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"Chilling in Tokyo" bar and cafe listings for the Shibuya area.
Shibuya (west)
Moph (Shibuya - Cafe). 5456-8244 A stylish cafe at the base of Parco serving Spanish-style tapas, coffee in the daytime and Spanish wines in the evening.  Udagawacho 15-1, Parco Pt. I, 1F. Open 10am-midnight daily. | |
The eclectic menu includes Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches, lasagna, french toast, soups and salads. Organic coffee is from the Bluebottle Coffee Company of San Francisco. Lunch is served until 6pm. Udagawacho 21-1, Shibuya Seibu Movida B1F. Open 10am-10:30pm (LO) daily. | |
Frames (Shibuya - Cafe). 6415-6822 They bill themselves as an oasis of quiet in the midst of Shibuya's shopping neighborhood, with pretty good food and late-night hours. [Go to branch review] A spacious, stylish cafe with a refreshingly grown-up atmosphere in Shibuya, serving organic food and wine. Fifteen wines are available by the bottle, priced Y2800-7800, along with nine varieties of sake and a big selection of liqueurs and cocktails. You can also find flavored lattes and teas, plus sandwiches, desserts and light snacks. Udagawacho 2-1, Shibuya Homes B1F. Open noon-11pm. Closed Mondays. | |
A pocket of calm in hectic Shibuya, offering a quiet place to have a drink with friends and food in large portions. Udagawacho 6-11. Open noon-11:30pm daily. This modern Japanese dining bar, styled after an Englishman's abode, is still more Tokyo lounge than Nottingham cottage, despite the oversized leather sofas and antique typewriter. The vibe is chill, and at night the lighting is dim enough to flatter Michael Jackson. Udagawacho 17-1, Shibuya Plaza Bldg 7F. Open noon-5, 6pm-1am daily. BiOcafe (Shibuya - Cafe). 5428-3322 Organic coffee and tea, breads made with 100% natural yeast, and a completely smoke-free environment - Bio Cafe provides body and mind a bit of respite in junk-food-glutted Shibuya. With its soft-spoken staff and walls that fade from fuchsia to pearly pink, this quiet little cafe along Spain-zaka attracts a stylish, almost exclusively female crowd. Organic coffee and tea, breads made with 100% natural yeast, and a completely smoke-free environment - Bio Cafe provides body and mind a bit of respite in junk-food-glutted Shibuya. With its soft-spoken staff and walls that fade from fuchsia to pearly pink, this quiet little cafe along Spain-zaka attracts a stylish, almost exclusively female crowd.
The front of the shop is a bakery selling fresh breads and pastries. In the afternoon, the cafe is full of ladies who come for the quick and healthy business lunch plate (Y980, until 3pm). At night, the dinner menu brims with salubrious intentions, featuring prix fixe menus designed to beautify the skin (Y3100) and prevent metabolic syndrome (Y3400).
If all the tofu dips, fresh juices, and low-cal desserts start to make you feel like a sinner among saints, fear not. The drink menu offers a selection of reasonably priced Italian wines (Y1900-5000 per bottle) and mixed drinks, like the vitamin-packed organic tomato cocktail (with blood orange juice and Cointreau, Y750) and the mojito-garnished with organic mint (Y650). [Show more] [Show less] | |
This cozy Shibuya hangout has a homey feel - literally. The cafe's six sections are all decorated to look like the rooms of a house. Make yourself comfortable in the bedroom, kitchen, or children's room and have a drink or a bite to eat. One of the strangest interiors of a Tokyo bar - in addition to the counter area there are several cozy, semi-private sculpted fiberglass "cocoons" fitting 2-4 people. The wines are mainly French, but there are also wines from Chile, Argentina, California, Australia and Italy. Just one winemaker is chosen per country, but with several selections from each vineyard. One of the strangest interiors of a Tokyo bar - in addition to the counter area there are several cozy, semi-private sculpted fiberglass "cocoons" fitting 2-4 people. The wines are mainly French, but there are also wines from Chile, Argentina, California, Australia and Italy. Just one winemaker is chosen per country, but with several selections from each vineyard.
The limited food menu is designed to bring out the best of the wines, and the duck confit (Y2000) and gongonzola penne (Y1100) are good choices. Wines start at around Y3000; Y500 service charge. No smoking in the cocoon area. [Show more] [Show less] | |
Viron (Shibuya - Bakery). 5458-1770 Great French cafe-style sandwiches, quiches and pastries to take out; there's also a pleasant cafe upstairs. Udagawacho 33-8. Open 9am-10pm daily. | |
French-style cafe beverages and pastries. The courtyard seating is unusual in that you're in the basement of the Bunkamura complex, but still out under the open sky. (Indoor seating also available.) Dexee is known for their good, inexpensive food as well as the drinks selection. There's a big library of magazines to browse through. Shoto 1-4-8. (on the back road that runs from Tomigaya to Tokyu Honten, a couple of blocks before Tokyu) Open noon-4am daily. | |
Arossa (Shibuya - Italian). 3469-0125 One of Tokyo's first Australian-only wine bars, with one of the largest selections of rare and expensive wines from that country. The food is mainly Italian, and consistently good. [See FULL REVIEW.] Shoto 1-26-22. Open 6pm-2am daily. | |
Legato (Shibuya - International). 5784-2121 This international restaurant includes a spacious and popular bar with a good wine list and an excellent nighttime view of Shibuya. | |
 Buchi (Shibuya - Izakaya). 5728-2085 This is the original gourmet stand bar that started the trend - they serve premium sake in attractive one-cup containers along with a huge menu of well-prepared food, all at reasonable prices. There's a sit-down restaurant down in the basement if you start to get wobbly. [Go to branch review] | |
Madrid (Shibuya - Spanish). 5459-5507 A two-story late-night Spanish bar and restaurant, with your choice of bar snacks and wines or a complete Spanish meal. The upstairs restaurant has a nice selection of charcoal-grilled meats. They even do breakfast! | |
If you're thirsty for a cachaca cocktail in the wee hours of the night, follow the circle-stamped road past Mark City to Blen Blen Blen. This bone fide Brazilian bar, tucked into a faded white seventies-style building in Dogenzaka 1-chome, seats a maximum of thirty and stays open til 4am.If you're thirsty for a cachaca cocktail in the wee hours of the night, follow the circle-stamped road past Mark City to Blen Blen Blen. This bone fide Brazilian bar, tucked into a faded white seventies-style building in Dogenzaka 1-chome, seats a maximum of thirty and stays open til 4am.
Despite its difficult-to-find location and somewhat forbidding exterior, the space is cute and relaxed, decorated with colorful posters and knick-knacks of all sorts. The Brazilian flag hangs proudly on one wall, while shelves stacked with vinyl records stand beside the bar.
Take a seat and have a chat with Blen Blen Blen's gregarious master, Jukukuchi-san, while you snack on cocinias (Brazilian style chicken croquettes) or grilled chicken and corazon (hearts) and sip on your drink.
The Caipirinhas here are refreshingly tart, and the musical mix of Brazilian, soul, hip-hop, and R&B is fun and funky. The bar hosts DJ and movie events on weekends. [Show more] [Show less] | |
Mary Jane (Shibuya - Jazz kissaten). 3461-3381 You'll hear all sorts of jazz here, with an emphasis on the lastest CDs from American and European musicians. Besides the great music you can also enjoy good food - they serve delicious soups and risotto at dinnertime, and five different pastas at lunch (Y1000 including coffee or tea). You'll hear all sorts of jazz here, with an emphasis on the lastest CDs from American and European musicians. Besides the great music you can also enjoy good food - they serve delicious soups and risotto at dinnertime, and five different pastas at lunch (Y1000 including coffee or tea).
The spacious room is furnished with stylish green sofas, and this is a pleasant place to dine while listening to jazz. There's a Y500 table charge at dinnertime. Three minutes walk from the south exit of Shibuya station. [Show more] [Show less] Sakuragaokacho 2-3, 2F. Open noon-11pm (Fri -midnight) daily. | |
Cantik (Shibuya - Cafe). 5728-6228 Tiki-torch lights, wooden patio furniture, and covered terrace seating conduce to a beach-bungalow atmosphere at this dog-friendly cafe. The "Healthy Plate" for dogs (Y480) includes a chicken and vegetable main dish, some soft beef jerky and a milk-flavored bone for chewing on. C | |
This bar, attached to the design-conscious Shibuya Grandbell Hotel, serves up reasonable food and drink 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Cocktails, draft beer, and wines by the glass start at Y500, with two or three daily drink specials. The "World Beer" list features eleven bottles from various countries - including the non-alcoholic Nova Schin from Brazil. This bar, attached to the design-conscious Shibuya Grandbell Hotel, serves up reasonable food and drink 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Cocktails, draft beer, and wines by the glass start at Y500, with two or three daily drink specials. The "World Beer" list features eleven bottles from various countries - including the non-alcoholic Nova Schin from Brazil.
Food runs from Y300 - Y1000 a plate. Simple snacks, like Parma ham (Y600) and garlic fries (Y500), work well; more fanciful items, like meatloaf smothered in white gravy with mushrooms, less so. And, yes, there are pies a-plenty available in the old-fashioned glass case by the door.
Based on a modern-day retro design concept, the smart, spare decor has the feel of a futuristic diner. The bottom floor is dominated by a gleaming metal and tile covered bar lined with small metal stools. Additional seating is available upstairs. [Show more] [Show less] | |
Tio Tio (Shibuya - Spanish). 5458-4188 This cute and casual tapas bar is popular with the after-work crowd in Shibuya. Start with a glass of fino sherry or a copa de cava for Y500 and ask the staff to shave a few slices off the joint of Jamon Serrano proudly displayed on the counter. Wines by the glass change daily. A few seats are available around the bar, but the front is standing room only. Sakuragaokacho 16-7, Suzuki Bldg 1F. Open 5:30pm-2:30am. Closed Sundays. | |
East Side
The Buri group run a couple of popular standup sake bars (Buchi in Shibuya, Buri in Ebisu), and now they've opened a standup French bistrot, with similarly inexpensive food and 100 different wines. If you get tired of standing there's also a sit-down restaurant in back; snacks up front average around Y700, with main courses in the restaurant averaging Y1500. [See FULL REVIEW.] | |
Respekt (Shibuya - Cafe). 6418-8144 Cheap prices, stylish decor, good music and a bustling atmosphere have drawn crowds of hip young patrons to this sprawling cafe space in a trendy corner of Shibuya. The kitchen offers entertaining variations on standard cafe fare - Vietnamese sandwiches, pastas, pizzas, rice bowls, and salads - along with some decent California wines by the bottle and a big cocktail list. | |
As the name indicates, vintage designer chairs are the defining feature of this funky cafe situated between Shibuya and Aoyama. They serve crepes, sandwiches, and a variety of pasta and rice dishes, but it's worth a visit just to perch for an hour on that Eames or Le Corbusier that you've always wanted but could never afford. Shibuya 3-1-9. Open 11:30am-10pm. Closed Saturdays. | |
Belgo (Shibuya - Belgian rest/beer bar). 3409-4442 A comfortably cozy little hideaway bar with multi-level seating nooks. Pick your own bottle from the big selection of Belgian and German brews in the refrigerator case. The food menu is limited to light snacks. Shibuya 3-18-7, Shibuya Ichigokan Bldg. B1F. Open 5:30pm-2am. Closed some Sundays. | |
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