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)
Photo by 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.


Business information for April 2024~.

4/1 (Mon) ~ 4/26 (Fri)
【Weekday Menu】
・Satoyama Plate
A daily set meal consisting of 8 vegetable side dishes, rice cooked with rice from terraced rice paddies, and soup (1,500 yen)

・Satoyama Curry
Spicy chicken curry with homemade blend of spices 1,500 yen

【Saturdays, Sundays and holidays】
・Satoyama Buffet
Buffet-style meal with about 20 dishes using seasonal ingredients
Adults 2,000 yen Elementary school students 1,000 yen Infants 500 yen

4/27 (Sat) ~ 5/12 (Sun)
・Echigo Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo’s special buffet of wild vegetables (60 minutes)
Local wild vegetables, the mainstay of spring, are brought to us by local masters of wild vegetable gathering.Please enjoy the special wild vegetable dishes only available during this season as well as the regular buffet dishes.
Adults 2,500 yen Elementary school students 1,000 yen Children 500 yen

5/13 (Mon) ~ 11/10 (Sun)
・Satoyama Buffet
Buffet during “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2024
Adults 2,000 yen Elementary school students 1,000 yen Children 500 yen

【Reservations】
For seat reservations for 4/1 (Mon.) ~ 4/26 (Fri.): Please make reservations by phone.
For seat reservations on 4/27 (Sat.): Please make reservations online.
*Seats are also available on the day of the event. We will guide you in the order of arrival.


[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, please fill out the following form and send it to us (025-595-6181)

Facility Info and Map

Open hours 10:00-17:00 (L.O.16:30) / Lunch 11:00-14:00 L.O.
*Closed on Tue & Wed (If Tuesday and Wednesday is a consecutive national holiday, the next business day will be closed)
*Adult buffet price changed to 2,500 yen only during 4/27~5/12.
*There will be no "Enjoy Wild Vegetable Party" this year.
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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