If you want to enjoy a "buffet lunch" in Sapporo, this is the place! Locals have carefully selected the latest recommended spots for 2025. We have compiled 6 popular spots, from notable hotels that opened or were renovated in 2024 to classic, long-established hotel buffets. This is a complete guide to the latest lunch buffets in Sapporo, perfect for a reward lunch, a girls' weekend get-together, or a lunch while traveling.

A luxurious location overlooking the Susukino intersection

BAR&GRILL Splish is located inside the SAPPORO STREAM HOTEL, a hotel directly connected to COCONO SUSUKINO, a new landmark in Susukino, Sapporo. The popular lunch buffet, which has long queues even on weekdays, features a wide variety of dishes made with live demonstrations and seasonal ingredients, with each and every dish packed with care and ingenuity. In an open space, you can enjoy a buffet experience similar to a course meal.

A buffet where you can enjoy demonstration menus and Hokkaido's food culture

The carbonara in the demonstration corner is made with Grana di Ezo from "Fattoria Bio Hokkaido"

In the popular demonstration corner, you can enjoy freshly made carbonara made with Grana di Ezo from Sapporo cheese factory "Fattoria Bio Hokkaido" and grilled beef with a firm texture (the type of meat changes monthly). In addition, the "Coal, Iron, and Port Food" corner from Hokkaido offers local food from coal mining areas such as Ashibetsu, Akabira, and Yubari, and port towns such as Otaru. It introduces the food culture unique to Hokkaido.

Finish off with a specially made dessert by our patissier and a variety of toppings

Enjoy about 25 dishes prepared by a chef with experience in French cuisine.

The dessert corner always has 6-7 kinds of cakes and puddings made by the pastry chef, as well as a wide selection of self-serve soft serve ice cream and fruit. You can also create your own original parfait by combining corn flakes and red bean paste. This place makes no compromises from food to desserts, making it the perfect place for lunch with friends or as a treat for yourself.

The lunch buffet was renewed in 2024. It is so popular that it is difficult to get a reservation.

The restaurant "hache" on the first floor of Cross Hotel Sapporo in Sapporo offers a lunch buffet only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. After a renovation in April 2024, the restaurant has evolved into a more entertaining style, with appetizers made using French techniques and main dishes served on a trolley. All the dishes are small and beautiful, and by carefully arranging each plate, you can enjoy a buffet experience that feels like your own work of art.

Roast beef and pasta served on a trolley for a course meal feel

The roast beef and gravy sauce are rich and full-bodied.

In addition to the buffet style where you can help yourself to the food, roast beef and pasta are served luxuriously from a cart right to your seat. You can request the thickness and amount of roast beef, and of course you can have seconds. The pasta is also firm and you can request the amount.

Enjoy double the taste and visual appeal with dessert and your own parfait

A wide selection of carefully crafted French-style dishes

When talking about the fun of a buffet, dessert is a must. The welcome cake, canelés, chocolate gateau and other baked goods are all bite-sized and so cute that you'll reach for them even when you're full. One of the most popular options is the "My Parfait," which you can create by layering colorful ingredients and purees as you like. This artistic dish, which you can choose the taste and appearance of, is perfect for that "one more serving" after your meal.

A wide range of popular dishes are available, including fruit and prosciutto salad and seasonal vegetable cakes.

Courtyard by Marriott Sapporo opened in the Nakajima Park area in July 2024. The lunch buffet at the restaurant Substance on the second floor has been attracting attention since it opened. The highlight is the approximately 20 types of cold deli menu. Chef Tanaka, who has been trained in French cuisine, uses plenty of ingredients from Hokkaido, and the dishes are visually vibrant and varied.

The chef's speciality is the fusion of local and international cuisine in the hot menu.

Ratatouille, a local dish from southern France, is made with plenty of vegetables from Hokkaido

In addition to the vegetable deli, the hot menu served from the semi-open kitchen is also a must-see. Popular items include the spicy Nepalese curry made by a Nepalese chef and the mini courtyard burger, which is small but very filling. On the day of our visit, there was also a deli with an adaptation of the Ainu dish ratashkep (a dish made by stewing a mixture of wild herbs and vegetables), as well as a Vietnamese salad, all of which are unique to Chef Tanaka, who is interested in the regional cuisines of Hokkaido and around the world.

Experience the atmosphere of a Parisian European boulangerie cafe

The interior of the store has a stylish atmosphere reminiscent of a cafe or restaurant on a street corner in France.

Here you can enjoy the atmosphere of a "Boulangerie Cafe" that is popular in Paris and other parts of Europe, where you can casually enjoy bread and side dishes, with a wide variety of deli dishes, salads, and dips. In addition, the desserts prepared by the pastry chefs are rich in variety, including fruit tarts and cakes that change with the season, as well as light mousses and jellies. This lunch buffet is perfect for when you want to spend a casual but high-quality time.

A pioneer of the main + half buffet style. The interior is open and spacious with large windows.

La'gent Stay Sapporo Odori is conveniently located just off Tanukikoji 5-chome in Sapporo. At All Day Dining Northern Kitchen on the second floor, you can enjoy a lunch set of a main dish, dessert, and half buffet for around 2,000 yen. There are five main dishes to choose from, ranging from pasta, meat, fish, and special dishes. The half buffet includes appetizers, salads, soups, bread, curry, and more.

A wide variety of appetizers and healthy drinks available

You can choose from hors d'oeuvre-style meat dishes and carefully prepared salads.

First, choose an appetizer from the buffet corner. There are about four types of cold and hot dishes that use vegetables, and you can enjoy arranging them to your liking. In addition, the drink corner has many healthy and popular menu items, such as homemade detox vinegar drinks and fruit smoothies. Breads such as croissants, multigrain bread, and baguettes are toasted in an Aladdin toaster to make them crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

Even though it's a half-buffet, the main dishes are not to be underestimated.

The five main dishes change monthly. They may also change seasonally.

All the main dishes are very filling, and are recommended for those who want a light meal such as pasta, or a full-bodied meat or fish dish. After the meal, an authentic dessert plate is served, which changes monthly. If these aren't enough, you can still satisfy your appetite with the dessert buffet or the spicy soup curry buffet. There is also a wide selection of black and herbal teas, so you can enjoy an elegant tea time at this highly satisfying lunch buffet.

A spectacular view overlooking the Sapporo cityscape and an open interior

Directly connected to JR Sapporo Station, restaurant and bar SKY J is located on the 35th floor of JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, which offers a spectacular view from 150 meters above ground. As soon as you step inside, you'll be greeted by an open space and a panoramic view of Sapporo's cityscape. The lunch buffet offers a wide variety of dishes, from appetizers to Western and Chinese cuisine and desserts, making it truly worthy of the name "royal."

A demonstration corner and authentic cuisine will satisfy your heart and stomach

A wide variety of Western dishes made with plenty of Hokkaido ingredients

The buffet corner offers a wide variety of appetizers, Western and Chinese hot meals, bread, salads, desserts, and more. The hot meals, which are mainly Western and Chinese dishes, are all authentic and prepared by the hotel chef. There is also a fun demonstration corner where the hotel chef prepares and serves a monthly changing menu right in front of you. There is also a wide variety of other dishes, such as ramen where you boil the noodles yourself, mini pancakes that you can eat freshly baked, and homemade bread made by the hotel.

The desserts and hospitality are top class

The sweets have a different theme each month. The photo shows a cake with a spring cherry blossom theme.

There is a wide variety of bite-sized desserts. There are sweets based on a monthly theme, as well as baked goods, so even those with a sweet tooth will be very satisfied. In addition, for an additional 800 yen, there is a plan that allows you to drink as much sparkling wine and red and white wine as you like, so you can enjoy pairing them with the food. The hospitality of the staff, who replenish the food and collect empty plates, is also impressive. This is a very satisfying lunch buffet that is perfect for anniversaries.

The buffet corner is surrounded by an L-shaped open kitchen.

Northern Terrace Diner, located on the first floor of the Sapporo Grand Hotel, a long-established hotel founded in 1934, offers a buffet with a focus on Western cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. The theme of the dishes changes every two months, and the lineup of classic dishes plus seasonal flavors keeps things fresh no matter how many times you visit. This is the perfect place to get started on Sapporo lunch buffets.

Enjoy freshly cooked food and the hotel's bread and honey bar

Hot dishes mainly made of meat or fish. Not too strong in flavor so you won't get tired of eating them.

The buffet corner has a wide selection of cold and hot dishes, salads, dessert breads, and more. There is also a live cooking corner where freshly cooked food is prepared in an open kitchen, offering steaks and other meat dishes, as well as Western food. The chef also serves freshly cut roast beef, which is only available on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. There is also a full range of side dishes, including hotel-made bread, which is highly rated among bread lovers, and a "honey bar" where you can compare flavors of Hokkaido honey and more.

Hotel-quality sweets and local drinks and beer are also available.

Hokkaido's soul drink "Snow Brand Soft Katsugen" is sure to please tourists too

The Sapporo Grand Hotel's buffet, which has a new style of sweets buffet "THE SWEETS!", is so appealing that you'll want to try all the bite-sized varieties. The drink corner offers all-you-can-drink coffee, tea, black tea, various juices, and even Hokkaido's local drink "Katsugen"! In addition, all-you-can-drink wine is reasonably priced at +950 yen, and you can add all-you-can-drink draft beer to the Hokkaido-exclusive classic for +1,000 yen. The overall balance is good, and it's no wonder that this classic hotel buffet has so many repeat customers.

*All prices include tax. *Store details and menu prices are as of the time of interview. Please check the official website or social media of each store for the latest information.

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