B.O.S — Restaurant in Hakuba

Pretty disappointing. We arrived 10 minutes before opening after hearing so many good reviews from others. We made it in with the first round of people when the restaurant opened & shared a table separate from the main room, with another couple. It felt like we were in a storeroom & they and forgotten about us because we only got our food 1hr and 40 minutes after sitting down.

FYI there is a 1 drink minimum per person.

The chicken was delicious but the Okonomiyaki was so disappointing. Lacking taste, sauces & mayo, and we could only find one piece of pork in the pork Okonomiyaki. The vegetables are chopped up into small cubes & was too crunchy. Being in the small separate room really lacks atmosphere & though you have a hot plate at your table, they don’t cook your food in...

The food was ok, given that it’s in a ski resort town.

B.O.S. seems to prioritize Australians. We were the second group (3 non-Aussies) in queue for the restaurant’s open at 5pm. As it opened, the host seated the first group (3 Aussies) at the main dining room, sent us to the back room adjacent to the restroom, then seated the third group (4 Aussies) in the main dining room. The restaurant is small and only has 3 tables that can accommodate groups of 3+. The back room smelled like fumes, possibly due to the restaurant just turned everything on.

We didn’t get our food until an hour past being seated. The groups in the main dining room got their food first, and they left not long after we finally got ours.

The restaurant’s priority is a...

Wow!!! We waited over an hour in the snow but we are so glad we did (we nearly gave up and went next door)!! We had the okonomiyaki, yakisoba (pork with omelette) and gyoza. It was actually too much for 2 of us but we finished it anyway. The entire operation is a one man show. The amount of prep this guy must do is mind blowing! You can watch him make everything which makes it super interactive. Place is small so becomes social if you let it. I would 100% recommend this for anyone visiting the area. Also well priced! In addition (edited later), after 3 weeks travelling I have not found an okonomiyaki as good...