13 cafe rooms in Sapporo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Sapporo | Cafe across every city.
Coffee runs deep in Sapporo, from old-style kissaten to modern roasters spread across Maruyama and Odori. Cafe Morihico and Sapporo Coffee Kan hold the Maruyama end, while Baristart Coffee, NODE Coffee and Mermaid Coffee Roasters work Odori. Ishida Coffee and the Hokkaido University Marche Cafe and Labo sit up near the university in Kita-ku, and Kissa Yamabiko keeps the older tradition alive in Tanukikoji.
Cafe Morihico Maruyama ★ 4.4
maruyama · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0802, Japan
The Sapporo kissaten that built a coffee dynasty. Morihico opened 1996 in a wooden house behind Maruyama Park, hand-roasted beans and flannel drip.
Baristart Coffee ★ 4.4
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan
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.
Hokkaido University Marche Cafe and Labo ★ 4.3
hokkaido-university · Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0808, Japan
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 ★ 4.3
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan
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.
Mermaid Coffee Roasters ★ 4.2
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0062, Japan
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.
Ishida Coffee ★ 4.0
hokkaido-university · Kita 18-jo Nishi 4, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0018, Japan
A Hokkaido University kissaten where siphon brewing and light meals run alongside antique furniture. The university crowd's reference quiet table near campus.
Sapporo Coffee Kan Maruyama ★ 4.1
maruyama · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0801, Japan
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.
Rokkatei Maruyama Tea Salon ★ 4.3
maruyama · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0802, Japan
The Maruyama tea salon of Obihiro confectioner Rokkatei. Marusei butter sandwich is the signature; pair with coffee or matcha on the second-floor cafe.
Saera Coffee and Sandwich ★ 4.1
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042, Japan
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.
Morihico Shoten Bus Center ★ 4.2
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0053, Japan
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.
Kissa Yamabiko ★ 3.8
tanukikoji · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan
A long-standing Tanukikoji kissaten in retro Showa-era idiom. Cream-soda floats, Napolitan spaghetti and a glass case of cakes; after-school feel.
Cafe Kanon Maruyama ★ 4.0
maruyama · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0801, Japan
A Maruyama coffeehouse near Hokkaido Shrine with a Hokkaido honey latte and house-made hotcake. Mid-century interior and reading library at the window.
Saera Coffee and Sandwich ★ 4.2
odori · Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042, Japan
Saera has run an Odori basement coffee-and-sandwich counter since 1975. The red king crab salad sandwich and the fruit sandwich are the postcard combinations.