Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Sapporo from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Sapporo
Every exceptional wine program in our Sapporo guide is in Chūō, and Teppan holds the Wine Spectator award there. The restaurants below include natural wine, sommelier-led lists, Burgundy, and that award cellar.
Teppan is the Japanese teppanyaki restaurant in Chūō that holds Sapporo's Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2025. Sake, beer, and craft cocktails are poured as well. The list runs to 845 selections across 11,000 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, Italy, and domestic labels.
aki nagao is a modern Hokkaido French restaurant in Chūō. The meal is a tasting menu. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with natural wine and sake. Tabelog named it Silver at number 5 for 2026, and it also holds a Tabelog Bronze.
This French restaurant in Chūō cooks with seasonal Hokkaido ingredients and pours sake. Its exceptional wine program includes an extensive selection of Burgundy and local wines. It serves a la carte and prix fixe menus.
Yamasa Wa is a free-range chicken yakitori restaurant in Chūō, served as a tasting menu and a set menu. The wine program is exceptional, with natural wine and an extensive list. Sake and shochu are poured as well. Tabelog 100 in chicken cuisine placed it at number 58 for 2025.
Sanko Sha is a sukiyaki restaurant in Chūō, also serving shabu-shabu and steak, with a secret miso recipe and premium kuroge wagyu. Private and semi-private rooms are part of the format, along with a la carte, set menus, and family style. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list. Tabelog 100 Hot Pot ranked it number 44 in 2024.
Tasting menus in our guide include contemporary French and kaiseki in Chūō, Kyoto-style kaiseki at Suyama in Kita, and Piedmont-inspired Italian at PARCO FIERA in Teine.
Le Musee IDEA is a contemporary French restaurant in Chūō, with Hokkaido ingredients on a wood-fired tasting menu. Sake is poured. Chef Makoto Ishii's restaurant holds a Tabelog Bronze and an Opinionated About Dining recommendation for 2026, plus We're Smart World 3 Radishes for 2025.
PARCO FIERA is a Piedmont-inspired Italian restaurant in Teine, cooking Hokkaido fish and produce as a tasting menu at the counter. Chef Daisuke Nakajo's courses include house-made prosciutto, other cured meats, and fermented condiments. It holds Tabelog Silver and an Opinionated About Dining recommendation for 2026.
Suyama is a Kyoto-style kaiseki restaurant in Kita, cooking tea kaiseki from Hokkaido's ingredient seasons as a tasting menu. Chef Hideto Takahashi works at a cherry wood counter. Sake is poured. It holds a Tabelog Bronze and an Opinionated About Dining recommendation for 2026.
Hanakoji Sawada is a kaiseki restaurant in Chūō, served as omakase and a tasting menu at the counter, using seasonal Hokkaido ingredients. Sake is poured. Chef Tomoya Kago leads the kitchen. Opinionated About Dining recommended it for 2026 and ranked it number 198 for 2025.
Nukumi is a contemporary kaiseki restaurant in Chūō, served as a tasting menu at the counter, with seasonal Hokkaido ingredients grilled over binchotan charcoal. Sake is poured. Chef Masaki Yamamoto runs the kitchen. It holds a Tabelog Bronze and an Opinionated About Dining recommendation for 2026.
These sushi counters are all in Chūō. They serve Edomae or Ezo-mae omakase with Hokkaido seafood, sake, and a wine lists program.
Sushi Miyakawa is an Edomae sushi omakase counter in Chūō, serving seasonal seafood at seven seats. Sake is poured. Tabelog named it Silver for 2026. Opinionated About Dining ranked it number 40 in Japan for that year.
Sushisai Wakichi is an eight-seat Edomae omakase counter in Chūō for Hokkaido seafood, run by chef Mitsuaki Tamura. Sake is poured. Opinionated About Dining ranked it number 111 for 2026, and it holds a Tabelog Bronze.
Arima is a seven-seat Ezo-mae omakase counter in Chūō, serving Hokkaido cold-water seafood as nigiri. Sake is poured. It holds a Tabelog Bronze at number 26 and an Opinionated About Dining recommendation for 2026.
Sushi Sohei is a nine-seat Edomae counter in Chūō, applying that technique to Hokkaido seafood, with attention to umami balance. Chef Sohei Matsukura runs the restaurant. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, and the sake program has 17 varieties. It holds a Tabelog Bronze for 2026.
Hidetaka is an eight-seat Edomae sushi counter in Chūō, with a single chef and seasonal Hokkaido fish at a hinoki counter. The format is omakase. Sake is poured. It holds a Tabelog Bronze for 2026.
These grill restaurants are all in Chūō. They cover Takasaka chicken yakitori, Hokkaido wagyu grilled in private rooms, and yakiniku with jingisukan and tripe.
Higebozu is a yakitori restaurant in Chūō and the only restaurant in Hokkaido serving premium Takasaka chicken, grilled at a U-shaped counter of ten seats. Sake is poured. It holds a Tabelog Bronze for 2026.
Hokkaido Yakiniku Kita Ushi is a Hokkaido wagyu yakiniku restaurant in Chūō, where staff grill premium cuts tableside in private rooms. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list. Formats include a tasting menu, a set menu, and counter dining. Tabelog 100 for yakiniku placed it at number 57 in 2025.
Omaru Shoten is a yakiniku restaurant in Chūō, with counter seating and an izakaya feel. It serves Japanese barbecue, jingisukan, and tripe a la carte. Tabelog 100 for yakiniku placed it at number 90 in 2025.
NIKUSYO taku ohira is a high-end wagyu yakiniku restaurant in Chūō, serving kaiseki-style courses that include Kagoshima Kuroge and Shinshu Premium beef. Formats include a tasting menu, a la carte, and a set menu. Beer is poured. Tabelog 100 for yakiniku placed it at number 100 in 2025.
Chūō holds all six exceptional wine programs in our guide. aki nagao, Sushi Sohei, and Sanko Sha have sommelier-led lists. Yamasa Wa pours natural wine, and Hokkaido Yakiniku Kita Ushi has an extensive wine list. Teppan, also in Chūō, holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2025.
Sapporo has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, a citywide count for the 300 restaurants covered across French, Italian, kaiseki, sushi omakase, yakiniku, ramen, soup curry, and other dining styles.
Chūō holds the largest share of tasting menus in our guide. Suyama in Kita serves Kyoto-style kaiseki as a tasting menu, and PARCO FIERA in Teine serves a Piedmont-inspired Italian tasting menu. In Chūō, Le Musee IDEA and aki nagao serve French tasting menus, and Hanakoji Sawada and Nukumi serve kaiseki as tasting menus.
Teppan in Chūō holds the only Wine Spectator award in our guide, the Best of Award of Excellence for 2025. Its list has 845 selections across 11,000 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, Italy, and domestic labels.
Natural wine, sommelier-led lists, and Teppan's cellar stand out in Sapporo. aki nagao and Yamasa Wa, both in Chūō, pour natural wine. aki nagao, Sushi Sohei, and Sanko Sha, all in Chūō, are sommelier-led. Teppan, in Chūō, holds 845 selections across 11,000 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, Italy, and domestic labels.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Sapporo
Selected entries from the current guide for Sapporo.
Sapporo, Japan
Tucked into Sapporo's Miyanomori residential quarter, Le Musee IDEA operates from a 12-seat second-floor dining room where French technique meets Hokkaido produce with unusual intensity. Chef Makoto Ishii has earned consecutive Tabelog Bronze Awards from 2024 through 2026 and two selections for the Tabelog French EAST Top 100. Reservation-only, with dinner priced in the JPY 40,000–49,999 range and a 10% service charge.
Sapporo, Japan
A seven-seat counter in Sapporo's Maruyama district, Sushi Miyakawa has earned consecutive Tabelog Silver Awards from 2024 through 2026 and a place in the Tabelog Sushi EAST Top 100 for 2025. The course, priced at 32,000 yen inclusive of tax and service, runs across two tightly managed evening sessions. Reservations open by phone at 11 AM on the first business day of each month.
Sapporo, Japan
A seven-seat counter in Sapporo's Teine Ward that has earned Tabelog Silver recognition three consecutive years (2024, 2025, 2026) and a score of 4.45, placing it among Japan's most closely watched Italian addresses outside Tokyo. The format is reservation-only, course-only, and anchored in Hokkaido's fish and produce, with house-made prosciutto and homemade condiments threading the progression together.
Sapporo, Japan
An eight-seat Edomae counter in Sapporo's Maruyama district, Sushisai Wakichi has held Tabelog recognition continuously since 2017 and earned selection to the Sushi EAST Tabelog 100 in 2021, 2022, and 2025. Chef Mitsuaki Tamura runs a reservation-only omakase at 36,000 yen all-in, with a Tabelog score of 4.28 placing it among Hokkaido's most consistently decorated sushi counters. Bookings open three months ahead via the restaurant's own website.
Sapporo, Japan
A Tabelog Bronze Award winner every year from 2021 through 2026, Suyama pursues tea kaiseki through the specific lens of Hokkaido's ingredient seasons, operating at 14 seats in Odori West, Sapporo. Dinner runs JPY 30,000–39,999 with a drinks program that takes sake and wine selection seriously, alongside a BYO policy that few kaiseki rooms in the city extend.
Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo’s high-end dining scene is not only seafood counters and lamb grills; French technique has its own serious tier, especially when it works with Hokkaido produce rather than against it. aki nagao belongs in that category, with Tabelog Award Silver recognition for 2026, repeated Bronze awards from 2020 to 2025, and selection for Tabelog French EAST 100 in 2021, 2023, and 2025.
Sapporo, Japan
Sushi Dokoro Arima is a seven-seat counter in Sapporo's Chuo Ward, earning consecutive Tabelog Bronze Awards from 2017 through 2026 and selection for the Tabelog Sushi EAST 100 in 2021, 2022, and 2025. Under chef Chiharu Takaoka, the focus is squarely on Hokkaido's cold-water seafood. Dinner runs JPY 15,000–19,999, with evenings only, Tuesday through Saturday.
Sapporo, Japan
Shimoyamitenaeizuru belongs to Sapporo’s small, serious tier of French-leaning innovative dining, where Hokkaido seafood and cellar work carry more weight than spectacle. Its Tabelog Award history, including 2026 Bronze and a 2025 Tabelog 100 Innovative / Creative Cuisine selection, places it in a national conversation rather than a local novelty.
Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo sushi becomes more persuasive when read through Hokkaido’s waters rather than Tokyo’s hierarchy. Sushikin belongs to the city’s small counter tradition: compact, reservation-led, award-recognised, and built for diners who want local seafood handled with discipline rather than theatre. Its Tabelog Bronze recognition and OAD recommendation place it in the serious tier of Susukino dining.
Sapporo, Japan
Shota places Sapporo sushi in the serious counter-dining tier: Edomae technique, kaiseki framing, eight counter seats, and Tabelog Bronze recognition for 2025 and 2026. The appeal is not spectacle but scale, with a compact format that makes Hokkaido seafood culture feel disciplined rather than touristic.
Sapporo, Japan
Hidetaka puts Sapporo sushi in its serious small-counter register: Hokkaido fish, Edomae technique, sake-minded pacing, and an eight-seat format that rewards diners who care about sourcing as much as ceremony. Tabelog recognition, including a 2026 Bronze Award and Sushi EAST 100 selection, places it among the city’s more closely watched sushi counters rather than its casual seafood circuit.
Sapporo, Japan
Higebozu is Sapporo's most decorated yakitori counter, holding Tabelog Bronze Awards in both 2025 and 2026 and consecutive selection to the Tabelog Yakitori EAST Top 100 since 2023. Ten seats arranged around a U-shaped grill define the format: a fixed-time course, reservation-only access for groups, and Takasaka chicken sourced exclusively through this counter in Hokkaido.
Sapporo, Japan
A four-seat basement counter in Sapporo's Chuo Ward, Sushinokura has held the Tabelog Bronze Award consecutively from 2023 through 2026 and appeared in the Tabelog Sushi EAST Top 100 in 2021, 2022, and 2025. Operating solely for dinner, reservation-only, with a Tabelog score of 4.16, it sits in the upper tier of Hokkaido's sushi scene at JPY 20,000–29,999 per head.
Sapporo, Japan
Nukumi sits in Sapporo’s small, serious tier of Japanese dining, where Hokkaido seafood is treated through kaiseki discipline rather than spectacle. The draw is not abundance for its own sake, but a controlled room, fish-led cooking, and recognition from The Tabelog Award 2026 Bronze and OAD’s 2026 Japan Recommended list.
Sapporo, Japan
Hanakoji Sawada brings kaiseki to Sapporo's Chuo Ward with a format rooted in seasonal discipline and Hokkaido's notable larder. Ranked #193 in Japan by Opinionated About Dining in 2024 and climbing to #198 in 2025, it holds a firm position within Japan's serious dining tier. Chef Tomoya Kago leads a dinner-only program running Tuesday through Sunday from 5:30 pm.
Sapporo, Japan
A nine-seat Edo-style counter in Sapporo's Maruyama district, Sushi Sohei holds a Tabelog Award 2026 Bronze and a place on the Tabelog Sushi EAST 100 list for 2025. Opened in July 2022, it operates on a reservation-only basis at JPY 30,000–39,999 per head, with a sake program curated to match Hokkaido's cold-water fish supply.
Sapporo, Japan
Sumire Sapporo susukino ten sits in the city’s central ramen circuit, where late-night eating, counter seating, and miso ramen culture overlap. Its selection for Tabelog Ramen HOKKAIDO “Tabelog 100” in 2024 and 2025 places it within Hokkaido’s closely watched ramen tier, with a practical format that suits travelers who plan around timing rather than ceremony.
Sapporo, Japan
Takuzushi occupies the sixth floor of 2GDINING Sapporo in Chuo Ward, where chef Masaya Miyashita runs an evening-only omakase counter drawing consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining, ranked among Japan's top 350 sushi counters in 2024 and 2025.
Sapporo, Japan
マガーリ occupies a ground-floor space on Odori Nishi 14-chome in Sapporo's Chuo Ward, where the Italian restaurant category has grown steadily more serious over the past decade. The room sits within a neighbourhood that rewards those willing to explore beyond the central dining strip, and the reservation picture here is worth understanding before you go.
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Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo’s curry culture rewards specialization, and [Curry Senmon Ten] Maruyama Kyoju. sits in the affordable, curry-and-cafe tier rather than the city’s formal dining circuit. Recognition in Tabelog 100 Curry EAST 2024 and 2023 gives it a useful quality signal for travelers comparing casual Sapporo meals with more expensive reservations.
Sapporo, Japan
〇鮨 runs Hokkaido Sushi Omakase at a chefs counter with a sake program and quiet, leisurely dinner pacing; Tabelog 100 #20 in 2025 adds context.
Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo’s ramen culture is usually framed through miso, butter, corn and winter weight, which makes this station-side tantanmen counter a sharper proposition. 175°DENO Tantanmen Sapporo kitaguchi ten brings Sichuan peppercorn, sesame choice and Hokkaido wheat into a quick, low-price format recognised by Tabelog’s Ramen HOKKAIDO 100 selection in 2024 and 2025.
Sapporo, Japan
Aigues Vives is a Hokkaido bread counter in Oshoro, outside central Sapporo, with repeated selection in Tabelog’s Bread 100 listings from 2017 through 2022. The appeal is not a long dining format but a precise rural bakery culture: counter sales, a coastal setting, and bread treated as a serious regional craft rather than a side note.
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Sapporo, Japan
Set in the forested onsen valley of Jozankei, about an hour south of Sapporo's city centre, Chalet Ivy Jozankei positions itself within Hokkaido's premium ryokan tier: a property where the hot-spring tradition and the surrounding wilderness do the heavy lifting, and the architecture steps back to let both register. For travellers using Sapporo as a base, it represents the cleaner alternative to an urban hotel night.
Sapporo, Japan
At 381 rooms, Sapporo Excel Hotel Tokyu sits in the mid-to-large tier of Chuo Ward's hotel stock, positioned for travellers who want central access to Sapporo's dining and transport corridors without the premium scale of a boutique property. The address in Minami 8 Jōnishi places guests within reach of Susukino and the broader city grid, making it a practical base for Hokkaido's most accessible urban entry point.
Sapporo, Japan
Cross Hotel Sapporo holds a Michelin Selected distinction in the 2025 Michelin Hotels & Stays guide, placing it in a tier of Sapporo properties recognised for consistent quality rather than spectacle. Located at Kita 2-jo Nishi 2-chome in Chuo-ku, it sits at the functional heart of the city, within reach of the Susukino entertainment district and Odori Park.
Sapporo, Japan
Selected by the Michelin Hotels guide in 2025, InterContinental Sapporo sits in Chuo-ku, placing guests within reach of the city's central grid, Susukino, and the broader Hokkaido food scene. The address does the heavy lifting here: Sapporo's defining seasonal rhythms, from snow festival crowds to summer beer gardens, unfold from the doorstep. A reliable mid-city anchor for travellers who want location before seclusion.
Sapporo, Japan
At 568 feet, JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo is the tallest building in Hokkaido, positioned three minutes from JR Sapporo Station with direct rail access to New Chitose Airport. Four on-site restaurants draw on Hokkaido's celebrated produce across French, Japanese, and buffet formats. The 328-foot Pulau Bulan spa, with its natural hot spring pool, rounds out an urban address that works equally well for Sapporo Snow Festival visitors and year-round Hokkaido travellers.
Sapporo, Japan
Sosei Sapporo - MGallery occupies a converted section of Sapporo Factory, the city's landmark 19th-century brick brewery complex in Chuo-ku. A 2025 Michelin Selected hotel, it sits within Accor's design-led MGallery collection and positions itself in Sapporo's upper-mid tier of character hotels, where location and architectural narrative carry as much weight as room spec.
Sapporo, Japan
A Michelin Selected ryokan in Jozankei, Sapporo's onsen district, Suigan occupies one of Hokkaido's most architecturally considered hot spring retreats. The address places guests in a mountain river setting that defines the wider onsen town's character. For travellers choosing between urban Sapporo hotels and the surrounding thermal valley, this property represents the area's specialist tier.
Sapporo, Japan
Selected by the Michelin Guide for its 2025 Hotels & Stays list, The Knot Sapporo occupies a central Chuo-ku address in Minami 3-jo, close to Susukino's dining corridors and Odori Park's winter festivals. The property positions itself within Sapporo's growing cohort of design-conscious mid-scale hotels, offering a composed urban base for visitors drawn to Hokkaido's food scene and outdoor seasons.
Sapporo, Japan
Hyatt Centric Sapporo belongs to a newer style of Sapporo hotel: urban, design-aware, and built for travellers who want the city rather than a sealed resort experience. With little public venue-specific detail available, its strongest editorial signal is positioning: a Hyatt lifestyle address in a capital known for snow, food markets, beer culture, and access to wider Hokkaido.
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Sapporo, Japan
Positioned above Sapporo Station inside the JR Tower complex, JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo places guests at the functional centre of Hokkaido's largest city. The hotel's upper-floor bar program draws on Hokkaido's agricultural depth, from dairy-rich spirits to local botanicals, and sits within a Japanese hotel bar tradition that rewards patience over spectacle.
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