Tokyo’s best bars
Our pick of Tokyo’s best bars — the ranked new guard alongside the Ginza and Azabu counters that taught the rest of the world how to make a drink, cross-referenced rather than copied from any one list. Sources: The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 https://www.theworlds50best.com/bars/best-in-the-world/list/1-50 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 https://www.theworlds50best.com/stories/News/asias-50-best-bars-2026-the-list-revealed.html · Time Out Tokyo https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/bars-and-pubs/best-cocktail-bars-in-tokyo. A favourite.place selection.
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Bar Benfiddich
4.4(939)rated 4.4 out of 5 by 939 people on GoogleBar · ££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #18 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #62
Japan, 〒160-0023 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishishinjuku, 1-chōme−13−７ 9FVirtù
4.7(467)rated 4.7 out of 5 by 467 people on GoogleLounge bar · ££££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #45 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #26
1-chōme-2-1 Ōtemachi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0004, JapanThe Bellwood
4.6(617)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 617 people on GoogleBar
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #48 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #79
41-31 Udagawachō, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0042, JapanThe SG Club
4.5(1,531)rated 4.5 out of 5 by 1531 people on GoogleBar · ££
World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 #65 — Shingo Gokan’s three-floor Shibuya house
1-chōme-7-8 Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0041, JapanPunch Room
4.7(140)rated 4.7 out of 5 by 140 people on GoogleBar
Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #23
Japan, 〒104-0061 Tokyo, Chuo City, Ginza, 2-chōme−8−１３ 東京エディション銀座 2階Bar Libre
4.5(282)rated 4.5 out of 5 by 282 people on GoogleBar · ££
Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #39
Japan, 〒171-0021 Tokyo, Toshima City, Nishiikebukuro, 3-chōme−25−８ 相馬屋ビル B1FBar Trench
4.7(913)rated 4.7 out of 5 by 913 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££
Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026 #53 — absinthe and aperitivi on Ebisu’s bar alley
Japan, 〒150-0021 Tokyo, Shibuya, Ebisunishi, 1-chōme−5−８ １０２Bar High Five
4.2(809)rated 4.2 out of 5 by 809 people on GoogleBar · ££
Hidetsugu Ueno’s Ginza counter — the school most Tokyo bartenders came through
Japan, 〒104-0061 Tokyo, Chuo City, Ginza, 5-chōme−4−１５ Efflore Ginza5 Bldg, B1FStar Bar Ginza
4.3(479)rated 4.3 out of 5 by 479 people on GoogleBar · ££
Hisashi Kishi’s basement temple to the hard-shake classic
Japan, 〒104-0061 Tokyo, Chuo City, Ginza, 1-chōme−5−１３ MODERNS GINZA B1FGen Yamamoto
4.5(363)rated 4.5 out of 5 by 363 people on GoogleCocktail Bar · ££££
Eight seats in Azabu-Jūban and a seasonal cocktail tasting menu
Japan, 〒106-0045 Tokyo, Minato City, Azabujūban, 1-chōme−6−４ アニバーサリービル 1FBar Centifolia
4.3(680)rated 4.3 out of 5 by 680 people on GoogleBar · ££££
Rose-scented, precision-classic drinking in Azabu-Jūban
Japan, 〒106-0045 Tokyo, Minato City, Azabujūban, 1-chōme−6−５ ラミューズ麻布十番ビル 6FOld Imperial Bar
4.6(433)rated 4.6 out of 5 by 433 people on GoogleBar
Frank Lloyd Wright’s salvaged terracotta and the Mount Fuji cocktail
Japan, 〒100-8558 Tokyo, Chiyoda City, Uchisaiwaichō, 1-chōme−1−１ 本館 中2階
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