Zenigata - Okinawa

Expensive but #1 Ambiance within 15 minutes of Kadena AB

Great food, great drinks, not too expensive. One of my regular go to places.

Food was delicious. The atmosphere is awesome. There are literally hundreds of drums that make up the decor. The horse sashimi sample platter was off the charts. The only reason that I didn't give it 5 stars is I don't smoke so when people at the next secluded table would smoke it was too much for me.

The atmosphere is the best part of this place. The decor is really cool. The seating is well thought out, most in private areas whereas those without reservations are seated around the grill. The staff was very friendly. While they still took our order, I greatly enjoyed using the QRC on the menu to make my selections. The food was where they fell flat. My friend ordered a salmon sashimi, bonito sashimi, and fried garlic beef skirt steak. The salmon was okay. The bonito was FROZEN. The steak was stringy. I ordered sake steamed clams, grilled oysters, and shrimp and bread gratin. The clams were the highlight! The oysters were a bit fishy. There were THREE small shrimp on a cheese sauce with bread for ¥880. So not worth it. Over all for two people with one drinking a beer, we paid over ¥6k and weren't fully satisfied. A bit disappointed.

They ignored foreign. Dishes were bad.