The floor-to-ceiling glass windows at the Molière, tucked away in a quiet residential district of Sapporo, look out over Maruyama Park. Thick double doors for warmth open into a chic dining room with milk chocolate and ivory tones. Lit by large glass windows and adorned with seasonal motifs, there is a strong sense of the season outside within. A large central table is a hub for the service team, who attend to each table’s needs for drinks and other items from here. This layout and the generous space between each table affords a sense of privacy within this cozy space. Gazing out onto Maruyama Park, where tall trees waver in the breeze, you can enjoy a retreat from the busy pace of the city. World-renowned French cuisine, executed with a deft touch by chef Hiroshi Nakamichi and the team trained by him over the last almost forty years, is served in bright, modern surroundings. His dishes pay homage to Hokkaido’s rich natural resources and their apparent traditionalism belies great skill in enhancing the flavours of local ingredients: roast duck with salsifi confit, Tokachi beef, herb-scented locally-reared lamb and carpaccio of turbot with seasonal vegetables
Restaurant Information
Style: Washoku (Traditional Japanese cuisine)
Chain: Relais & Chateaux (Member since 2014)
Address: 2-1-1 Miyagaoka Chuou-Ku 064-0959, Sapporo (Hokkaido) Japan
Telephone: +81 (0)11 631 3155
Opening Hours: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM (lunch), 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM (Dinner)
Close on Wednesday
Social Media
Website – https://sapporo-moliere.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/moliere.sapporo/?ref=page_internal
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/moliere_santelmo/?hl=en
Seating cost
Dinner Menu
Terroir Menu ¥ 16,000 (tax included) Menu HOKKAIDO ¥ 13,800 (tax included)
Season Menu ¥ 9,900 (tax included)
Lunch Menu
Terroir menu ¥ 12,400 (tax included) Menu HOKKAIDO ¥ 8,200 (tax included)
Molière menu ¥ 6,200 (tax included) Forest menu ¥ 4,600 (tax included)
Ease of access
Located just across the street from kaitaku shrine and maryuma Park, Moliere Resturant is located 3km from Sapporo station.
Chef
Hiroshi Nakamichi was born in 1951, Noboribetsu, Hokkaido Japan. After 3 years of training in France he returned to Japan in 1974 and opened his first restaurant in Sapporo “Restaurant Molière” in 1982, afterwards he continuously founded 4 restaurants in Hokkaido. Hiroshi Nakamichi was appointed as a Culinary Advisor for the 34th G8 Summit in Toya lake in Hokkaido, 2006. He was then awarded 3 stars on Special Edition of Michellin Guide in Hokkaido 2012. “The Restaurant Molière” became a member of Relais & Châteaux in 2014 and then he was assigned a Culinary Advisor of Four Season’s Tokyo’s fine dining restaurant “MOTIF” in 2015.
