Jingisukan Daruma Honten is a yakiniku restaurant in Susukino, Sapporo.
The Susukino jingisukan room since 1954, with dome grills at every seat and a one-cut lamb menu. Atozuke-style dipping sets Daruma apart in the city.
Signature dishes: Sapporo-cut lamb, Onion-and-leek garnish, Tare dipping sauce
Must order: One-plate Sapporo-cut lamb served with sliced onion, leek and the house tare.
Tip: Cash only at the original Honten; expect a queue from 17:30. The 4-4 branch around the corner takes the overflow.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0805, Japan
Daruma's 2009 spillover branch behind COCONO Susukino, one minute from Susukino subway. Same single-cut lamb, same dome grills, slightly fewer queues.
Signature: Sapporo-cut lamb, Lamb chop, Tare dipping sauce
Order: Sapporo-cut lamb plate at the dome grill; order another before you finish the first.
Tip: Opens 17:00 daily; queue forms early on weekends and after Susukino last-trains begin running.
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Chicken leg, knuckle pork and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
Signature: Chicken-leg soup curry, Knuckle pork soup curry, Lamb chop curry
Order: Knuckle pork soup curry with 21 vegetables; the broth is lighter than Magic Spice.
Tip: Long queue from 12:00; Suage2 is the same operator one block over with the same menu.
Daruma's 2009 spillover branch behind COCONO Susukino, one minute from Susukino subway. Same single-cut lamb, same dome grills, slightly fewer queues.
Signature: Sapporo-cut lamb, Lamb chop, Tare dipping sauce
Order: Sapporo-cut lamb plate at the dome grill; order another before you finish the first.
Tip: Opens 17:00 daily; queue forms early on weekends and after Susukino last-trains begin running.
The Matsuo chain's flagship east-side branch in Sapporo, 10 minutes from Higashi-Kuyakushomae. Marinated lamb is the house style, opposite Daruma's atozuke.
Signature: Matsuo-style marinated lamb, Aizome marinade lamb, Hokkaido beef yakiniku
Order: Lamb-shoulder loin with the family aizome marinade and the trio comparison set.
Tip: Book the comparison set through byFood or Pelago in advance; popular with families.
The seven-storey Honten near Sapporo Station, the city's reference crab restaurant since 1964, working all three Hokkaido crabs across course menus.
Signature: Kegani hairy crab, King crab sashimi, Crab kaiseki course
Order: Kegani hairy crab in the steamed kaiseki course paired with crab sashimi.
Tip: The Susukino branch closed in 2022; the Honten is now the principal Sapporo address.
The original soup curry shop. Founder Taizan Shimomura coined the term here in 1993, riffing on Indonesian soto ayam with chicken broth and 30 spices.
Signature: Chicken soup curry, Spice level kakuteru, Sumire-tier heat
Order: Chicken-leg soup curry at the kakuteru spice level; rice on the side, fork-and-spoon.
Tip: Six heat levels from junrei to sumire; ask for haskap lassi as the cooler. Closed Wednesdays.
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Chicken leg, knuckle pork and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
Signature: Chicken-leg soup curry, Knuckle pork soup curry, Lamb chop curry
Order: Knuckle pork soup curry with 21 vegetables; the broth is lighter than Magic Spice.
Tip: Long queue from 12:00; Suage2 is the same operator one block over with the same menu.
Founded 2007, Garaku built its name on a clear 21-spice broth and slow-cooked chicken leg. Underground room behind a stone facade near Bus Center.
Signature: Tender chicken leg curry, Hokkaido vegetable plate, 21-spice broth
Order: Tender chicken leg with Hokkaido vegetables; spice level five for first-timers.
Tip: Queue forms 11:30 on weekends; the Tanukikoji branch is a five-minute walk west.
