SUZUVEL — Restaurant in Niigata

What a cool find right at the station. We were wandering around looking for either a quick snack or an early dinner. We ended up here and got a GREAT early dinner. I had the Pho and partner had some soup-thing. The English and ordering were a bit sketchy, but if we had looked over-head at the instructions (which we saw after ordering and sitting), things would have gone much smoother. With our entrees, we got 2 and 3 sides. There were also toppings. Once navigated and seated, we thoroughly enjoyed our food. The sides were plentiful and great-tasting, and the mains were great as well. Too much food, in fact, for a couple that tries to...

You can eat healthy but not much choice and you are limited in the way you can choose your dishes. You have to decide how many different dishes you wish to pick but then the server told us that we had to pick from left and right vitrine. By that time though there was only 2 options on the right, none of which interested me and felt trapped. Also the salad comes with no seasoning at all. I like it healthy but there is a point to it. Some detox water with 2 slices of lemon fighting so pretty much water. Wants to look fancy but...

When you come to Niigata, you have to try rare sakes. Suzuvel has them all! Limited ed, vintage and even phantom (mohoboroshi) sakes! Sake Sommelier Kubota-San is a joy to speak to. He knows so much about sake, especially the Jimoto (local) Niigata Sake. We spoke to him through google translate but we felt his sincerity and passion for sake still. The sky is the limit....