Savor Spicy Noodles, Fresh Seafood, and Miyazaki Beef! 9 Popular Restaurants to Enjoy Miyazaki’s Local Gourmet

Located in central Miyazaki City, Yakiniku Teppanyaki Steak Tachibanadori Miyachiku APAS is a restaurant where you can enjoy yakiniku and teppanyaki featuring Miyazaki Beef as well as seafood such as spiny lobster.
The signature menu item is the Miyazaki Zanmai Course (reservation required by the day before). This course lets you enjoy Miyazaki-produced beef, pork, and chicken all at once, including Miyazaki Beef, Miyazaki Brand Pork, and Miyazaki Jitokko chicken.
Popular à la carte dishes include the Carefully Selected Whole Cow Assortment, where you can sample carefully chosen cuts.

Honoo no Mai Rakui Miyazaki Station Branch is a Japanese restaurant where you can enjoy warayaki, a local Miyazaki cooking style that uses straw-fired grilling.
It is located in Himuka Kirameki Ichiba on the first floor of the Amu Plaza Miyazaki commercial complex.
The dramatic sight of seafood being boldly grilled over pesticide-free straw has become one of its specialties.
Signature items include straw-grilled dishes such as bonito tataki caught off the coast of Miyazaki and straw-grilled Miyazaki Beef sirloin steak.
You can enjoy a wide variety of dishes, including local cuisine, at reasonable prices.

A JA-operated restaurant where you can enjoy Takachiho Beef, known for its tender texture and rich flavor, at reasonable prices.
Steak is served at lunch, while dinner features steak and yakiniku (reservation required by the day before).
For steak, you can choose your preferred cut, such as loin, sirloin, or fillet, and increase the portion from 150 g to 250 g in 50 g increments.
Fillet is the most popular choice, so if you definitely want to try it, visit before noon.

Located near Miyazaki Port, Uonosato Gyorenmaru is a seafood specialty restaurant directly operated by Marutetsu Suisan, which holds auction rights throughout Miyazaki Prefecture and serves seasonal fresh fish.
Inside the restaurant, seafood is taken directly from the fish tank and prepared to order.
The signature menu is the three types of Gyorenmaru Set Meals, where you can choose from sushi, sashimi, or a seafood rice bowl.
There are also tuna set meals, and you can enjoy rare cuts such as simmered tuna eyeball and simmered collar at reasonable prices.

A roadside station located in Kitaura Town in northern Miyazaki Prefecture, within the scenic Nippokaigan Quasi-National Park known for its beautiful coastline.
It features a wide range of facilities, including a market selling many local specialties, a restaurant, and even a salt field and salt museum.
The restaurant Kaisekan offers a regular lineup of seasonal flavors from Kitaura, a major fishing base.
Along with Umi no Takarabako Don, made with seasonal seafood landed in Kitaura, you can also enjoy dishes from various genres, including set meals centered on Chicken Nanban, a specialty that originated in Nobeoka.

Ganso Karamenya Masumoto Main Store is located in Hommachi, Nobeoka City and was founded in 1986.
This ramen specialty shop serves ultimate spicy noodles that originated in Nobeoka City and are known for their perfect balance of heat and umami.
The signature dish is Ganso Karamen. A key feature is the noodles, commonly called konnyaku noodles, which are made with buckwheat flour and wheat flour and have a unique texture similar to konnyaku.
The chili peppers used to determine the heat level are carefully selected and blended from several varieties.
Combined with Masumoto’s secret soup, they create spicy noodles overflowing with umami.

Ramen Yataibone Main Store, located in the Miyazaki City Central Wholesale Market, opened in 2012.
Guided by the philosophy of never losing sight of the essentials and pursuing quality thoroughly, it serves carefully handmade ramen and gyoza.
The signature dish is Yataibone Ramen, whose key feature is a soup blended in original proportions from three styles: aromatic, light, and rich.
The noodles are carefully developed to match the soup, with both thin noodles that offer bite and aroma and medium-thick noodles with a smooth, soft texture.

A soba restaurant with excellent access, just a 5-minute walk from the Miyazaki Kotsu Takachiho Bus Center.
Its specialty is nihachi soba, known for its rich aroma and smooth texture.
The flavorful broth, made with mackerel flakes, bonito flakes, kombu, and dried shiitake mushrooms, is another highlight. Its umami brings out the flavor of the soba even more.
Popular menu options include the 7-item Amaterasu Course, featuring soba, mountain vegetables that are a Takachiho specialty, and tempura made with local vegetables, as well as the 6-item Takaten Course and the 5-item Chiho Course.

A friendly izakaya in central Takachiho that is easy for travelers to visit.
The menu includes sashimi, small dishes, zosui, and monthly recommendations, offering a lineup you won’t get tired of even after multiple visits.
In addition to Miyazaki classics such as Chicken Nanban, it also has plenty of original dishes, including the surprisingly large rice ball called Bakudan.
Among them, the restaurant’s most popular item is Imomusume, made by skewering taro simmered in Japanese-style broth and then deep-frying it.