Furano

Just to be clear, I would give 0 stars if I could and that’s extremely rare for me. I was just here with my partner and we’re both clearly westerners. It was 10 pm and the restaurant was about half full. As we entered we were told in English that the wait for anything at all was 30 mins. We were happy to wait but were told it could even be 30 minutes for a drink (with 2 staff and empty seats at the bar). We were leaning towards waiting but the person who greeted us was saying again and again in Japanese “wow, they would really wait 30 minutes”. It felt as if they thought they could speak about us poorly right in front of our faces and we wouldn’t understand. We decided to leave because it was very clear we were not welcome, and when we left, I heard them discussing that we were “scary” (we both understand Japanese). If you want to be at a place that practices tolerance and peace, I advise avoiding this place, regardless of where you’re from. I want to live in a world where we meet difference with curiosity, patience and respect. Please don’t visit places that exclude people if they seem like “outsiders”.

Pasta undercooked, low in taste. Took a long time to get the food. Not great, not terrible.

It is a modern designed interior like an Italian restaurant. Big bar food range for Japan of wine. Just had drinks here. Certainly the menu looked promising in an Italian way. Speaking English unlike most places in Furano.

Waitress promised ten minutes for our food, waited almost an hour. Asked for salt for the very scant caprese, was made fun of in Japanese by chef and everyone at bar. Potatoes said goat cheese, but had Parmesan. Bread was “homemade” but didn’t taste it. Insomma... :

Nice meals but small and no one else there the couple times I've been to create an atmosphere