Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Gem specialises in boutique sakes collected from all over Japan. There's a menu, which is always changing, but if you're here to broaden your appreciation…
Must-see nightlife in Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Shinichiro Ogata, head of design house Simplicity has put everything into creating his ideal contemporary take on the traditional Japanese teahouse. The…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
It's hard to say which is more impressive at this dim, moody bar: the nine-page whiskey list or the collection of records. The latter (mostly jazz, blues…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
One of the pioneers of Tokyo's now flourishing cocktail scene, Trench (a suitable name for a bar hidden in a narrow alley) is a tiny place with an air of…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Takkyū means table tennis and it’s a serious sport in Japan. This hilarious bar looks like a university table-tennis clubhouse – right down to the tatty…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
The people behind the Okura boutique next door have taken their folksy aesthetic and poured it into this backyard-style beer garden. On the menu: organic…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Another 8 is part of a wave of cool new bars turning an eye not just to craft beer but to small batch sake as well, with a changing line-up of eight of…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Local hotspot Onibus Coffee perfectly nails two of Tokyo's current obsessions: third-wave coffee and vintage wooden buildings. The beans here are roasted…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Mu-an is a wooden Meiji-era (1868–1912) teahouse relocated to the gardens of Happō-en. Stop by for a bowl of bitter, moss-green matcha (powdered green tea…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Decked out with velveteen booths, fairy lights and foliage (and with zero interest in trendiness) Enjoy House is a fun place to spend the evening. DJs…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Buri – the name means 'super' in Hiroshima dialect – is one of Ebisu's many tachinomi-ya (small, standing-only bars). Generous quantities of sake (more…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
At this long-time expat hangout, the beer (pints from ¥900) and pub grub are well up to scratch and local bands play for free nightly. It has an unlikely…
Ebisu, Meguro & Around
Even though it has only a few seats inside, Sarutahiko Coffee is Ebisu's most popular caffeine pit stop, serving both hand-drip (from ¥470) and espresso…
