Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Fukuoka for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Fukuoka for grown-ups.
Bar Higuchi in Nakasu-Kawabata is a whisky cocktail bar with a vast bottle collection. iPad menu with transparent pricing, signature Moscow Mules made well.
Signature drink: Rare Japanese whisky
Food: Light bar snacks
Tip: Reservations preferred. Counter only; iPad bilingual menu Standing room when busy.
Bar Sebek is a long-running classic-cocktail counter in Nakasu, profiled in international bar press as one of Fukuoka's reference cocktail rooms.
Signature drink: Bartender's classic cocktail
Food: None
Tip: Reservation only. Counter twelve.
Bar Kurayoshi is one of Nakasu's stalwart classic-cocktail rooms, regularly listed alongside Sebek and Higuchi in Fukuoka cocktail-bar reviews.
Signature drink: Whisky-forward classic cocktails
Food: None
Tip: Reservation only. Counter and one private room.
Tokyo Craft Beer Market chain runs a Hakata-station outlet with 30 Japanese craft taps. Pizza and pub snacks, walking distance from the shinkansen.
Signature drink: 30 Japanese craft taps
Food: Pizza and beer snacks
Tip: Open from mid-afternoon. Tap list rotates weekly.
Fukuoka Craft Brewing's taproom in the Daitos Annex one minute from Hakata Station pours the brand's Hakata Lager, Session IPA and limited seasonals.
Signature drink: Hakata Lager and Session IPA
Food: Light snacks
Tip: Standing-bar format. Open 11:00-02:00 daily, no reservations.