The cocktail bars of Tokyo

6 cocktail bars that shaped Tokyo's hospitality scene — ranked by the awards they earned and the people they trained. Curated from public sources; venues and people can claim and correct their entries.

18

SG Club

Tokyo, Japan

Japanese cocktail bar

12

Bar Benfiddich

Tokyo, Japan

Botanical cocktail bar

12

Bar Trench

Tokyo, Japan

Absinthe speakeasy bar

12

Bar Ishinohana

Tokyo, Japan

Japanese cocktail bar

11

Bar High Five

Tokyo, Japan

Japanese cocktail bar

6

Bar Rogue

Tokyo, Japan

More Tokyo scenes

fine dining rooms (22)omakase counters (8)tasting menus (7)speakeasies (5)kaiseki houses (5)

Cocktail bars elsewhere

Singapore (61)London (20)New York (12)Paris (7)Hong Kong (6)Bangkok (6)Barcelona (6)Melbourne (5)

Part of the Tokyo hospitality lineage. Guild maps where hospitality careers come from — the rooms, the people, and who trained whom.