Agora Sapporo — Restaurant in Sapporo

Their Italian lunch course offered a refined and well-balanced experience that blended freshness with creativity. The meal began with a colorful assortment of appetizers such as vibrant salad, carrot marinated dish, mashed potato, seasonal vegetables, and a small soup. Each bite highlighted simple yet delicate flavors, setting a refreshing tone for the course. The pasta dishes stood out with their originality. The first featured a golden sauce with cured ham, offering richness, while the second pasta had a bright tomato-based sauce with seafood, giving a lively, savory depth. Both pastas showed balance and restraint, letting the ingredients shine. The main dish, tender pork with a crisp sear, was perfectly cooked. Served with a touch of mustard seed and vegetables, it showcased a harmony between texture and flavor. Dessert brought a gentle close to the meal: a trio of small sweets such as ice cream with a layer of jelly, a bite-sized chocolate, and a simple pound cake. Paired with a smooth black coffee, it wrapped up the course in a relaxed and...

Meal: Lunch Day Visited: Friday Budget: ¥2,500 Closest Station: Tanuki Koji Reservation Needed?: Yes Payment: Cash; Credit Kid Friendly?: No English Menu?: No

What a lovely Italian restaurant! Many of the restaurants on/near Tanuki Koji are expensive with marginal quality. Agora is an exception. Though a bit expensive - lunch set options were ¥1,800 or ¥2,500 on the day of our visit - the quality of the pasta was top notch.

Our ¥2,500 lunch sets were the more expensive of the two options because they included grilled “meat,” which turned out to be grilled pork. This was the only part of the meal that we didn’t love. Otherwise, the pasta dishes were superb and the atmosphere was very friendly.

Unlike others’ experience, we did not find the service to be slow at all.

Highly...

Picked this cozy intalian restaurant as last meal of this trip and it turned out to be a very good decision The service/staff is very nice though only in Japanese The lunch set with two options and all courses are just superb, yes one side thanks to the excellent ingredients of local Hokkaido and the other part is equally important how they cook them The pork is one of the best I’ve tried this year across different countries/regions, just love the tenderness combined the hard-won kept positive side of pork meat (honestly it is difficult) Happy to see they have full house even for this weekdays lunch time, definitely will revisit next...