You've got to try the pasta with sea urchin and crab here! The sauce and perfectly cooked (al dente!) spaghetti are just amazing, giving you a taste of authentic Italian cooking that beats most cafes in Hong Kong 😂. They also serve a fresh salad with local veggies for free in lunchtime. The crab risotto is good too, but I personally preferred the pasta. The staff can understand basic English, making it easy to communicate. This place is a great choice if you're tired of the usual sashimi dishes 🤣👍🏻 Parking tip: There are 4-5 free spots behind the building provided by the restaurant. Seating tip: The restaurant has only 4-5 tables and fills up fast. It's wise to book ahead. We were lucky to get the last table available.

This restaurant is just opposite our hotel, serving japanese western food. The food taste great and were reasonably priced. The restaurant even gave us a scoop of free ice cream.

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Fabulous little Italian French inspired restaurant next to the JR station. No English menu so you can refer to pictures or use a translation app to help you decide. I had pork fillet and vegetables with a demiglase sauce. The set came with soup, rice, side salad. All for 1880Y and it was delicious. Wish I'd been here longer to try more dishes.

Not a recommendation. I initially decided to ignore the hospital-like interior design because the other google reviews were pretty decent but from the moment I stepped in I was overwhelmed by a very strong odour. I am still unsure how to describe it but you could say it was very stuffy, almost moldy. Extremely unpleasant but maybe it was due to the rainy weather, not sure. Next up was the food, my pasta was overcooked (as is common in Japan) and the cream sauce was extremely strong in taste, as if half of it was made out of meat stock. The salmon did not seem fresh and made slimy strands so presumably it was from a can. The crepe for desert was almost white in colour as if it was barely baked, the vanilla ice cream did not have real vanilla in it, even though the restaurant is in the dairy heaven of Japan, Hokkaido. Presentation was ok, the owner did not seem very welcoming, but maybe it was just the common shyness towards foreigners, though I spoke perfect Japanese. I wanted to like this 1-man restaurant next to Abashiri station, but sorry, no thanks.

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There's not many choices near the JR station so we choose this one to try out the local restaurant. Decor and strong fume from the kitchen can be improve. Food itself was decent. During lunch time you might be serve by chef himself. So not much of service is available.