Cucina italiana Santo — Restaurant in Kutchan

1st meal: One of the most amazing carbonaras I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating. Was quite rich, but after a day of skiing, it was just perfect. I’ve been fortunate enough to eat at some of the best Italian restaurants in the world, and this was just to die for. House wine clearly had been open for a while; wasn’t great. Service was exceptional.

2nd meal: after the first meal, the chef told me that he could cook anything on request. One of my favourite Italian dishes is a veal saltimbocca. Whilst he didn’t have veal, he substituted veal with pork. I’m not prone to exaggeration but this dish was just WOW! The pork was sooo tender, and cooked to perfection. The middle was still moist, wasn’t over-salted, and the accompanying side of freshly baked focaccia bread was heaven - soft, sprinkled with herbs - served with olive oil. Dessert was a serving of homemade hazelnut semifreddo. Just brilliant. Ordered a bottle of 2013 Sass’al Sole to accompany the pork...

One of the best meals we have had in niseko and the great thing with Santo is that the chef prepares his dishes with ingredients that are only in season so his menu is always changing the staff are extremely friendly to children and went as a family of 7 and ordered 6 appetisers but the best in our opinion was the corn soup with white truffle as the corn was in season and was topped of with white truffle and the scallop gratin which was very cheesy and creamy. For mains we decided to share the Spanish lamb rack and the wagyu beef which were both cooked perfectly and for the final course we got pasta and we thought the Sakura shrimp pasta was the best but however it is a bit slow as there is only one chef cooking everything. It was an amazing dining Experience and was one of the best value for money restaurants we...

I've visited this restaurant three times now, and each experience has been wonderful. The staff are amazing—attentive, friendly, and genuinely welcoming. The food is consistently excellent, and the atmosphere is fantastic, enhanced by great music and thoughtful touches. On our most recent visit, they went above and beyond by adding special decorations to our dessert when they learned we were celebrating. It was such a delightful gesture! I’m already looking forward to my next visit—I need to come...