Bar Alegre ★ 4.6
Cocktail barSpeakeasy¥¥¥nagarekawaMon-Sat 19:00-02:00, last order 01:30; Sun and holidays 19:00-24:00
Bar Alegre splits a third-floor Horikawa-cho room in Hiroshima between a tea-house entrance and a back bar modelled on a 1920s speakeasy.
Signature drink: Seasonal fruit cocktails
Tip: There are two doors: a tea-room entrance cut so low that everyone bows to get in, and a hidden speakeasy door beside it.
Helen Cafe and Bar ★ 4.2
Cocktail barSpeakeasy¥¥otemachiDaily 14:00-18:00 cafe, 18:00-23:30 bar; closed Tuesday
Helen works a speakeasy-styled hideaway in Komachi, the Hiroshima room that pours Yamazaki and Hakushu once the cafe service ends at 18:00.
Signature drink: Japanese whisky flight
Tip: Same door, two businesses: desserts and coffee until 18:00, whisky and cocktails until 23:30.
80s Bar Kayokyoku Hit Studio ★ 3.8
Cocktail barMusic bar¥¥nagarekawaMon-Thu 19:00-02:00; Fri-Sat and days before holidays 19:00-03:00; closed Sunday
80s Bar Kayokyoku Hit Studio takes requests from roughly 3,000 singles and LPs, a Nagarekawa room in Hiroshima built entirely on Showa pop.
Signature drink: All-you-can-drink sets
Tip: Records are played with the original video footage, and the room can be booked out for parties of twenty or more.
American Pub Ace ★ 3.8
Pub foodPub¥¥yagenboriMon-Sat 18:00-05:00, last order 04:00; Sun and holidays 18:00-02:00, last order 01:00
American Pub Ace on Yagenbori is the Hiroshima room that stays open to 05:00 with burgers, darts, billiards and a poker table in the back.
Signature drink: Bottled beer
Tip: Sundays and public holidays close at 02:00, three hours earlier than the rest of the week.