Comaru

This lively little standing bar offers an excellent range of craft sake (from around ¥600 a glass), organic wines, beer and izakaya classics like highballs and sours (¥400-600). While the food menu is entirely in Japanese, you can always ask the staff for their recommendations (say the magic word: ‘osusume’). Otherwise, just go with our favourites: seasonal sashimi, the towering potato salad (¥500) and the crisp chikuwa (fish paste) and gorgonzola tempura (¥500). The payment style is ‘cash on’, ie place your cash in the wooden tray in front of you at the start of the night and the staff will take the payment from there every time you order.