11 editor picks in Tokyo.
11 wine bar places in Tokyo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Tokyo | Wine Bar across every city.
Tokyo has built a serious natural-wine culture, concentrated in the small streets west of the centre. Ahiru Store in Tomigaya is sommelier Teruhiko Saito's natural-wine counter, a 12-seat room that queues from opening, while Winestand Waltz in Ebisu-Nishi is the standing-counter cellar bar that helped set the city's natural-wine ritual with 30 pours by the glass. Bistro Rojiura in Sangenjaya pours natural Beaujolais and Loire alongside its bistro plates.
Ahiru Store in Tokyo's Tomigaya is sommelier Teruhiko Saito's natural-wine counter, sister Wakako's bread on the side. The 12-seat room queues from 18:00.
TipNo reservations after 18:30; arrive at 18:00 for the second seating or before opening for the first.
Wineshop Flow in Tokyo's Hatagaya is a cellar-bar behind the station, blond timber with a porthole-shaped cellar door. Natural wines and natural sake.
TipDrop in for a glass and a bottle to take home; the small plates are Japanese-seasonal, perfect for two.
Shibuya Cheese Stand in Tokyo's Okushibu makes mozzarella and burrata on-site each morning and pours Italian wines to match. The wine flight is the order.
TipThe 5pm fresh mozzarella batch is the one to time it for. Reserve online to avoid the wait.
Fuglen Tokyo in Tokyo's Tomigaya flips at 19:00 from Norwegian cafe to natural wine and cocktail bar. The vintage Scandinavian furniture stays the same.
TipWeekday late seating after 21:00 is the calmest window. Cocktails are champion-level under bartender Halvor Digernes.
Senrogiwa in Tokyo's Ebisu-Minami is an izakaya-DJ-bar hybrid above the tracks near Garden Place. Natural wines, yakiton skewers, 90s vinyl on the decks.
TipSaturday nights tilt DJ-set late; arrive by 19:00 for the dinner-shaped first seating.
Winestand Waltz in Tokyo's Ebisu-Nishi is the cellar-bar that built Tokyo's natural-wine ritual. Standing-counter only, 30 by-the-glass pours, no reservation.
TipNo reservations. Walk-in standing room only; arrive by 19:00 for a counter spot.
Apero in Aoyama in Tokyo is the Dupeperier family wine bar opened 2014, natural French selection shortlisted by Simon Bianco, family-recipe bistro plates.
TipReserve via the official site for the counter; bottle list rotates seasonally.
Le Cabaret Vin in Tokyo's Yoyogi is sommelier-couple Suzuki's natural-wine bar near Shinjuku. Twenty by-the-glass pours, candle-lit standing-and-sitting room.
TipClosed Mondays. Walk-in friendly; arrive before 20:00 for counter seats.
Bistro Rojiura in Tokyo's Sangenjaya is the back-alley wine bar pouring natural Beaujolais and Loire. Long communal counter and Japanese-French bistro plates.
TipClosed Mondays. The pate en croute and the Beaujolais cru flight are the canonical pair.
Ahiru Store in Tokyo: 12-seat natural-wine counter in Tomigaya, no reservations after 18:30 and a queue that turns away most weekend visitors.
TipArrive at 18:00 for the second seating or 17:30 for the first. Sister Wakako's rustic breads are the food side.
Winestand Waltz is cellar standing-bar in ebisu-nishi with 30 by-the-glass pours and a walk-in-only counter that turns into a queue by 19:00.
TipNo reservations. Walk-in standing-room only; arrive by 18:30 for a counter spot.
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