In December 2025, the Sapporo Prince Hotel, located near Odori Park in central Sapporo, completely renovated its restaurant. The newly launched "All Day Dining Grandeur" offers a lunch buffet with about 50 different dishes, focusing on ingredients from Hokkaido. From a live carving demonstration of Hokkaido pork roast to Ezo deer pasta and authentic hotel-made sweets, the spread is incredible. Here's a detailed look at this hot new Sapporo hotel buffet, which you can enjoy with no time limit.

The Sapporo Prince Hotel, which started its lunch buffet in 2004, is conveniently located just a 3-minute walk from Nishi 11-chome Station on the Subway Tozai Line and is also close to Odori Park. In December 2025, the restaurant underwent a full renovation, revamping the lunch buffet and adding a new lounge area. The bright, open, high-ceilinged space is designed with Hokkaido's great nature as a motif, creating a casual yet serene atmosphere.

Relax in the interior based on earth tones

The concept is "Everyday Made Special - A Fun Gift from Hokkaido." The restaurant is committed to Hokkaido-style cuisine, using primarily local meat, fish, and vegetables. Each dish reflects the chef's passion for the ingredients and is elaborately prepared with great care. They strive to make as much as possible from scratch, including sauces and dressings. The menu features about 50 Western-style dishes and is updated approximately every two months.

The "White Bouillabaisse Hokkaido Coterie-yard" has a deep flavor rich with seafood stock

A rare treat for a buffet: "Ezo Deer Ragout Pasta" using venison from Hokkaido

While it is a buffet, they aim for the perfection of a hotel restaurant dish, paying close attention to ingredient combinations, flavor variations, and visual beauty. It's also great that they always aim to serve freshly made food, plating in small portions and replenishing frequently.

Camembert cheese skillet made with "Inca no Mezame" potatoes

The "Rockfish, Olive, and Tomato Étuvé" uses a French cooking technique

The spacious live kitchen, which spans the entire back of the buffet corner, constantly serves freshly prepared dishes. A large cut of roast meat is spectacularly carved right before your eyes and plated like a course meal with sauce. The seafood chirashi is also beautifully arranged by the chef, providing the satisfaction of hotel-quality service.

The bone-in Hokkaido pork roast is carved on the spot

Served with two kinds of sauces and accompaniments

The noodle dishes of the day were bisque noodles and truffle mazesoba

While buffet salads typically consist of individual vegetables like lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, here they are prepared as deli-style side salads. Each has a different seasoning and flavor, ensuring you never get bored. The hotel-made bread, perfect for pairing with the deli items, is small and ideal for a buffet! With a wide variety of dressings and toppings, making your own open-faced sandwich is also recommended.

Elaborately crafted deli salads with flavors like tangy and smoky

Small, easy-to-eat bread that can be reheated in the toaster

The star of the dessert corner is the strawberry shortcake. Not only is it beautiful, but the quality is what you'd expect from a hotel, with plenty of strawberries, fresh cream, and fluffy sponge cake! Other sweets like tiramisu, apple pie, and Hokkaido milk pudding are all top-notch. Don't miss the gelato. Made with ingredients like Hokkaido milk, cream cheese, and haskap berries, this authentic gelato is rich in milk flavor and delicious!

With its light sponge and high-quality fresh cream, you could eat this forever

They scoop it for you when you order, just like at a specialty shop. Combinations of two or three flavors are also okay!

The drink bar includes standard coffee and tea, as well as vinegar drinks and flavored beverages. You can actually use this drink bar for a café visit without having the buffet, for 800 yen per person for all-you-can-drink. They also offer à la carte lunch items and light meals, so if you don't need a full buffet, pairing a lunch item with the drink bar is a great deal.

The refreshingly tart vinegar drink is perfect for cleansing your palate

・Many dishes featuring Hokkaido-sourced ingredients
・Bright and open space with high ceilings and windows
・Always fresh thanks to small portions and frequent replenishment
・An extensive menu at the live kitchen!
・Meticulously crafted, hotel-made sweets

*Photos are from a visit in February 2026. Menu items may vary depending on the season.
*All prices include tax and service charge.