About 50 minutes by car from Naha Airport. It is a long-established drive-in restaurant located in Osato, Okinawa City, central Okinawa Island. Anyway, the visual of a long-established restaurant is amazing! The menu has everything from teppanyaki and steak to Okinawan soba noodles and desserts and is inexpensive and delicious. You can see why it is loved by the local people.
Point 1: What is the location of “Koza Drive-In Restaurant”?
Koza Drive-in Restaurant is a retro Showa-era restaurant located in Osato, Okinawa City, central Okinawa Island.
There are many famous old-established retro restaurants in Okinawa, including Seaside Drive-in, but this one is not so well known, but it is no less deep.
While the exterior of the restaurant is retro, the interior, with its unique sense of small articles, will bring tears to your eyes.
Some of the knick-knacks are reminiscent of Hawaii, while others are reminiscent of the American colonial period, giving the restaurant a character that has seen Okinawa tossed about by the times.
Perhaps because of its location on a hill, the view is very scenic even during the daytime, with the ocean visible in the distance. The view at night is also different and beautiful.
It takes about 50 minutes from Naha Airport via Route 58 and 331.
By bus, take Ryukyu Bus No. 120 to “Miyagi” and transfer to Toyo Bus No. 31 to “Koza High School Mae”. It is a 6-minute walk to the restaurant.
Point 2: Introduction of the menu of “Koza Drive-In Restaurant”!
The menu at Koza Drive-in Restaurant includes set meals such as the “Meibai Butter Grilled Fish Set Meal” (1,350 yen) shown in the photo, as well as Western dishes such as Neapolitan and taco rice, and a la carte items such as Okinawan soba noodles.
Some set meals are priced over 1,000 yen, such as the most luxurious lobster set meal (2,500 yen), eel set meal (2,500 yen), and Yakiniku set meal (1,350 yen), but most set meals, including Nakami soup, sashimi set meal, and katsudon set meal, are priced around 880 yen.
Soups include goat soup, crab soup, chu-mi soup, and beef soup, and noodles include Okinawa soba, chilled Chuka, Tantanmen, and Tenzaru Chasoba.
The restaurant also offers A-C lunches (750-1,500 yen), as promised in Okinawan restaurants.
There are also light meals such as hamburgers, sandwiches, pizza, fried potatoes, and a wide variety of desserts such as apple pie, cheesecake, tiramisu, and ice cream.
All menu items are reasonably large and most are priced at less than 1,000 yen. Light meals and desserts are priced at 500 yen at the most, so feel free to order anything you like!
The knives and forks come out wrapped in paper napkins in a retro style.
The menu lineup is quite impressive! You can imagine that they are prepared by experienced chefs.
Point 3: “Koza Drive-in Restaurant” offers great deals on steaks on Fridays!
Koza Drive-In Restaurant offers rib steaks for only 1,000 yen every Friday (usually 1,300 yen)! (Usually 1,300 yen).
The steak comes with salad, soup, rice, and an after-meal drink.
Other steaks on the menu include New York steak (1,500 yen), tenderloin A (2,000 yen), B (1,300 yen), sirloin (1,250 yen), hamburger steak (1,000 yen), and chap (1,500 yen).
All menu items are of reasonable volume, but as always, salad, soup, rice, and beverages are served!
All steaks are as tender and satisfying as those at specialty restaurants.
Koza Drive-in Restaurant, located in Osato, Okinawa City, is a restaurant that retains its Showa-era retro atmosphere.
The menu offers everything from steaks and teppanyaki, to set menus, light meals, and desserts such as cakes.
Most of the meals are under 1,000 yen, and desserts are under 500 yen, so feel free to order anything you like. And while the similar “Seaside Drive-In” is already too well known and photography is prohibited, this one is still moderately open. Please come and visit.
