About 45 minutes by car from Naha Airport. In Chatan Town, in the area near Kadena Air Base, you will find “GORDIES”, a gourmet authentic American hamburger restaurant. There are many authentic hamburger restaurants in Okinawa, but GORDIES is one of the best! What kind of hamburgers are they?
Point 1: What is the location of “GORDIES”?
GORDIES, which has been in business for 15 years, is located in Chatan Town, near the Kadena Air Base, on a beach called Sunabe Beach.
The atmosphere is different from the glittering Odaiba-style atmosphere of Chatan, with many families of American soldiers in Okinawa and local surfers, and the occasional tourist. The breakwater, which used to be full of graffiti, is now a date spot for Okinawan high school students and U.S. soldiers.
The pink wall is a landmark! The stylish building, which was renovated from a foreigner’s house by themselves, gets me excited!
The customers are about half foreigners and half locals and tourists, and the burgers are not too rich in flavor for the Japanese.
The sister restaurant, GORDIES OLD HOUSE, located a little further north from here, serves more meaty hamburgers to suit foreigners.
Point 2: What is the popular menu at “GORDIES”?
GORDIES” has been selected as one of the 100 best restaurants in “Eat Log” almost every year. Even in Okinawa, where there are many authentic hamburger restaurants, GORDIES is one of the most notable.
The most popular menu item is the basic hamburger (830 yen for an individual burger, 1,050 yen for a combo), but the restaurant also offers double cheeseburgers (1,210 yen for an individual burger, 1,430 yen for a combo), teriyaki burgers (940 yen for an individual burger, 1,160 yen for a combo), bacon cheeseburgers (1,100 yen for an individual burger, 1,320 yen for a combo), and other burgers, combo 1,320 yen), and a bacon cheeseburger (1,100 yen for a single item, 1,320 yen for a combo).
Even an ordinary hamburger has a volume that makes you feel as if you were sandwiching a steak between two steaks, and the most luxurious burger, the Double Bacon Cheeseburger (1,540 yen for an individual item, 1,760 yen for a combo), is already monstrously large!
The single item also comes with pickles and fries, but the combo also includes a drink.
As you can imagine, the flavor of the meat is locked in the burger, and the taste is said to “exceed the common sense of a hamburger.
Many fans visit the restaurant every time they come to Okinawa.
I envy the locals who can always eat it!
Point 3: “GORDIES” also has delicious drinks and desserts!
Additional fillings such as pasties, sauerkraut, and grilled pineapple are available, as well as salads such as Caesar salad and barbecue chicken salad, and a kids’ menu (550-650 yen).
The burgers are not the only thing sold at Gordie’s.
There are also large chocolate and strawberry sundaes (680 yen), ice cream floats (500 yen), and milkshakes (550-600 yen) filled with fresh cream, all of which are a little different from those in Japan. The menu is a bit different from the Japanese menu, and the American style is very exciting.
The desserts are served in nostalgic American dessert containers, which are fun to look at! And the prices are surprisingly reasonable.
If you have extra energy after eating a hamburger, please order it!
