Hanamaru Susukino branch — Restaurant in Sapporo

Customers are not their priority. They made me wait 15 mins to get a table when there were plenty of seats available. As soon as I got a table, they told me they are closing for orders. It was still 9:20 pm, and their last order was listed as 9:30 pm at the entrance. I ordered assort of 5 different kinds of sushi specifying what assort of sushi you are getting on menu, but they just changed the assort without telling me about it… I guessed they run out of it as most of the sushi I ordered were out of stock, but surprisingly they still had that sushi they decided to replace without telling me… definitely not...

Thought of giving this a try instead of the one at Stellar place since it's nearer to my Airbnb. We reached 6.00pm on a Friday and there were plenty of seats. Staff are polite and promptly serves us cold water and an English menu. There are other items not in English menu so you will have to use Google translate as the staff is not English speaking. Sushi were quite fresh and the sashimi salad was nice. Overall, I still think Hanamaru at Stellar Place is nicer. But if you don't want to queue, you can...

Right next door to the Mercure Sapporo Hotel is an excellent sushi restaurant on the second floor (take the escalator staircase).

All sushi menu items are ordered per plate. We asked for an English menu, and pricing is reasonable (¥300, ¥500, and ¥700 per plate).

The staff spoke English and service is attentive. We throughly enjoyed the quality sushi that Hokkaido...