6 popular restaurants that promise a quality dinner time in Sapporo
Sushi, Genghis Khan, and ramen noodles are the standard when it comes to gourmet food in Hokkaido, but there are also many French, Italian, and Japanese restaurants that promise a quality dinner time by making the most of Hokkaido's seasonal ingredients. If you are looking for a restaurant that values not only the quality of the ingredients and the taste of the food, but also the stylish atmosphere and elegant air in the restaurant, this is a must-see. Here are six recommended restaurants for dinner in Sapporo on your trip to Hokkaido.
1L'ORANGE
A once-in-a-lifetime French course determined by the ingredients of the day.
A French restaurant where you can enjoy live course meals at the counter. The menu is only "omakase course" for both lunch and dinner, a full course of about 2 hours and 30 minutes in which you can feel the ups and downs of the culinary development. The menu consists of approximately 10 dishes, and the menu changes depending on the ingredients that arrive at the restaurant, so what is served depends on the day. The chef visits the fields and markets of Hokkaido to build relationships of trust with producers and brokers, who send him the best vegetables, meat, fish, and other ingredients they think will be available that day. On some days, we receive Ezo sika deer, pheasant, and pigeon from the mountains, which appear as part of our meat dishes.
Sit at the counter and enjoy entertaining French cuisine with all five senses.
The best part of this restaurant is that you can taste the finest French cuisine while appreciating the chef's skillful techniques and thoughtful attention to detail for the guests. It is a matter of course to prepare and serve delicious food, but we also focus on how to make our customers feel the value of the space and time they spend at the restaurant, just like in show business. You can enjoy the food with all your senses as you watch the ingredients being transformed into dishes right in front of your eyes, along with the sounds, smells, and heat of the cooking process. This is truly entertaining French cuisine. You will be moved and satisfied as if you were watching an opera.
2Hakodate Unimurakami Nippon Seimei Sapporo Bldg.
Luxurious gratin using sea urchin and snow crab is popular
The main restaurant is located in Hakodate and specializes in fresh sea urchins, which are available throughout the year from Hokkaido and neighboring waters. Along with the standard raw sea urchin bowl, the "sea urchin gratin" is also popular. Hokkaido potatoes are cut into small pieces and topped with a special white sauce made by combining onions that have been sauteed until candy-colored. The white sauce is kneaded with sea urchin and snow crab, so just one bite will fill your mouth with the rich flavor of seafood. The hokuhoku potato adds a textural accent to the dish.
Fresh sea urchins are carefully selected from all over Hokkaido according to the season.
The company is particular about the freshness and taste of the sea urchin, and uses only additive-free sea urchin without any alum, which is commonly used for sea urchin. We peel the sea urchins in our own factory to prevent them from losing their freshness, and send them directly to the restaurant every morning.
The type of sea urchin used is either the Kitamura-Saki sea urchin or the Ezo-Bahoon sea urchin. From June to August, the sea urchins are from the coast of the Sea of Japan, including Rishiri Island and Rebun Island, and from October to April, the sea urchins are from southern Hokkaido around Hakodate and the four northern islands. Because we carefully select the best-tasting types and regions, you can always enjoy the original sweetness of fresh sea urchin and its texture that melts on your tongue.
- Hakodate Uni Murakami Nippon Seimei Sapporo Bldg.
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B1F Nippon Seimei Sapporo Building, 1-1, Kita 3-jo Nishi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
3 minutes walk from Sapporo Subway Station
11:30 - 14:00 (L.O. 13:30), 17:30 - 21:30 (L.O. 20:45)
Year-end and New Year's holidays
011-290-1000
None
3Fushimi Gourier
Popular cheese fondue with a variety of different types of fondue.
This restaurant in the suburbs of Sapporo is popular for its cheese fondue. The fondue cheese is original, combining raclette cheese from the Kyodo Gakusya in the Tokachi region of Hokkaido with several types of Danish and Swiss cheese. There are eight kinds of ingredients, including baguettes, seasonal vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, boiled shrimp, scallops, Hokkaido pork bacon, salami, and even a unique kind of yokan (bean jelly). The restaurant began offering this dish because it was inspired by the combination of azuki beans and dairy products. The sweetness of the yokan and the saltiness of the cheese balance each other well, making this a must-try dish.
Restaurant with a spectacular view of the Sapporo nightscape
Dinner is a course meal only, with a choice of seven courses. The popular cheese fondue is included in all courses, as well as steamed and grilled live abalone, Hokkaido beef steak, and other Hokkaido meat and fish dishes.
The restaurant is located on a hill overlooking the city of Sapporo and is taller than the surrounding houses, providing a great view of the city.
- Fushimi Gruyere
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- 2-3-3 Fushimi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
- Take a bus from Maruyama Koen Subway Station and get off at "Fushimi-cho Kodai" stop.
- 11:30-15:30, 17:00-22:00 (L.O. 30 minutes before closing, last entry at 21:00 in the evening)
- December 31 and January 1
- 011-533-2432
- Free of charge
Reservations can be made from one month prior to the date of use. Window seats are available only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and from 18:00 or 20:00 in the evening for 2 hours.
Cheese fondue ingredients except baguette and yokan are subject to change depending on availability.
4Gyoza and Wine Fruit Skin and Bean Paste
Original taste that breaks down the concept of gyoza.
The restaurant offers original and creative gyoza and yakisoba noodles. The dough for gyoza and noodles is made from flour produced in Ebetsu City, Hokkaido, and the dough and noodles are made in the restaurant. Gyoza bean paste is made with many ingredients rarely used in ordinary gyoza. The "Gyoza with Jibier, Beets and Dried Tomatoes," made with Ezo deer meat, has a spicy, mature taste with a hint of cumin. The "Beef tongue with kujo-negi grilled gyoza" is well seasoned and tastes great on its own, but you can also dip it in vinegar with sansho (Japanese pepper) or homemade white powdered raayu (Chinese chili oil) for a different flavor.
Handmade yakisoba noodles are recommended as the perfect ending to your meal.
The restaurant's main dish is a variety of creative gyoza made with beef tongue, Ezo deer meat, duck, lamb, scallops, oysters, etc. The homemade yakisoba with handmade fresh noodles is also excellent. The yakisoba with blue cheese and walnut miso is like carbonara and goes perfectly with wine. The yakisoba noodles with homemade hot and spicy sauce is a must-try dish that will make your beer go down a notch. After enjoying several kinds of gyoza, we recommend finishing with a unique yakisoba dish.
- Gyoza and Wine Fruit Skin and Bean Paste
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- 2F Kintaro Healing Barber Shop, 11-1, Minami 1-jo Nishi 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
- 7 min. walk from Odori Subway Station
- Monday-Saturday 17:00~L.O. Food 22:00, Drinks 23:00 (extended by 30 minutes on Friday and Saturday)
Sundays and holidays 12:00 - L.O.21:00 (both drinks and food) - Tuesdays *Closed irregularly once a month
- 011-251-5623
- None
5Italian Cuisine Il Pino
Enjoy Italian cuisine that makes the most of seasonal Hokkaido ingredients.
This Italian restaurant in the center of Sapporo makes the most of Hokkaido ingredients. The owner personally visits producers throughout Hokkaido to purchase quality ingredients, and uses the skills he honed through his training in Italy to create a variety of dishes. A popular menu item is "pasta with blue crab in tomato sauce. It uses original fresh pasta noodles made from flour produced at a farm in Ebetsu City and blue crab mainly from southern Hokkaido. The tomato sauce, which is infused with the umami of blue crab, is well mixed with the chewy noodles, giving it an exquisite taste.
Choose from a variety of Hokkaido wines to accompany your meal.
You can taste various Italian dishes such as pasta, pizza, and ajillo, but the menu is once in a lifetime. The menu is prepared according to seasonal and rare ingredients from trusted producers, so the contents change depending on the season. The menu features a wide variety of wines, including "Tokachi Wine," "Furano Wine," "Hokkaido Wine," "Ebetsu Wine," and other standard and rare brands from various regions in Hokkaido. We also have a selection of Italian and French wines, so you are sure to find something to your taste.
- Italian Cuisine Il Pino
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- 3-3-25, Kita 1-jo Nishi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido (until June 10, 2023)
M's Building 2F, Minami 3-jo Nishi 7-7-28, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido (from early July 2023) MAP - Approximately a 3-minute walk from Odori Subway Station (until June 10, 2023)
5-minute walk from Odori Subway Station (from early July 2023) - 11:30-15:30, 17:00-22:00 (L.O. both 30 minutes before)
- Sundays *Closed on national holidays
- 011-280-7557
- None
- The restaurant will be closed from June 11, 2023 to early July, and will relocate and open at the new address from early July.
6TAKU Maruyama
Enjoy the seasonal flavors of Hokkaido in a Japanese course meal.
Located in the Maruyama district of Sapporo City, this Japanese restaurant makes the most of Hokkaido's seasonal ingredients. The menu consists of only one omakase course, which is prepared according to the ingredients of the day, including fish and meat, with a focus on seasonal vegetables produced in Hokkaido. The number of dishes generally ranges from 8 to 10. In winter, root vegetables are the main ingredients, in early spring, wild vegetables and asparagus, and in summer and fall, a variety of vegetables are available. The dishes are served with seafood landed at Okushiri Island and Sutsu Port, as well as pork from all over Hokkaido.
You can also enjoy rare ingredients from Okushiri Island.
Since the owner is from Okushiri Island, the restaurant uses many ingredients from Okushiri Island that are rare and scarce even in Hokkaido. For example, the restaurant uses wild vegetables such as butterbur sprouts, asparagus, and gyoja garlic, as well as rice grown on Okushiri Island. In addition, Ezo murasaki sea urchins harvested from sea urchin fishing, which takes place on Okushiri Island for only about a month during the summer, are brought in, so the restaurant offers a special course full of sea urchins from mid-July to early August. The menu includes steamed, grilled, and nabe dishes, recreating the sea urchin dishes the owner enjoyed as a child on the island. Outside of the sea urchin season, diners can enjoy high-end fish such as matsukawa flounder and madai (sea bream) delivered from the port of Sutsu.
- TAKU Maruyama
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- 1-7, Kita 1-jo Nishi 27-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido MAP
- 3 minutes walk from Maruyama Koen Subway Station
- 11:30-14:00, 18:00-20:00 (Thursday night only)
- Wednesday
- 011-615-2929
- None
- Course meals (reservation required) take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, and 2 to 2 hours and 30 minutes in the evening.
Evenings are fixed at 18:00 or 18:30 start time.
