Onidensetsu Ji-Beer
96-6 Nakanoboribetsu-cho
Hokkaido Noboribetsu-shi, 059-0463
Japan
0143-80-2111 | map
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Reviewed by donnebaby from North Carolina
3/5 rDev -12.5%
vibe: 2 | quality: 2.5 | service: 4 | selection: 3 | food: 3
3/5 rDev -12.5%
vibe: 2 | quality: 2.5 | service: 4 | selection: 3 | food: 3
The place looks pretty good from the outside. There's an enormous 50-foot devil statue and all sorts of signs advertising the establishment. That said, it's just a plain pop-up structure without even a clear entrance way. It's also moderately difficult to get to without a car. It's located smack in the middle between Noboribetsu, the town, and Noboribetsu, the onsen (hot spring resort). Limited buses run between the two, which we utilized.
Once inside, you're led immediately into the salesroom for the beer, bottles and cans--but mostly for cakes and other sweets that the establishment seemed to concentrate on. Beer was actually shoved into a corner inside one cooler. Lots of free samples was a plus (but no beer ones, unfortunately). The first impression was saved by the glass wall showing through to a beautiful, slightly steamy collection of brewing apparatus. There's also a sign pointing to the upstairs restaurant.
Definitely check out the cool posters in the stairwell heading up to the 2nd floor ;) Once there, I was shocked to see how poor the atmosphere was they had developed. The room has a shape slightly wider than a hallway, with the bar close to the stairs. There's only 4 seats or so at the bar, which resembles a ticket booth more than a bar. The general impression of the place was a former cafeteria not really ever remodeled. One of the walls is all glass windows, but they look out over a road, which was less than picturesque.
The food was predominately variations on TONKATSU, the breaded pork cutlet popular in Japan, as well as some TEMPURA and DONBURI options. There was also an entire page devoted to their cakes. We went with some appetizers, which were OK: edamame, cheese sticks, salad, and spicy fries. The spicy fries I highly recommend!!
They have all 4 beers on tap: the Red Ale, Pilsener, Pale Ale, and Framboise. They serve all four in the same tall, squarish glass, which I didn't like so much--and didn't hold much beer ;) Pitchers were also available, which I would recommend. I recommend the Pale Ale and Framboise especially, as they are harder to find and only sold in 500ml bottles, whereas the Pilsener and Red Ale are canned.
I had high expectations for this place, which were more or less not met: it's hard to get to, quite lacking atmosphere, and the food and beverages were not far above average. And they have the whole devil theme to work with!
Mar 22, 2004Once inside, you're led immediately into the salesroom for the beer, bottles and cans--but mostly for cakes and other sweets that the establishment seemed to concentrate on. Beer was actually shoved into a corner inside one cooler. Lots of free samples was a plus (but no beer ones, unfortunately). The first impression was saved by the glass wall showing through to a beautiful, slightly steamy collection of brewing apparatus. There's also a sign pointing to the upstairs restaurant.
Definitely check out the cool posters in the stairwell heading up to the 2nd floor ;) Once there, I was shocked to see how poor the atmosphere was they had developed. The room has a shape slightly wider than a hallway, with the bar close to the stairs. There's only 4 seats or so at the bar, which resembles a ticket booth more than a bar. The general impression of the place was a former cafeteria not really ever remodeled. One of the walls is all glass windows, but they look out over a road, which was less than picturesque.
The food was predominately variations on TONKATSU, the breaded pork cutlet popular in Japan, as well as some TEMPURA and DONBURI options. There was also an entire page devoted to their cakes. We went with some appetizers, which were OK: edamame, cheese sticks, salad, and spicy fries. The spicy fries I highly recommend!!
They have all 4 beers on tap: the Red Ale, Pilsener, Pale Ale, and Framboise. They serve all four in the same tall, squarish glass, which I didn't like so much--and didn't hold much beer ;) Pitchers were also available, which I would recommend. I recommend the Pale Ale and Framboise especially, as they are harder to find and only sold in 500ml bottles, whereas the Pilsener and Red Ale are canned.
I had high expectations for this place, which were more or less not met: it's hard to get to, quite lacking atmosphere, and the food and beverages were not far above average. And they have the whole devil theme to work with!
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