11 Places to Eat in Miyajima – At Night

Miyajima teams with places to eat during the day – with dishes like oysters and conger eel must-try dishes, but, if you’re staying overnight at Miyajima, you’ll notice your dining choices drop off – a lot. So, where is open to eat in Miyajima after 6 pm?

Our guide will save you from either a frustrating evening of heading out to somewhere that looked cute and busy at lunchtime, only to discover it is firmly shut, or half a day trawling through Google Maps checking opening hours (we did that bit for you).

It lists eleven evening options for dining in Miyajima in one handy list, with their specialities. If you’re staying overnight on Miyajima (which is magical), you need this guide.

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Note: I have noted the closing times of the restaurants, but last orders are likely to be taken well before that, so don’t leave things until the last minute. I’d arrive at least an hour before closing time. Also, make sure you have cash, as not all of the restaurants on this list take cards.

The prices below are to give you an idea for budgeting, but may change slightly between post updates, so just use them as a guide.

Kura Vitto

Evening Hours: Open all day, until 11 pm, seven days a week

Rating on Google Maps: 3.7

Located in the Hotel Miyajima Villa, close to the ferry port, this restaurant and bar offers dishes like pizza, curry rice and gyoza until late. Even though it’s in the hotel, non-guests are welcome.

Main dishes are around 1600-2000 yen, smaller items like gyoza are 600 yen. They have an English menu.

If you want something uniquely Miyajiman, try the oyster pizza for 2200 yen! Note that even though they are open until 11 pm, the last food orders are at 10 pm.

Miyajima Shokudou

Evening Hours: Open all day until 8 pm. Open seven days a week

Rating on Google Maps: 3.6

This restaurant on Miyajima’s main shopping street is a Syokudo and Teishoku restaurant. These are among my favourite places to eat in Japan as they are generally quite cheap and they serve set meals with lots of parts, which a) fills me up, b) satisfies my need to try all the things!

As with many restaurants on this list, you’ll find oyster and conger eel on the menu, but they also have some beef dishes. Expect to pay around 2000-2500 yen for a set.

They do have English menus, plus the large plastic food display outside the store clearly shows the dishes. They say they take credit cards.

Miyajima Shoufuku

Evening Hours. Open all day, until 8 pm, seven days a week

Rating on Google Maps: 3.4

Located near the ferry port in Miyajima, next to the Gebura Hermana Bar, this is described as a seafood restaurant, and they do have several oyster dishes on the menu, but the dishes that people rave about most are the beef ones, like the beef set (around 2500 yen) and the beef udon (around 1500 yen).

They have an English menu. Reports say this is cash only. I’m pretty sure it was closed when I was there, which is why I don’t have a picture of it, so I couldn’t go in to check.

Miyajima Anago Meshi Mametanuki

Evening Hours: 5 pm to 8 pm, seven days a week

Rating on Google Maps: 4.2

Another restaurant on Miyajima’s main shopping street, it offers a mixed menu of things like oysters, eel or beef on rice, ramen and single servings of oysters and eel. The eel tempura (1300 yen) looks particularly interesting.

It’s not necessarily the cheapest place on the list – an oyster or beef on rice set will cost around 2700 yen, but it does have excellent reviews.

They do have English menus. They are also one of the few places on this list with a website, so you can check the latest details before you visit.

Note – they do have some random closing days throughout the year, so do check the website for these before setting out.

Okonomiyaki Kishibe

Evening Hours: 5 pm to 8.30 pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Rating on Google Maps: 4.6

If you’re lucky enough to be here when this is open, it gets rave reviews for the food and the lovely three ladies who run it. This means it also gets busy – so, don’t turn up at the last minute or you might not get in.

They serve Okonomiyaki in the Hiroshima style, which adds noodles, or you can order it without noodles, which is better for smaller appetites.

If you’re not in the mood for okonomiyaki, they also serve yaki soba, which is surprisingly harder to get in Japan than Wagamama might have led you to believe. I was in Miyajima on a Sunday night, or this would have been my dinner venue of choice purely for the chance to eat that. They can adapt meals for vegetarians.

Expect to pay 750-1350 yen for okonomiyaki (depending on the fillings) and 850-1250 yen for yaki soba.

They have an English menu but only take cash.

Niwa Cafe Miyama

Evening hours: 5 pm to 8.30 pm, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Rating on Google Maps: 4.8

Describing itself as a modern izakaya, you can pick a selection of traditional pub-style dishes like gyoza, edamame, fried oysters, fried chicken skin (worryingly addictive) and sausages with sides. They also offer dinner sets from 1800 yen (plus tax), if you’d prefer something a bit more substantial.

The Wagyu beef set (4000 yen plus tax) has a lot of fans!

Note, the prices in large type on the menu are without the 10 per cent consumption tax that you pay for eating in in Japan. You’ll pay the number in smaller type next to it.

Not realising this is one of the big mistakes I see people making in restaurants in Japan.

Miyajima Barl Issai

Evening Hours: Open all day until 9 pm, seven days a week

Rating on Google Maps: 4.0

Part of the Hotel Tsukiushagi building close to the ferry terminal, this looks like a street stall from the outside, but it does have seats inside.

It’s famous for its oyster-based dishes, and people comment that it’s one of the few places in Miyajima that also serves raw oysters (local Miyajima oysters are cultivated to be cooked).

You’ll also find a varied Japanese menu including curry rice (1500 yen), udon (around 600 yen a bowl) and various snacky fried items like Karaage chicken.

The menu has some English and pictures.

Miyajima Sushi Tensen

Evening Hours: 5 pm to 10 pm. Closed on Wednesday and the first and third Tuesday of the month.

Rating on Google Maps: 4.7

We’re now heading into the Miyajima backstreets.

This sushi restaurant offers omakase-style dining where the chef chooses your meal for you. Dinner prices start at 6500 yen for 10 pieces of sushi – although if you want to push the boat out, the 17,000 yen menu also comes with dishes like oyster soup and grilled fish (this must be booked three days in advance).

Children must also order the full course, so only bring more adventurous eaters.

You can check the latest prices and other details of the different courses available on their website.

The last entry here is at 8.30 pm.

Miyajima Cuillere Italian Restaurant

Evening Hours: 6 pm to 9 pm, seven days a week

Rating on Google Maps: 4.7

This is handy if you’re staying at the popular Helms Hotel or Miyajima Hotel Makoto, it offers pasta dishes (2600 yen) but also plates like roast duck.

They also have a dedicated vegetarian and vegan menu, which is quite unusual on Miyajima.

They do take bookings, and you can contact them via their website.

Mikotoya

Evening Hours: 5 pm to 7.30 pm. Closed on Monday and Sunday evening.

Rating on Google Maps: 4.7

Famous for its eel on rice dish, people also rave about the beef on rice. Sets start at around 2200 yen.

The menu is in Japanese, but the chef will do his best to help.

It’s small, staffed only by the chef and very popular, so it does fill up. You might want to pop in and make a reservation to ensure you get a seat.

It’s cash only.

Les Clos

Evening Hours: 5 pm to 8 pm, seven days a week.

Rating on Google Maps: 4.4

You’ll have to be quick to get into this fine dining establishment located next to Nawi Cafe as it only opens at 5pm and last orders are taken at 7 pm, but it will be worth it if you do.

Located in an old machiya house, it overlooks a pretty garden that changes with the seasons – just like the dishes on the menu.

Chef Isamu Kurokoshi has over 40 years of cooking experience and serves a menu that mixes Japanese ingredients with European dishes.

Dinner courses start at 8000 yen. Reservations are required for evening dining.

See more details and make reservations via the Les Clos website.

So, there’s my list of 11 restaurants that open in Miyajima in the evening. Double-check details before heading out, though, as opening hours can change. And don’t make the mistake I did, and gorge yourself on fried oyster curry and maple-leaf shaped cakes in the afternoon so you’re actually too full to head out for dinner – although, I would have made an exception for that yaki soba!

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