Bars in Tokyo with Ex-pats
May 17th, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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<i>1. Hard Rock Cafe (4:30pm)
What is there to say? It's the earliest happy hour in town. Rock on.
Happy Hour: 4:30-6pm Mon-Fri, all drinks two-for-one.
Address: 5-4-20 Roppongi.
Tel: 03-3408-7018.
2. The Celt (5pm)
Though this sister bar of Paddy Foley's is just about the same in every respect, somehow we still like it better. A little tinier and cozier, perhaps?
Happy Hour: Half price Bud and cocktails every day, 5-7pm.
Ladies Night: Thu all night, half price everything.
Address: 5-5-1 Roppongi, ROI Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3423-2250.
3. Paddy Foley's
Along with The Celt, Roppongi's Irish destinations of choice. Guinness, Kilkenny and all the trimmings.
Happy Hour: Half price Bud and cocktails, 5-7pm daily.
Ladies Night: Thu all night, half price everything.
Address: 5-5-1 Roppongi, ROI Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3423-2250.
4. La Fiesta
The happy hour is criminally short but the food is awesome-the best Mexican fare in town. A little on the pricey side, the servings are moderate, and no freebies-you even pay for chips and salsa. We still don't care. It's that good.
Happy Hour: 5-6:30pm daily, drinks are "cheaper" (their words, not ours).
Address: 3-15-23 Roppongi, Roppongi Hanatsubaki Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-3475-4412.
5. Hub
Ubiquitous chain pub with great drink deals that change daily.
Happy hour: 5-7pm daily. Cocktails JY180-480, Asahi JY250, Bass JY300, wine JY300. Chips and beer set JY500, chicken and beer set JY500, Fish, chips and beer set JY600.
Address: 4-9-2 Roppongi, Haiyuza Bldg.
Tel: 03-3478-0393.
6. Tokyo Sports Cafe (6pm)
One-stop shopping-widescreen TVs, electronic darts, pool, board games, food and drink. Live and recorded sports.
Happy Hour: 6-9pm daily. All drinks JY500.
Ladies Night: Every Tue; all drinks JY500 all night.
Address: 7-15-31 Roppongi, TSK CCC 1F.
Tel: 03-3404-3675.
7. Bamboo Cafe
Not being in Roppongi makes this the perfect Roppongi place, with good Indian food, incomparably corny Indian music videos and killer cocktails (try the Goa Trance to really get your evening going). A sobering walk (or short cab ride) west of Roppongi Crossing.
Happy Hour: Nama beer JY350 from 6-8pm Mon-Thu.
Address: 1-8-4 Nishi Azabu, Iida Bldg 1F.
Tel: 03-3404-9988.
8. Quest
Top darts spot with a comfortably long happy hour and a big screen for sports events, Quest should be well up there on the list, making up for in atmosphere what it lacks in decor.
Happy Hour: Mon-Sat 6-9pm, Sun 7-9pm. All drinks JY500.
Address: Nakano Bldg 2F, 5-8-3, Roppongi.
Tel: 03-3408-6077.
9. Pint's Sports Cafe
A more orderly, tidy kind of sports bar, Pint's nevertheless has all the requisite accessories - pool, darts and foosball to make up for its slightly poor happy hour selection.
Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 6-8pm, Sat 6-9pm. Pitcher of beer JY2000, cocktails and shooters JY500 (not including "top shelf" drinks).
Address: 5-31-1 Roppongi, No. 2 Bldg 3F.
Tel: 03-3408-1134.
10. Trading Places (7pm)
Mostly a suit-and-tie crowd, watching sports and puffing on the occasional cigar. Friendly bartenders make this an easy place to lose your work worries, if you ignore the ticking clocks on the wall: New York, London and Tokyo. Tick tick.
Happy Hour: 6-8pm Mon-Fri.
Ladies Night: Thu, all drinks half price.
Address: 5-16-52 Roppongi, Imperial Roppongi Forum Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3589-2442.
11. Propaganda
Destination of choice for the male suit crowd.
Happy Hour: 6-9pm daily, all drinks half price.
Ladies Night: Wed, all drinks half price.
Address: Yua Roppongi Bldg 2F, 3-14-9 Roppongi.
Tel: 03-3423-0988.
12. Dusk Till Dawn
A refreshing kind of place with a terrace and balcony spitting distance (don't you dare) from the throngs on the main street below, and fine happy hour prices.
Happy hour: Mon-Sat, 6-9pm. Bottled beers, Kilkenny and Guinness JY600. Sapporo and others JY400.
Ladies night: Every Wed.
Address: 3-13-8 Roppongi, Zonan Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-5771-2258.
13. Rock Bar Sister (8pm)
Bring some ear plugs (or your own tunes, they'll play them for you), 'cos if you don't mind the noise, those prices are mighty fine.
Happy Hour: 7-9pm, all drinks JY300.
Address: Tamagiku Bldg, 4-8-9 Roppongi.
Tel: 03-5474-5605.
14. Geronimo
This stalwart shot bar on Roppongi Crossing is an old fave, and as such has plenty of regulars. If you go wearing a suit, keep an eye on your tie if you don't want it to become part of the wallpaper.
Happy Hour: 7pm-9pm daily. Beers JY400. Shots, spirits and cocktails JY500.
Address: 7-14-10 Roppongi, Yamamuro Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-3478-7449.
15. Mogambo
This jungley (decor not music) pub is Geronimo's sister bar and follows the same happy hour pattern. A groovy little place, but somehow lacking the je ne sais quoi of its elder sibling.
Happy Hour: Beers JY400, shots, spirits and cocktails JY500, 7-9pm daily.
Address: 6-1-7 Roppongi, Osawa Bldg.
Tel: 03-3403-4833.
16. Hideout (9pm)
If you go before things start hopping, this is a really quiet, comfortable basement, er, hideout. Movies on the widescreen, electronic darts and a sign announcing "No tap water." Whether this means they stick to the mineral variety or you shouldn't ask for water, we're not entirely sure. The "Cuban cigars available" sign is much more straightforward.
Happy Hour: 6-10pm daily, all drinks JY500.
Ladies Night: Thu, two-for-one drinks all night long.
Address: 3-14-9 Roppongi, Yua Roppongi Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3497-5219.
17. Wall Street Lounge
Here's a concept we can live with: every night during happy hour play Toss the Boss-flip for your drink; if you win, drink for free, if you lose, pay regular price.
Happy Hour: 6-10pm daily, all drinks JY500.
Pappadum Frenzy: Thu 7:30-11pm, JY2500 all-you-can-eat Indian food (including real Basmati rice) prepared by a chef from Delhi.
Ladies Night: Fri, Latin house night, drinks JY500 all night.
Address: 3-15-24 Roppongi, #2 Togensha Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-3478-7659.</i>
Aloha!
<i>1. Hard Rock Cafe (4:30pm)
What is there to say? It's the earliest happy hour in town. Rock on.
Happy Hour: 4:30-6pm Mon-Fri, all drinks two-for-one.
Address: 5-4-20 Roppongi.
Tel: 03-3408-7018.
2. The Celt (5pm)
Though this sister bar of Paddy Foley's is just about the same in every respect, somehow we still like it better. A little tinier and cozier, perhaps?
Happy Hour: Half price Bud and cocktails every day, 5-7pm.
Ladies Night: Thu all night, half price everything.
Address: 5-5-1 Roppongi, ROI Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3423-2250.
3. Paddy Foley's
Along with The Celt, Roppongi's Irish destinations of choice. Guinness, Kilkenny and all the trimmings.
Happy Hour: Half price Bud and cocktails, 5-7pm daily.
Ladies Night: Thu all night, half price everything.
Address: 5-5-1 Roppongi, ROI Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3423-2250.
4. La Fiesta
The happy hour is criminally short but the food is awesome-the best Mexican fare in town. A little on the pricey side, the servings are moderate, and no freebies-you even pay for chips and salsa. We still don't care. It's that good.
Happy Hour: 5-6:30pm daily, drinks are "cheaper" (their words, not ours).
Address: 3-15-23 Roppongi, Roppongi Hanatsubaki Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-3475-4412.
5. Hub
Ubiquitous chain pub with great drink deals that change daily.
Happy hour: 5-7pm daily. Cocktails JY180-480, Asahi JY250, Bass JY300, wine JY300. Chips and beer set JY500, chicken and beer set JY500, Fish, chips and beer set JY600.
Address: 4-9-2 Roppongi, Haiyuza Bldg.
Tel: 03-3478-0393.
6. Tokyo Sports Cafe (6pm)
One-stop shopping-widescreen TVs, electronic darts, pool, board games, food and drink. Live and recorded sports.
Happy Hour: 6-9pm daily. All drinks JY500.
Ladies Night: Every Tue; all drinks JY500 all night.
Address: 7-15-31 Roppongi, TSK CCC 1F.
Tel: 03-3404-3675.
7. Bamboo Cafe
Not being in Roppongi makes this the perfect Roppongi place, with good Indian food, incomparably corny Indian music videos and killer cocktails (try the Goa Trance to really get your evening going). A sobering walk (or short cab ride) west of Roppongi Crossing.
Happy Hour: Nama beer JY350 from 6-8pm Mon-Thu.
Address: 1-8-4 Nishi Azabu, Iida Bldg 1F.
Tel: 03-3404-9988.
8. Quest
Top darts spot with a comfortably long happy hour and a big screen for sports events, Quest should be well up there on the list, making up for in atmosphere what it lacks in decor.
Happy Hour: Mon-Sat 6-9pm, Sun 7-9pm. All drinks JY500.
Address: Nakano Bldg 2F, 5-8-3, Roppongi.
Tel: 03-3408-6077.
9. Pint's Sports Cafe
A more orderly, tidy kind of sports bar, Pint's nevertheless has all the requisite accessories - pool, darts and foosball to make up for its slightly poor happy hour selection.
Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 6-8pm, Sat 6-9pm. Pitcher of beer JY2000, cocktails and shooters JY500 (not including "top shelf" drinks).
Address: 5-31-1 Roppongi, No. 2 Bldg 3F.
Tel: 03-3408-1134.
10. Trading Places (7pm)
Mostly a suit-and-tie crowd, watching sports and puffing on the occasional cigar. Friendly bartenders make this an easy place to lose your work worries, if you ignore the ticking clocks on the wall: New York, London and Tokyo. Tick tick.
Happy Hour: 6-8pm Mon-Fri.
Ladies Night: Thu, all drinks half price.
Address: 5-16-52 Roppongi, Imperial Roppongi Forum Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3589-2442.
11. Propaganda
Destination of choice for the male suit crowd.
Happy Hour: 6-9pm daily, all drinks half price.
Ladies Night: Wed, all drinks half price.
Address: Yua Roppongi Bldg 2F, 3-14-9 Roppongi.
Tel: 03-3423-0988.
12. Dusk Till Dawn
A refreshing kind of place with a terrace and balcony spitting distance (don't you dare) from the throngs on the main street below, and fine happy hour prices.
Happy hour: Mon-Sat, 6-9pm. Bottled beers, Kilkenny and Guinness JY600. Sapporo and others JY400.
Ladies night: Every Wed.
Address: 3-13-8 Roppongi, Zonan Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-5771-2258.
13. Rock Bar Sister (8pm)
Bring some ear plugs (or your own tunes, they'll play them for you), 'cos if you don't mind the noise, those prices are mighty fine.
Happy Hour: 7-9pm, all drinks JY300.
Address: Tamagiku Bldg, 4-8-9 Roppongi.
Tel: 03-5474-5605.
14. Geronimo
This stalwart shot bar on Roppongi Crossing is an old fave, and as such has plenty of regulars. If you go wearing a suit, keep an eye on your tie if you don't want it to become part of the wallpaper.
Happy Hour: 7pm-9pm daily. Beers JY400. Shots, spirits and cocktails JY500.
Address: 7-14-10 Roppongi, Yamamuro Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-3478-7449.
15. Mogambo
This jungley (decor not music) pub is Geronimo's sister bar and follows the same happy hour pattern. A groovy little place, but somehow lacking the je ne sais quoi of its elder sibling.
Happy Hour: Beers JY400, shots, spirits and cocktails JY500, 7-9pm daily.
Address: 6-1-7 Roppongi, Osawa Bldg.
Tel: 03-3403-4833.
16. Hideout (9pm)
If you go before things start hopping, this is a really quiet, comfortable basement, er, hideout. Movies on the widescreen, electronic darts and a sign announcing "No tap water." Whether this means they stick to the mineral variety or you shouldn't ask for water, we're not entirely sure. The "Cuban cigars available" sign is much more straightforward.
Happy Hour: 6-10pm daily, all drinks JY500.
Ladies Night: Thu, two-for-one drinks all night long.
Address: 3-14-9 Roppongi, Yua Roppongi Bldg B1.
Tel: 03-3497-5219.
17. Wall Street Lounge
Here's a concept we can live with: every night during happy hour play Toss the Boss-flip for your drink; if you win, drink for free, if you lose, pay regular price.
Happy Hour: 6-10pm daily, all drinks JY500.
Pappadum Frenzy: Thu 7:30-11pm, JY2500 all-you-can-eat Indian food (including real Basmati rice) prepared by a chef from Delhi.
Ladies Night: Fri, Latin house night, drinks JY500 all night.
Address: 3-15-24 Roppongi, #2 Togensha Bldg 2F.
Tel: 03-3478-7659.</i>
Aloha!
