Cookhal — Restaurant in Nago

Delightful little cafe featuring home made-hot dogs/sausages, pastries, muffins, smoothies and more. Prices are reasonable and presentation lovely. The day of my visit, there were 3 items on the lunch menu, the first and last were hot dogs, and the middle one, all in Japanese, appealed to my illiterate curiosity. Shortly after ordering, an appetizing lunch platter arrived at my table, and from there I enjoyed a smorgasbord of well executed flavors including chicken, mango chutney, dried veggies, tempura veggies (including Okinawa’s famous bitter melon), colorful rice, and a fragrant vegetable soup. I thrive on variety, and this lunch set checked all the boxes. Service was pleasant, payment was convenient (credit cards, cash, etc), and the seating area was bright and clean, with both indoor and outdoor options. Plenty of on-site parking, and a number of food-oriented shops in the same complex provide for a pleasant walk after a meal. Eager to try their home made-hot dogs and pastries, and even to repeat my lunch set, I’ll...

Last order for lunch was written in the menu at 14.45 hours. We were about to order at 14.30, but the staff told us the "lunch time" was finished. Correct the L.O. time in the menu to 14.30 please.

Hotdog was the only food menu available for afternoon. It came with half a piece of cherry tomato, a single violet leaf, and a sad tiny piece of chewy tortilla like stuff. Supposed to be artistic? We compared to what we see from other customers' photo, we just have to believe that this is under delivered.

I asked for knife and fork, as they were not given (well, it's hotdog). I saw that forks and knifes were right in front of the staff in the kitchen counter, but instead of giving them to me she offer to chop the hotdog for me. She might meant well but that was awkward.

It's either this particular staff was extremely lazy or we were treated like this because we were foreigners. Sorry, that's how we honestly felt. This marked a bad memory...

Their lunch plate is delicious and healthy. I love the fresh produce and the atmosphere is nice. However, if you want the lunch plate, go before 2:00pm. Anytime I go later than that they say they are done with the lunch plate even though it says they have it until 3pm on their menu. They should change the time because I had to leave the restaurant 5 times now, including today. So my advice is go there early…before 2pm the...