Tabelog ratingSu-manume (すーまぬめぇ) has served Okinawa soba since 2002 in a converted red-tile Okinawan house. It has a garden, tatami rooms, shisa lion statues and sanshin music playing. Reviewers compare a meal here to visiting an Okinawan grandmother. The soba is wheat noodles in a clear pork-and-bonito broth, and the house also makes juushii, Okinawan rice seasoned with pork and dashi. Several regulars call it the best juushii on the island.
Nearly every positive review praises the broth, which is gentle but deep, and many guests drink it to the last drop. The pork is just as popular, all of it fall-apart tender: sanmai-niku (braised belly), hon-soki (bone-in rib) and nankotsu-soki (soft-cartilage rib). Portions are large, and even the small bowl is a full meal. Other recommended dishes:
- Mozuku seaweed, both as tempura and vinegared
- Fuchiba (mugwort), served on the side with the Special
- Fresh sata andagi doughnuts to take away
The criticism is mostly about service and upkeep. Several 2026 reviews describe the young staff as offhand and chatty, and some say customers were ignored and the queue was handled chaotically. Some guests found oily tables and dirty cushions, and one reported an undercooked rib. A few found the broth bland or too salty, or the noodles stiff. Former regulars feel prices have risen to tourist levels.
Lunch and dinner cost the same, typically ¥1,000–2,000 per person. Reviewers around 2024–2026 paid:
- ¥1,000–1,200 for a small Okinawa soba
- ¥1,300 for a large hon-soki soba
- ¥1,300–1,500 for the Special
- ¥1,600–1,800 for the Deluxe with four kinds of meat
- ¥350 for juushii, ¥200 per mozuku tempura and ¥400 for vinegared mozuku
Value is good for most diners, given the generous portions and plentiful meat. A minority feel prices are now high for Okinawa soba.
- Getting there: Kokuba bus stop is a 3-minute walk away; Asato Station is about 2.4 km away.
- Payment: cash only. Credit cards, electronic money and QR payments are not accepted.
- Booking: not necessary, as most guests walk in. Reservations are taken from 15:00 for groups of 10 or more.
- Queues: expect 30–60 minutes at lunch and on weekends. Write your name on the board and wait to be called. Mid-afternoon and evening are quieter.
- Seating: 66 seats, 40 indoors and 26 on the terrace. Indoor seating is mostly tatami with shoes off and no leg-well. The terrace has fans but can have insects. There are no private rooms and no private hire.
- Children: welcome, including babies.
- Smoking: entirely non-smoking.
- Parking: free parking for 25 cars, split across several lots. Use only the designated spaces, as neighbours complain. If the lots are full, use the paid lot next to Ryukyu Bank across the street.
- Good to know: the soup can sell out, and the Special and Deluxe come only in the large size.