Auberge De FryingPaan

What a good time in a place it is a pleasure to return to every day after skiing. There are plenty of blankets and nice people to get to know. Not many bathtubs, but onsens are a short drive away. Walk a few dozen yards to Annupuri ski field and ski back.

Who's the silly person that called it 'flying pan'???? Anyways, we went there for dinner as it was recommended by a worker from the lodge next door. You choose a main(chicken, pork, steak, seafood or king crab) and receive bread, soup (we had potato and leek), the main, dessert and a coffee. All for between 20-35usd. Not bad at all! And DELOCIOUS! I ordered the steak and it was cooked to perfection and covered in garlic and mustard and accompanied with a potato salad and rice. My friend ordered the pork. We both left feeling well fed. Would certainly return!

We have choose to stay here as this place located only few mins walk to skiing area. It was less than 5 mins walk to gondola station, about 7 mins to skiing school. The owner and their family are very friendly and helpful. The owner used to be a French chef at the big hotel in Sapporo before he started this place so the food is absolutely spot on. His son trained to be chef in Germany too. The room is enough space but I assumed they used allowed people to smoke so still could smell the smoke bit but just for your info, non smoking inside the house now. The bed is ok. The mattress is bit thin and hard. Only thing I was bit disappointed is noise. Most of the day is good except one night big group of people came after mid night and made bit noisy. I could hear while I was sleeping... Other than that, good place to stay for skiing in Niseko!