A10

Was recommended to come here by several people and glad we did! Make a reservation online beforehand. Enter the secret locker door, walk down some stairs and immediately the ambience was top notch. Plenty of friendly multilingual staff, two bartenders, large menu of cocktails and food. I actually pulled out Shazam for a couple songs too, so great music taste at this record bar. We recommend the Espresso Martini and Are you Depressed cocktails.

Hidden but discovered so make a reservation. This wonderful speakeasy should be on your list. The place is novel, the drinks are delicious, and the staff is welcoming. They have wonderfully creative cocktails as well as well mixed traditionals that’ll guarantee you’ll leave with a smile on your face.

We showed up without a reservation and were lucky enough to snag the last table. The drinks are delightful! We tried as many as possible between the 4 of us, from the popcorn one to the buttery dog to the espresso martini. Not one of them disappointed us. It was strawberry season so we ordered an off-menu strawberry cocktail, which turned out to be our absolute favorite. It's dangerously delicious, you can't taste the alcohol at all. Note that the booth table is a bit tight!

This bar is subterranean, and to enter, you need to find the entrance which is not as easy as it sounds (unless you know that the door is disguised as a set of lockers). The staff were very friendly and chatty. The bar is not too small and can accommodate quite a few people. They take reservations (I was lucky that they let me in without one). A dj was mixing vinyl records. The cocktails were delicious. I had 2, a hinoki at that time and a kekko na ote mae de. The former was served in a cologne bottle! I paid £27 (5000 yen) which also included service charge (they had informed me up front). Card payments accepted.

It is a great cocktail bar to try in Tokyo. Super high quality speakers definitely make the place more special. Cocktails are really creative as well and the vibe is really good. Love the decor! There is a cover charge per person ,which is around 1300 yen. Cocktail prices are 1600 and up.

Apparently difficult to get a table, but I think if you speak Japanese and if you seem like you won’t be loud and act like a noisy tourist, you can get a table. We were lucky to get a table for 3 for 1 hour which was fine. The cocktails were great and the inside was so beautiful!

Overrated. There’s a far better secret bar in the area. They charge for service 1300 something yen, but aside from refilling water, they provide nothing. The waiters don’t even know how to recommend a drink—not even with Google Translate, since English “is not in the menu”. The music was great, the atmosphere is also very nice—the only highlights in an otherwise disappointing experience. I ordered their version of a “Martini,” and wow, it was STRONG. Just for context: if the quality’s good, I can drink vodka or whiskey on the rocks. This drink was completely unbalanced. Should’ve stayed a secret?

For the past several months I’ve been living in izakayas and sucking down some high quality highballs or comparing whisky notes at home. But I was in Tokyo for a week and of course I’m gonna swing by a speakeasy and cocktail bar! A10 plays both roles well and being seated at the bar was a treat! I had a drink from the menu, a Hakushu 12, and our mixologist’s own recipe. The Kekko-na Ote-mae-de from then menu was delicious and a great starter for me. I’m kind of a Ki No Bi snob so seeing a cocktail with it as the main ingredient was super, but having it with the A10 twist and an old Japanese style bowl/cup was awesome. The Hakushu was my main course and I slowly sipped it down as we enjoyed the DJ’s Xmas hits. Then for my dessert, I asked for a cocktail highlighted by Ki No Bai. Our dude said he can make a special Negroni. Say less! With the Ki No Bai, he also used a gin umeshu. Holy fuck was it the best drink ever! This is the place to be no matter if you’re a foreigner, visitor, local, or just someone who wants an incredible experience.