2 Best Restaurants in Brookings, The Oregon Coast

You'll find some of the tastiest sushi on the Oregon Coast at this welcoming Japanese restaurant with weathered-timber walls and booths and a friendly adjoining cocktail lounge. Beyond the flavorful and creative jumbo spider and hamachi jalapeño rolls, you'll find a great selection of Japanese dishes, including tonkotsu ramen with chashu pork and crispy fried karaage-style calamari.

The kitchen at this upbeat, contemporary gastropub with a welcoming outdoor balcony, from which you can see the ocean in the distance, stands out for its commitment to locally sourced produce and seafood and an ambitious craft-cocktail selection. The eclectic, elevated comfort fare is filling and affordable—consider panko-crusted shrimp with a banh mi dipping sauce and the fried chicken sandwich with blue cheese buffalo sauce and pub fries.