If you're looking to enjoy a "buffet lunch" in Sapporo, this is the place to go! Locals have carefully selected the latest recommended spots for 2025. We've compiled six popular spots, from noteworthy hotels that opened or were renovated in 2024 to classic, long-established hotel buffets. This is a complete guide to Sapporo's latest lunch buffets, perfect for a treat 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 Sapporo's Susukino district. The popular lunch buffet, which has long queues even on weekdays, features a wide variety of dishes made with lively demonstrations and seasonal ingredients, with each 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 live demonstrations and Hokkaido's food culture

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

In the popular demonstration corner, you can enjoy freshly made delicious dishes such as 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). Also, in the Hokkaido "Coal, Iron, and Port Food" corner, local dishes from coal mining areas such as Ashibetsu, Akabira, and Yubari, as well as port towns such as Otaru, are served. This corner introduces the unique food culture of Hokkaido.

Finish off with a specially made dessert by our pastry chef and a wide variety of toppings

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

The dessert corner always has 6-7 types of cakes and puddings made by the pastry chef on display, as well as a wide selection of soft serve ice cream and fruit to help you make your own. You can also create your own original parfait by combining corn flakes and red bean paste. This shop doesn't compromise on anything 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.

Hache, a restaurant on the first floor of Cross Hotel Sapporo in Sapporo, offers a lunch buffet exclusively on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays. After a renovation in April 2024, the restaurant has evolved into a more entertaining style, featuring appetizers made with French techniques and main dishes served on trolleys. Each dish is small and beautifully presented, creating a buffet experience that feels like your own personal work of art.

Roast beef and pasta are served on a trolley, giving the feeling of a course meal.

The roast beef and gravy sauce are rich and authentic in taste.

In addition to the buffet style where you can help yourself to 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 of your dessert and your own parfait

A wide selection of carefully prepared French-style dishes

Dessert is an absolute must-have when it comes to enjoying a buffet. The welcome cake, canelés, chocolate cakes and other baked goods are all bite-sized, so cute you'll reach for them even when you're full. One of the most popular is the "MY Parfait," which you can create by layering colorful ingredients and purees as you like. This artistic dish, where you can customize the taste and appearance, 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 cake salé.

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

The chef's speciality is the hot menu, which combines local cuisine with the essence of other countries.

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

In addition to the vegetable deli, the hot menu items served from the semi-open kitchen are also a must-see. Popular items include the spicy Nepalese curry made by a Nepalese chef and the mini but very filling Mini Courtyard Burger. On the day of our visit, there was also a deli that featured an adaptation of the Ainu dish ratashkep (a dish made by simmering 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 regional cuisines from Hokkaido and around the world.

Experience the atmosphere of a Parisian European boulangerie cafe

The interior 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," a popular spot in Paris and throughout Europe where you can casually enjoy bread and side dishes, with a wide variety of deli items, salads, and dips. The desserts, prepared by the pastry chef, include fruit tarts and cakes that change with the seasons, as well as light mousses and jellies, and there is a wide variety to choose from. This lunch buffet is perfect for those who want to enjoy a casual yet high-quality experience.

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 the All Day Dining Northern Kitchen on the second floor, you can enjoy lunch sets that include a main dish, dessert, and a half-buffet starting from around 2,000 yen. Choose from five main dishes, ranging from pasta, meat, fish, and special dishes. The half-buffet includes appetizers, salads, soups, bread, curry, and more.

A wide selection of appetizers and healthy drinks

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 vegetable dishes, each of which you can arrange to your liking. The drink corner also offers many popular healthy options, 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 crispy 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 main dishes are generously sized, and are recommended for those who want a lighter pasta dish or a more substantial 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 spicy soup curry buffet. There is also a wide selection of black tea and herbal tea, making this a satisfying lunch buffet where you can also enjoy an elegant tea time.

A spectacular view overlooking the city of Sapporo and an open interior

Directly connected to JR Sapporo Station, the restaurant and bar "SKY J" is located on the 35th floor of the "JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo," offering 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."

Satisfy your heart and stomach with a demonstration corner and authentic cuisine

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 mainly consist of 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 a monthly changing menu right in front of you. There is also a wide variety of other dishes, such as ramen where you can boil the noodles yourself, freshly baked mini pancakes, and homemade bread made by the hotel.

The desserts and hospitality are top-notch

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

There is a wide selection of bite-sized desserts. They have a monthly theme and a selection of baked goods, so even those with a sweet tooth will be very satisfied. For an additional 800 yen, there is also a plan that includes all-you-can-drink sparkling wine and red and white wine, allowing you to enjoy the perfect pairing with your meal. The attentive hospitality of the staff, who replenish dishes and collect empty plates, is also impressive. This highly satisfying lunch buffet is perfect for anniversaries.

A buffet corner surrounded by an L-shaped open kitchen

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

Enjoy freshly cooked meals and the hotel's bread and honey bar.

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

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

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

Sapporo Grand Hotel's buffet, which focuses on sweets and has introduced a new style of sweets buffet called "THE SWEETS!", has the charm of offering bite-sized dishes that will have you wanting to try them all. The drinks corner also offers all-you-can-drink coffee, tea, black tea, various juices, and even Hokkaido's local drink, "Katsugen"! What's more, 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 excellent, 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 current 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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