Welcome!

Ezo Seafoods is an intimate "Owner Chef" oyster bar & seafood restaurant on Niseko Hirafu's Momiji St. The food we present is fresh, authentic and delicious, and our suppliers include Hokkaido salmon fishermen, oyster growers and scallop farmers. Hokkaido's seafood is simply wonderful, and we look forward to introducing you to the very best of it here in Niseko. 

Reservations

Reservations are recommended especially during peak season. We are family friendly and welcome young children, but please note that we only have stool seating. Please note that reservations from Overseas are best made by email: james@ezoseafoods.com 

CANCELLATION POLICY

1.Please call or mail confirmation of your booking 1 day in advance of reservation. 2. Please arrive at the specified time (within 15 minutes). If you do not arrive within 15 minutes your reservation will count as a no show.3. If you cancel within 48 hours or do not show up we will apply for ¥2500 cancellation fee. 

Your Hosts

Head Chef and Owner Keiko Takaoka is the eldest daughter from a family that has cultivated rice for 7 generations*. Trained in traditional Japanese cooking from an early age, she has developed a signature style that combines simplicity, flair and a discriminating emphasis on fresh produce and ingredients. Keiko ran a professional catering service in Niseko from 2005 to 2007 and completed a Food Coordinator Course in Sapporo in 2008 before setting up Ezo Seafoods in 2009. (*Naturally Ezo Seafoods only use Keiko's family rice "Koshihikari" in all of its rice products).

Your emcee at Ezo Seafoods is James Gallagher. His obsession with seafood saw him running oyster and crab deliveries to clients when he was the sales and marketing manager for Niseko's Hokkaido Tracks. His customers would come back to Niseko each year and ask for "more of those great oysters". That led to crab, and soon he had a burgeoning network of suppliers and clients. He started Ezo Seafoods to combine Keiko's culinary talents with his love of oysters and the world of Hokkaido seafood. His customers are still coming back for "more of those great oysters".

Menu for Winter 2011/12

Press 

"MONOCLE Magazine", Dec. 2009

POWDERLIFE Magazine 2010, Selected for "Niseko's Top Five Dishes" (Oysters), 

"TABI KOMI" Television, Hokkaido TV October 2010

"DOSANKO WIDE" Television, Hokkaido TV, February 2, 2011

LUXE CITY GUIDES City Guides Tokyo and Niseko. Inaugural  "Love" list Oct 2011

QANTAS MAGAZINE, Dec 2011, Recommended Restaurant

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST (China), Dec 2011, Recommended Restaurant

Testimonials

"Along with the powder snow, your seafood was the highlight of our holiday in Niseko. Jan and I enjoyed greatly our 3 dinners with you."  - Richard and Maureen, Melbourne. Feb 2010  

"We wanted to extend our thanks to you both for a delightful evening at Ezo Seafoods. We loved the casual and intimate setting, and such warm, yet efficient hospitality is a rarity these days...how fantastic it was to see our meal being "shucked" before our very eyes. With each dish, the incredible fresh produce was the star. As they say, "in cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection....Please be sure to reserve us a spot on one of those charming wooden benches for our next visit."   

"Anne and I had a great seafood meal tonight....seriously good. The fried fugu was specially tasty. The light tempura batter made it." Austin T. September 2011   "We were in Niseko last year for a couple of weeks and ate at your restaurant a few times.....you made us the best Tempura Oysters we haven’t stopped talking about them."- Sharon, Gumdale, Australia. Sept 2010  

"James -- thanks for the wonderful dinner last night.  Really memorable."  CJW

July, 2010   “Thank you very much for hosting our large group last Thursday night. We all had a fantastic night and it was certainly some of the freshest seafood we've had.Look forward to heading back there again next year and having a night at Ezo again.” Many thanks, Tom,  March 2010