CONTRIBUTED BY ASHLEY
One of the greatest things about Okinawa is the opportunity to find a new little restaurant, shop, or store hiding out in almost every city block. One such new haunt for me is Sunabe Gyros. Gyros (pronounced yeer-ohs, or gear-o, depending), refers to the way the meat is cooked, on a spit upright (from the word gyrate possibly?). It also refers to a darned fine way to eat a Greek lunch on the seawall.
I recommend starting your meal with a falafel set, which consists of fried balls of spicy chickpeas, pepper, and other spices dipped in tzatziki (a cucumber, garlic yogurt sauce) or a spicy salsa. For a main course, try their #1 seller, a Beef Gyro Combo, which you can get with either chips or fries. The sandwich, a mix of warm pita bread, fresh sliced strips of beef, crisp lettuce, tomatoes, and onions, and the tzatziki sauce mentioned above. I also like to add a bit of the salsa, as it “kicks it up a notch”. You can also try the chicken gyro which features roasted chicken.
The Falafel Set
The Beef Gyro
Great vegetarian options include warm pita bread and hummus (a spicy chickpea spread), or Greek Salad, which is a fresh blend of lettuce, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, and feta cheese with an olive oil/vinegar based dressing.
My favorite way to end this, so I ensure I’m stuffed to the hilt, is to have a piece of Baklava, a pastry made with phyllo dough layers intermixed with nuts and honey. Gyros does it even one better as their version also features a dose of cinnamon. In the south, we’d call this dang good eatin’. Gyros doesn’t do complicated dishes using lots of weird ingredients. What they do is rich flavors, clear ingredients, each of which leaves you with a great appreciation of greek food as a result.
The joy that is baklava
The restaurant itself is small, about 15 seats in all, but they just opened a roof top terrace which offers another 12 seats and a great view of the Seawall.
DIRECTIONS:
To get the Gyros, take Hwy 58 toward Kadena. At the stoplight right before Kadena Gate 1, take a left. Go through all the stoplights. After the last stoplight, Gyros is about half a block down on the right on the 2nd floor.
A sign of something good to come
The inside
gyrating over gyros here! Thanks for the post…I’ve walked by this and was always curious!
Thanks, Ashley! So do they have lamb too for the gyros?
OH.MY.GOODNESS. That looks so very good right now. How did I miss this place? It is right around the corner from me! I see gyros in my very near future.
My husband has enjoyed the gyros for lunch during the week. He’d recommend checking it out.
Soooo glad to see this place on here! It’s one of our favorites. I love the chicken gyros!! I highly recommend them. Their hummus is fabulous too. It’s the only hummus that I’ve found that’s really good around here in fact. Oh geeze, I think we’re going to have to drag the kids out there tonight now:)
So glad that you guys liked the post
I’m stoked it’s on here 
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They don’t have lamb, unfortunately, but it’s good, good, good anyway.
This is such a wonderful place to eat. We love it. Be mindful of where you park though. My friend got a ticket when she parked right across the street from Sunabe Gyros.
the falafel here is about as good as any i’ve had – and my picky kid eats the chicken gyro, it’s really delicious. good call, kelly!
Glad you liked it, Aviva. Must give credit where credit is due though…Sunabe Gyros comes to us compliments of Ashley!
Re: parking tickets
My husband got one parking on the street outside of Cocoks for about 10 minutes and it cost us $150.00!!! Michelle, do you know what your friend was charged? Anyone?
How terrible!!! Anyone know where it’s safe to park over there for future reference?
park along the sea wall somewhere & walk it, NOT on the street that cocok’s & sunabe gyros is on. sorry that had to happen the hard way, marlene, that’s awful!
Thanks Aviva! I can’t believe we’ve lucked out everytime we’ve gone and avoided a ticket thus far. We just assumed you could park there b/c there were other cars there. We were so lucky! I’m def. going to park along the wall from here on out.
Does anyone know the hours they are open. I saw this and now I HAVE to have some. I have not had gyros in the 2 years I have been here.
Aimee,
According to one of their ads they are open Tues-Sun from 11 AM – 9 PM and closed on Mondays.
I love their Greek pizza with chicken and Greek salad. I don’t think they have gyros with lamb though. If you’re around Kadena, Platters at Schilling Community Center has a decent lamb gyro. They also have gyros at the Tee House restaurant near the golf course on Gate 1.
2 week ago i tried gyros there it was terribel japaness imitasion and i do not want to pay 150 dollar to park there
My husband and I tried the chicken gyros today. It was our first time here. We really enjoyed it! It was really tasty! We had the two gyros combo, 2 gyros wraps, 2 drinks and chip/ fries. All for only 1300-1400 yen!!!
Oh and the restaurant is in a no parking zone! So you have to park in the adjacent street or get a ticket!
It is open from 11-9pm. Last order is at 845pm. It is a really good place to eat!;)
Oh this place is amazing. Yeah, parking kind of sucks but just look for a legal spot and walk a little more. My fav there is the Beef Gyro set. I thought this place would be “just ok”, but to my surprise it was amazing and I go back there all the time now.
We’ve been here several times & it’s always great. The falafel pita is a great vegetarian option. They sell the pita plain with tzatziki on the side for picky eaters, as well as fries & salad if kids aren’t into the gyros.
Sunabe Gyros is probably the worst Gyro I’ve ever had. In no way is it authentic greek food. You’ll find a better Gyro at the Tee House on Kadena although that honestly is not that much better. Real gyros are lamb or lamb and beef not beef or chicken. If your looking for a good ouzo though they do sell bottles of Ouzo 12… a great tasting ouzo at a reasonable price.
The chicken gyros is better than the beef one. I enjoy this restaurant. Best is when you buy your food and eat it by the sea wall!!!!!
There was a time when I ate here pretty often. My favorite menu items are the pita falafel, greek pizza, and chicken salad. The beef gyro actually tastes a little weird, IMO. In any case, the food is generally good and filling.
Just to clear something up.
#1 – Hummus is NOT a Greek dish.
#2 – This does not taste like real traditional gyro. It may be good if you have never had it, but this does not even come close to the real thing.
Personal favorite for Gyros would be their goat gyros, much more authentic flavor since they don’t have lamb.
Went here tonight and it was so good! I got the chicken gyro combo and my husband got the goat gyro. We also got a piece of baklava. Everything was great, we will be going back soon