Donguri Odori
Try Chikuwa pan and Hokkaido potato bread
Donguri's hot rack runs 200-400 yen per bread: chikuwa pan, Hokkaido potato bread, curry pan and a dozen others. Stand-out cheap eats at Odori Park.
40 cheap eats places in Sapporo, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Sapporo: the places editors actually return to. All Sapporo food.
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Menya Saimi
- ★ 4.7
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Toyohira Ku
Order Miso ramen with extra ginger ground tableside.
The miso-ramen counter consistently ranked top of Sapporo Tabelog at 3.96. Saimi blends three white misos with a clear pork-bone base; queue early.
Sumire Susukino
- ★ 4.7
- Japanese ramen
- ¥
- Susukino
Try Miso ramen
Sumire's late-night Susukino branch, one minute from Susukino subway. Miso ramen and side gyoza for under 1,500 yen. Open until 03:00 most nights.
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Sumire Nakanoshima Honten
- ★ 4.6
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Toyohira Ku
Order Miso ramen with extra chashu; the lard cap stays piping.
The Murakami family ramen house, opened 1964, codified the Sapporo miso style with a thick lard cap sealing the broth heat-stable through winter.
Sumire Nakanoshima
- ★ 4.6
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Toyohira Ku
Order Miso ramen with extra chashu; the lard cap keeps the broth heat-stable.
The Murakami family ramen house, Sumire opened in 1964 and codified Sapporo's lard-capped miso bowl that stays piping through Hokkaido winters.
Nijo Ichiba Ohiso
- ★ 4.6
- Japanese
- ¥
- Nijo Market
Try Kaisendon
A Nijo Market sushi-and-donburi counter. The cheapest kaisendon (mixed seafood-over-rice) bowls land 1,800 yen; uni-ikura-crab triple bowls 2,800.
Hokudai Soft Cream Stand
- ★ 4.6
- New American
- ¥
- Hokkaido University area
Try Clark's Milk soft serve
Hokkaido University's campus dairy sells Clark's Milk soft serve for 350-450 yen across five flavours. The cheapest authentic Hokkaido dairy in Sapporo.
Aji no Sanpei
- ★ 4.5
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Odori
Order Miso ramen, served the same way since 1955.
The origin shop for Sapporo miso ramen. Founder Morito Omiya created the miso bowl here in 1955; the menu still leads with the original broth.
Sapporo Zangi Honpo
- ★ 4.5
- Fried chicken
- ¥
- Susukino
Try Hokkaido zangi teishoku
Sapporo's reference zangi (Hokkaido fried chicken) counter. Set meals under 1,000 yen with free rice and cabbage refills; weekend lines run 15 minutes.
Keyaki Susukino Honten
- ★ 4.4
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Susukino
Order Miso ramen with extra noodle (omori) and a wantan add.
A Susukino miso-ramen specialist since 1999, Keyaki folds three regional misos around a pork-and-vegetable base. Constant one-hour queue at the small counter.
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Cafe Morihico Maruyama
Order Forest Drops hand-drip with a slice of gateau fromage.
The Sapporo kissaten that built a coffee dynasty. Morihico opened 1996 in a wooden house behind Maruyama Park, hand-roasted beans and flannel drip.
Keyaki Susukino
- ★ 4.4
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Susukino
Order Miso ramen with extra noodle and a wantan add.
A Susukino miso-ramen specialist since 1999. Keyaki folds three regional misos around a pork-and-vegetable base; queue stretches an hour at the small counter.
Rokkatei Maruyama Shop
Order Marusei butter sandwich
Obihiro confectioner Rokkatei's Maruyama outlet, the Sapporo home for Marusei butter sandwiches, Yukiya Konko chocolate cookies and seasonal Hokkaido sweets.
Baristart Coffee
Drink Hokkaido milk latte
A 2015 Odori cafe that built a name on Hokkaido milk. The barista travels to dairies and lists the day's milk on a chalkboard map; Tokachi is the star.
Sapporo Odori Beer Garden
- ★ 4.4
- Street food
- ¥
- Odori
Try Sapporo draft and lamb skewers
Japan's largest beer garden runs late July through mid-August at Odori Park, 10,000-plus seats across 5-11 chome, drawing 886,000 visitors in 2023.
Ganso Sapporo Ramen Yokocho
- ★ 4.4
- Japanese ramen
- ¥
- Susukino
Try Sapporo miso ramen
The 42-metre alley of 17 ramen shops south of Susukino runs through the night. Bowls land 850-1,400 yen; pick by queue length and a cheap immediate fix.
Ebisoba Ichigen Honten
- ★ 4.3
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Susukino
Order Ebi miso ramen; you can choose the shrimp-paste intensity.
The shrimp-paste ramen shop south of Susukino, concentrating Hokkaido amaebi shells into a deep umami broth the city now exports nationally.
Ebisoba Ichigen
- ★ 4.3
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Susukino
Order Ebi miso ramen; choose the shrimp-paste intensity at the counter.
The shrimp-paste ramen shop south of Susukino, concentrating Hokkaido amaebi shells into a deep umami broth the city has exported nationally.
Boulangerie Coron Sapporo Stellar Place
- ★ 4.3
- Bakery
- ¥
- Sapporo Station
Order Croissant and pain au chocolat
Coron's Stellar Place branch is ranked No. 1 in Sapporo's bread category on Tabelog. French-style laminated pastries, sandwiches and country breads.
Hokkaido University Marche Cafe and Labo
Drink Hokudai Clark's Milk soft serve
The Hokkaido University dairy stand, opened 2017. Milk from campus farm cows, processed in-house into Clark's Milk soft serve and bottled milk.
NODE Coffee
Drink Single-origin espresso
A late-2022 specialty coffee bar near Odori, NODE has become Sapporo's meeting ground for creatives and a reliable address for espresso and pour-over in town.
Rokkatei Maruyama Tea Salon
Drink Matcha with Marusei butter sandwich
The Maruyama tea salon of Obihiro confectioner Rokkatei. Marusei butter sandwich is the signature; pair with coffee or matcha on the second-floor cafe.
Sapporo Autumn Fest Food Stalls
- ★ 4.3
- Street food
- ¥
- Odori
Try Hokkaido seasonal stall food
Hokkaido's largest food festival runs Sep into early Oct at Odori Park, with 300 stalls of seasonal Hokkaido ramen, curry, meat dishes and sweets.
Sapporo Station Ekiben Stalls
Try Ishikari Sake Bento
Sapporo Station's ekiben stalls run morning through evening, with Hokkaido salmon and crab bento under 1,500 yen. The Ishikari Sake Bento is the postcard buy.
Ramen Shingen Minami 6-jo
- ★ 4.2
- Japanese Ramen
- ¥
- Susukino
Order Aged miso (Koshu) ramen, the menu's deepest broth.
Shingen's Susukino branch, the line-out-the-door miso shop with a Shinshu-style broth lighter on lard than classic Sapporo miso. Open until 01:00.
Boulangerie Coron Honten
Order Country bread (campagne)
Coron's main shop near Bus Center Mae station, a clean small-format bakery for Sapporo regulars. Same baking team as the Stellar Place branch.
Mermaid Coffee Roasters
Drink Light roast V60 pour-over
One of Sapporo's third-wave coffee specialists, Mermaid roasts in-house and runs five to seven single origins on a rotating pour-over menu through the year.
Morihico Shoten Bus Center
Drink Forest Drops drip
Morihico's Bus Center branch, a brighter shop with the same hand-drip programme as the Maruyama honten. Easier to land a seat without the weekend wait.
Sapporo Curb Market Stalls
Try Crab, scallops, salmon roe
The retail side of Sapporo Central Wholesale Market, around 60 stalls of Hokkaido seafood and produce. The morning sashimi-don shops open with the market.
Donguri Odori Chikuwa Pan
- ★ 4.2
- Street food
- ¥
- Odori
Try Chikuwa pan (fish-cake bread)
Sapporo's bakery-as-street-food. Donguri sells about 2,300 chikuwa pan a day across nine branches; the Odori shop is the canonical eat-on-the-bench stop.
Daimaru Sapporo Depachika Bento
- ★ 4.2
- Japanese
- ¥
- Sapporo Station
Try Department-store bento
Daimaru Sapporo's depachika sells bento boxes from 30-plus Hokkaido caterers. 800-1,500 yen for a full lunch box; closing-hour discounts at 19:00 daily.
Chinese Ryouri Hotei Honten
Try Zangi rice bowl
A Sapporo Chinese-Japanese kitchen famed for its zangi-on-rice bowl. Five minutes from Nishi 11-chome subway; lunch sets land 800-1,200 yen.
Donguri Susukino
Order Chikuwa pan
Donguri's Susukino arcade branch, open later than the Odori shop with the same chikuwa-pan menu plus an extended evening curry-pan and pizza-pan line.
Patisserie Ishiyama
Order Hokkaido milk cream puff
A Maruyama patissier working only with Hokkaido milk, butter and seasonal fruit. The cream puff and the fromage cheesecake are the bench-test menu items.
Sapporo Coffee Kan Maruyama
Drink Sapporo-style dark roast drip
Sapporo Coffee Kan keeps to the city's dark-roast tradition. Roaster Manabu Narita pulls a deep but balanced cup that defined Sapporo coffee for two decades.
Saera Coffee and Sandwich
Drink Hand-drip dark roast with red king crab sandwich
Saera has run an Odori basement coffee-and-sandwich counter since 1975. The red king crab salad sandwich and the dark-roast drip are the postcard combination.
Nijo Market Stalls
- ★ 4.1
- Street food
- ¥
- Nijo Market
Try Kaisendon, crab, sea urchin
Around 50 stalls of Hokkaido seafood across two market blocks. Kegani crab, ikura, scallops and sea urchin sold both whole and over kaisendon bowls.
Hatten An Hiragishi Soba
- ★ 4.1
- Japanese
- ¥
- Toyohira Ku
Try Nishin soba
A Toyohira-ku soba house pouring nishin soba (buckwheat noodles with simmered Hokkaido herring) under 1,200 yen. Tatami and table seating, lunchtime regulars.
Ishiya Shop Sapporo Station
- ★ 4.0
- Bakery
- ¥
- Sapporo Station
Order Shiroi Koibito white-chocolate cookie box
The Ishiya counter inside Daimaru Sapporo's depachika, selling boxes of Shiroi Koibito and the rest of Hokkaido's signature confectionery for travellers.
Kinotoya Sapporo Station
- ★ 4.0
- Bakery
- ¥
- Sapporo Station
Order Yakitate Cheese Tart
Kinotoya's Sapporo Station outlet, working the city's standard freshly-baked cheese tart at the platform-level retail level. Boxes of six are the souvenir.
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