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Sushi-Benkei (Niigata Pier Bandai Store)

4.0

278 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Bandaijima In 2-4 peers bandai

This popular kaiten-zushi restaurant sources all of its fish and rice from Sado. It is located in Pier Bandai, in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The restaurant expertly selects fish freshly caught in the morning off the coast of Sado, and uses them that very same day. The many different types of sushi prepared by the chefs in front of their customers are a harmony of fresh fish and plump, glossy rice. For customers interested in the individual dishes, the salt-grilled blackthroat perch and assorted sashimi set are popular. There are both table seating and counter seats available, and the restaurant is very convenient for families and group.

This is my favourite sushi restaurant in Niigata. Though you ave to wait in line for a while( sometimes an hour), it’s worth waiting. You have 3 options of seating. Sushi counter when you are alone...
Meibutsu Bandai Soba

4.0

162 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Bandai 1-6-1 Bus Center Building 1F

This standing soba restaurant is on the first floor of the Bus Center building, a seven-minute walk from JR Niigata Station. The curry and rice served here has fans both within and outside the prefecture, and it has even been introduced on national television, so there’s often a line in peak hours. The yellow, spicy curry roux is full of the rich flavor of the meat and vegetables. Add the sauce on the table to enjoy a different taste with the same dish.

新潟の人たちに愛され続けている、もはやソウルフードと言えるバスセンターもカレー、味合わないで帰れば、新潟を語れないと、ホテルの朝食を断念して、出かけました。朝８時-と朝ごはんには少し遅い開店時間前には、既に食券機の前に、１０名程度の行列が出来ていました。評判通りの人気ぶりです。ミニカレーとカレーうどんを頂きました。昔懐かしい黄色いカレールーは、色から予想するより、スパイスを感じますが、辛党の私から...
Ponshukan Niigata Station

4.5

351 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Hanazono 1-96-47 CoCoLo Niigata West Building 3F

A specialty store of Niigata's famous products centering on Japanese sake, located in the CoCoLo Niigata West Building in JR Niigata Station. The store sells a variety of products such as Niigata's local sake, rice, soy sauce, and sweets, every day crowded with tourists shopping for souvenirs. There is a sake tasting room where customers can select five different types of sake among those from all the sake breweries in Niigata Prefecture, making it an irresistible space for sake lovers.

Quick visit to the station to do some sake tasting. Cute idea to have the tokens and the sake vending machines. Staff was super nice in explaining to us how to read the vending machines. I tried...
Tonkatsu Taro

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Furumachidori 6-973

This restaurant located in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, specializing in tonkatsu (breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet) was founded in the early Showa period and is famous for being the birthplace of the Niigata specialty tarekatsu-don. They continued to open many more branches and franchises while safeguarding the unique taste created on the food stall where it all began. The tarekatsu-don with five thinly cut, tender pork cutlets dipped in a sweet soy-sauce based tare, or sauce, and combined with a piping hot bowl of rice, is a unique Niigata taste popular with many people outside of the prefecture. Upstairs you’ll find seating at tables while downstairs it’s all at the counter, making it an easy place to grab some food even when you’re by yourself.
Komadori

4.0

38 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Takenomachi 2454-1

This famous ramen shop is a representative shop for its miso ramen. It is located in Nishikan Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The miso ramen for which it is famous, is made by slowly boiling carefully selected ingredients, and creating a rich red miso base soup. The deep flavor of the garlic compliments the homemade noodles created with wheat produced in Japan. When adding the “original diluted soup,” customers can enjoy the light, refreshing flavor. The interior of the shop is spacious, with both slightly raised seating and counter seats. It becomes quite crowded during peak times.

〒953-0023 新潟県新潟市西蒲区竹野町2454-1 『ラーメンこまどり』味噌ラーメン（太麺） ¥780- ☆☆☆★ 味噌ラーメン（平麺） ¥780- ☆☆☆★ 餃子 ¥640...
Suzaka-ya Soba Ekimae Store

4.0

138 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Benten 1-4-29

Suzaka-ya is a soba restaurant located about three minutes on foot from the Bandai Exit of Niigata Station. It serves Hegi Soba, made from pure buckwheat grown near the nearby city of Ojiya with funori seaweed as a binding. Served arrayed in a wooden box called a “hegi,” it is characterized by a firm yet smooth texture. Suzaka-ya also serves such traditional Niigata foods as Noppe and a full range of local varieties of saké.

新潟駅から徒歩5分ぐらい。駅前の飲食店街のビルの2階にありました。へぎそばをいただこうかとメニューを見ると少し量が多そう。お店の方に聞くと盛り付け方が違うだけで蕎麦やそばつゆなどは同じということなので、ざるそばと新潟三昧セット、それに季節のお酒飲み比べセットを注文してみました。へぎそばは蕎麦のつなぎに布海苔という海藻を使ったお蕎麦。蕎麦の表面がつやつやしていて、のど越しがつるつる。なる...
Niigata City Iwamuro Tourist Information Center Iwamuroya

4.0

8 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Nishikan-ku Iwamuronsen 96-1

This sightseeing facility in Nishikan Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture provides information on the Iwamuro Onsen (hot spring) region’s history, traditions, culture, and tourist spots. There’s a tourism information area, a rest area, a footbath, a dining hall serving local cuisine such as the famous “kensayaki” and “rice flour ramen,” making it great as a pit stop on drives. There are also regional specialty products and souvenirs for sale. The plaza and exhibition room of the “Dento Bunka Denshokan (Traditional Culture Museum)” host various seasonal events.

Love this little bungalow near the main onsen hotels in Iwamuro. This location captures the essence of Niigata. There are many locally sourced fruits and vegetables available for purchase as well...
Seafood Restaurant Negi-bouzu (South Entrance Store)

4.5

77 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Sasaguchi 1-10-1

This Japanese-style restaurant is located near the JR Niigata Station. Its purely Japanese appearance, like a sake brewery, is attractive to customers. The relaxing interior, from which the garden can be seen, is an elegant space that can be used for both course meals and for entertaining guests. The Sado Koshihikari rice, cooked in copper pots and traditional cooking stoves, is highly reputed, and there are an abundance of dishes that use Niigata’s specialty products, such as blackthroat perch, Sado sushi and A4 and A5 rank Murakami beef. The alcohol-tasting six drinks of Echigo menu, which allows customers to compare the taste of six different sake, is also very popular.

Got very good rating in TripAdvisor and near Niigata Train Station, specialized in seafoods with many dishes to choose from. We ordered sashimi, some beef and varieties of seafoods, no outstanding...
Tonkatsu Masachan Nuttari Main Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Nuttarihigashi 5-12-1

Tonkatsu Masachan Nuttari Main Restaurant on Prefectural Route 464, in Nuttari-Higashi, Chuo Ward, Niigata City is a pork cutlet restaurant. The hallmark menu item is Niigata tarekatsudon, a Niigata-style rice bowl in which pork cutlets marinated in a secret sauce handed down over the generations are on top of the rice. It also offers a three flavors of Niigata unmemon set meal in which a pork cutlet rice bowl is combined with noppe soup and sasadango ice cream.
Ramen Ittoya

4.0

26 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Shichikuyama 3-5-23

This ramen shop in Chuo, Niigata just off the Shichousen Road is known for their W-Soup which strikes a harmonious balance between animal and seafood products. Another draw on their menu is their tsukemen (dipping ramen) for which they've gotten over 300 orders in a single day. Their dipping broth brings together the flavors of myoga ginger and perilla and leaves a refreshing aftertaste. A regular serving is 240 grams of hirauchi (flat) noodles, you can order a larger serving for free. They are also known for their giant chashu pork made from the rib and thick menma sliced bamboo shoots.

新潟で人気のつけ麺屋。つけ麺（大葉とみょうがのつけダシ）８３０円は大盛り無料。スープ割り可能。ハナキン午後８時前到着。駐車場ほぼ満車で風除室に数名行列待ちと大盛況。店内は家族連れに小グループと若者で溢れています。正しく、密！マングローブ状態。折しもその日は某大生のクラスターが発表されましたが、何処吹く風といった有様で皆さん話に花を咲かせていました。
Kotobuki-zushi Uchino Restaurant

3.5

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Niigata Niigata-shi Nishi-ku Makio 22-1

This conveyor belt sushi chain which refuses to be “just” a conveyor belt sushi restaurant takes great pride in the freshness of its sushi. Seeking to deliver to its customers the freshest seafood possible, the chain is headquartered in the Niigata Central Wholesale Market. Here in the Uchino branch, you can enjoy seafood purchased that very day at the auctions held at 5 a. m. in front of the chain’s headquarters. The restaurant’s spectacular tuna butchering shows, held every Saturday evening, entrance children and adults alike. Also great is that you can eat kamatoro, fatty tuna from around the collar bone which can only be gathered in very small amounts from any one fish, at reasonable prices.

回転すしではありますが、非常にクオリティが高いお寿司を提供するお店です。毎週土曜日夕方六時半頃よりマグロの解体ショーをやっています。
Sasagawa Mochiya

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Nishiborimaedori 4-739

This Japanese confectionary shop, established in 1883, was the inventor of Niigata’s famous bamboo leafdumplings. The shop’s fifth and sixth generation heads continue to make these dumplings according to the same recipe but also seek to make new and innovative products. The bamboo leaf dumplings are the shop’s signature product, and for these tasty treats, it’s all about the ingredients. Using ingredients produced in the prefecture as much as possible, the shop still makes them the old-fashioned way. Japanese mugwort is stocked from specially contracted farms growing them on embankments in the prefecture, and the bamboo leaves used to wrap the confections comes from kumai bamboo leavesgrowing amidst the mountains of Asahi and Ide. The dough is made using an original flour stone milled from Niigata-raised Koshihikari rice.

創業１００年以上の老舗、笹川餅屋です。歴史ある外観です。笹団子、笹田舎まんじゅう、枝豆まんじゅう、水ようかんを購入。笹団子は間違いない美味しさ。個人的には枝豆まんじゅうが気に入りました。水ようかんも上品な甘さで美味しく頂きました。
Tokimeki Ramen Bandaijima

Gourmet / Alcohol

Niigata Niigata-shi Chuo-ku Bandaijima 7-1

A ramen restaurant complex standing across from the Toki Messe Niigata Convention Center, a multipurpose convention complex with an integrated, full-fledged exhibition hall, conference rooms of varying sizes, and a hotel. Ramen restaurants such as Aoshima, a Nagaoka ginger shoyu (soy sauce) ramen restaurant; and Marumi, a casual, neighborhood Chinese-style ramen restaurant, stand along the wood deck of the complex’s Ramen Street. Situated just across the street from Toki Messe’s main entrance, it’s easy to stop by here after attending an event at the convention center. As it is also located right next to the Bandaijima Parking lots, it is easy to come here by car as well.
Restaurant Kahan

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Niigata Higashikanbara-gun Aga Machi Ishima 4301

A restaurant adjoining Roadside Station Aga-no-Sato situated along National Route 49. Located on the second floor of the station, here customers can enjoy a relaxing meal along with a view of the Agano River just across the way. The chef particularly recommends the special oyakodon chicken and egg over rice, which is topped with huge chunks of brand name Koshi no Tori chicken raised on herbs amidst the area’s abundant natural beauty. The choice dish consists of flavorful thigh meat wrapped in thick, creamy scrambled eggs seasoned with Japanese dashi stock. It also comes with a seasonal nimono stewed dish, aemono side, homemade pickles, and soup; a hearty meal choice, its reasonable price is also a plus.

そんなに観光価格というわけでもなく食べられます。お子様ランチもあるので、子連れでも食べさせるものに困りません。わたしはあんかけ豆腐を食べましたが、おいしかったです。
Sushi Yasu

4.5

18 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Honchoudori 4-273

A long-standing sushi restaurant situated along Honcho-dori Avenue in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The shop was opened in the early Showa period by the first owner, who sought to bring Tokyo-style raw sushi to Niigata. Today, Sushi Yasu continues to preserve the traditional tastes and techniques of that time. The restaurant uses only fresh, natural ingredients in its sushi, including seasonal local fish. Popular menu items including the “kiwami,” a set of 10 pieces of sushi, dashi-maki-tamago rolled omelet, and bowl of soup, the lunch chirashi-zushi; and the homemade castella Tamago-yaki omelet—only a small number of which are offered each day. The restaurant only has eight counter seats and “koagari” raised tatami mat dining area with a single table. Sushi Yasu is popular not only with locals but also tourists from within the prefecture and beyond.

All the fish used here are not from hatchery but completely natural and well selected. You would be surprised at the largeness of wasabi produced in Shizuoka Pref. The restaurant started its business...
Sankichiya

4.0

21 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Nishiboridori 5-829

This long-established ramen shop is located in Nishibori-dori, Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. It was founded in 1957. The shop is representative of “Niigata Assari Ramen,” one of the five major types of Niigata ramen, and is a famous shop, which receives customers from all over the country. The transparent soup has a soy sauce base, with pork, onion, dried sardines, among other ingredients, and has a well-rounded, yet rich flavor which customers never tire of. Its compatibility with the super thin noodles is exceptional. The interior of the shop is nostalgically reminiscent of the Showa period.

〒951-8061 新潟県新潟市中央区西堀通5-829 『三吉屋西堀本店』中華そば ¥700...
Popolo

4.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Suidouchou 1-5939-37

A homemade gelato shop located in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The shop operates out of the first floor of a mountain hut-style building diagonally across from the Niigata City Aquarium Marinepia Nihonkai. The shop’s gelato, handmade each day, is created with all natural ingredients, including select pasteurized milk, seasonal fruits, and vegetables. At any given time, the shop sells over 12 varieties of gelato out of a list of over 100 recipes. The shop has a roofed terrace seating area and serves both eat-in and takeout customers.

美味しいジェラートのお店。観光客と言うより、地元客も集めている昔ながらのお店、と言う佇まい。庭のお花が咲いているコーナーでジェラートを頂きました。柚子シャーベットがサッパリしてて美味しかった。モンブランがオススメ、とありましたが、柚子かな。
Kazahana

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Yoneyama 2-7-20

A Japanese food bar located along Keyaki-dori Avenue a five minute walk from Niigata Station. Dedicated to the concepts of local consumption and farm-fresh, Kazahana serves creative Japanese cuisine made with Niigata ingredients such as pesticide-free Koshihikari rice and vegetables (picked just that morning) provided by contracted farmers, fresh eggs and seafood. The bar’s meat and fish dishes fried on lava stone in the open kitchen visible from the customer tables are particularly popular. Kazahana’s sashimi and abalone steak are also well-reviewed and go well with the bar’s selection of local sakes. Kazahana has a casual, Western-style atmosphere that makes it easy even for customers on their own to come in.

せっかく新潟に来たの県外には出回らない幻の牛佐渡牛の食べに来たんですが、佐渡以外の新潟市内では焼肉NIQしか取り扱いは無くランチに持ち帰りで購入。帰りに県外ではほぼ見かけないもう一つのブランド牛あがの姫牛こちらで食べれるとのことで、ランチはほぼ女の子たちがお客さんランチには無くディナーメニューの単品でしか注文できないので単品を注文したらセットで対応していただいて感謝、赤身でしたが柔らかく...
Parfum Doux

4.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Kawabatachou 6-40-1

This sweets shop is located near Shinano River, in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. Its wooded entrance is one of the house’s defining characteristics. The shop cherishes the traditions of French confectionery, and it is well-known for the threefold flavor, fragrance and texture of the cakes and baked goods made here. The showcase inside the shop is lined with strawberry shortcakes, Mont Blanc aux marrons and other popular western confectionery. The shop also uses seasonal ingredients, such as mangos, peaches and pears to make cakes for each season.

夏場はかき氷も提供しています。オーダーして、お金を払い、イートインスペースで提供を待ちます。今回いただいたのは酒粕みるくという変わり種。酒粕と生クリームをホイップしたようなシロップが載っています。確かに酒粕の香りと味がしました。氷はどちらかと言うと荒削り。辛党の方にもおススメできます。
Jizakana Kobo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Bandaijima 2-1 Niigata Prefectural Marine Aquarium Center 1F

A cafeteria on the first floor of the Niigata-ken Suisan Kaikan in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. The restaurant operates amidst a direct-sale floor selling marine products and local seafood caught by members of the Niigata Fishery Cooperative Society. Jizakana Kobo offers a full menu of rice bowls which give diners the chance to enjoy the fresh bounties of the ocean off Niigata at reasonable prices, including Alaskan pink crab, three seafood variety, and Japanese amberjack rice bowls, as well as the Jizakana tarekatsu pork cutlet rice bowls. The restaurant also offers seasonal menu items and items limited to just a few portions each day.

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Niigata Areas

Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.