Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Saitama Area

  • SAIBOKU
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Hidakashi Shimooyazawa 546
    Saiboku manufactures and sells pork raised on its own farm under two brand names, Golden Pork and Super Golden Pork, along with ham and sausages made from this porkin a consistent manner. The adjacent restaurant and cafe serves barbecued pork and Tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet), grilled pork, and spare ribs. Customers can even relax in the hot spring facility for daytime use that is on the grounds. The shop sells pork products and local vegetables, both of which make excellent souvenirs.
  • Hanazono Forest
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Fukayashi Omaeda 417
    Approximately two minutes by car from Hanazono Interchange, visitors love Hanazono Forest’s beautiful rose garden and succulent sweets. Enjoy their weekday sweets buffet while looking out over the blooming garden with its roses and herbs. There’s no time limit and it’s highly popular. You can also purchase freshly baked bread, rose motif sweets, and cakes.
  • Nosaka
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    4.0
    80 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Nosakamachi 1-13-11
    Nosaka opened as a Japanese style restaurant in 2000. It restyled itself as a miso pork-bowl shop in 2008, and since has become the home of miso pork-bowl. This exquisite dish is made with pork marinated in Chichibu’s famed miso, then roasted over a charcoal flame, laid over specially selected rice and topped with the house’s special soy-based sauce.

    たまたま近くで昼食を取ろうと、知らないで行ったのですが有名人が訪問している有名な豚丼屋さんでした。 味が濃くて、「おいしい!」の一言に尽きました。

  • Yasudaya
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    3.5
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunoganomachi Ogano 392
    This shop, founded in 1916 in Ogano Town, Chichibu County, Saitama Prefecture, is the birthplace of Chichibu’s famed Waraji Katsudon pork cutlet bowl. This dish includes a satisfying portion of pork cutlet with a shoyu-based sauce. Not only is it tasty and filling, but the reasonable price is attractive, too. People come from all over to enjoy this famous dish.

    家族で5年ぶりに食べに行きましたが、店内に入ること猫のおしっこ臭い匂いが漂っていました。 味は、油身の多いかつでした。家族は二度と行かないと言っていました。 味より店内と接客を考えた方がいいですね。

  • Moto Green Cafe
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    377-1 Otsukano, Ogano-cho, Saitama Prefecture
    This biker cafe on Prefectural Route 209 in a renovated antique storehouse that was once part of a bank has preserved its traditional look. The shop's interior has numerous bikes and displays of various motorcycle related goods, making it a huge hit with motorcycle lovers. Their most popular food item is a nikudon meat on rice dish that they inherited from a shop that was once next door. They keep its esteemed Ogano flavor alive while adding their own twist. In summertime their enormous servings of shaved ice, made of spring water from Mt. Bishamon and homemade syrup made from local wine, and local fruit, are popular.

    有名カツ丼を食べた後にさっぱりしたくて徒歩1分くらいの近場に発見。蔵のような造りでバイク展示などあり店内も素敵で綺麗です。バイク専用駐車場がありライダーも多かった。かき氷はハーフのブルーベリーを。初めて食べたけど濃厚!美味しい!天然の毘沙門氷は頭いたくならず食べきる頃にもまだ溶けていない!すごい!イチゴは売り切れだったので次はぜひ食べたい。コーヒーも濃くて私好み。カレーライスとかも美味しそう。いい...

  • Ogakiku
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    4.5
    140 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Kawagoeshi Nakachou 3-22
    "An eel restaurant established in 1807 which is located in Naka-cho, Kawagoe City. The restaurant is housed in a three-story wooden building built in the early Taisho period. Menu selections include eel broiled and slathered in a secret recipe sauce handed down for seven generations; a la carte eel dishes like shirayaki plain broiled eel; the ""Torikaba Sanshoku"" meal, which comes with chicken kabayaki and soboro as well as egg soboro; and eel course meals."

    This place has excellent unagi (eel). However, I suggest you go early and get a queue and walk around sightseeing and return 10 min before your allocated time. It seems to be quite accurate in...

  • Tenku no Gakko
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunminanomachi Kamihinozawa 652
    "A cafe situated along Prefectural Route 284 in Kamihinozawa, Minano Town, Chichibu County. Operating out of a closed mountain branch school building, the cafe serves foods such as the ""Tenku no Chimaki,"" kakuni stewed meat cubes steamed in a bamboo leaf with rice; and the ""Tenku Burger."" The cafe also serves frozen pineapple ice cream, fruit baumkuchens, and drinks made with the area's superb spring water. In addition, there's an adjoining barbecue ground where customers can purchase or rent everything they need to enjoy a tasty cookout. Situated 550 meters above sea level, the surrounding scenery is also superb."

    のどかな時間を味わいに行くにはとてもいい。 ただし、しばらくは沢山の人が集まってくる様で テレビの力は凄い。 今回はドリンク以外売り切れていたので、アイスコーヒーを頂いて帰って来た。 人気が高いので午前中が狙い目。 山の上の方にあり途中道が狭いので注意が必要です。中々たどり着かないので心配になるが、峠の頂上目指し進めばいいのです。 次はチマキを味わいたいです。

  • Strawberry Garden
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Iruma-gun Moroyamamachi Nishiokubo 1014-2
    This confectionery shop is located along Prefectural Route 114 in Nishi-Ookubo, Moroyama Town, Iruma County. It is directly managed by Ichigo no Sato, a strawberry farm also located in Moroyama Town. Strawberry Garden sells confectionery items such as “baum strawberry with cheese inside,” which is made using homemade strawberry puree, and “strawberry shavings mini,” which is served with shavings of frozen ripe strawberries and condensed milk drizzled over the top. The shop also sells additive-free jams. The shop has a cafe space where customers can enjoy “strawberry goro-goro parfait” during the strawberry season.

    苺菓子の専門店です。各種苺をテーマとした菓子が並び選択に困るくらいです。ロールケーキ人気らしいですが、店内窓口でソフトクリーム等も楽しめます。美味しく頂きました。

  • Pari Shokudou
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Bambamachi 19-8
    Pari Shokudou is a restaurant located in Banbamachi, Chichibu City. The menu features donburi (rice bowl) dishes, ramen noodles, rice omelet and curry dishes at very reasonable prices. The building in which the restaurant is located is a historic building with a mortar finish, which was constructed in the early part of the Showa period; the building has been designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

    登録有形文化財でお食事を頂けます。かわいい猫ちゃんもいます。落ち着く雰囲気のお店です。オムライス、チャーシュー麺に餃子と瓶ビールを注文。注文して、来るのに結構時間がかかりました。はじめに餃子とビールで一杯。カラッとした皮の餃子はビールのお供になりました。次にオムライスが来ました。オムライスだけではなく、お野菜やフルーツもついて盛り沢山です。ケチャップライスの味は薄いように感じ、少し大きめの大きな...

  • Ichinoya Kawagoe Main Restaurant
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Kawagoeshi Matsuechou 1-18-10
    Unagi Ichinoya is one of Kawagoe's oldest and eel restaurants and has been serving barbecued eel in its old Edo-style building continuously since 1832. Served with a sauce that has been handed down through the generations, the eel meat is thickly cut and tender. In addition to eel dishes, the restaurant also serves Japanese dishes and multicourse meals made with seasonal ingredients.
  • Yasudaya Hinoda branch
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Hinodamachi 1-6-9
    A restaurant situated along the Saikai Highway in Hinoda-machi, Chichibu City. The restaurant's popular waraji katsudon rice bowls are a local Chichibu favorite and consist of two large breaded pork cutlets shaped like waraji straw sandals stewed in a soy sauce-based stock and served over rice. The restaurant's main location in Ogano Town is famously where waraji katsudon was invented.
  • Taikaiken Moroyama Store
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Iruma-gun Moroyamamachi Morohongo 657-6
    This ramen shop is located in Morohongo, Moroyama Town, Iruma County. It features a light soup with a rich taste that uses bonito flakes, vegetables and pork bones, with a focus on several varieties of dried sardines. The shop offers different menu items, such as Chinese noodles, wontons without noodles, wontons with noodles, and dipping noodles. From winter to early spring, they are also topped with local yuzu citrus skin.

    八高線毛呂駅のならびに有ります。旧店舗の隣に移転し、明るく、入りやすい店構えになりました。普通盛りでも麺の量が多く、満足できます。

  • Kashi Kobo Oakwood
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kasukabe City, Saitama Prefecture 8-966-51
    A Western confectionary shop located in 8-Chome, Kasukabe City. The shop makes and sells baked sweets and cakes designed to maximize the innate flavors of the select ingredients with which they are made. In the adjoining cafe, visitors can enjoy desserts as well as lunch menus including risotto, quiche, homemade bread plates, stewed pork hamburgers, and more.

    日曜日にランチで利用しました。まず外観が素敵です。緑が綺麗で建物もかわいくて、あちこちにある動物のオブジェも特別な所に来た感じを演出してくれていました。 予約して行ったら席に手書きのメッセージが置かれていて、思わずそこに書かれていたオススメドリンクを注文してしまいました。温かみのある接客にほっこりしました。 お料理もスイーツも美味しくいただきましたが、平日限定のアフタヌーンティーセットも食べて...

  • Fishing Restaurant ZAUO Tokorozawa Restaurant
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    2.5
    20 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Tokorozawashi Ushinuma 431-1
    A Japanese izakaya pub situated along National Route 463 in Ushinuma, Tokorozawa City. Here customers can go fishing in a giant fish tank and have their catch prepared to their liking, including as sashimi, grilled with salt, and deep fried. Facilities include private rooms facing the fish tank, tables on a giant boat floating in the tank, and a second floor banquet hall capable of seating up to 120.

    浦所街道の航空公園近くにあります。 釣った魚をお刺身や揚げ物に調理してもらえるので、好奇心旺盛な子供は確実に喜びます。 店内中央にある船の席から釣り竿で鯛や縞鯵を釣ることができます。 また、レジ近くの生簀では鯵やサザエ、鮑、車海老を釣ることができます。 中々鯛や縞鯵を釣るのは難しいですが、店員さんが子供達に魚を釣らせようと手伝ってくれました。 鯛2匹、鯵1匹、鮑1匹、カサゴ1匹釣ることが...

  • Asami Reizo Hodosan Trail Shop
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    4.0
    88 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibugunnagatoromachi Nagatoro 781-4
    This is a shaved ice specialty shop located in Nagatoro, Nagatoro Town. The wholesale shop of “Asami Reizo”, established in 1890 and a long-established warehouse, offers shaved ice made from naturally frozen ice. Customers can enjoy various flavors such as the store’s secret formula honey flavor, fruit syrup and Chichibu wine syrup.

    テレビで紹介されたお店で、来るたびに行列ができています。 当日も結構並んでいる方がいました。 こちらに来るたび、並んでいる風景が名物になりつつあります。 やはり女性の方の姿が多いですね。 暑い夏にはピッタリのかき氷です。 長瀞駅からのアクセスも良く、訪れやすいお店だと思います。

  • Unagi Restaurant Kawashou Main Restaurant
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Kitakatsushikagunmatsubushimachi Kanasugi 1511
    Founded in 1981, Unagi Restaurant Kawashou offers various dishes using carefully selected eel. The extremely popular unasashi (eel sashimi), a registered trademark, is a true gem. Be sure to try the different courses, creative dishes and dojou nabe (loach hot pot). Can be used for business dinners and banquets.
  • Udokichi
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Tokorozawa-shi Wagahara 1-691-62

    マツコの知らない世界で紹介されたお店巡り。本日は狭山ヶ丘まで来ました。 狭山ヶ丘駅を降りて住宅街のほうへ進み、10分弱歩くとたくさんの人が群がる民家を発見。間違いない、こちらですね。 うどきち。 民家を改装したとのことですが、たしかに外観は普通のお宅。先日、大宮のスリランカ料理を食べた時も普通の自宅のような外観でしたね。 11時30分開店すると行列の人々が続々とお店に入っていきます。玄関で...

  • Nigurumaya Dining
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Nakamiyajimachi 5881
    "A hamburg steak and spaghetti specialty restaurant located in Omiya, Chichibu City. The restaurant serves hamburg steaks made with 100% ground beef; Joshu beef steaks; waraji katsu breaded pork cutlets, a local Chichibu favorite, served teppanyaki style; and more. On weekdays during lunchtime, the restaurant serves a daily lunch special, pasta lunch, and hamburg steak lunch. The restaurant's salads, made with fresh vegetables from the establishment's own farm, are also popular, and in summer the restaurant holds a ""Fresh Vegetable Fair"" during which time it offers a variety of vegetable-focused dishes."

    ハンバーグ、普通にオーダーしてもあらびきです すべてのソースが濃厚ですね 天気が良い日は外のテラスも良いかもしれませんね 結構昼時は混んでいるようなので、予約をお勧めします

  • Seikaen Tonbotei
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Hannoushi Inarichou 23-23
    A traditional kaiseki course cuisine restaurant located in Inari-cho, Hanno City. Surrounded by the beautiful forest on the bank of the Naguri River, the restaurant serves kaiseki meals, steak meals, shabushabu courses, a la carte dishes, and lunchtime bento boxes. Seating up to 80, the restaurant can accommodate large groups and provides catering as well.

    川風サイクリングコースを逆周りで走っており、 飯能大橋の隣に低く小さい橋があり、その橋、矢久橋を渡って坂道を歩いて行き、 区画整理して欲しいほど混み入った道を行くと清河園、和膳...

  • Ryotei Yamaya
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saitama Pref. Kawagoeshi Saiwaichou 11-2
    A traditional ryotei restaurant located in Saiwai-cho, Kawagoe City. The restaurant was established in 1868 after the owner inherited a villa which belonged to Yokota Gorobe, a wealthy merchant who built his fortune through rice wholesaling, brewing, and finance. The restaurant serves seasonal kaiseki course cuisine in private dining rooms as well as lunch on weekdays in the building's tea room. The restaurant can also be rented out for a ryotei wedding.

    豪商の別邸を料亭にした山屋さん。庭も見事ですが、日本建築、美術品など見ごたえたっぷり。料理は素晴らしいの一語に尽きます。ランチタイムにお弁当を提供する日もありますが、予約してゆっくり懐石を味わえると最高です。

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