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Gaijin Friendly Bars in Tokyo!!

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Can we start a list here of gaijin friendly bars in Tokyo.
 
I will start it off.

I know a place in Ebisu called Casablanca where the atmosphere is not weird and the drinks are 500 yen. It is a very simple place but cozy and the bartender speaks a little English. Later, if I can, I will post a map or something.
 
There's a chain of bars called "The Hub" that not only has menus in English, but often caters to the international sports fan. It's styled after an English pub and I watched a number of soccer matches there. I frequented the one near the Takadanobaba station on Yamanote-sen, but I believe there's ones in Shinjuku and Shibuya as well.

As far as bartenders who speak English...I rarely tested them, and rarely found any who offered to speak English outside of Roppongi.
 
It might be easier to list the gaijin UNFRIENDLY bars instead.
 
Hah, we talking like foreign themed pubs?

Theres 2 in Shinjuku - go out the Higashi-deguchi and up the stairs so your staring at the Alta screen. Head right down the main road. First RIGHT after the electronics store is an Irish pub. If you keep going down the main road, take a left after Isetan and the first right down a side street there is a small Aussie pub called the Clubhouse on the third floor - 'local' beers and kanagaroo on the menu
 
Gaijin friendly.

I don't necessarily think we have to sick to foreign themed places. For example I know this other place in Ebisu called Mago's hmmm well come to think of it he does have a Beatles theme. But, anyway, the owner is really cool.

Incidently, after being here for for 5 years I think this list is worthwhile. There is nothing worse for your outlook on life in Japan than to get greeted with a wall of ice from racists, or a "sorry, Japanese only". Or even a polite lie can be a heartbreaker, like "we are full" when you can see the place is 75% empty.

But, it is always nice to go to a place where you feel welcome and there a quite a few of those. So, let's spend our money there.

Well, you know there are the more obvious places like The Fiddler in Takadanobaba, which is great and in my opinion far than the Hub which I hate. But I am hoping to see someone recommend a little hangout that I haven't read about in the Metropolis.
 
In all honesty, after being there for 5 years, I'd expect you to tell ME about gaijin friendly bars.

Are you looking for nomihoudais as well? There's a building chock full of them near Shibuya's Hachiko exit. One of the more popular is called Lemon House that can be found here. On each of the floors 4-7 in the building is a different kind of nomihoudai. There are occasional coupons in books like Hot Pepper. They were always very accomadating to large groups of foreigners, as well as to smaller 2-5 person groups.
 
http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyo/recent/bars.asp
 
"necessarily think we have to sick to foreign"

I meant sTick.
 
Gas Panic In shibuya and Roppongi both were Friendly bars when I went.
 
I don't recall any bars ever being unfriendly. But of course it depends on your attitude and who you are with, by yourself, with numerous foreigners, or with Japanese. the second could be a problem in a small place that doesn't normally deal with gaijin.

I've never had a problem by myself.
 
Club pure in Shiby same side as the HMV 2500 yen drink whatever you want all you want, you can't go wrong. I went by myself and when I showed the guy at the door my pass port he was like "You from Canada?" cool bro! Have fun!
 
Well, let's say that if you are not welcome when you are by yourself, or with a group other foreigners, and if you get stopped at the door before you get a chance to demonstrate your attitude, then it would be considered unfriendly. If you need a Japanese looking person with you in order to be treated like a human then it would be considered unfriendly.

The words "beer" "bourbon" "scotch" "whisky" are essentially the same in Nihongo, so the part about being "used to dealing with gaijin" does not hold any more water that if an Aboriganee walked into an Irish pub in Austria.

It is a little hard to judge Japan from Roppongi, Hiroo, Indiana or Tenessee but I personally have been stopped at the door or refused service at numerous place over the years. And I don't demonstrate any different attitude than I do at the bars that are friendly. My co-workers have also told the truth that they have been refused also, or treated like crap. I really don't like the deniers.

Anyway, I don't want to get into a big discussion about racism in this thread. I just want try to get a good list of friendly places.



Anyway, as I listed some friendly locals above, can anybody else do the same?

Gaspanic is not the kind of place I had in mind because that is where any GI, or tourist can find out about while walking around Roppongi on day one in Japan.

I even said let's put some places here which are not in the Metropolis, but then somebody listed a link to their website. Let's have some NEW information folks.

Then some clown said "duh, after five years I would think YOU would tell me...."

And the idiot said it after I just listed two places.

Is there anybody who posts on this site who actually lives in Japan and has for a while?
 
My favourite place in Shibuya: Sonoma and Ruby Room. Cool mixed crowd, gaijin-owned.

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parky said:
The words "beer" "bourbon" "scotch" "whisky" are essentially the same in Nihongo, so the part about being "used to dealing with gaijin" does not hold any more water that if an Aboriganee walked into an Irish pub in Austria.
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My choice of drinks tends to be a bit more complex than that, its not usual to see me hanging over a bar directing the poor bloke/gal behind on how to mix up common cocktails and shots
 
parky said:
Then some clown said "duh, after five years I would think YOU would tell me...."
And the idiot said it after I just listed two places.
Is there anybody who posts on this site who actually lives in Japan and has for a while?
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Easy tiger, no need for name-calling. Maybe this is the attitude that keeps you out of bars.

I've never been refused service at a bar and I went out 95% of the time with large groups of white people. As far as I know, none of them had trouble either.
 
You asked for Gaijin friendly places. Most nightclubs I would think are listed somewhere how else would ppl find them. Anyway.
I went to CLub Fura "Tokyo Rave" Epic Trance Progressive House Rnb Hip Hop Lounge
But I guess it more or less depends on what your looking for.
 
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