Wine Bars

One of the best things to happen to Shibuya's wine bar scene, Fujiya Honten Wine Bar is a great example of how to get everything right.

Standing wine bar in Shibuya for the budget-conscious. All food items 500 yen and all wines (70+) for 1900 yen/bottle. Happy Hour from 14:00 to 16:00 with 50% off all drinks.

Previously "Kuimonoya Raku," now reborn as a wine bar and restaurant with an ample wine selection and areas for sitting and standing. The atmosphere is lively and the staff professional and friendly. Nice selection of tapas-style dishes and a wine cooler you can browse and choose wines from. Pricing is retail + 1000 yen, which works out to really good prices on good wines from around the world.

Hideaway wine bar and restaurant up on the hill behind Cerulean Tower in Shibuya. Excellent, hand-picked selection of mostly Old World wines.

Bistro SHIN enjoys a good word-of-mouth reputation in Meguro. Wine prices start at JPY450 per glass and JPY1,950 per bottle.

Bright and lively standing wine bar with another 10 or so counter seats. Nice selection of tapas-style dishes with a Japanese focus, all skillfully prepared and presented. 5-6 whites and reds by the glass and a good, global selection of wines by the bottle. Service and prices above average. Fits pairs best.

Excellent food and wine selection at this wine bar/restaurant in Shibuya's Miyamasuzaka area.

Aoyama Wine Hall is a Spanish bar and restaurant that serves over 100 choices of wines. Prices start at JPY2000 per bottle.

Small and cozy wine wine bar one minute from Shibuya station.

Targeted toward the luxury end, but Albente is unpretentious with friendly staff, offers a relaxing place to enjoy Champagne after work. Unusual for calling themselves a Champagne Cafe not a bar, this tiny place is definitely a bar not a café, it  serves a small menu of food, nothing to rave about but would give them a 7.5 out of 10 considering their efforts from a tiny kitchen at the back.