About 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport. It is a diner located in Mizugama, Kadena-cho, central Okinawa Island. It is a heartwarming diner run by a single lady, with regular customers helping her out. The food is hearty and delicious, and many customers come especially for the fried chicken.
Point 1: Is it easy to get to? What is the location of Restaurant Umiyuri?
Shokudo Umiyuri is a diner located in Mizugama, Kadena-cho, central Okinawa Island.
The owner runs the restaurant by herself, and most of the customers seem to be regulars, helping each other out when the restaurant is busy.
Large tropical plants grow thick around the building, and the roof is covered with dense vegetation. Entering the building, which has the appearance of a fashionable old house, one finds a large counter where the proprietress is busily working.
Even though it is a diner, the interior is stylish and looks very comfortable!
From Naha Airport, drive north on Route 58 for about 40 minutes.
By bus, you can reach the restaurant in 8 minutes on foot by taking Ryukyu Bus No. 120, which also passes through Kokusai-dori and goes to Nago, or No. 28, which goes to Yomitan Village, and get off at “Mizugama”.
Point 2: “Shokudo Umiyuri” introduces its highly reputed fried chicken menu!
The most popular menu item at Restaurant Umiyuri is “deep-fried chicken. It is deep-fried chicken coated with potato starch and deep-fried with a slightly Chinese taste.
The chicken is cut into large pieces, dipped in potato starch, and deep-fried in a slightly spicy sauce, making the outside crispy and the inside juicy! It is a large and tasty dish, yet priced at only 700 yen for a single item! If you order a set meal in the restaurant, the price is 1,000 yen with rice and miso soup.
It is nice to be able to eat a set meal for 1,000 yen nowadays!
Point 3: It’s not just fried food! Other menu items at Umiyuri Restaurant!
The “fried chicken” is the most popular dish at Umiyuri, but the “wok-fried eggplant and pork” and the dish with cashew nuts, which is similar to Hachobo chai, are also tasty and have a fixed fan base. Prices are, of course, under 1,000 yen for a single dish!
In general, the restaurant seems to specialize in Chinese and ethnic dishes, and the slightly strong flavors are an excellent match with Orion beer!
Also popular are Okinawan dishes such as “Goya Chanpuru,” Fu Chanpuru, Tebichi stew, and Kashiwa Meshi, which are different from Jyu-shi.
You can’t go wrong with any of the dishes, and they are inexpensive, so it is no wonder that the restaurant is always full of regular customers. However, it may be tough for those who are not comfortable with joining the local community.
Shokudo Umiyuri, located in Mizugama, Kadena Town, is a local diner with a dense and wild exterior. The fried chicken, crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, is exquisite! The owner runs the restaurant as a one-operator, so you can see local customers helping him out, making it a homey eatery. Please come and try it for yourself.
