Mimi's Restaurant & Bar

We had an unforgettable Christmas dinner at Mim's this year. Giuseppe and the team were attentive and provided fine dining theatre with wine suggestions, descriptions of the food and just the right amount of engagement. I cannot recommend highly enough. The kids loved it and it felt very special. Thank you!!!

This restaurant might be the WORST place we have ever had dinner. It was a total ripoff almost to the point of being fraudulent. BEWARE!!! The food was terrible - especially for the price. The steak was a giant piece of fat that was inedible and yet crazy expensive. Most of the fish dishes were disgusting. My wife spent the night vomiting - no joke! They only offer over-priced wine for a minimum of $300 per bottle. And then at the end they con you into a tip when no other restaurant in Japan asks for a tip. While they look over your shoulder. And do not make a reservation as they charge an outrageous cancellation fee of $500-700 for cancelling. This place would be out of business if they did not take advantage of unknowing tourists because no one would EVER eat there twice.

The food is terribly bad. Everything was so salty. We told them many times but no change. We are a group of friends and everyone was painfully enduring the dinner.

Our time at Mimi's was fantastic. We dine around the world and the service, preparation, and quality of the ingredients were first-class. Unlike a recent previous reviewer, we did not find the flavors to be muddled, etc. I suggest to them that they maybe actually read what they are ordering prior to commenting here (ahem, if the dish lists truffles, and you do not care for truffles, then do not order the truffles. It's pretty simple.) I would strongly recommend a meal here for those seeking a fine-dining experience in Hakuba.

Service was great. Everyone knew what they were doing, bar staff lovely and well knowledgeable. Wine list excellent. I mean this review with no intention to upset the staff nor the chefs. This review simply reflects my opinion. Often “fine” dining is the expression of a chef using foods. Today I wasn’t able to understand the chef’s expression. Food was a disappointment. We had the Wagyu experience 360.000¥ pp (375$ AUD) The tartare (which I was very excited for), had caviar & Wagyu, great combo, expect the cheese that was added to it, maybe a pecorino or a fontina, was so overpowering you couldn’t taste any of the caviar nor the Wagyu. The bread and extra virgin olive oil was excellent. The garlic paste with duck liver foie Gras with the Wagyu and the Gerusalemme artichoke was great. Except the fact that there was no balance in the plate and was like fat on fat with more fat on top. (And than truffle on top) tooo much and the beauty of the ingredients gets lost. Ravioli was good. (But nothing special + had more truffle) tagliolini ragù was good, but again should have been much better. The sauce was watery and in my humble opinion should have been thicker, unless I missed the memo. The Wagyu stake and the wild boar were good. The scallop also good. (Why truffle? On top) The tiramisu was worth a refund and the cake we had wasn’t anything special. Again, the food wasn’t terrible, but too many ingredients which confused the direction of the food. And definitely not worth the price. Thank you for having us.

DO NOT GO! Mimi’s in Hakuba was an absolute disaster. The waitstaff were unbelievably rude and dismissive, setting the tone for a miserable evening. The food was overly salty and barely edible, far from the quality you’d expect at such ridiculously high prices. To make matters worse, they served beef to someone who had specifically requested a diet without it, and black bear to someone whose religion strictly forbids it. This blatant disregard for dietary preferences and religious beliefs is shocking and unacceptable. Save yourself the frustration—there are far better places to eat in Hakuba. Avoid this place at all costs!

A wonderful experience for my daughter’s birthday 🎂! We were at Hakuba at my daughter’s birthday and eating at Mimi’s was such a highlight - my daughter said to me she she enjoyed the taste of luxury at Mimi’s. The room was beautiful, the food was divine, the wine is so drinkable and the service was brilliant. We exchanged a fees emails after my booking, they replied instantly and addressed my requests. Two handsome staff even sang happy birthday with us for my daughter, on my daughter’s dessert plate there were birthday wishes addressed to her name. It was so sweet! My son said he had the best bread and steak (mine) in his life. The kids both loved their bear pies. We didn’t order the set menu because we didn’t think we can finish it, we ordered individual dishes, the price is not cheap but the dinner is truely worth every cents. The boss was very attentive and even studied my bill with magnifier to make sure there is no mistake. We are so impressed with Mimi’s dinner experience. Great memories at Mimi’s to remember all my life and highly recommended!

We dined here with a group of friends and whilst the food was incredible, we were very disappointed to work out when we got home that they had added an extra 3 set menus to our bill so over charged us by 900,000 yen. We spilt the bill so didn't pick up on it straight away and called them as soon as we got home, the manager told us that we had just under estimated the service charge and when we said "no we gone over the printed bill and you have over charged us by 3 set menus" she still did not believe us and eventually said "oh it looks like it was a computer error". A simply apology would have gone a long way instead of making us feel like liars. Long story short, the food is incredible but just double check your bill before paying!

I hate to give this place only 4 stars...but when compared to Michelin starred restaurants it pails into comparison (think Narisawa or Kamimura). Great steak. Good atmosphere. Wine selection great. But that spark was lacking...a jus to get things started. Not sure what it was. Great meal however. Check it out. I think they need a degustation menu to help showcase their chefs expertise.