Location: Yomitan-son
Top Restaurants in Yomitan-son
Where to Eat in Yomitan-son: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Yomitan-son in Japan, from Asia region, is best know for Reservations. Discover best restaurants in Yomitan-son with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
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1. Yomitan Monogatari
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By Procaccia
A rustic setting with a feel of family run little restaurant with a lovely menu of Okinawa specialties. We tried five dishes both vegetarian and sea food and pork, all done extremely well. The tastes are delicate and the presentation tasteful. The local pork is rightly famous, the fermented tofu delicious like the best French cheese, the sauces carefully balanced. Recommended!
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Tsurukamedo Zenzai
Overall Ratings
4 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By TripperKoM - Tokyo, Japan
座喜味城跡の、目の前にある、沖縄ぜんざいのお店。２度目の訪問。ボリュームある沖縄風かき氷。値段も安い。夏場などでは、屋外にいると、とにかく暑い沖縄。座喜味城跡の散策のあとに、このお店に行って、ぜんざいで涼感を得るのがおすすめ。
5. 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 !
6. Janatei
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By dimsumcafe - Taiwan
Heard about the long tradition of Janatei's Okinawan soba and its limited 15-bowl-a-day special soba (made with Yomitan area pork, lunch only), so decided to try it out.
We did not drive, and the walk to Janatei/Hotel Murasaki Mura was about 20 minutes through the countryside from the nearest bus stop (Ofudo/Ohudo) (bus #28). On a sunny, breezy December morning with just backpacks, the walk was pleasant for us, but may not be for everyone.
We were the first ones there, and got to choose whether to sit in the area with chairs or the tatami areas. We chose the chair area and it turned out to be a good decision because the breeze through the front garden was mixed with the scent of local farm fertilizer, and the chair area had a wall that diverted the breeze.
The facility was open, airy, with all the traditional elements, but very low key and understated, so it was very relaxing. The woodwork maintained its original color (we think), with flat finish, no gloss, no stain. Very natural and light-looking, but must take a lot to maintain.
It is the same location for the Okinawan set-meal dinner with performance, we think.
English menu is available if asked for. The staff spoke very minimum English, but pointing and gesturing was sufficient. They double checked twice that we were both ordering soba (one was house special, the other was the limited edition) because there was another house special set meal that was served with rice.
The draft beer on the menu was not available that day, so we opted for the flat lemon drink (I think there was a discount for drinks ordered with the soba order, at least according to what I understood on the menu).
The service was quick. The soba dishes were surprisingly light compared to the other Okinawa soba dishes we've tried (which we already describe as light compared to Mainland Japan noodle dishes/broths). By light I mean not oily or heavy with seasoning, but still with a richness - not bland by any means. For some reason Janatei's light-handed flavor reminded me of the plain but natural, well-maintained and beautiful wood used in the structure of the restaurant.
With that lightness there was definitely hard work done to make the pork as tender in texture as they were (the bone that came with the rib was stewed so soft you could easily chew and eat it. Really gave us a new appreciation to the Okinawan claim that besides the "oink", they can polish off pretty much everything else about the pig).
We polished off everything in our bowls, and were full so we skipped the interesting looking goat milk ice cream and the local dessert that looked like rolled and stuffed pancakes (po-po, I think it's called).
Overall a very enjoyable dining experience and a nice open countryside/traditional setting (heard that during tourist season there are lines outside, though). Would have preferred for the music to be less noticeable, as there were sounds of the birds from the trees outside (really nice garden area, one entrance of the restaurant leads you into the Okinawan village experience theme park).
7. Banjutei
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By rtimhunt - South Mimms, England, United Kingdom
We visited Banjutei after the Yomitan Pottery Village at latish lunchtime on a Saturday. This is a relaxed place, well attended by young and old alike, with both western-style tables and traditional Japanese places as well. The menu is mostly soba noodles with pork, but there are purple potato cold noodles as well - very delicious - and lots of other options on the illustrated menu. Prices are very reasonable, the decor is amusing, the service prompt and friendly with tasty food. A very good place for lunch, in fact, just excellent, the kind of simple unpretentious place I like very much.
8. Hanaorisoba
Overall Ratings
4 based on 157 reviews
Reviewed By NYer_in_Germany - Germany
Large portions, excellent food, and very inexpensive, actually. We shared an appetizer and each ordered a main dish and we were so full, and the meal cost the equivalent of about $20 including our soft drinks. We don't speak Japanese so it was difficult to communicate (our bad for not speaking the language). But the food was great, and the people were so nice and friendly. You have to check this place out. Look for the purple flags over the door.
9. Jakkepoes
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By foxegurl266 - Okinawa, Japan
My husband and I enjoyed pancakes for lunch today. I enjoyed chocolate banana pancakes and my husband enjoyed the plain pancakes with sausage and scrambled eggs. Lunch with drinks cost about 1,800 yen.
The pancakes are fluffy and tasty. Service was quick and efficient and the pancakes arrived quickly.
It's small with not much parking, but it's definitely worth a try!
10. Hanahou
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 51 reviews
Reviewed By Skoshiinjapan - Okinawa, Japan
Great little Hawaiian/Okinawan restaurant. Highly recommend the shrimp/avacado salad. I have it e very time I visit and it does not disappoint. The machismo fried chicken is great, the pizzas are very tasty and the traditional Hawaiian dishes are not to be missed. It is a small place so Reservations are recommended during peak dining times.
