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Fresh fish is served everywhere on Kyushu. Appetites are on the hearty side here, so there's lots of meat, too. Local specialties abound and are often reasonably priced. In the bigger cities like Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Kagoshima—and along the stylish new streets of Yufuin—you'll find plenty of Western-style restaurants.
The extensive menu here includes regional favorites in addition to sushi and tofu dishes. You can relax in a booth or sit at the counter and admire the skilled chefs. Kaiseki meals can be reserved for lunch or dinner, and most of these will include the local delicacy of horse meat, so keep that in mind.
This ornate Chinese restaurant is a local favorite, and it's easy to see, smell, and taste why. Kairakuen serves the best chanpon—Nagasaki's signature dish of Chinese-style noodles, vegetables, and pork-based broth—in town.
This restaurant offers the best of Kumamoto specialties in a maze of private and semiprivate Japanese-style rooms. There's an English-language menu with helpful photos, and staff can give recommendations for dishes. The restaurant does close annually for the New Year holidays.
La Quinua serves a wide range of delicious authentic Mexican and South American dishes including vegan options. Try the tallarin saltado (Peruvian stir-fried noodles), or grab some burritos, and wash them down with the iconic Inca Cola.
This restaurant serves the famous local beef, which can be cooked in the teppan style, table-side. The most popular menu is steak, but they also have yakiniku (Japanese beef BBQ), beef on rice, and beef hamburger steak.
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