Echigo-Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo

Satoyama Buffet (Weekends and holidays only) *Image is for illustration purposes.
Photo by Yanagi Ayumi
Satoyama Buffet (Weekends and holidays only) *Image is for illustration purposes. (Photo Yanagi Ayumi)
Satoyama Buffet (Weekends and holidays only) *Image is for illustration purposes. (Photo Yanagi Ayumi)
Photo by Nakamura Osamu
Photo by Nakamura Osamu

Facility Info and Map

【Lunch】
Local and home-style dishes from the Echigo-Tsumari region, as well as dishes adapted from them, are available for lunch.
Enjoy seasonal dishes using local ingredients such as terraced rice and Tsumari pork, as well as fresh vegetables from nearby farmers.

【Café】
Homemade sweets, coffee, tea, and herb tea,
We offer a variety of drinks using local ingredients such as snow carrots and sarunashi.
During peak season from 11:00 to 15:00, lunch customers may be given priority.

【Inside the restaurant】
The light blue interior of the restaurant is an artwork space (Jean-Luc Vilmut’s “Cafe Lefle”) with a full-length glass window and mirrored tables reflecting the seasonal scenery seen from the windows of Matsudai residents’ homes. Please enjoy Matsudai’s food while gazing at the terraced rice paddies and satoyama stretching out before you.


Echigo-Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo

*Pre-booking is recommended for visits to the shop. If there is space available in the restaurant, you can be guided without a reservation, but priority will be given to customers with an advance reservation. Seats not reserved will be offered in the order of arrival at the restaurant on the day of your visit.

10:00-17:00 (L.O.16:30) / Lunch 11:00-15:00 L.O.14:00
*Closed on Tue & Wed (If Tuesday and Wednesday is a consecutive national holiday, the next business day will be closed)

TEL: 025-594-7181
Matsudai Nobutai, Matsudai 3743-1, Tokamachi-city, Niigata


■Menu after 11/11

Lunch Menu
Weekdays
Satoyama gohan 1,500 yen
Set meal style lunch featuring local vegetables, wild vegetables, and terraced rice
Satoyama Curry 1,500 yen
Chicken curry with original blend of spices

Weekends & Holidays
Satoyama Buffet (60 minutes)
Adults 2,000 yen, Elementary school students 1,000 yen, Infants 500 yen (1-6 years old) *All prices include tax, drinks are not included.
This is a buffet-style meal with plenty of terraced rice picked right in front of your eyes and fresh vegetables grown by growers whose faces you know.
The buffet-style meals are full of fresh vegetables grown in the terraced rice paddies right in front of your eyes and by growers who know your face. The menu features about 20 different dishes that are adapted from local flavors and home-style cooking.
The menu features about 20 kinds of dishes with a twist on local flavors and home-style cooking.


[Group Reservations] 
For group reservations, please fill out the application form below or fax it to us.
Echigo Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo Group Reservation Application Form (google.com)

*For reservations by fax (025-595-6181)

Facility Info and Map

Open hours 10:00-17:00 (L.O.16:30) / Lunch 11:00-15:00 L.O.14:00 *Closed on Tue & Wed (If Tuesday and Wednesday is a consecutive national holiday, the next business day will be closed)
*Registration may be closed without notice due to congestion.
Tel 025-594-7181
Seats 60
Admission No entrance fee required (only meal fee)
Official Website https://www.facebook.com/satoyamashokudo
Address Matsudai Nobutai, Matsudai 3743-1, Tokamachi-city, Niigata
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