Fukudome — Restaurant in Miyako

We had dinner here twice, on 2024.11.01 and on 2024.11.04. We had a lot of trouble making reservations in this city, because it was a long weekend, and because we are foreigners who cannot speak Japanese. Even though we tried booking three months in advance, and even with the help of a Japanese friend in Tokyo, the top-rated restaurants on Tabelog were fully booked (or just not taking reservations).

On the first night, the first restaurant, which was not top-ranked but still well-rated on Tabelog, was fully booked. We used Google to search for the nearest restaurant with a decent rating, and Fukudome was the result.

Our group of 10 persons come from a big city, and love Japanese cuisine. So, we were a hungry horde making many orders for food and drinks, eating and drinking fast, and ordering some more. It must have been very stressful for the lone server, who was the proprietress, especially give the language barrier.

We were impressed by her friendly can-do attitude and her patience. Her service was so good that this alone was reason to come back for a second time.

Now, the cuisine here is competent, nothing to rave about but very satisfying, especially the fried oysters and burdock fries, which were world-class. Meanwhile, the ambience is clean and bright, with very comfortable seats and tables.

On balance, fantastic service, comfortable welcoming ambience, and competent cuisine with two excellent dishes makes Fukudome a highly-recommended dining venue. Many thanks to the chef and his wife for the...

初めての東北旅行の一日目が宮古市で、当初宿の夕食を予約していましたが、折角海の近くなのでお寿司を頂けるところを検索して見つけたお店です。 宮古市にはお寿司屋さん沢山ありましたが、写真で見たお寿司がお安いのにとても美味しそうだったからです。

主人が寿司膳の特上。3200円位だった記憶ですが、握りは鮪赤身、鮪大トロ、アワビ、生ウニ、イクラ、甘エビ、ヒラメの7貫に玉子焼2切れと、天つゆ付きの天麩羅(エビと野菜2種類)、茶碗蒸し、お吸い物、デザートの梨がついていました。 酢飯がほんわり温かく小ぶりで上品な握りでしたし、茶碗蒸しも普通の茶碗蒸しではなく餡がかかった上等な茶碗蒸しでした。 ネタはどれも新鮮で美味しいのはもちろんですが、アワビが柔らかくとても食べやすかったそうです。

私は上寿司で2100円位でしたが、鮪赤身、鮪中トロ、ウニ、イカ、ホタテ、甘エビ、カンパチの7貫と巻物6個(鉄火・明太子・きゅうり)と玉子焼2切れにお吸い物が付いています。実は上寿司は生ウニではなく蒸しウニと記載されていたのですが、翌日が定休日だった為生ウニをつけて下さっていました。 嬉しいサプライズでした！

お寿司が新鮮で美味しく、仕事が綺麗で、その上安いので本当にびっくりです。 お店も新しく綺麗ですし、こんなお店が近くにあったら毎週行きたいと思いました。 東京から7時間半かかりましたが、3時間位...

Small restaurant but excellent staff willing to try to communicate in English. Menu in Japanese but all photos. Lots of options, definitely...