4 editor picks in Sapporo.
4 yakitori places in Sapporo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Sapporo | Yakitori across every city.
Grilled chicken on skewers is a Susukino staple, eaten over beer late into the evening. Yakitori Toriyoshi and Yakitori Bouzu work the district, and Kani to Yakitori Enishi pairs the skewers with Hokkaido crab.
A Susukino yakitori counter working Hokkaido jidori chicken over white binchotan. Skewer-by-skewer omakase and a sake list weighted to Hokkaido breweries.
OrderTsukune meatball with quail-egg yolk and a thigh-skin (kawa) finisher.
TipCounter only; book a week ahead. Sake list weighted to Hokkaido breweries like Otokoyama.
A Susukino yakitori counter working Hokkaido jidori chicken over white binchotan. Skewer-by-skewer omakase and a sake list weighted to Hokkaido breweries.
OrderTsukune meatball with quail-egg yolk and a thigh-skin (kawa) finisher.
TipCounter only; book a week ahead. Hokkaido-only sake list, ask for Otokoyama or Kunimare.
A Hosui-Susukino room pairing yakitori and Hokkaido crab in one menu. The three-crab platter lands alongside jidori-chicken skewers at the counter.
OrderThree-crab platter with a six-skewer yakitori set.
TipReserve via Tabelog; counter seats look across into the open grill.
A bright Susukino yakitori counter three minutes from the subway. Bin-chotan grill stays low and slow; sake list pulled almost entirely from Hokkaido.
OrderSet of negima, tsukune and kawa skewers to start; finish with chicken-broth soba.
TipWalk-ins after 21:30 most nights; counter only, 12 seats Walk-ins usually OK.
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