Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Oita Area

  • YUFUIN KASHIKOUBOU GOEMON
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1984-212
    A Western confectionary shop adjoining the Ryokan Yufusan inn situated along Prefectural Route 11 in Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. The shop’s deliciously creamy and smooth signature half-baked cheesecake is made with Australian cheese and fresh eggs. The shop sells other Western style confections, as well, like roll cakes.

    湯布院土産に頂きました。 「甘太さくっとリッチサブレ」は見た目もさつま芋の輪切りっぽくしてあって可愛らしいサブレです。

  • Yamadaya
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Bungotakadashi Usuno 3558-1
    "This seafood restaurant is located along National Road 213 in Usuno, Bungotakada City. It offers seafood dishes such as sashimi, sushi, grilled dishes, simmered dishes and tempura using the seasonal seafood of Oita. It is also an authorized shop of the local Bungotakada gourmet ""Misaki kakiage don"" (mixed tempura bowl), and you can also taste the Bungotakada specialty ""Misaki gazami"" (blue crab) when it's in season."

    海鮮系ならだいたい揃っています。日替わり定食を食べましたが、値段の割に結構品数も多く満足でした。ただ、お昼は混み合うので、注文をしてからだいぶ待たされました。急ぎの時は余りおすすめできません。

  • Yamazatoryori Budoya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 2731-1 Yufuin Tamanoyu
    "This restaurant is located inside the hot spring inn ""Yufuin Tama-no-Yu"" in the Kawakami area of Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. They offer Yamazato cuisine using seasonal ingredients including local and mountain vegetables. The restaurant can also be used by guests other than hotel guests, and you can also dine on large tables of ancient cedar or dug out seats with an open hearth depending on the season. In addition, there is also an adjoining store selling homemade food products and pottery inside the facility."
  • Kakumasa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Usa-shi Minami-usa 2213-1
    A restaurant and gift shop situated along the approach to Usa-jingu Shrine in Minamiusa, Usa City. The restaurant serves set meals consisting of local Oita cuisine such as toriten chicken tempura and dangojiru dumpling soup; noodles like chabamen made with tea leaves from Yabakei Gorge; donburi rice bowls; and more. The adjoining gift shop sells popular confections like Usa Ikkon, local vegetables, and specialty products from Oita and Kyushu. Customers can also enjoy matcha powdered green tea manju steamed dumplings made with local Toyonoka green tea.
  • Hamachaya
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Tsukumi-shi Chinu 6029
    A Japanese seafood restaurant situated along National Route 217 in Chinu, Tsukumi City. This establishment is one of the area's restaurant's which serve the Tsukumi hyuga-don, a local Tsukumi City specialty consisting of a bowl of rice topped with lean red tuna garnished with a special sesame sauce. The restaurant is also famous for its tuna steaks.

    家族旅行で大分を訪れ、お魚が食べたいと思いネットで検索して浜茶屋が良さそうだったので訪れました。 メニューはどれも美味しそうで、家族も注文した料理が楽しみでワクワクしていました。待つこと数分後、子供達の料理、次に妻と私の料理が出て来ました。そこまでは、楽しんでいたのですが・・・。 出てきた私のご飯の蓋を外したら、ご飯の上に黒い物が。一瞬、一緒に出てきた小鉢のヒジキ料理が入ってしまった?と思ったので...

  • Ohara Chaya
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Hita-shi Tashima 2 Ohara Jinja Agaru
    "A Japanese restaurant located in Tashima 2-Chome, Hita City. This restaurant is famous for its hanatebo bentos, which consists of a variety of dishes made with local, seasonal vegetables and edible wild plants served in a regional type of basket called a ""hanatebo."" Here customers can enjoy lunchtime a la carte dishes and set meals such as the hanatebo bento with local grilled chicken, and the hanatebo bento with Bungo beef served kuwayaki style; as well as kuzukiri made with Yoshino kuzu and Okinawan brown sugar syrup."

    旅行の途中でネット検索して口コミの良いこちらのお店を見つけました。 よくぞこんな場所に古民家を移築改良したなと思いました。 花てぼ弁当と弁当プラス地鶏焼きの2つを注文。 花てぼ弁当だけでお腹いっぱいでした。 焼いて出してもらった地鶏焼きは2人でシェアしましたが量も多いのと味が濃く少し後悔。。 花てぼ弁当のお味はしっかりめ。ご飯、お味噌汁、茶碗蒸し付き。 20種類ぐらいのお料理が少しずつ盛られてお...

  • Confectionery Hana Koji Kikuya
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1524-1 Yodo no Yoritomo
    Located a 15-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station close to the entrance of Yasuragi Yu no Tsubo Yokocho alley, this confectionary shop offers a variety of famed Oita sweets perfect for buying as souvenirs. Confectionery Hana Koji Kikuya’s own “yufuin sosaku-gashi” is particularly well renowned, and the shop’s pudding dorayaki—pudding sandwiched between two soft dorayaki cakes—is so popular, it has even been featured on television. Hana Koji Kikuya’s selections also make popular snacks for eating on the go. “The Mitsuemon, “sold only when sweet potatoes are in season in fall and winter, has fans nationwide.

    ※正確には湯の坪横丁の菊家ではなく駐車場の前にある店舗のほうの事です。 ぷりんどらをお土産にするべく、花麹菊家をナビで検索したら車が入れない道端沿いでナビ終了して困っていたら、駐車場を見つけたので車を止めてきょろきょろしていると、道を挟んで目の前の大きな和菓子屋さんの入口に「ぷりんどら」ののぼりを発見。入って店員さんに聞くと、駐車場の下に降りて歩いて散策できる小路があり、そこにあるとのこと。でもこ...

  • Hanayori
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1488-1
    A Japanese confection shop located in Yufuincho, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture located a one-minute walk from Lake Kinrin. This elegant shop, surrounded by trees, is filled with sweets masterfully crafted with the choicest of ingredients, such as only the smallest of renowned Hokkaido adzuki beans. The shop’s most popular item is its fresh yokan (sweet bean jelly), which is not overly sweet and leaves a clean aftertaste. The rich egg and honey flavor of Hanayori’s dorayaki (sponge cakes with filling) is perfectly matched by the sweetness of its coarse red bean paste filling; they also make a popular snack to enjoy while strolling about Yufuin.

    After visiting Kinrinko, I was craving for some sweets. I stopped by this cafe. There is indoor and outdoor sitting area. Kushidango is their most selling item. Dozen flavors to choose. I ordered...

  • Chez-Tani Senomoto Kogen Branch
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    4.5
    77 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Kusugunkokonoemachi Yutsubo Sein's book 628-8
    A sweets café located in the Kokonoe-machi, Kusu-gun, Oita Prefecture which has been frequently featured in magazines and on TV as one of the most popular spots along the Yamanami Highway. Located amidst much natural beauty, the café stands like a fashionable Western-style house. Visitors can look out at the beautiful surrounding scenery from the café’s large windows and sunroom. Chez-Tani’s cake buffet, which lets you eat some 20 varieties of cakes as much as you like for 90 minutes, is its most popular menu selection. The café’s delicately baked baumkuchen make perfect souvenirs.

    They only serve dessert set (cake/pudding + a drink) per person when I was there. The quality of desserts was very good, they have some small samples for customers to try. I would say one of their...

  • Shunkoen
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Beppushi Minamitateishikku 4-1
    A restaurant which mainly serves yakiniku (barbecue) located in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture and one of the largest yakiniku restaurants in Kyushu. Despite focusing on being a mass-market yakiniku restaurant, Shunkoen is still selective about the quality of its meats and has long been a beloved local favorite. Famous for its specialty Beppu reimen (cold noodles), a local Beppu specialty, the springy noodles and Japanese-style broth of this delicious gem goes great with kimchi. From tables to tatami seating to large and small private rooms, Shunkoen also offers a variety of seating options.
  • Tan’s bar
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    4.5
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1264-2
    This bar is located in Sansou Murata, a Japanese high-class ryokan (hotel) in Yufuin-cho, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture. Its antique interior, in the design of a mid-Meiji period house is made complete by the retro atmosphere. A blanket of comforting music flows from the 1930’s theater speakers, creating a mature atmosphere. Patrons can relax here, while holding a cocktail or a matured sake. During the day, the bar operates as a café, also serving coffee and the bar’s specialty P Roll to guests who are not staying at the inn.

    カフェのみの利用。その嫌味のない自然なお洒落さに虜になりそう。 家族やカップルで談笑するも良し、ゆっくり読書するも良し、何もせずただ暖炉で揺れる炎を眺めるのも良いと思う。とても優雅で贅沢な時間を過ごすことができる素敵な場所だった。

  • Nicol 's Bar/ Tea Room Nicol
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    4.5
    35 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 2731 - 1 in Tamanou
    A café and bar located on the grounds of the Tamanoyu, a famous hotel in the Yufuincho, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, past a small path dappled with the sunlight filtering through a grove of trees. The establishment’s apple pie, only available in limited quantities each day, is its most popular item. These near-perfect confections offer a delicate balance of apple sourness, sweet sauce, and crisp pie crust. The café also offers anpan bread and original cakes from famous shops. It’s the perfect place to take a break during a stroll. The bright terrace facing the garden gives diners the opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of the season. The autumn foliage is particularly gorgeous.

    サンルームのような作りのカフェで、庭の木々を眺めながらのんびり過ごすことができます。席数は多くないです。屋外のテラスもあるようです。 人気のアップルパイは昼には既に売り切れでした。ゴルゴンゾーラのチーズケーキを頼みましたが、ゴルゴンゾーラの味がしっかり効いていて甘味もかなり抑えられており、ワインのお供に良さそうでした。ハチミツが付いてくるので、お好みで甘みを付けることができます。 会計のときにお店...

  • Café Tenjosajiki / Bar Yamaneko
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    4.5
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 2633-1
    A coffee room located on the grounds of the Kamenoi Besso Hotel in the Yufuincho, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture. Kagiya, a knickknack shop, is located on the establishment’s second floor. The ceiling and other pieces of the building were constructed in the late Edo period and later moved here. Filled with antique furnishings, the café is relaxing and quiet. Visitors can enjoy the natural beauty of the four seasons from the shop’s windows. The café’s popular Mon Yufu is a sweet modeled after the snow-covered Mt. Yufu. Flavored with cream cheese and fresh cream, it goes perfectly with a dark roasted coffee. At night, the establishment becomes a bar.

    金鱗湖沿いにある亀の井ガーデンの2Fにあるバーで、テラス席もあります。落ち着いた雰囲気でお酒が飲める、隠れ家のような場所でした。

  • B-speak
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    4.0
    519 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 3040-2
    A roll cake specialty shop opened by Sanso Murata, a high-class ryokan (Japanese style hotel) in Yufuin Onsen in 1999, pioneering the roll cake trend in the nation. The shop’s lightly sweet cakes pay special attention to the balance between the cake and cream, ensuring a delicate flavor that is hard to get tired of. In addition to roll cakes, the shop offers galettes and florentins to customers dining in. A five-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station.

    We got the chocolate roll in small size. It was soooooo good. Not too sweet or too tough. My bf doesnt like dessert much but he seemed to be enjoy eating it!

  • Sanshoro
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami Tanaka 2850-5
    A Japanese restaurant opened in 2013 by Yufuin Food Research Institute representative Ken’ichi Shin’ei. Here you can enjoy cuisine made with delicious Yufuin vegetables. Particularly popular are the Bungo beef, Kanmuri chicken, and mountain and ocean-themed “awase-bako” (boxed) meals which hide the local seafood dish known as “Ryukyu.” An eight-minute walk from JR Yufuin Station.
  • Yufu Mabushi Shin Ekimae Branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakita 5-32F
    A restaurant famous for its mabushi gohan, rice topped with meat. Shin offers mabushi gohan topped with Yufuin eel, Oita Bungo beef, and Toyo shamo chicken raised in Yufuin’s Shonai-cho neighborhood. Preparing its rice in proper earthenware pots, diners are encouraged to enjoy their first serving of lavishly topped mabushi gohan plain, the second with condiments of their choice, and the third chazuke-style with dashi. The shop’s hearty pickles, served as appetizers and palate-cleansers between courses, will make sure you go home satisfied. A one-minute walk from Yufuin Station on the Kyudai Main Line.
  • Rokusei Cold Noodle Specialty Shop
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    4.0
    56 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Beppushi Matsubarachou 7-17
    Rokusei Cold Noodle Specialty Shop is distinctive for its strong-bodied yet tasting-good-going-down noodles. The chashu pork and kimchi ingredients are top class, and the combination of domestic beef and soup stock carefully created with thick-leafed konbu is exquisite. Aside from reimen cold noodles, they also serve unmen (a type of somen without added oil) and ramen. It is a 12-minute walk from JR Higashi Beppu Station.

    冷麺をいただきました。麺がけっこう硬めな印象が強かったです。スープは醤油味でとってもあっさり。トッピングはチャーシュー2枚とピリ辛のキャベツの酢漬け。麺にそば粉が入っているようで麺の色が灰色ががってる。そばの香りや味はほとんどしない、つるっとした硬めの麺。かなり硬めな麺が食べにくく感じたのでこの評価ですが、別府冷麺はこんな感じなのではと思います。

  • Farmhouse Restaurant Bebenko
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    3.5
    28 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Kusugunkokonoemachi Tano 2407-1
    This restaurant offers cuisine made freely with carefully selected foodstuffs including Bungo cows directly from Eagle Farm, Koshihikari rice from Senchomuta, and natural water from the foot of Mt. Kuenhira. The menu is complete with Bungo beef steak, beef bowls, and the well-known Toriten chicken. The limited quantity beef loin yakiniku bowl and Bungo beef leftover set menu are popular, while the Saturday and Sunday-limited blueberry sweets are also wonderful.

    Ordered two sets, the beef steak set and an iron noodle beef bowl. Both were really good and the hot bowl of udon was extremely satisfying on a rainy day. The corn that was sold on the cob was very...

  • Bungo Beef Steak Restaurant Somuri
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    4.0
    25 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Beppushi Kitahama 1-4-28 Kasaoka Shopping Building 2F
    Since its opening in 1989, this long-established steak restaurant has enjoyed undying popularity. The carefully selected Bungo beef steaks are priced very reasonably, and the steaks are kept on the iron plate until the moment you eat them, so as not to let any of their juice be wasted. After customers finish eating their steak, rice is added to their plate to soak up the remaining juice, in the “Somuri style.” There are also à la carte menu items, including homemade ham and wine and a wide variety of alcohols to go with the steak.

    Took us a few attempts to find this place but we’ll worth it. The fillet steak comes with all the trimmings...veg, rice and served in a rich peppercorn sauce. We watched the chef cooking cutting it...

  • Unagi Rotir
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    5.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Hita-shi Kuma 2-3-16

    うなぎやタレなどの食材にこだわった美味しいうなぎのお店です。うなぎの他に尾崎牛もいただけます。お店は古民家をリノベーションおり雰囲気が良く、庭の外は三隈川沿いの素晴らしい景色が眺められます。

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A trip to Oita is tantamount to a long soak in the Beppu baths. The mountainous, coastal prefecture of Oita is renowned for having more onsen than any other prefecture in Japan, most of which lie in the city of Beppu on the west coast of Kyushu, recognizable by its pungent sulphuric aroma and the clouds of steam that puff up across the hillside. Away from the Beppu hot springs await mountains, waterfalls, and temples, so don’t hesitate to explore Oita a little further.

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