コッコ食堂 — Restaurant in Motobu

This is as authentic as it gets. You walk into a traditional Okinawan Japanese setting with low tables and chopsticks everywhere. There's complimentary fresh, cold Barley Tea for everyone to enjoy (self-serve). You may have to get the kitchen staff's attention, but they're very ready to help! They run and operate all aspects and are beyond friendly. Even the other patrons are friendly (a patron helped me get some tea and a pillow to sit on on my first visit)! As a USA tourist, that's a boon and a half! There's even a toddler area! I've been here 3 times on my 2 week vacation and I have yet to see any place as authentic and delicious in the same levels. Most of the places in this area are trying to appease tourists. This place seemingly has seldom tourists. Mostly locals from what I saw, but that only makes it a hidden Okinawan treasure. Order the Jidori Keihan and thank me later. It's a garlic chicken dish with island veggies and a...

感動しました。 First and foremost, heart warming chicken soup rice and chicken soba. Taste of family food and somehow reminds me of childhood. The shokudo is inside a local family house. The owner is the mother with two kids and everything is cooked inside their kitchen. It's a really interesting and unforgettable experience. The owner is kind and gentle despite being super busy with trying to manage everything on her own, she is very sincere in her service and the preparation of the food. It's a place full of story for sure. All things together, the chicken soba and rice will for sure be remembered as a highlight of my...

Quaint little authentic Okinawa Soba restaurant nestled amongst the Fukugi trees. Hearty bowl of noodles with fluffy egg which tastes homemade like how grandma would cook for you when you visit. The chicken is broth flavourful but not salty. The restaurant serves free refillable...