Niseko attracts more visitors each year, but there are still limited seats in the best restaurants, especially during the busy holiday season, with some fully booked months in advance. Instead of going out, enjoy fine dining in the comfort of your home with Niseko Gourmet. Their skilled chefs will prepare personalized meals just for you. Relax and simply move from the couch to the table when your meal is ready.

Private Celebrity Chef at Mespi Lodge

 

Chef Tanaka is fun to have in the house where he teaches, entertains and we learned a cooking trick or two.It is difficult to book restaurants in Niseko for a big group. Mespi Lodge is ideal for private dining. I brought my older parents and it was more comfortable for them to be entertained at home by the chef and to eat well instead of walking in the snow. We had the degustation menu and he prepared a kids menu too. He fed them and at 7 pm, they retired to play and the adults had a memorable evening. He would simply not tell us which 5 salts were combined in his “special salt’. Mention Mespi Lodge, the other name of Cove Niseko and chef will remember Chef Tanaka San is something of a legend. A celebrity chef, he is a former instructor at the famous Tsuji Culinary Institute and a well-known TV personality.Email and reserve here

 

Private dining of Beef and Seafood

This Private chef offers course meals (omakase) using the highest grade A5 Wagyu beef sourced from various parts of Japan and seafood such as sea urchin and crab caught in Hokkaido.

Details here

 
 
 

Also Saori is able to come up with ideas.

This is one she offered.Email Saori at Saori@win-dol.com

Restaurants Nearby

Famous Pizzeria right next door
Pizza Del Sole

Right next door to Mespi Lodge is the "world famous”pizzeria. Before we bought Mespi Lodge, we had Austrian, Hong Kong and English friends who told us about how good it is. It is a Neapolitan style pizza which is popular in Niseko.They are not open every day. It is not a big restaurant,like most Japanese restaurants, but you have the priviledge of pre -ordering and taking away just next door to your home! When the flickering lights are on in their front yard, means they are open. Go in and make a reservation ahead of time.

 

Milkys Cafe Bar

You can see the cafe from the kitchen of Mespi Lodge. We enjoyed the coffee, croissant and sandwiches. From 4 pm.it transforms into an Apres-ski cafe & bar. Enjoy the warmth of a fire-pit against a picturesque snow-covered mountain backdrop, complemented by tasty drinks and great music to wrap-up your day. For updates go on their IG

 
 

RaKuichi Soba

One of the Japan’s Best Soba Houses

There's another excellent restaurant near Mespi Lodge. Be sure to book in advance! Tatsuru Rai runs a 12-seat soba house with his wife Midori. He prepares the buckwheat from scratch for every order. The family always greets customers in traditional kimono and yukata as they enter the warm, inviting space.

 

LuckyFingers

Just across Mespi Lodge

You will see this across Mespi Lodge. Yuuki Sasaki, a talented chef from Tokyo’s hidden Italian gem, “Vini di Arai” and his team will welcome you this winter. With a hint of Italian essence, Luckyfingers will be serving you joy of dining.Luckyfingers is a relaxed and comfortable mountainside restaurant & bar whose mission is to serve great Japanese Izakaya.

 
 

Kobito


10 minutes by car and they also offer a Van pick up if you do not want to drive.

https://kobito-izakaya.com/en/

 

Okonomiyaki Ju

10 minute drive away. Making pancakes on a big hot plate.Read more here

 
 

A 20 MINUTE DRIVE AWAY IN HIRAFU

The Essential Food Trucks

HIRAFU INTERSECTION FOOD TRUCK HUB

Hirafu’s main food truck area is located on the main street next to the Hirafu intersection bus stop and hosts upwards of 15 food trucks. Our picks for the go-to eateries are here

 

For Updates on new eating places

Summer and Winter listings