Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Kusatsu from the En Primeur Club guide.
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Kusatsu
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Kusatsu, Japan
Glicine belongs to Kusatsu’s small-format dining tier, where Italian technique, local appetite, and Kansai restraint meet at close range. Its Tabelog Italian WEST “Tabelog 100” selections in 2023 and 2025 give it a clear credential, but the sharper point is format: a compact, reservation-only course restaurant that asks diners to treat timing, sourcing, and pacing as part of the meal.
Kusatsu, Japan
Hakata Tonkotsu Masao brings Hakata-style ramen into Kusatsu’s suburban dining circuit, with a small counter-and-table format and repeat selection in Tabelog Ramen WEST 100 for 2023, 2024, and 2025. Its value lies in regional specificity: Kyushu ramen culture translated for Shiga diners rather than softened into generic station-area noodles.
Kusatsu, Japan
Pan du Marche belongs to the serious side of Japan’s bakery culture: a takeout-only bread and sandwich shop in Kusatsu with repeated Tabelog Bread 100 recognition, including the WEST 2022 selection. Its low price band keeps the proposition grounded, while the format rewards travelers who treat bread as a morning or early-afternoon plan rather than a sit-down meal.
Kusatsu, Japan
SPANISH BAR PLOMO gives Kusatsu a compact Spanish-bar counter rather than a grand dining room: tapas, ajillo, paella, Iberico ham and a drinks list that reaches from Spanish beer to sherry and txakoli. Its selection for Tabelog 100 Spanish cuisine in 2024 and 2026 puts this small Shiga bar in a national conversation usually dominated by larger cities.
Kusatsu, Japan
Tezukuri Hamburger steak Apeze puts Kusatsu’s yoshoku tradition into a narrower, ingredient-led frame: hamburger steak, local family dining, and a French-inflected approach rather than a generic Western plate. Its 2025 Tabelog 100 Yoshoku WEST selection gives it a clear quality signal in a category where casual formats often hide serious sourcing work.
Kusatsu, Japan
Kogetsu sits in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, a city better known for its position between Lake Biwa and the Tokaido corridor than for destination dining. What pulls serious eaters to this address is the kind of ingredient-led cooking that treats the surrounding region as a larder rather than a backdrop. For those tracing Japan's quieter fine-dining circuit beyond the Kyoto-Osaka axis, Kogetsu is a considered stop.
Kusatsu, Japan
馳走 とし藤 operates in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, a city that sits within reach of Kyoto's kaiseki tradition yet maintains its own quieter register of Japanese hospitality. The restaurant's address in central Kusatsu places it at the intersection of Shiga's lake-country produce and the refined cooking culture that radiates outward from the ancient capital. For visitors tracing serious Japanese dining beyond the major urban circuits, it warrants attention alongside the broader Kusatsu dining scene.
Kusatsu
Selected entries from the current guide for Kusatsu.
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Kusatsu
Selected entries from the current guide for Kusatsu.
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Kusatsu
Selected entries from the current guide for Kusatsu.
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