Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Tochigi Area

  • Utsunomiya Minmin Main Store
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    4.0
    232 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Utsunomiyashi Babadori 4-2-3
    The dumpling specialty store Utsunomiya Minmin, opened in 1958, is a restaurant committed to dumplings, serving only three kinds—grilled, soup and fried. The owner of the restaurant has strived daily to improve the taste of dumplings he learnt how to make in Beijing. Grilled and fried dumplings are available for takeout.

    They offer gyoza three ways, pan fried, in the hot water and deep fried. This is not my favorite gyoza restaurants but my husband’s favorite. There are many min-min everywhere and take out is also...

  • Bakery Penny Lane (Nasu Main Branch)
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    4.0
    385 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nasugunnasumachi Yumoto 656-2
    This bakery is located in Yumoto, Nasu Town. It offers many popular homemade bread, including blueberry ones. In addition, the next-door restaurant features terrace seating where visitors can enjoy their food, and there are occasionally limited-time dessert buffets as well.

    This bakery is one of my all time favorites anywhere in the world! It is a large bakery with shelves filled with yummies! I wanted to try everything here, but had a little self-control and only spent...

  • Akamiya Main Shop
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Sano-shi Kubocho 214
    This ramen restaurant opened in 1954. The restaurant continues to serve ramen noodles made according to a traditional method using a green bamboo trunk as a rolling pin, a rarity in this day and age even among restaurants which serve traditional Sano ramen. And even compared to other restaurants which still use green bamboo trunks, this establishment's vaunted noodles are particularly fine and crinkled. These noodles go perfectly with a soy sauce, pork bone, and chicken bone broth. The restaurant's delightfully crispy gyoza pot stickers are already perfectly flavored, meaning they can be enjoyed as-is without any dipping sauce. This restaurant is one of only a very few which continues to preserve the traditions of old-fashioned Sano ramen.

    JR佐野駅から徒歩10分ほど。瓶ビール、餃子、チャーシュー麺をオーダー。先にビールと餃子が運ばれました。麺は食べる時にお声掛けくださいとやさしい気遣いを頂きました。 少しやわらかめの羽根付き餃子はニンニクが効いていてビールにぴったり。 麺をお願いすると5分程で配膳。あっさり醤油味のスープ。麺は太さがまちまちのピロピロした青竹打ちの麺。 チャーシューも適度に固さがあり少し濃いめの味。このチャーシュー...

  • Kirasse Main Store
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    4.0
    62 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Utsunomiyashi Babadori 2-3-12 MEGA Don Quijote La Park Utsunomiya branch underground 1F
    At Kirasse Main Store, the Utsunomiya Gyoza dumpling theme park, visitors can enjoy the taste of dumplings from five stores at any time, as well as a variety of gyoza from 33 different stores, changing daily. It is recommended for those who want to try dumplings from various restaurants. There is a large selection of many gyoza from each restaurant sold frozen in the souvenir section to be enjoyed at home. Visitors can experience making gyoza with a reservation. It is only an eight minute walk from Tobu Utsunomiya Station on the Tobu Utsunomiya Line.

    初めて宇都宮餃子を食べるので、お店選びに迷いました。好きな作家さんが『来らっせ』で食べていたのを思い出し、最初はここでと来てみました。常設店舗コーナーがお勧めのようでそちらに入店。「宇都宮みんみん」がお気に入り。友人は「さつき」と1皿6個ずつなのでシェアしながらいろいろなお店の味を楽しめるのが良いですね。お気に入りのお店の冷凍餃子をお土産で買えます。

  • Nikko Miyamaedango
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    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Shimohatsuishimachi 956
    This venerable kanmidokoro (a cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets) founded in 1723 is located on the approach to Nikko Toshogu Shrine. It is famous for offering the local specialty Miyamae dango dumplings. These additive-free dumplings feature a special miso sauce. Their matcha tea sets are also popular. The shop, which has a nostalgic atmosphere and an in-eat space, is visited by many tourists sightseeing at Nikko Toshogu Shrine.
  • SantateSoba NAGAHATAAN
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    4.5
    34 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Nagahata 635-1
    This soba restaurant is located in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. It offers soba noodles that are freshly ground, freshly made, and freshly cooked. The restaurant, which has a nostalgic atmosphere, offers table and tatami seating. Due to its popularity, lines sometime form before it even opens. It is visited by locals as well as people who come from great distances away.

    三たてそば...

  • Western Cuisine Meiji-no-Yakata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Sannai 2339-1
    A Western-style restaurant located in the Nikko Fudosan Park area in Sannai, Nikko City. The restaurant serves a range of classic Western-style dishes exquisitely prepared including rice omelets with a demi-glace sauce, hamburger steaks, beef stew, steaks and seafood dishes. Coupled with the Western-style stone building restaurant, guests can savor the atmosphere of the Meiji period.
  • Utsunomiya Gyoza Specialty Shop Goku
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Utsunomiya-shi Baba Dori 4-2-4 Hinoya Building 1F

    宇都宮を代表する餃子店みんみん、正嗣のすぐ近くにある。 みんみん、正嗣は、行列がいっぱい出来ているが、こっちはない。 しかし、この店の大きめの餃子を食べたら美味かった。 噛むと、旨味のある肉汁が出て来る。 宇都宮の餃子の老舗は、有名でも平凡な味の所が幾つかある。 それらなら、ここの方が魅力がある。

  • Kouran
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    4.0
    41 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Utsunomiya-shi Honcho 1-24
    This gyoza pot sticker restaurant has been in business for over 50 years. A 10-minute walk from Tobu-Utsunomiya Station, the restaurant can be identified by its red sign and serves gyoza which are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The vegetables used to make its gyoza fillings are all domestically grown. The gyoza skin's, on the thick side and fried in sesame oil, have a distinctive crunch. The restaurant's boiled gyoza, which can be enjoyed with soy sauce, vinegar, or rayu chili oil as you prefer, have a chewy texture the establishment takes great pride in. The restaurant's fried gyoza, cooked in an original, sesame-based oil blend, have a distinctive texture; try eating them like an Utsunomiya native with just some rock salt.

    日曜日の開店15分前に並び始め約1時間後にお店に入ることができました。メニューは餃子のみで、私は焼き餃子よりも水餃子が特に美味しかったと思います。お店のスタッフは丁寧に接客されていました。

  • Nikko Guruman's Wagyu
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    4.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Tokorono 1541-297
    A restaurant in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. The interior of the store is decorated with furniture made from Nikko cedar. Try steaks, Hamburg steak, and ground beef cutlets made from carefully selected Japanese beef, including Iwate Maesawa Beef, Mie Matusaka Beef, and Tochigi Wagyu Beef. Relax and enjoy your meal in this popular restaurant which attracts a number of tourists.

    仕事で日光に行った際にお邪魔しました。ネットで栃木和牛と検索したら一番人気だったので即決で行ってみました。お店の雰囲気、スタッフの心遣い、料理も最高でした。肉好きの連れは人生で一番美味しい肉と絶賛でした。

  • Sobadokoro Mizunashi Yusuian
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    4.5
    27 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Mizunashi 309
    This soba restaurant located in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture offers soba noodles made with local buckwheat flour and Nikko's famous spring water. Its interior has nostalgic atmosphere and is equipped with table and tatami seating. Lines sometimes form around lunchtime at this popular restaurant, which is visited not just by locals but also by people from great distances away.

    安価でボリュームもあり、蕎麦の風味もそこそこある乱切りの田舎そば。天ぷらも揚げたてサクサクで美味しい。

  • Otowa Restaraunt
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    5.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Utsunomiya-shi Nishiharacho 3554-7
    This restaurant prepares its menus based on the ingredients it carefully selects that day. All three of its menus are the same for both lunch and dinner. The restaurant is open for lunch only on Friday, Saturdays, and Sundays. The restaurant has a full selection of wines with a particular focus on French wines, so you will want to consult with their sommelier before choosing. The restaurant also hosts a variety of parties.

    音羽シェフの料理に惚れこんでしまい、宇都宮まで食事しに行くようになってしまいました。 東京で同じ食事をしたら、おそらく倍のコストがかかってしまうと思います。 ソムリエの方も素敵で、料理に合わせてペアリングしてくれます。 今度、いつ行く?というレストランは、ここだけです。

  • Usaburou
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    4.5
    46 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nasugunnasumachi Takaku Otsu 2727-344
    This local cuisine restaurant located in Nasu County, Tochigi Prefecture is where you can taste country cooking such as okowa (sticky rice mixed with vegetables or other ingredients), kenchin zoni (mochi with soup) and suiton (wheat flour dumpling soup) in a shop that is like a private house filled with nostalgia. The mochi glutinous rice without preservatives or additives is characterized by its stickiness and slight sweetness. It can also be used as a tea house or sweets shop to enjoy ankoro mochi (rice cake with bean paste) and ice cream using matcha green tea.

    那須高原へのドライブ。 ランチはこちらでと目指してくると昼前に到着。 まずは駐車場待ち。 その後は1時間以上待って店内へ。 木立に囲まれた古民家です。 庭の紅葉が色づき始めています。 入り口付近には古い農機器具が置かれていて、入り口が引き戸で、かがんで入るほどの高さ。 寒い場所の知恵ですね。 席は入り口付近だっただのでトイレついでに店内を見学。 囲炉裏や縁側もあり、良い雰囲気。 隣の席には、地元の...

  • Banri (Handmade Ramen Noodles)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Sanoshi Takahagichou 437-7
    Come taste a perfect representation of Tochigi's local Sano Ramen here at this ramen shop in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture. Their soup base, made by boiling chicken and pork together for four hours, pairs well with their signature noodles handmade with green bamboo known for their springy texture. This popular ramen shop draws ramen fans from all over Japan.
  • Fudan Kaiseki Nagomi Chaya
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    4.5
    44 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Kamihatsuishimachi 1016
    This is a restaurant for kaiseki-ryori (Japanese course cuisine) located alongside a romantic old Japanese highway in Nikko City’s Kamihatsuishi Town. Guests can easily enjoy kaiseki-ryori which uses plenty of seasonal local ingredients such as Nikko yuba (bean-curd skin). Part of the appeal of this restaurant with the appearance of an old Japanese-style house is its ambience that is even easy for single customers to enter. The “Yuba Kaiseki Lunch” that contains stewed agemaki yuba with a gentle flavor is a popular offering on the menu. This is a famous restaurant that has even been introduced on television.

    Had the yuba (a dish this area is known for) kaiseki and it was amazing (even to my carnivore husband). The staff was so wonderful, and did a fantastic job of communicating with us in English and...

  • Steak House Juraku (Main Store)
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    4.0
    122 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Nasu-gun Nasumachi Yumoto 379

    並ぶのを覚悟で伺ったのですが、平日のためか並ぶことなく入店できました。牛のもつ煮、サイコロステーキ、デミグラソースのコロッケ頂いてきました。どれもお肉が柔らかくて、おいしかったです。次回も那須に行く機会があればぜひ再訪したいです。

  • Kobaya Shokudo
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    4.0
    58 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nasushiobarashi Shiobara 795
    This restaurant is famous for offering soup-iri yakisoba, a local Shiobara Onsen delicacy that features fried noodles in a soy sauce-based soup. The restaurant is equipped with counter and tatami seating inside as well as a parking lot outside. Lines sometimes form around lunchtime at the popular restaurant, which is visited by many people who come from great distances away.

    スープ焼きそばがテレビ放映なども含めて話題になり気になっていましたが、実際に食べるまで数年を要しました。 それも、前日の宿泊でいただいた地域クーポンが使えるということで、ようやく決心がついた次第です。 元祖とかルーツなんて言葉の使い分けで、2店舗の名前が挙がりますが、こちらはそのうちの1店。(もう1店は釜彦) 宿から近かったのは釜彦でしたが、臨時休業のため、少しだけ足を延ばしてこちらに到着...

  • Nikko Jingoro Senbei Nikko Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Nikko-shi Honcho 4-18
  • Footbath Cafe “espo”
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Kinugawaonsenohara 1437-1 Hotel Sunshine in Kinugawa
    espo is a cafe with footbath in the Hotel Sunshine Kinugawa located in Kinugawaonsen-ohara, Nikko City. From the terrace guests can enjoy magnificent views of the Kinu Tateiwa-Otsuribashi Suspension Bridge and Kinugawa River, making it a wonderful place to relax with some delicious coffee and sweets.
  • Asian Old Bazaar
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    4.0
    28 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tochigi Pref. Nasugunnasumachi Yumoto Zumdiga Plain 506-20
    This Asia-inspired mini theme park is located along the Nasu Road in Tsumujiga-daira Yumoto, Nasu Town. There are three areas with various shops that sell goods from Bali, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, India. In addition, the “Ubudo Restaurant” offers Bali cuisine, and the “Mekon Restaurant” offers Vietnam and Thai cuisine as well as drinks for takeout.

    施設2ヶ所で食事をしましたが、私の口には合いませんでした。唐揚げカレーは、レトルトカレーの味で唐揚げの衣が多く身は少ない。ナシゴレンは日本の焼きそばの見た目。コロナとはいえ、無料の飲料水もおいていない。 女性スタッフは愛想悪く質問するがしかめっつらで愛想なし。ベトナム料理の鶏肉フォーは出来上がりまで二分のインスタント。とにかくあの質、量では各種高いです。 周りの雰囲気は良いが食事にはガッカリでした...

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Most visits to Tochigi revolve around Nikko, a small city home to the spectacular, lavishly decorated Toshogu Shrine and Nikko National Park with its mountains, lakes, waterfalls, onsen, and wild monkeys. Neighboring Oku-Nikko is an extension of the fantastic scenery famous for its autumn leaves, while Tochigi’s capital, Utsunomiya, is the only place in the world where you can find oya stone beautifully exhibited in temples and the Oya History Museum.

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