12 Restaurants in Hakodate Ideal for Both Lunch and Dinner Discover Oishii Japan -SAVOR JAPAN -Japanese Restaurant Guide-

Update-date: Sep 28 2023

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Categories: Hakodate

12 Restaurants in Hakodate Ideal for Both Lunch and Dinner

When hanging out with friends, family, or as a couple, you often get in the mood for a casual meal during the day, as well as a nice dinner at night. This useful list of 12 restaurants in Hakodate has great options for both lunch and dinner!

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1. Hige

A 1-minute walk from Goryokaku-Koen-mae Stop, this chic and refined restaurant can be found facing the retro-style tramway. Inside, there is an open kitchen where you can admire the chef skillfully grilling your meat, making the wait for your meal more exciting. Their tasty [Coarsely-Ground Hamburger and Lamb Burger Taste & Compare] consists of a delicious, juicy hamburger coated with rice flour and their original lamb burger, which started off as a staff meal.

Hige

Open: [Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm), Dinner 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)
Closed: None
*Closed on April 3 - 5 for staff training.
Average price: [Dinner] 3,000 JPY / [Lunch] 2,500 JPY
Access: 1 minute walk from Goryokaku-koen-mae Stop
Address: 31-19, Hon-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido

2. Hakodate Dining Gaya

Located near the morning market in front of Hakodate Station, this restaurant only uses ingredients from Hokkaido, especially fresh seafood from nearby waters. The restaurant has 3 crab tanks and serves dried fish and various types of fish roe, including ikura (salmon roe). For lunch, you can enjoy the bounties of Hakodate's coastal waters in 3 different set meals: sashimi, grilled, or with soba (buckwheat noodles). There are counter seats and private rooms for up to 22 people, so it's the ideal place for both solo diners and large groups.

Hakodate Dining Gaya

Open: Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 12:00 am (L.O. 11:00 am)
*Operating hours may vary depending on the season
Closed: Irregular
Average price: 2,000 JPY
Access: 2-minute walk from the West Exit of Hakodate Station. From there, head towards Mt. Hakodate and you'll eventually see Gaya's sign. It's by the entrance of Hakodate Morning Market.
Address: 9-14, Wakamatsu-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)
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3. Syunmi Karoku

Since its 2003 opening, Shunmi Karoku has been a local favorite, embodying the idea of "casual yet delicious Japanese dining." Guests can savor their signature Seared Squid, seasonal seafood delights, and premium deer meat. Their diverse sake menu, featuring Hakodate selections and all-you-can-drink courses, caters to various occasions, from casual meet-ups to business events. With 80 seats, the inviting ambiance ensures a pleasant dining experience for all.

Syunmi Karoku

Open: [Monday-Friday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm)[Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm)
Closed: Wednesday, Sunday
Average price: [Dinner] 4,500 JPY / [Lunch] 1,500 JPY
Access: 2-minute walk (116m from ) from Goryokaku-koen-mae Station on Hakodate City Tram
Address: 1F, Ikegaki Bldg, 31-8, Honmachi, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido Map
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4. Japanese Cuisine Matsumae

Matsumae offers delicate arrangements and flavors unique to exquisite Japanese cuisine, using fresh ingredients with the sense of the season, carefully selected by their master chef. Please visit them for various occasions, including casual meals alone at the counter seats, meals with families and friends, and to entertain your clients in private rooms.

Japanese Cuisine Matsumae

Open: Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)
Closed: None
Average price: [Dinner] 6,000 JPY / [Lunch] 2,000 JPY
Access: Get off at Shiyakushomae Station or Uoihchiba-dori Station on the city tram line, and go towards the direction of Hakodate Port. On the second floor of the East Bldg. of the Hakodate Kokusai Hotel
Address: 2F, East Bldg., Hakodate Kokusai Hotel, 5-10, Otemachi, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido Map
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5. Kaiseki no Sato Kira

This restaurant is located in Mt. Hakodate, which is one of Hakodate's most popular attractions. Here, you can gaze down at the townscape of Hakodate while enjoying your meal. It's a place that's great for both lunch and dinner. They serve up a new style of kaiseki cuisine (traditional Japanese course cuisine with tea) comprising of creative dishes, where local products are cooked with French and Italian methods. Luxurious ingredients like red king crab are the main ingredients of the Japanese-Western fusion food on their kaiseki menu (Japanese banquet cuisine with alcohol), which is ideal for business dinners. You can book their banquet room - suitable for up to 60 people - for a wedding reception, engagement party, or even for a Buddhist memorial service!

Kaiseki no Sato Kira

Open: Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (last admission at 1:30 pm), Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (last admission at 7:30 pm)
Closed: Wednesday *May change depending on the month, Beginning and end of the year (December 30 - January 1)
Average price: [Dinner] 5,200 JPY (plus service charges) *This is the price for their omakase (chef's recommendations) menu, which comes with 10 - 12 dishes. / [Lunch] 2,200 JPY (plus service charges)
Access: 10 minutes by car from Hakodate Station
20 minutes by car from Hakodate Airport
Address: 17-1, Sumiyoshi-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)
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6. Menchubo Ajisai Main Branch

Established over 80 years ago, this long-established ramen restaurant can be reached in 7 minutes on foot from Goryokaku-koen-mae Stop. Their signature dish is the [Ajisai Shio Ramen]. The soup is made with kombu (edible kelp) from south Hokkaido, as well as pork and chicken bones, while the straight noodles are specially ordered. Kombu is an essential ingredient for the clear and light yet flavorful soup. Together with their ramen, the 100% malt [Sapporo Classic] comes highly recommended. This beer is both refreshing and tasty, and matches divinely with ramen. Hokkaido is the only place where you can have it!

Menchubo Ajisai Main Branch

Open: [Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] 11:00 am - 8:25 pm (L.O. 8:25 pm)
*Closes at 3:00 pm on December 30 and 4:00 pm on January 1 and 2.
Closed: Wednesday
*If the 4th Wednesday of the month is a national holiday, it will be closed the next day instead. Also closed on December 31 and January 1.
Average price: [Dinner] 1,100 JPY / [Lunch] 880 JPY
Access: 7-minute walk from Goryokaku-koen-mae Stop
Address: 29-22, Goryokaku-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)

7. Shizen

Shizen is a European-style restaurant that's located near Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse in the Hakodate Bay area. It is opposite of Hakodate Meijikan. Built during the late Meiji era (1868 - 1912) in a renovated earthen warehouse, its beams, pillars, and roof are still the original ones, giving the restaurant a nostalgic feel and tranquil atmosphere. Their "authentic European cuisine that are made to be eaten with chopsticks" focuses on seafood and is appreciated by people of all ages. On the 2nd floor, there are private rooms where you can relax and forget about the daily grind.

Shizen

Open: [Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 2:00 pm, Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Closed: Wednesday
Average price: [Dinner] 4,500 JPY / [Lunch] 2,000 JPY
*These figures are averages of what your budget should be.
Access: From the station, head towards Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse and you'll find it on the way to Hakodate Meijikan and Hakodate Factory.
Address: 10-10, Toyokawa-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)
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8. Bari Bari Saran

This yakiniku (Japanese BBQ) restaurant uses top-quality meat. Their premium Kuroge Wagyu (a type of high-quality beef), which are carefully selected, is not frozen but stocked in lumps of chilled raw meat that are sliced every day for their customers. This premium meat is said to be jaw-droppingly delicious. In addition, you can admire the townscape of Goryokaku from rooms on the 2nd floor, which you can enjoy together with top-class meat and premium wine, authentic shochu (Japanese alcohol), or any other drink from their extensive menu!

Bari Bari Saran

Open: 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Closed: Irregular
*Closed during the beginning and end of the year (December 30 - 31, January 1 - 3).
Average price: 3,500 JPY
Access: 5-minute walk from Goryokaku-koen-mae Stop
Address: 10-7, Hon-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)
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9. Sushidokoro Kihara

Plenty of fresh Hakodate ingredients, local and famous brands of sake (another type of Japanese alcohol) that enhance the flavor of food, a warm and laid-back atmosphere - you can enjoy all of these thanks to the incredible hospitality of the artisans working here. The head chef carefully selects the best ingredients available, based on his 40 years of experience as a sushi master. The most recommended dishes are the [Tsugaru Strait Maguro] (bluefin tuna) and the [Surume Ika] (Japanese flying squid). Their [Hokkaido Bafun Uni] (sea urchin) with Kihara's homemade kombu-flavored salt is also not to be missed. Here, diners can enjoy delicious sushi, prepared skillfully to bring out the flavor of each ingredient, in a cozy space.

Sushidokoro Kihara

Open: [Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] 11:30 am - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)
*Reservation required
Closed: Wednesday
Average price: [Dinner] 12,000 JPY / [Lunch] 5,000 JPY
Access: 10-minute walk from Yunokawa-onsen Stop
Around 10 minutes by car from Hakodate Airport
Around 15 minutes by car from Hakodate Station
Address: 2-1-2, Yunokawa-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)
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10. Hokkai Seafood & Tokachi Beef Steak Restaurant Norte

Hokkai Seafood & Tokachi Beef Steak Restaurant Norte cuisine

Your expectation will become higher when seeing the brick building with an atmosphere where the [Hokkai Seafood & Tokachi Beef Steak Restaurant Norte] is. When you enter the restaurant, a sophisticated space with an exotic atmosphere spreads, where you can fully enjoy an extraordinary moment. Have the ultimate moment with seafood cuisine gorgeously using fresh seafood from Hokkaido and Tokachi beef steak. During lunchtime, they offer salad, soup, and dessert in a buffet style, recommended for girl's meetings and families. They also offer Hokkaido wines from [Yoichi Winery] and [Tsurunuma Winery]. Have an elegant moment in an exquisite location, on the first floor of the [LA VISTA HAKODATE BAY] with its nice views of the port.

Hokkai Seafood & Tokachi Beef Steak Restaurant Norte

Open: Lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)
Closed: None
Average price: [Dinner] 4,000 JPY / [Lunch] 1,800 JPY
Access: 15 minutes walk from JR [Hakodate Station], through Hakodate Morning Market
Address: 1F, LA VISTA HAKODATE BAY, 12-6 Toyokawa-cho, Hakodate city, Hokkaido (Map)
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11. L'oiseau Par Matsunaga

L'oiseau Par Matsunaga is located in a detached house with a French twist in a residential part of Hakodate. It's the ideal place for a special meal or date. The chef, who gained his experience both in Japan and abroad, makes sophisticated and creative French-inspired dishes that will please all of your senses. Don't miss this chance to savor a perfect combination of French ingredients and produce from nature-lush Hokkaido!

L'oiseau Par Matsunaga

Open: [Monday, Thursday - Sunday] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm)
[Wednesday - Sunday] Dinner 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)
Closed: Tuesday
*Closed on Monday for dinner and on Wednesday for lunch
Average price: [Dinner] 13,000 JPY / [Lunch] 5,000 JPY
Access: From Kashiwagi-cho Station, go west and then straight on Kashiwamatsu Street. You'll find it after around 200m. Around 15 minutes by car from Hakodate Station and Hakodate Airport.
Address: 4-5, Kashiwagi-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)
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12. Karakusakan

For dinner, this restaurant serves 4 types of course meals that combine fresh ingredients from Hokkaido with luxurious products imported from France. Treat your tastebuds and eyes to the umami-rich (Japanese savory taste) [Hakodate Abalone Poele] or the hearty [Wagon Service Dessert]. You can also taste several different flavors all at once with their [Daily Hors d'oeuvres] platter, which is available for lunch and dinner. It is a cozy space, making it the perfect option for a luxurious lunch.

Karakusakan

Open: Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)
[Tuesday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 1:30 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm)
Closed: Monday
*Please contact them to make a reservation for dinner
Average price: [Dinner] 8,000 JPY / [Lunch] 3,000 JPY
Access: 1 minute walk towards Hakodate Park from Aoyagi-cho Stop
5 minutes by car from Hakodate Station
Address: 21-23, Aoyagi-cho, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido (Map)
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