Mimi's Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Hakuba

Service was great. Everyone knew what they were doing, bar staff lovely and well knowledgeable.

Wine list excellent.

I mean this review with no intention to upset the staff nor the chefs. This review simply reflects my opinion.

Often “fine” dining is the expression of a chef using foods. Today I wasn’t able to understand the chef’s expression.

Food was a disappointment. We had the Wagyu experience 360.000¥ pp (375$ AUD)

The tartare (which I was very excited for), had caviar & Wagyu, great combo, expect the cheese that was added to it, maybe a pecorino or a fontina, was so overpowering you couldn’t taste any of the caviar nor the Wagyu.

The bread and extra virgin olive oil was excellent.

The garlic paste with duck liver foie Gras with the Wagyu and the Gerusalemme artichoke was great. Except the fact that there was no balance in the plate and was like fat on fat with more fat on top. (And than truffle on top) tooo much and the beauty of the ingredients gets lost.

Ravioli was good. (But nothing special + had more truffle)

tagliolini ragù was good, but again should have been much better. The sauce was watery and in my humble opinion should have been thicker, unless I missed the memo.

The Wagyu stake and the wild boar were good.

The scallop also good. (Why truffle? On top)

The tiramisu was worth a refund and the cake we had wasn’t anything special.

Again, the food wasn’t terrible, but too many ingredients which confused the direction of the food. And definitely not worth the price.

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A wonderful experience for my daughter’s birthday 🎂! We were at Hakuba at my daughter’s birthday and eating at Mimi’s was such a highlight - my daughter said to me she she enjoyed the taste of luxury at Mimi’s. The room was beautiful, the food was divine, the wine is so drinkable and the service was brilliant. We exchanged a fees emails after my booking, they replied instantly and addressed my requests. Two handsome staff even sang happy birthday with us for my daughter, on my daughter’s dessert plate there were birthday wishes addressed to her name. It was so sweet! My son said he had the best bread and steak (mine) in his life. The kids both loved their bear pies. We didn’t order the set menu because we didn’t think we can finish it, we ordered individual dishes, the price is not cheap but the dinner is truely worth every cents. The boss was very attentive and even studied my bill with magnifier to make sure there is no mistake. We are so impressed with Mimi’s dinner experience. Great memories at Mimi’s to remember all my life and highly...

Truly fantastic food experience. I got the 14300 set and everything pictured is what came with it. Every starter/small plate was fantastic, so much so that we came back the next day to order the dishes in full size. Especially wonderful were the chestnut ravioli, scorched salmon, and mountain char. The tiramisu is also incredible. My husband ordered the waygu filet the first night and it was divine, as was the venison pappardelle. The waygu cheese brochettes are yummy little bites too! The homemade focaccia is absurdly amazing and it was difficult to not ask for an entire loaf.

Aside from the stellar food and presentation, the service was outstanding. Extremely attentive and kind staff — Katrina was super helpful and provided great recommendations. Oh and the free shuttle is an amazing touch as well!

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This restaurant is so wonderful that we ate here two...