Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan｜pico ricci

This place is a local treasure. It's like the living room your Italian grandmother dreamed of. Authentic tastes blended with Japan's special ingredients it is just perfection. The live music events and holiday events are always good fun. We keep coming back. Wonderful staff. They lived in New York and speak English as well. Deserts are epic. The bagels are the quality of a specialty shop in NY. Lunch sets are so good and well priced at the same time. I get them take away if work is busy.

Great food and wonderful environment and service! I don't think you could go wrong ordering anything from their menu. My wife and I were there the other day and I ordered the bagel lunch set and she ordered the pasta lunch set. The texture of the pasta was perfect al dente and the bagel for the sandwich was hot and just the right amount of toasting so it was crispy but still chewy. It's actually better than what you would get in the United States. The black sesame creme brulee dessert was also delicious! Highly recommended!

As a New Yorker who has been unable to go home in a few years, this place had me practically in tears. Hands down the best bagels I’ve had in six years in Japan. Just the right balance of salt and sweet, chewy but crispy on the outside, dense but great lift to the crumb. And the toppings are completely on-point. We had the lox and pastrami bagel boxes, and both were incredible. The lox has capers and dill to make it pop, and the pastrami is melt-in-your-mouth tender with a wonderfully flavorful sauce and just enough pickles. The salad was fantastic. Great dressing, and lots of texture and flavor. The potatoes needed salt, I thought, but I enjoyed them nonetheless. The blueberry NY cheesecake was spot-on, and very nostalgic. I can’t wait to come back!!