In December 2025, the Sapporo Prince Hotel, located near Odori Park in central Sapporo, completely renovated its restaurant. The newly opened "All Day Dining Grandeur" offers a lunch buffet with about 50 different dishes, focusing on ingredients from Hokkaido. From a live carving station featuring Hokkaido pork roast to Ezo venison pasta and authentic hotel-made sweets, it has it all. 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 relaxing atmosphere.

Relax in the earth-toned interior

The concept is "Everyday Made Special - A Fun Gift from Hokkaido." The restaurant prides itself on Hokkaido-style cuisine, primarily using meat, fish, and vegetables from the region. 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 Côtriade" has a deep, rich flavor packed with seafood broth

A rare treat for a buffet: "Ezo Venison Ragu Sauce Pasta" made with Hokkaido deer

Even though it's a buffet, they aim for the perfection of a single dish from a hotel restaurant, paying close attention to ingredient combinations, flavor variations, and beautiful presentation. Another great feature is their commitment to serving freshly made food; dishes are served in small portions and replenished frequently.

Camembert cheese skillet made with "Inca no Mezame" potatoes

"Rockfish, Olive, and Tomato Étuvée" uses a French cooking technique

At the spacious live kitchen stretching across the back of the buffet corner, freshly cooked dishes are always available. A large roast is impressively carved right before your eyes and served with sauce, creating a dish worthy of a course meal. The seafood chirashi is also beautifully arranged by the chef, giving you the satisfying feeling of hotel-quality service.

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

Served with two kinds of sauces and sides

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 enjoying with the deli items, is small and ideal for a buffet! With a wide variety of dressings and toppings, making your own open-faced sandwiches is also recommended.

Elaborately crafted deli salads with sour, smoked, and other flavors

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 exactly what you'd expect from a hotel, with fresh cream, fluffy sponge cake, and plenty of strawberries! Other sweets like tiramisu, apple pie, and Hokkaido milk pudding are all top-notch. And you can't miss the gelato. Made with Hokkaido milk, cream cheese, and haskap berries, this authentic gelato is rich in milky 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. You can even get two or three flavors!

In addition to standard coffee and tea, the drink bar also offers vinegar drinks and flavored beverages. This drink bar is also available for café use without the buffet, for an all-you-can-drink price of 800 yen per person. Since there are also à la carte lunch items and light meals, if you don't need a full buffet, pairing a lunch item with the drink bar is a great deal.

The refreshingly tart vinegar drinks are perfect for cleansing your palate

・Many dishes featuring ingredients from Hokkaido
・Bright and open space with high ceilings and windows
・Always freshly made thanks to small portions and frequent refills
・Extensive menu at the live kitchen!
・Meticulously crafted hotel-made sweets

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