Top 10 Bars about Tokyo
November 20, 2007
Here, we review the 10 best bars in Tokyo, where you can drink, dance and mingle with your group or other people.
1. New York Bar
Location: 52nd Floor, Park Hyatt Hotel Nishi-Shinjuku 3-7-1 Tokyo
Hours: Sun - Wed 5pm - midnight; Thu - Sat 5pm - 1am
Telephone: 00 81 3 5323 3458
New York Bar is located on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt Tokyo, 235m up in the sky. This bar is rated by Wallpaper magazine as one of the best roof-top bars in the world. Its decoration is excellent with dark wood, ebony chairs, walnut floors and floor-to-ceiling-windows which offers a view of Mount Fujiyama on a clear day. The bar also has more than 40 liqueurs, 15 cognacs and a huge variety of whiskies, gins, rums and tequilas from which you may choose.
2. Castillo
Location: 1F Dai 2 Aoi Bldg 6-1-8 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo
Telephone: 03-3475-1629
Located in Roppongi ,district of Minato Ward, Castillo bar is one of the finest bars in Tokyo. Its tinsel walls and twinkling ceilings light up the bar brightly and the bartenders and staff here wear beautiful costumes. Retro songs are always played here and paintings of past patrons which hang on the walls give the bar a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The drinking menus are also large and various.
3. Bandol
Location: 2-12-16 Minami-Aoyama Tokyo
Hours: Lunch, Mon-Fri 11:30am- 2:30pm; Dinner, daily 6pm-10:30pm; Bar 10:30pm-1:30am
Telephone: 0081 3 5785 3722
The stylish Bandol Bar is located in the congested Minami-Aoyama area, Tokyo. Bandol Bay is famous for its impressive wine list which contains almost every best wine from around the world such as France, Italy and Spain. Additionally, this bar also offers an extensive cocktail menu which you can find old favorites along with more unusual concoctions like ‘Ontology’ and ‘Fantasy’.
4. Bar Bourbon Street
Location: 7-8-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku Tokyo
Hours: Tues & Wed: 6PM - 2AM, Thurs, Fri & Sat: 6PM - 4AM
If you want to taste the New Orleans’s atmosphere in Tokyo, Bar Bourbon Street is exactly the right place for you. The bar is located on Roppongi ,district, an active area where western tourists and expatriates are prevailed. Bar Bourbon Street is also considered the ideal place for drinker who needs to escape the frantic life of the Japanese capital. Live music is played every night, blues and jazz are best here.
5. Bar Ho
Location: 6-2-10 Backborn House B1F Minami-Aoyama Tokyo
Hours: Mon-Thu 6pm-2am; Fri-Sat 6pm-5am; Sun 3pm-12midnight
Telephone: 81 3 5774 4390
If you need to taste the best whiskey in Tokyo, Bar Ho is the first place for you. Known as a gem of whiskey bar, Bar Ho is ready to serve you the finest whiskeys from around the world. The bar has multi room space with a cozy and intimate private bar reached by a curved steel stairway. Jazz music will float around and make you feel like Sinatra is going to be next through the door.
6. Mothers Ruin
Location: B1 NF Bldg, 2-2-7 Kitazawa Setagaya-ku Tokyo, 155-0033
Hours: Mon - Sun 6pm - 2am
Telephone: 00 81 3 3412 5318
If you need some place which is able to gives you an exciting feeling while you taste your beer, Mothers Ruin Bar is the right place for you. Inside the Bar, the atmosphere and decoration are extremely different from the other bars in Tokyo. There is a giant stuffed lizard hanging from the ceiling and the Aztec décor are also made the bar look like a Mayan tomb. Apart from various drinking menus, the bar also offers Japanese, Chinese and Western cuisine.
7. Jicoo
Hours: Departing Hinode Passenger Terminal at 8pm, 9pm and 10pm, and Odaiba Passenger Terminal at 8:30pm, 9:30pm and 10:30pm.
Telephone: 0081 1 2004 9490
If you’re looking for a new experience of drinking and hanging out with your friend, Jicoo Bar is a perfect place for you. A space-age floating bar, Jicoo shuttles back and forth between Hiriode Pier and Odaiba on Tokyo Bay. The bar was designed by anime cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto who needed to make his clients enjoy the spectacular views of the Tokyo bay. Additionally, the drinking menus are also large and various.
8. Standing Bar S
Location: 3-22-13 Shinjuku Tokyo
Hours: Mon-Sat 5pm-5am; Sun and hols 5pm-midnight
Telephone: 0081 3 3353 7350
Sorry guys, this bar is especially reserved for ladies and the only men to be seen are through the kitchens windows. The aesthetic decoration is less importance here and almost all of its space is a simple standing-room. However, seats can be found upstairs in the impressive V.I.P lounge. The bar is also famous for its drinks menu which is full of wines, cog tail, beer and much more.
9. John Henry’s Study
Location: Murata Building 2-2-10 Kichijoji Honcho, Musashino-shi Tokyo
Telephone: 00 81 (0) 422 21 3854
Even the name sounds like a library, this place offers you classic cocktails, wines, beers, gourmet sandwiches and many more. John Henry’s Study Bars is located on the second floor of Murata Building. It has a cozy wooden interior with dim lantern lighting and plush leather seats. The usual music here is classic jazz which is suited with the bar’s environment and atmosphere.
10. Soho’s Omotesando
Location: 4F V28 Bldg 6-31-17 Jimgumae Tokyo
Hours: 11.30am - 4am
Telephone: 00 81 3 5468 0411
Located on the top floor of the CDI Aoyama Studios, Soho’s Omotesando is considered one of the most modern bars in Tokyo. Known as a Super-sexy hi-tech space bar, Soho’s Omotesando is attractive with its curved aluminum walls, exposed piping, red velvet décor and massive floor-to-ceiling windows through which the view of the people on Omotesando dori below is straight out of sci-fi. Here, the drinking menus are also large and various.
