As you would expect the Rusutsu Resort Hotel houses the bulk of eateries, a satisfyingly diverse range of restaurants, buffets, cafes, and bars serving all kinds of cuisines. At breakfast, most guests descend on the large Oktober Fest restaurant for an enormous buffet of high quality Japanese, Asian and Western dishes. Rise early to avoid lengthy queues. Cuisines on offer elsewhere in the hotel include pizza and Italian (Costa Terrazza), modern Japanese (Kakashi), bbq-your-own (Lamp House), and farm-to-table (Belle Vue). When one feels more like sandwiches over sushi head for the Edelweiss Cafe or a pork burger at Daniel’s Eat-In. The Westin Resort Hotel houses and fabulous teppanyaki restaurant.
On the mountain, hit Steamboat at the base of Isola No. 1 for warming Japanese fare, the kind made extra filling for fortification on cold days (fried pork cutlet curry over rice with melted cheese and a fried egg anyone?). Lone Pine cafeteria by which most riders will travel on the way to East and Isola mountains, is a good place to warm up with a hot drink from the vending machines just inside the automatic doors or grab a full meal such as ramen or Japanese hamburger steak.
Down in the small town, stroll through snowy streets by quaint buildings to find an assortment of character-filled eateries and bars. Rodeo Drive is one of the best patronized, being a tiny bar restaurant with inventive cocktails, a large collection of whiskeys, scotches and Japanese plum wines, and Japanese and Western food.
Oktober Fest
Location: North Wing 1F
Food: Japanese dishes
Bar: No
Belle Vue
Location: South Wing 4F
Food: Western cuisine based on the concept of “Farm to Table”
Bar: No
Sekkatei
Location: North Wing 3F
Food: Japanese favourites
Bar: No
Kanten
Location: North Wing 4F
Food: Chinese Cuisine
Bar: No
Costa Terrazza
Location: North Wing 1F
Food: Italian Restaurant
Bar: Yes, wine only
Kakashi
Location: Highland Lodge 1F
Food: Japanese-Style
Bar: Yes
Lamp House
Location: Travel Lodge 1F
Food: BBQ Restaurant
Bar: Yes
Kazahana
Location: The Westin Rusutsu Resort 2F
Food: Japanese Restaurant
Bar: No
Obrist
Location: South Wing
Food: Liquors only
Bar: Yes
Cricket
Location: South Wing
Food: Snacks, liquors
Bar: Yes
Dolce
Location: North Wing
Food: Premium coffee and tea with a range of delicious cakes
Bar: No
Steamboat on Mt. Isola
Location: base of the Isola No1 Quad chairlift,
Food: Steamboat Rice Omelet and the big Beef and rice bowl
Bar: No
Isola 2000 on Mt. Isola
Location: base of Mt. Isola
Food: Grilled Pork served on rice or Marinated Salmon rice bowl
Bar: No
Lone Pine on East Mt.
Location: inside the East Centre Station
Food: Marinated Salmon Roe rice bowl or filling Ginger Pork lunch set
Bar: No
Horn, Highland Lodge on West Mt.
Location: entrance to the ski area on West Mt.
Food: ramen and Shabushabu meal
Bar: No