10 recommended lunches to enjoy in Ishigaki Island! We introduce the charm of the stores, their opening hours, and how to get there!

Popular lunches recommended by locals that you should never miss!

Surrounded by coral reefs and subtropical jungles, Ishigaki Island is a southern island resort that is crowded with tourists throughout the year.

The delicious local food and local specialties are the one thing you can't miss on your trip to Ishigaki Island.

In this article, we would like to introduce some of the local's recommended special lunches that can only be enjoyed on Ishigaki Island.

 

Lunch Attractions to Enjoy on Ishigaki Island

Lunch on Ishigaki Island is full of charm!

From here, we would like to tell you about the appeal of such "island food.

 

Enjoy local cuisine.

Ishigaki Island is known for its many restaurants, many of which serve local cuisine.

Even if you are a tourist from outside of the prefecture, the greatest appeal of Ishigaki Island lunch is that you can easily enjoy local soul food.

 

Enjoy a wide variety of cuisines

Another attraction of Ishigaki Island lunch is that you can taste local cuisine and island specialties through various genres of food.

With a wide selection of dishes to choose from, even children with likes and dislikes will be able to enjoy them together.

 

10 recommended lunches on Ishigaki Island

Now, we will introduce 10 recommended lunches on Ishigaki Island.

If you are not sure which restaurant to choose, please check it out!

 

Island Vegetable Cafe Re:Hellow BEACH

Introducing Re:Hellow BEACH, an island vegetable café where you can enjoy a lunch made with an abundance of island vegetables purchased directly from local farmers.

If you want to enjoy Ishigaki Island's fresh vegetables locally, check it out!

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

With a commitment to local production for local consumption, the restaurant is popular for its dishes using fresh vegetables from Ishigaki Island.

During lunch time, an extensive menu is offered with refills of original drinks and homemade soup.

Loco moco, in which island vegetables are eaten raw, and authentic pizzas baked to a savory perfection are popular.

Enjoy a resort-style lunch in a stylish restaurant that focuses on the best ingredients.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 10:00-17:00 (last order at 16:30)

Closed Basically every day of the year (please inquire in advance as holidays are irregular).

Budget 1000-2000 yen

Parking lot Yes

Credit Card Facilities

Access 5-6 minutes by car or bus from the terminal, 25 minutes from the airport, on Prefectural Road 390 in the direction of Misaki Town.

 

Charcoal Yakiniku Ishida-ya Ishigaki Branch

Introducing Charcoal Yakiniku Ishidaya Ishigaki branch, where you can enjoy grilled rare parts and carefully selected Ishigaki beef.

If you want to spend a little luxury time in Ishigaki Island, check it out!

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

This is a famous high-end yakiniku restaurant, but you can enjoy it for lunch at an affordable price.

Charcoal Yakiniku Ishidaya's popular Yakiniku Lunch menu offers a choice of different contents, all of which are high quality meats.

The juicy black beef yakiniku and the rice that comes with the lunch menu are a perfect match!

For those who want to enjoy a slightly more luxurious lunch, we also recommend the special sirloin steak lunch.

Please take your time to enjoy our carefully selected, top quality Ishigaki beef at lunch.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 11:30-15:00 (last order at 14:30)

Closed: Open all year round

Budget 1000-8000 yen

Parking: None (use nearby TAKEOMI TOWN PERKING or the brewery's parking lot)

Credit Card Facilities

Access Located on the 3rd floor of the south wing of 730 Court in the downtown area.

 

Shunya Banchan

Introducing "Shunke Banchan," a restaurant famous for its oversized egg rolls.

Recommended for those who want to enjoy cooking in the warm atmosphere of an old private home!

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

The restaurant is popular for its dishes, which are carefully prepared one by one upon receiving an order.

The lunch menu includes a choice of side dish, three appetizers, rice or bread, salad, soup, and dessert.

In particular, the omelette is large, fluffy, and satisfying, and attracts many reservations every day.

Please enjoy a relaxing and happy moment in the old-fashioned house-style restaurant.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 11:00-13:30 (close when all the food is gone)

Closed on an irregular basis

Budget 1000-2000 yen

Parking lot Yes

Credit Card Facilities

Access About a 10-minute drive from the airport, follow the seafront on the national highway in Shiraho village, and turn onto A-21 street at the end of the road.

 

Taira Shoten

Introducing Taira Shoten, where you can enjoy Yaeyama soba noodles with an elegant taste.

If you want to taste the local cuisine, visit us.

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

Despite its reasonable pricing, the restaurant boasts excellent soba noodles that are as good as those at famous restaurants.

Not only Yaeyama Soba, but also Beef Soup Soba, Ishigaki Island's soul food known to those in the know, is also popular.

Yaeyama soba features a flavorful, clear broth of chicken, pork, and bonito and kelp dashi, and the beef soup soba is extremely satisfying, with a beefy gruel in it.

If you want to try authentic Yaeyama soba easily, why not visit us?

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 11:30-14:00

Closed irregularly

Budget 550 yen and up

Parking lot Yes

Credit Card Not Available

Access 3 to 5 minutes by car from the terminal in the direction of Misaki Town.

It is near Yaeyama Kanko Ferry.

 

Corners Grill

Introducing Corner's Grill, a restaurant specializing in hamburgers and hamburgers on Ishigaki Island.

Please enjoy the burgers made with specially selected Ishigaki beef that you can only taste here!

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

A luxurious hamburger lunch is served in a Hawaiian atmosphere.

Especially popular are the steak burgers, which are made of specially selected Ishigaki beef of grades 4 and 5, sandwiched between fluffy buns.

The hearty burger also comes with fries and original sauce.

If you want to enjoy Ishigaki beef in a hamburger, please visit Corners Grill.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 11:00 - closes when all the food is gone.

Closed on an irregular basis

Budget 2000-3000 yen

Parking: None, coin parking nearby

Credit Card Facilities

Access Approximately 5 minutes from the Terminal, near Ishigakijima City Hall.

 

Yakiniku Kitachi Misaki

We introduce Yakiniku Kitachi Misaki, an authentic ranch-directed restaurant specializing in Ishigaki beef.

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

It is a charcoal-grilled barbecue restaurant where you can enjoy Ishigaki beef, popular for its fine taste, at a reasonable price.

During lunch time here, we recommend the Yakiniku Set Meal, where you can easily enjoy charcoal-grilled Ishigaki beef.

Since the meat is grilled over charcoal, you will be able to enjoy the aroma and juices of Ishigaki beef to the fullest.

Also, Ishigaki beef hamburger steak is a very popular menu item that takes advantage of the juiciness and sweetness of Ishigaki beef to create a satisfying hamburger steak.

We have partitions and kotatsu (sunken kotatsu), so please use them for a family meal.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 11:30 - 14:30 (last order at 14:00)

Closed on the 2nd Tuesday of the month

Budget 1000-2000 yen

Parking: None (coin parking available)

Credit Card Facilities

Access About a 3-minute walk from the bus terminal and the remote island terminal.'

 

eating place for friends

Introducing Nakayoshi Diner, a delicious yet inexpensive, friendly diner loved by locals.

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

Locals also frequent this eatery, which offers a rich menu of local cuisine.

Here, the royal menu such as Okinawa soba and tofu chanpuru are popular.

In particular, the broth with its concentrated broth and sweet soki will surely make you addicted to it.

If you want to try Okinawan and Ishigaki Island cuisine easily, please visit us.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 11:30-19:30

Closed Wednesdays

Budget: ~1,000 yen

Parking lot Yes

Credit Card Not Available

Access 5 min. by car from the terminal or on foot.

 

vanilla deli

We introduce Vanilla Deli, a popular hamburger restaurant where you can enjoy burgers with 1001 TP3T of Ishigaki beef in the patty.

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

The most popular menu item here is the gourmet burger made with 100% Ishigaki beef.

You can choose the sauce and double patty, so you will be able to enjoy Ishigaki beef hamburger with the amount and taste you prefer.

There is also a wide variety of side dishes, all of which look delicious and you may get lost in them.

Please try our burgers, which are filled with the delicious taste of our signature Ishigaki beef.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 11:30 - 20:00

Closed on an irregular basis

Budget 1000-1500 yen

Parking: None, coin parking available

Credit Card Not Available

Access 10 minutes by car from the Terminal, just across the traffic light from Ishigaki City Hall in Misaki Town.

 

next summer

Introducing Raikatsuyo, a popular restaurant where you can enjoy superb Okinawan soba noodles.

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

It is a famous restaurant for its Okinawa soba, which boasts an elegant soup with broth and firm noodles.

The most popular menu item is of course Okinawa soba, but side dishes such as Okinawan-style takikomi-gohan and juicy rice are also popular.

The atmosphere in the old-folk house-style restaurant is pleasant, and many people visit daily for the delicious Okinawa soba.

Also, this restaurant closes when it sells out, so we recommend going early during lunch time.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 10:00-14:00

Closed Sunday

Budget: ~1,000 yen

Parking lot Yes

Credit Card Not Available

Access It is located behind Ishigakijima Elementary School, about 10 minutes by car from the terminal via Prefectural Routes 240 and 208, and about 30 minutes from the airport.

 

Tofu no Higa

Introducing Tofu no Higa, a restaurant specializing in tofu cuisine located in a sugarcane field.

 

Restaurant Features & Popular Menu

Have you ever heard of yushi-dofu, a traditional Okinawan tofu dish?

It is a dish similar to yudofu (boiled tofu), with slightly firm and chewy island tofu served in a salty broth.

The salty broth has a rich yet gentle taste, so we recommend that you arrange it with your favorite seasonings.

The most popular dish at this restaurant is Yushi Tofu Soba, a homemade Yaeyama Soba with thin noodles and soy sauce flavored soup, Yushi Tofu and pork, and topped with island pepper to finish.

The locals also come to eat at this famous restaurant, so be sure to try the local traditional dish yushi-dofu.

 

Basic Information

Business hours: 6:30 - 15:00

Closed Sunday

Budget 1000-1500 yen

Parking lot Yes

Credit Card Not Available

Access Located in a sugar cane field about 2 km from the terminal and central area toward Misaki Town, about 10-15 minutes on Prefectural Road 208.

It is also within walking distance (about 15 minutes) from Hotel Nikko Yaeyama.

 

summary

This time, we introduced Ishigaki Island gourmet (lunch) recommended by locals.

If you want to enjoy undoubtedly delicious local gourmet food and local delicacies, it is still a good idea to consult what the locals have to say about them.

When you visit Ishigaki Island, please try the delicious Ishigaki Island cuisine at the restaurants introduced here!