Approximately 1 hour and 33 minutes by car from Naha Airport. This Western-style restaurant opened in March 2020 and is located on the opposite shore of Sesoko Island on Motobu Peninsula in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island. In addition to the spectacular view of the blue ocean, it is delicious and reasonably priced! This is a restaurant you don’t want to tell anyone if possible. Repeat visits are inevitable!
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Point 1: A sense of accomplishment when you get there! What is the location of “MOKULELE”?
MOKULELE” is about 1 hour and 33 minutes by car from Naha Airport. It is located on the west coast of Motobu Peninsula in the northern part of Okinawa Island. It is so far from Naha Airport that airplanes cannot be seen, but “MOKULELE” means “airplane” in Hawaiian!
By bus, you can also take the Okinawa Airport Shuttle OAS/RSL-RP from Naha Airport Domestic Terminal to Nago Shiyakusho-mae bus stop, then transfer to YKB888 Yanbaru Express Bus bound for Resort Hotel Bel Paraiso, and get off at Motobu Museum-mae, a 3-minute walk. The trip takes 2 hours.
If you take the local bus No. 117 Naha Bus, you can get to the museum without changing buses, but it takes 2.5 hours to get there.
However, the sense of accomplishment is unbelievable after the long journey.
The location of museum is on the opposite shore of Sesoko Island, and the blue ocean in front of you is a wonderful location, with Iejima also visible in the distance.
The restaurant is attached to a hotel called “Costa Vieja Condominium Resort,” so it is open only for breakfast and lunch.
The restaurant is a beach house right by the ocean. The location alone is enough to get me excited! What in the world kind of restaurant is this?
Point 2: Introduction of the morning menu at MOKULELE!
Photo: “Original Poke Plate” (890 yen)
MOKULELE offers a wide variety of dishes from early in the morning.
Since the restaurant operates as a hotel breakfast restaurant, it opens at 7:00 a.m. Although it is not a buffet, it offers several beautifully presented morning plates that are inevitably Instagram-worthy.
To name a few: the Original Poke Plate (890 yen), which is an adaptation of the Hawaiian classic poke as shown in the photo; Taco Rice (large 890 yen, small 650 yen); Chicken Over Rice Plate (780 yen); Motiko Chicken Garlic Chicken Plate (1,000 yen, with fries); and the MOKULEL Plate (1,000 yen, with fries). The MOKULELE Hawaiian Plate with fries is ¥1,280).
You can also order just the Mochiko Chicken or Garlic Shrimp as a stand-alone item, so it is good to be able to adjust to your hunger level!
The plates are quite large, but the best part is that they are reasonably priced! The prices are about 500 yen more than the prices at Kokusai-dori or American Village.
The menu does not specify what time it is served, so I assume the menu is the same until 3:00 p.m. when the restaurant closes.
Point 3: It’s a great set! Introducing the drink menu of “MOKULELE”!
MOKULELE also offers a wide variety of drinks.
First of all, if you order from the plate menu above, you can get a discount as a set: 380 yen cold brew iced coffee for 200 yen, 400 yen Seekers soda for 250 yen, 400 yen tropical iced tea for 300 yen, and so on.
In addition, smoothies such as banana Oreo, banana caramel, pineapple coconut, and pineapple yogurt are available (500-600 yen). In particular, the smoothies using watermelon from Nakijin Village (600 yen) and mango smoothies from the prefecture (650 yen) are recommended as they are only available in the northern area!
The restaurant also serves Orion Draft (450 yen), Orion Non-Alcohol (350 yen), Awamori (380 yen), Sanpinta High (420 yen), Pina Colada Smoothies, Mojitos (both 650 yen), etc. The terrace is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the view of the ocean while drinking these alcoholic beverages! The terrace is a great place to relax and enjoy the view of the ocean!
With its location, taste, and reasonable prices, MOKULELE is a Hawaiian café that you don’t want to tell anyone about!
