古門 — Restaurant in Niigata

My husband and I were visiting Niigata in November, as it is considered the Napa Valley for sake in Japan.

We learned Niigata is also famous for its cuisine and we wanted to experience it at a Michelin rated restaurant.

We made a reservation through Autoreserve, explaining that our Japanese language skills are very limited.

We were warmly welcomed by everyone at the restaurant, and they did their best to explain the excellent dishes to us in English. We ended up having conversations using our phone translation apps and what little we could speak in Japanese and they in English. We never expected to experience such special treatment. We felt like we had met new friends in Niigata.

I highly recommend this wonderful restaurant. The food and staff and owners are deserving of 3 Michelin stars. We will definitely visit again the next time we...

An excellent Japanese kaiseki restaurant in Furumachi area in Niigata. Meals are served by a course. I forget to inform them that I don’t eat meat. While the server told that if I have told them about no meat option at the time of reservation (or prior to our visit) they can accommodate my request but she is not sure if they can accommodate. But boy they did fine job giving me no meat dishes. I was pleasantly surprised they substituted two meat containing dishes with non meat dishes. The dishes are exquisite. The drink menu is fine. Making...

なだ万で腕を振るわれたご主人が地元に戻られて開店した和食のお店です。ミシュラン一つ星を獲得されています。美しく上品で美味しい料理を提供してくれます。和食の伝統を大切にしつつ、中華などのテイストも取り入れて進化させています。 店内は割とコンパクトで、元々はご夫婦二人で切り盛りするつもりだったそうです。今はリニューアルして席数が増えて、お弟子さんやスタッフさんが何人もいらっしゃいます。 ご主人の長谷川さんはとても気さくな方で、カウンター席ならお話をしながら食事を楽しめます。 大切な方と一緒はもちろん、1人でも歓迎して...