Location: Okinawa City, on the street that backs onto the north side of the Gate 2 shopping arcade. The restaurant is on the street that runs tangential to Gate 2 Street and BC street. It is right around the corner from Salon Cuttho. Parking is not straightforward. Either you pay at the lot across the street, or you park at the public lot at the top of BC street and walk.
Hours: 12-2300, unsure which day closed (perhaps Friday) No English menu. The waitstaff will translate the menu options for you.
http://shop.koza.in/shops/sabani/ (for the map, click on the last tab, the one with two kanji, the last of which is has a box around it) http://www.okinawahai.com/my_weblog/2008/11/sabani-has-a-fa.html
Okinawahai provided yet another good restaurant tip. The cafe is crowded with pottery for sale, plants in ceramic pots, light wood tables and chairs, and a few French flourishes, which creates a pleasant if cluttered effect. The lunch set includes soup, main, and ice/hot coffee/tea. The price varies depending on the main selected. Options include BLT, tomato pasta, gorgonzola pasta, roast chicken, Moroccan stew, and a beef dish (900-1500Y). There is a choice of two soups, a potage and a cold pumpkin and coconut. Both the soups were outstanding, pureed smooth, perfectly salted, with a sprig of fresh herb. We both got the Moroccan stew which was a variety of beans in a savory sauce with rice. This was not spicy, but subtle and flavourful. The beans were cooked perfectly, not falling apart but cooked through and creamy (which is difficult when cooking with different sized beans). The coffee was the typical drip variety, but served with a mini-pitcher of real milk. According to the Koza website, there is a 2500Y set dinner, which if true could be quite nice.
