Happy hour until 5pm. I ordered takozangi and assorted yakitori using the tablet ordering system. The photo of takozangi on the menu showed it served with a slice of lemon, but when it arrived, there was no lemon. I thought it was just forgotten, so I asked the staff, and they said they no longer include lemon. Maybe it's due to high prices. It was a little disappointing.

I went on a business lunch to this place. I ordered the Zangi and soba set meal (934 yen). The Zangi was just a normal fried chicken, more on the sticky side rather than the crispy type that is popular now. A bit disappointing. The seating was cramped, with curtains dividing the tables like private rooms, making it feel even smaller.

We ordered lunch menu for two people. The dishes are filling yet reasonably priced. We have been here many times and always enjoy the delicious food. The seats are separated by curtains, so you don't have to worry about making eye contact with other customers. The atmosphere inside the restaurant feels safe and comfortable.

Today is the usual day for drinking with friends during the day, starting from Sapporo Station! However, my friend suggested that we should first have lunch, so we decided to go to this place. My friend ordered the "Pork and Vegetable Stir-Fry Set Meal" (excluding tax 798 yen), which was a hearty dish of stir-fried cabbage, carrots, bean sprouts, and pork belly in a flavorful salt sauce. He also had the "Strong Uji Matcha" (398 yen), which he found to be really rich and delicious. As for me, I ordered the "Croquette" (excluding tax 148 yen) as a snack, along with a "Highball" (299 yen) with a sweet taste but quite tasty croquette and a refreshing highball with carbonation. We chatted for about an hour, enjoying some "Calbee Potato Fries" (excluding tax 568 yen) and another round of drinks – a Highball for me and a "Red Ball Punch" (299 yen) for my friend. It was time to move on to our intended destination, so we thanked the "Apia Store" for the meal. Thank you, Apia Store!

Today's workplace lunch was the limited-time extra-large Negitoro Salmon Tataki bowl at "Yama no Saru-san" restaurant. It's a bit extravagant for a weekday, but I've been cutting back on eating out this week so I decided to treat myself. This restaurant is great for solo diners because they have partitions between seats. Thanks for the meal!

Today's workplace lunch was the daily lunch set at "Yamanosaru", which was a Japanese-style teppanyaki hamburger. I feel like we've been having a lot of meat dishes lately, so I want to try something new starting tomorrow. Thanks for the meal!

The lunchtime and afternoon drinking customers filled up the seats. Orders are made through a touch panel, and the staff's movements seem efficient. In the past, there was a sense of frustration or that there were few staff members, but now it's stress-free with guided seating, food service, and payment. For this meal, I had the Zangi set meal with pork miso soup for 791 yen. The limited quantity rare tuna cutlet bowl was already sold out. The Zangi came with 5 pieces, and the miso soup had plenty of daikon radish and carrots, making it very satisfying. This meal experience has changed my impression, and I will definitely visit again!

I went on a trip to Hokkaido! You can enjoy various flavors at a reasonable price. The menu has "Hokkaido-produced" items written in some places, so I ordered those only (lol). We drank a lot of alcohol and it ended up being around 5,000-6,000 yen per person, but during Happy Hour it's half price and very cost-effective. If you plan to drink alcohol, I recommend starting early during Happy Hour!

One Saturday, after being turned away from a few restaurants I wanted to go to, I decided to try a shop at Apia and luckily got in. It was quite crowded. The fried potatoes were crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. The black pepper chicken dish I imagined to be more flavorful turned out to be quite ordinary. The Hokkaido Zangi (5 pieces) was juicy and delicious. The peanut and bean sprout dish was lightly seasoned. The adult-sized spicy salad was mild, but tasted better with soy sauce on the table. The beef menma had a lot of fat, but the menma itself was tasty. Our 90-minute plan ended up being extended by an hour and a half, but the bill was reasonable and the food was better than expected. Overall, it was a good experience.

The menu features dishes made with fresh ingredients from Hokkaido, including both fish and meat. I tried the tempura rice bowl with soba noodles made with Hokkaido ingredients. The tempura was freshly fried and delicious, especially the shrimp. You can choose between hot or cold soba noodles, and they offer a free extra portion of rice. Due to the impact of COVID-19, all orders are placed using a tablet.

I have visited a few times but this is my first post. "Yamanosaru Apia Branch" as of 2022/05/08 has a rating of 3.16. There are days when there is a line in front of the popular restaurant during lunchtime. The seating is divided like private rooms, which is nice. You order using a touch panel. Today, I had the Obihiro pork bowl and Horokanai soba set, the BIG fried horse mackerel set, and an iced coffee, totaling 2,583 yen. The touch panel is very convenient, but it was difficult to find the timing to order the iced coffee (laughs). Thank you for the meal! Yamanosaru Apia Branch, I will visit again!

On this day, I had dinner with my colleague at a restaurant in Sapporo Station Building called "Yama no Saru". It's a famous local chain in Hokkaido, but I had never been there before. We ordered a drink all-you-can-drink option and some izakaya dishes. The food was all delicious and had a homemade feel, with high quality. Thank you for the meal.

There are many izakaya restaurants in Hokkaido called "Yama no Saru" → (HP) for lunch♪ I thought this was my first visit to this store, but I actually visited it about two and a half years ago and even wrote a review. I have no recollection at all...◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎◎【Shrimp Tempura Rice Bowl (with extra rice) and Horokanai Soba Set】1,276 yen I ordered a similar set as before. You can choose between cold or hot soba, so please ask for the hot one! The set comes with five large shrimp tempura and one small piece of green pepper tempura. In the previous review, I wrote, "The tempura and soba are both average in taste♪", but has my palate changed in the past two and a half years? Both the tempura and soba were very delicious♪ The soba is made from the highest harvest of soba in Hokkaido, particularly from Horokanai town. It's definitely delicious! (^o^)

A few days ago, when I headed to a restaurant in Apia to have spaghetti, I noticed the hanging banner at the storefront of this restaurant. They have a "dinner set menu" starting from 4 pm every day, which includes free rice and miso soup refills. Some people might find this offer enticing, right? But... a miso soup refill? (laughs) I was a bit late due to a delay at work and missing a subway train, so I arrived at 4:39 pm, still before 5 pm. This restaurant operates by pressing a call button at the entrance, and a staff member comes out to seat you. I was guided to a table for two. A female staff member pointed to a tablet device menu and said, "You can place your order here." This is convenient once you get used to it, right? I wonder if it's difficult for security reasons to pay with internet banking and direct debit from your account. The dinner menu has a total of 8 items. The most expensive is the "seafood bowl set menu at 1,208 yen including tax," while the cheapest are the "zangi set menu" and the "teppanyaki gyoza set menu" both at 768 yen including tax. There is also a menu with miso soup replaced or added with pork miso soup and soba. At first, I thought the grilled hokke set menu looked good, but it seemed like it would take more than 10 minutes to cook, so I decided on the "plenty of vegetable meat stir-fry set menu" at 977 yen including tax. I need to eat some vegetables once in a while (laughs). The medium glass or bottle of beer is only 329 yen (tax included) until 6 pm, which is quite cheap, right? But, beer for dinner... (laughs). Oh, and since it's dinner, I'll have a regular serving of rice. Let's send the order through the tablet device and wait for a while. The interior of the restaurant is divided by curtain-like partitions, so each table is separated for privacy. Also, visibility is poor, so you can't tell how many customers are inside. But, judging by the noise level, it feels like it's almost... no, it's almost full. The girls at the table next to mine are getting beer refills quite quickly (laughs). The food arrived in about 12 minutes. The waiter who brought it asked, "Did you still need water?" and quickly brought me a glass of water. On the tray, there was miso soup with takuan pickles, rice, bean salad, and meat and vegetable stir-fry. The stir-fried vegetables included bean sprouts, cabbage, carrots, red and yellow bell peppers, and green peppers. The meat was pork belly. The rice was cooked well, and the miso soup had a strong dashi flavor. The bean salad had various beans and broccoli. It was a nice palate cleanser. The meat and vegetable stir-fry... what can I say? It had a seasoning similar to salted grilled meat, finished with coarse ground pepper. Overall, it was good, right? The price is a bit high, but it might be good for those who want rice and miso soup refills. Thank you for the meal.

For lunch, I decided to have a set meal somewhere, so I had lunch at "Yama no Saru". I had the daily special sweet and sour pork lunch. The sweet and sour pork was average in taste. I have had the fried chicken set meal at other restaurants before, but that was more of a night izakaya lunch. The impression I got was that you can get free refills on rice, so there were a lot of salarymen eating the seaweed, which was interesting! As for the menu, "Yama no Saru" offers daily and weekly specials for lunch, as well as popular items like the fried chicken set meal! The recommended menu items in the photo, such as the beef steak and Horokanai soba, are over 1,000 yen, so I think they are a bit expensive for everyday meals, but they look delicious so they might be worth it as a treat. By the way, I usually go for the set meals that cost around 500-800 yen, like the fried chicken set meal! On this day, I was very hungry so I got extra rice haha. Also, I heard that you can get free refills on miso soup as well!

After a long time, I had to work on a Saturday. I thought there would be plenty of places to eat in Satsueki, but it was different this time. Nowhere was open! I was running out of time and getting worried. Finally, I found a place that was open. I quickly ordered a Zangi and croquette set with a little rice (there was a button for less rice on the touch panel) and an iced coffee. The food arrived promptly. The set came with Zangi, but somehow croquettes also showed up. Everything was freshly fried and delicious. I ended up eating the croquettes and Zangi as if they were drinks. It was a funny lunch experience during a busy Saturday workday. I arrived just 5 minutes before the deadline! I did a great job managing my time. The croquettes and Zangi were like drinks to me. It was a satisfying meal.

I arrived at "Yama no Saru" in Apia near Sapporo Station. They have started offering lunch specials so I decided to give it a try. The bold sign caught my attention. They serve lunch from 4 pm to 11 pm, so I stopped by after work, but it seemed like most people were just drinking. I ordered the Obihiro pork bowl set for 898 yen without tax, with free extra large size. You can also get a refill of miso soup. There is a 50 yen discount if you add them as a LINE friend. Even with the discount, it still seemed a bit pricey. Authentic pork bowls usually cost over 1,000 yen, so I waited with that in mind. It arrived in about 10 minutes. The pork bowl looked like it was cooked and topped with sauce. It was served in a shallow bowl, so even with the extra large size, it didn't seem like a lot. The taste was decent. The pork was sliced in large pieces like you would find at home, but surprisingly tender. Overall, it was a safe choice and tasted like a homemade pork bowl. It seems like there are various considerations when it comes to chain izakayas. Thank you for the meal.

I visited this restaurant for the first time. The interior is divided by curtains, which creates a calming atmosphere, and I felt that they had thorough measures in place for infection prevention. I ordered the soy meat and black vinegar vegetable stir-fry set meal. It comes with rice, miso soup, pickles, and a side dish. The main dish, vegetable stir-fry, was a bit sour probably due to the black vinegar. The soy meat tasted like regular meat if not told otherwise. The rice was multigrain, showing consideration for health. It's a good deal to have a lunch for under 1000 yen in the vicinity of the station. The staff are from an izakaya, so their service is not unpleasant, but more like an izakaya style. Thank you for the meal.

It's an izakaya, but they also have set meals available in the evening, so I decided to stop by after work. I chose the tofu and vegetable set meal. It's surprising to find healthy options at an izakaya. The taste was really delicious. I was able to eat plenty of vegetables and felt energized afterwards!

I was debating whether to eat Poterico at New Chitose Airport, but ended up just heading home. However, I found out that they sell it at Yama no Saru! Poterico (salad) at Calbee Shop was a bit too fried and oily, with a salty taste. But it's great that you can eat this in Sapporo! It's been a while since I had it, but I still like it! The Mini Potato Churro Parfait had a cocoa or chocolate flavor. It was a bit too crispy from being fried too long. Also, the service was quite slow (why?). The chocolate ice cream was delicious, with a rich Belgian chocolate taste. However, it was a bit expensive for its size. I felt like having pork miso soup, so I ordered it separately. It came in a bowl, which made me happy. It had plenty of ingredients, and I thought it would be perfect with a salted rice ball (maybe I should have just ordered the soup and rice ball). When I saw the dessert menu, I noticed some sweets from a familiar shop like Baked Alul. The Japanese sweets also looked delicious. They had affordable lunch sets until 4 pm, and late lunch sets from 4 pm, so I'll aim for that next time!