although there's no English sign, the phone number is visible on the awning, so you can recognize that. It's a little place, just 3 tables western style plus more Japanese low tables. If oysters (kaki) are in season (fall and winter), order the kaki-oko from the smiling waitress, who will also bring an English menu. You can watch Mori cook it at his grill.
We had our hotel call ahead to make sure they had the oysters.
We paid 980 yen each for kakioko, plus 550 for 1 beer. When we left, Mori followed us out to take photos of us with our camera. A very friendly place!
4. Yamato
Overall Ratings
4 based on 39 reviews
5. Otemanju Ibeya
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By しんどく - 埼玉県飯能市
故郷の岡山市のお土産は大手饅頭が定番です。
薄い皮の中にぎっしりと小豆餡が入っています。
昔から大好きで、関東に住みだして岡山土産は
大抵大手饅頭ですが、次男が好きじゃないと言うので
いつか吉備団子を買ったら、嫁さんも子供(孫)も
大手饅頭が大好きと言うので、今度は大手饅頭を買って帰りました。
自分用はありません。
6. Ippudo Okayama
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By April S - Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
My partner and I had the gyoza, the siromaru special (basic pork broth, with extras: seaweed, bean sprouts, extra pork, an egg), and the akamaru special (the same, but slightly spicy).
It all went in several minutes of silence. Pure oishi ("tasty").
It's cheap, too!
(Note: they have a menu in English)
7. Hamayu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By DA-GO-DA-NE
夜の予約が２回ほど取れなかったため、今回ランチを食べに来てみた。
上刺身定食と焼き魚定食を注文。
リーズナブルでボリューミー！
店内には、豊富な種類の日本酒が並べられている。どれも美味しそう。
次回こそ夜に来て味わってみたい。
8. Hishio
Overall Ratings
4 based on 179 reviews
岡山駅の高島屋、すぐ近く
Reviewed By Ojayc0305 - Okayama Prefecture, Japan
As other reviewers have noted, this is a soy sauce based ramen which just happens to be my favourite. Hisio is a clean modern establishment with English menus and friendly staff. Service is fast and if possible, avoid between 12:00 and 13:00 as you sometimes have to line up.
For fans of spicy dishes, order the "Hisio Red" ramen which is loaded with togarashi (Japanese chilli spice) which gives the soup a fiery red colour. Hisio also offers unlimited refills of noodles. Literally as much as you'd like. Just ask the staff for "kaedama" and they'll bring you another plate of noodles. Just make sure you leave some soup because the refills are just noodles, not the soup.
My favourite ramen restaurant in Japan. Located just a few hundred metres from Okayama Station and also located in AEON Mall which is a 5 to 10 minute walk from the same station.
9. Azumazushi Sansute Okayama
Overall Ratings
4 based on 131 reviews
Reviewed By lucbabe - Singapore
Love the bara zushi! A must order. This a no frills restaurant located just beside the train station. It's part of the underground connections to Hotel Gran Via. There was a queue outside the restaurant but you can opt to buy takeaway which was more affordable. We chose to dine in as we were having lunch. Nice basic sushi with good rice.
Overall Ratings
4 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By Stephenbkk20156 - Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Arrived at the station hungry in mid-afternoon and were pleased to find this place. My wife has a thing for fried pork cutlets so she was delighted.
They served us quickly and well, even offering an English menu. We are used to restaurants that specialise in pork cutlets, but this place has all kinds of things wrapped in batter and deep-fried. In the end I was the one who had the pork and my wife had a mixture of chicken, oysters, vegetables and other good things. Very welcome, very tasty. A choice of rices, a dish of miso soup, raw cabbage with dressing. We certainly didn't leave hungry.
Good stuff. Decent price. Helpful staff.
