Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Niigata Area

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Gourmet / Alcohol

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...
Tonjiru Tachibana

4.0

35 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Myoukoushi Kurihara 2-3-10

Tonjiru Tachibana located on National Route 292 at 2 Chome, Kurihara, Myoko City is a specialty tonjiru (pork soup) restaurant. Its simple tonjiru made from pork, onions, tofu and white miso (soybean paste) features a mild sweetness while having a stew-like richness. It offers noodles such as tonjiru ramen noodles and tonjiru soba noodles as well as a tonjiru set meal served with Koshihikari rice produced in Yashiro.

高いだけですね。特別美味しいとは思わないな。おにぎりセットのおにぎりが、コンビニおにぎりみたい。豚汁ラーメンは、ただ中華麺を入れただけのお粗末さ。価格設定がどうかしてます。コンビニのイートインみたいな店でした。
Shinbashi

4.0

85 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Yuzawa 488-1

Shinbashi located near Sanroku Station on the Yuzawa Kogen Ropeway in Oazayuzawa, Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma County is a soba noodle restaurant. It offers handmade soba noodles using handmade buckwheat soba flour and water from Uonuma. It also has a range of dishes using seasonal local ingredients such as kagura nanban, a local vegetable, and local sake in Uonuma.

Shinbashi served the best soba I ever had. We chanced upon it while trying to find somewhere to have dinner before it got too late. Had no expectation at all so imagine our happiness when we realised...
Koshu Hanten

4.0

46 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tsubame-shi Niigata prefecture Nishiyan 49-4

A long-established shop of the famous tsubamesanjo style of ramen in Tsubame city, Niigata prefecture. Tsubamesanjo-style ramen features extremely thick noodles, with creamy soy soup made with small dried sardines or seafood stock, and completed with a large amount of park back fat. It’s so popular that people will say “Koshu Hanten” whenever Tsubamesanjo-style ramen is mentioned. They also offer fried rice, curry rice, large-sized dumplings, stir-fried vegetables, beef stew and many wonderful dishes.

燕三条系ラーメンを食べるなら、今も大看板を背負う杭州飯店と決めて、日曜日の朝、開店１時間前に駐車場へ到着。私たちが並ぼうとすると、先に到着されていた方々が慌てて並び始めて、あっと言う間に２０名程度の行列が出来ました。何とか１巡目の１０番目くらいに着席出来ましたが、皆さん恐るべき出足の速さでした。もちろん、お目当てのラーメン、チャーシューメン、ぎょうざ４個、そして、瓶ビール、なんとこだわりの赤星...
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.
Aoshima Shokudo (Miyauchi Station Shop)

4.0

58 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Miyauchi 3-5-3

This popular ramen shop located right near JR Miyauchi Station has several branches in Nagaoka City, Niigata City and Tokyo. It is known as the father of “Nagaoka-style” ramen with the soy sauce soup base flavored with ginger. The flavor’s charm is its clean, crisp taste while still getting the rich, deep umami of the ingredients and soy sauce. The chewy noodles that go down smooth and the chasiu (roasted pork) are both well received. All seating is counter seating.

長岡エリアでは有名なお店。青島食堂さん宮内駅前周辺に４店舗ある老舗のラーメン屋さんです。そこで提供されるラーメンは癖になる生姜醤油ラーメンです。
Kojimaya Souhonten

4.0

63 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Nakayashiki 758-1

Kojimaya Souhonten, said to be the birthplace of local specialty Hegisoba, located in Nakayashiki, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture. Hegisoba is a type of soba that is served in a wooden dish called a hegi. Funori seaweed is added to the homemade buckwheat flour ground on a millstone to make this popular Niigata specialty. The restaurant serves a variety of dishes from bowls of noodles to more formal dishes, priding itself on always sticking to the three principles of freshly ground, freshly kneaded, and freshly boiled. A popular dish on the menu is their seasonal Tenbara-zen served with a large portion of kakiage (mixed vegetable and seafood tempura). There is also an area in the restaurant which introduces the history of the biggest water mills in the prefecture and the story behind hegisoba.

魚沼地方発祥のへきそばを食べに、十日町市にある有名店「小嶋屋総本店」に行きました。田園風景の中、大きな水車が目立ちます。建物も立派で入口にはへきそばの歴史が展示されています。カウンター席に座り、目的のへきそばを注文。待つ事数分でへきそばの登場。きめ細かいツヤのあるお蕎麦で、盛り付けも美しいです。辛子をお蕎麦に付けて食べることをオススメしていただき、早速試してみました。さっぱり...
Menya Agosuke

3.5

38 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Jouetsushi Shimomonzen 1650

Located in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, this popular ramen shop is known for lines of customers at lunch. Their signature “shio ramen” offers a Japanese taste through its exquisite blend of fish soup (flying fish from Sado) and animal soup. The lunch-only “shio tonkotsu” and dinner-only “kuro tonkotsu” are popular. Different variations of homemade noodles are used for different dishes. The wood-like interior offers a warm atmosphere with bare light bulb lighting.

従業員の手際の悪さで回転率がひくく、行列しているだけ。行列が長いことと、美味しいことはイコールではない！！
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...
Nadai Kisoba Yoshiya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Toichi Area 4

Located in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, this soba restaurant is famous for the local specialty hegisoba, a type of soba that is beautifully arranged and served in a wooden dish called a “hegi”. Funori seaweed is added to carefully selected, local buckwheat flour ground on a millstone to make this wonderfully tasting and aromatic soba. The noodle broth is packed full of flavor from niboshi (dried infant sardines) making for a rich tasting soup. Lots of customers come here to this restaurant from inside and outside of the prefecture. The restaurant is a relaxing place which overlooks Uonuma Basin.
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.
Eguchi Dango Main Shop

4.5

39 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Miyamotohigashikatamachi 52-1

Eguchi Dango Main Shop located on Nagaoka Bypass in Miyamotohigashikata Town, Nagaoka City is a dango (sweet dumpling) shop which opened in 1902. It has a shop to sell sasadango made at the adjacent factory while a shop for freshly baked dango, a sweet parlor restaurant, and a café are attached. It also has Yukikangetsu which is a café with a sales area for European-style sweets, and the Mochidoma where you can experience sweet-making such as kushidango making.

本当にココのみたらし団子が大好きなのです。しかもこちらでは入り口で作り立てを頂けます。初めてお団子以外のお食事をいただきましたがこちらもおいしい！茶色いお赤飯はこちらの郷土料理なのかな。もっちりとてもおいしかったです！
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。
Shokudo New Misa

Gourmet / Alcohol

Niigata Joetsu-shi Nakago-ku Inariyama 367
Aoshima Shokudo Magari Aramachi Store

4.5

15 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nagaokashi Magariaramachi 3-12-22

This ramen shop is just a short walk from Miyauchi Station. It's the home of Nagaoka ginger soy sauce ramen and is included as one of Niigata's top five ramen restaurants. The slight spice of ginger in the soup is popular even amongst women and the never-ending line of customers has been featured in the media. In the gourmet comic Ramen Hakkenden (Ramen Discovery Adventure) it appeared as Nagaoka ginger soy sauce ramen shop, Akashima Shokudo. Their popular Aoshima Ramen starts with a rich soup made from their ginger soy sauce base and blends well with their medium thick noodles. A variety of toppings can be chosen including chashu pork and spinach.

青島食堂宮内店の斜め向かいにあります。まずは入口で食券を購入。青島チャーシュー（900円）を購入。普通のラーメンより100円増しですが、普通のでも充分チャーシューが乗っかっていると思います。席はカウンターとテーブル。テーブルは一方向のみを向かうようになっいて、向かい合うことは出来ません。長椅子に並びながら相席で食べている感じです。カウンターは厨房の前にあります。テーブル席はほぼ隣と...

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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.