Sapporo Grand Hotel

Executive Floor Stay

We visited for the Snow Festival and stayed with my wife on the Executive Floor, which I’d been curious about for a while. The Executive Lounge location wasn’t explained in the Room or on any card, so I was a bit confused at first. At tea time, foreign guests were freely helping themselves to beer and wine from the fridge, but I hesitated and stuck to coffee and soft drinks. (I did enjoy the ice cream with apple pie—delicious.) At cocktail time, I had wine and sparkling wine, and also tried Croft gin. It was unusual that there was no tonic water, so I had it on the rocks instead. I really liked the half-bottle Hokkaido wine. There were various snacks and everything was tasty; my favorite was the handmade blue cheese. If they sold Hokkaido wine and that blue cheese at the shop, I would have liked to buy them. There is also a Plan with breakfast included. Since I enjoyed the Japanese breakfast last time, I chose that Plan again and had Japanese cuisine—it was as delicious as ever. I also took a quick look at the breakfast lounge, but breakfast in the lounge is more of a light meal. If I have another chance, I’d like to book an Executive Floor Plan again—but if I’m meeting friends, I can’t make use of cocktail time, so it might feel like a waste.