Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Kumamoto Area

  • Ebino Miyagawa (Shikaki Shop)
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Shikakimachi Takagaki 2698-1
    This seafood restaurant in Amakusa City serves fresh Japanese tiger prawns they farm themselves in the waters off Amakusa. The reasonably priced menu includes their popular Prawn Kaiseki banquet cuisine and their Miyagawa Gozen Japanese meal sets featuring prawn and other local marine bounty. These sets are limited to 10 meals per day.

    天草観光後、天草で聞いて立ち寄った。 定休日は決まっていないようだが、訪問日では店前に「しばらくの間、火水木休み」と、今日は金曜日ラッキー! 基本テーブル席のみ、メニューを見ると天ぷら・天丼・焼き海老・刺身・フライと料理は何でもあれ!という状態であった。 好きな物を注文できる。 折角なので、海老会席+エビフライ付きを注文。各単品の海老料理にご飯、味噌汁、新香それにデザート?としてわらび餅がついてい...

  • Takamori Dengaku Hozonkai
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    4.5
    47 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Asoguntakamorimachi Kamishikimi 2639
    This restaurant in Takamori-machi, Aso County serves regional cuisine. It's a great place to try authentic Takamori dengaku, skewers made with salt grilled yamame salmon, tofu, konnyaku gelatin, taro, and seasonal wild vegetables smothered in a special miso sauce and cooked over a charcoal fire. You'll love eating this local favorite while chatting around the restaurant's traditional hearth. Their Takamori dengaku multi-course meal comes with fried bean curd, wild vegetable and dango dumpling soup, and tokibi rice.

    Super friendly English speaking owner who welcomed us warmly. An authentic traditional barbecue which you cook yourself. An English menu and some set courses. The owner explains how to cook things...

  • Keika Ramen (Main Restaurant)
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    4.0
    139 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Hanabatachou 11-9K-1 Building 1F
    This ramen shop in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City is the main store of a national chain specializing in Kumamoto ramen noodles. The ramen features heaps of raw cabbage and Taarou, cubed pork belly simmered in soy-sauce based sauce. Taking full advantage of natural ingredients, they serve remarkably savory, aromatic and fresh ramen noodles. In addition to their hallmark Keika Ramen, their hearty bowls of noodles include their Taarou-men and Chashu-men.

    Tasty and favorful ramen in Kumamoto. Just try one bowl. The noodle is in good condition (au dente) The gyoza is great as well. Close to Kumamoto Castle. You have to use the kiosk for ordering...

  • Tenkin Ramen
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    3.0
    36 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Tamanashi Takase 408-5
    This ramen shop is located in Tamana City. It's a great spot to try Tamana ramen, a local favorite in the tradition of rich flavored Kurume ramen. It features a pork bone broth with a layer of oil floating on it, topped with charred garlic. It's a hit with ramen fans in the battleground of Tamana ramen.

    去年は違うお店に行ったけれどテレビでラーメン通がこの店を紹介していたなと。店外に椅子を用意してあるのは人気店ってことだな。ドアに写真撮影の張り紙があるね。土曜日の正午だけど席は空いてた。メニューはラーメンとその大盛りだけ。しかし出てくるのが遅いな!テーブル席の先客もまだ待っているのね。 20分近く待ったね。皿にはスープがドロドロって感じで、これが人気の玉名ラーメン?麺は白くて細くてまるでそーめんで...

  • Farmhouse restaurant Tangoyama
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    5.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Asoshi Mikubo 285
    This restaurant in Aso City serves local cuisine. Their yakiniku Japanese barbecue and country cooking are made with Aso meat and produce they raise themselves. The Aka beef for their yakiniku is light and little extra fat. The rice is home-grown, and the seasonal pickled vegetables are all homemade too. It's a great spot for a relaxing meal while gazing at the mountains of Aso.

    The restaurant is along route 149 and easily accessible by car. There are enough parking spaces outside the restaurant. Nice family run restaurant that serve only beef BBQ. We ordered 6 beef sets...

  • Hayashi no Ikinari Dango
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Suizenjikouen 7-2
    This shop in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City sells Ikinari Dango Dumplings, a local sweet. Customers from around the country order their Ikinari Dango, made with domestically produced bean paste and sweet potatoes purchased from contract farmers. The shop's unique murasaki-imo manju buns are popular too, with purple sweet potato mixed into the dough. It is located on the approach to Suizenji Park, and when the weather is good, people like to sit and enjoy their sweets in the chairs in front of the store.

    1個から販売していただけて、冷たいお茶を「暑いからね、飲んでくださいね」とその場で食べない自分にもお気遣いいただきました。ホカホカのいきなり団子もとても美味しかったです。

  • Pan Kobo Mamenoki
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
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    Kumamoto Pref. Asoshi Kurokawa 1447
    This bakery is located in Aso City. They sell bread made with carefully selected ingredients and their own type of yeast, as well as handmade jam. Their sweet and aromatic bread is made with 100% Hokkaido flour and locally sourced milk from jersey cows. They have an eating area, so lots of people get a coffee to go with their purchase.

    阿蘇には、美味しいパン屋さんがあります。 有名、無名を問わず。 中でもこちらは、名前を聞い食べてみて美味しさは納得。 ジャンルは菓子パンです。 美味しいベーカリーショップです。 ただし、店頭販売を行なっていませんので、道の駅での購入となります。

  • Ramen Kei-Daishogun
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Honjou 5-10-48
    This ramen shop is located in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City. It's known for its light flavored pork bone stock. Their popular Roast Pork Ramen features thick chashu pork slices with a nice, fatty texture that have been slowly marinated in a sauce made with carefully selected seasonings. The rich soup coats the noodles nicely. This shop gets lots of repeat customers, even from other prefectures.

    熊本ラーメンなら大将軍一択。もう他に考える必要はない。 比較もいらない、説明もいらない。 店は狭いが回転は速い。 美味しいものを食べるとき、箸が進んであっという間に食事は終わるものだからだ。

  • Menshonin
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Izumi 3-4-18 Suminaga Building 1F
    This ramen noodle shop is in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City. It's unusual for Kumamoto in that they serve Niboshi Chuka Soba, a noodle dish incorporating Aomori dried sardines. The mellow broth with its sardine accents goes great with the firm, wavy noodles. It's one of their hallmark items, along with their thick and rich Kumamoto tonkotsu pork bone ramen, Noko Shonin Ramen.

    ミシュランビブグルマンに選ばれた名店に初めて入りました。通常木曜日が定休日みたいですがブログで見たらGWの関係なのか開いていましたので行ってみました。案の定お昼時でしたがガラガラですんなり入れました。 背脂煮干しを注文しましたが5分もしないうちに出てきました。背脂入りでもあっさりと感じるもののしっかりした出汁スープに中太ストレート麺が合ってます。ブラックペッパーとか薬味がなかったので、あれば途中か...

  • Suganoya (Kumamoto Johsaien Sakuranokoji Store)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Ninomaru 1-14
    This restaurant in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City specializes in cuisine featuring fresh, high quality horse meat. They serve different cuts of horse meat as sashimi, as well as relatively accessible horse meat croquettes that are great for eating while walking around town. Items like their horse meat curry buns are popular presents.
  • Tengaiten (Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Anseimachi 2-15
    This ramen shop is located in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City. They serve rich but light tasting pork bone stock ramen that's wonderful with raw garlic. The fine noodles get coated beautifully by the soup. It's only open in the evening and is a popular last stop for locals after a night out.
  • PAIN DAIGO
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    Kumamoto Pref. Asogunminamiasomura Kawayou 1883
    This bakery is in Aso County's Minamiaso Village. Their bread made with Kumamoto wheat flour and natural yeast has been a hit since they opened. Their baked goods feature local Kumamoto seasonal ingredients. With items made with asparagus, sausage, and other kinds of meat and vegetables, the simple natural flavors shine through.
  • RAKUDAYAMA
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Asoguntakamorimachi Takamori 2693-4
    This shop in Takamori Town, Aso County specializes in charcoal grilled chicken. The name of the store comes from Rakudayama (“Rakuda” means “camel”, and “yama” means “mountain” in Japanese), a nearby mountain that looks like a camel's hump. Smothered in their secret sauce, the taste is like no other. People usually eat it by cutting up the chicken with special scissors.
  • Morino Kumasan Bon Gateaux
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kikuchigunkikuyoumachi Hikarinomori 6-6-1
    This sweet shop is located in Kikuyo Town, Kikuchi County. They sell baked confections and cakes made with seasonal fruit, fresh cream and eggs from Kumamoto, and other additive free ingredients. They have an array of colorful cakes available, as well as gift sets packed with their popular baked sweets.

    桃のケーキを買いました。フレッシュな果実をそのまま使う場合、個体差があるので難しいと思いますが、見るからに繊維、筋がたくさんと想像できる桃でした… ほかに歯触りの良さそうな桃のケーキもあるのに、たまたま私のタイミングが悪かったのでしょうか。 詰めてもらっている時に別のものに変えてと言えばよかったのかもしれませんが、この桃を売り物のケーキで陳列していたことにびっくりです。 ほかにも美味しそうなケーキ...

  • Shiromiyagura
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Hanabatachou 1-10 Kumamoto Castle Nagahori-mae
    This restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City serves local cuisine including spicy mustard filled lotus root, hitomoji-no-guruguru (boiled green onions tied in a knot), and raw horse meat sashimi, a local Kumamoto favorite. These dishes are featured in their Aso Kaiseki sets which showcase the flavors of Kumamoto. Their Shiromi Kaiseki sets mainly consist of seasonal Japanese fare. All-you-can-drink options and other plans are available, too. They have private rooms and a banquet area where you can dine while gazing out at Kumamoto Castle. Reservations are required.
  • TSUKEMEN GYORAI Hikari no mori Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Koushishi Kikudomi 1866-1116
    This ramen shop located in Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture draws ramen lovers from near and far. Their broth is made by slow simmering heaps of pork bones to bring out the flavors before adding fine Japanese anchovies and Soda dried bonito. Popular dishes include curry and chili pepper with spicy miso tsukemen dipping noodle. They have a parking lot, too.
  • Takokaisen
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kamiamakusashi Matsushimamachiaitsu 6225-8 Pearl Center 2F
    This seafood restaurant is located on the second floor of the Amakusa Pearl Center. They offer fare like seafood on rice and sashimi meal sets that use the finest ingredients. It's popular with tourists for its group menu and its lunch buffet.

    看海豚路线停留站点,离码头很近,适合没吃午饭的人过来吃点东西补充能量,有各种咖喱、虾、饭、薯条,还不错吧。

  • Tanaka Chikusan
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    4.5
    35 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Amakusashi Itsuwamachijougawara 2-101-1
    This famous yakiniku barbecue house offers carefully selected, reasonably priced Japanese black beef from their own ranch. Their popular all-you-can-eat menu lets you dine on the tender marbled beef to your heart's content. People even come from far away to eat there, to the point that they sometimes have a line waiting for them to open.

    肉もおいしいですが(特選ランチを頂きました。)食べ放題の牛丼とカレーがおいしいことおいしいこと。何回でも行きたいです。

  • Ginnan Buffet-style Restaurant
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kumamotoshichuouku Ninomaru 1-1-2
    This restaurant located near Kumamoto Castle serves fare made with locally source, seasonal ingredients, including a wide variety of creative and regional dishes. They also always have about 40 kinds of dessert on offer, so there's something for everyone. In the evening, they also have pork seiro mushi and shabu-shabu made in a traditional steamer with meat from a local Aso farm for an additional charge.
  • Shoryuken
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    4.5
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Hitoyoshishi Houraimachi 12-15
    Located approximately three kilometers via Prefectural Route 54 from the Hitoyoshi Interchange on the Kyushu Expressway, this inexpensive and tasty local food, gyoza pot sticker restaurant is loved in Hitoyoshi. Their gyoza, with an exquisite balance of crispy thin skin, fragrant texture and juicy secret filling, are small, have a good aftertaste, and most people order portions for two people or more. The only other menu items besides gyoza are rice and beer. The ingredients are of course all handmade up to the skin and sauce, so it closes as soon as everything is gone. You can also make takeout orders.

    美味しい噂は以前から知ってたけどようやく行けました。 ちょっと待ったけどすぐに席につけて堪能しました。 餃子は小ぶりで野菜がいっぱい入ってるみたいで、一人2人前食べたけどあっという間に食べてしまいました。 噂に違わず美味しかったです。駐車場狭いけど近くに臨時駐車場がありました。

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Kumamoto lies in the center of Kyushu, a calm prefecture perfect for easy strolls around the historic center and lazy evenings in the natural hot springs at Kurokawa Onsen. For a slightly more strenuous activity, head to Mount Aso, whose surrounding hills offer hiking opportunities aplenty with views over the active volcano.

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