Three Hundred Bar 8 Cho-me Branch: Ginza Standing Bar

The Three Hundred Bar offers over 150 types of food and drink, each priced at 300 yen (+ tax), excluding bottled beer. Standard cocktails are offered, and drinks can also be made to order. The menu features a full line-up of snacks and bar food, with customer favourites like spicy juicy chicken, nachos, and three varieties of olives.

Payment is done via a ticket system, where customers purchase a minimum of two 300 yen tickets upon entry. You'll be hard-pressed to find another place in Shimbashi where you can stop in for a quick drink and an appetizer for only 600 yen. For an even better deal, customers who buy a pack of 10 tickets receive an additional ticket free for a drink.

The friendly, cheerful staffs at Three Hundred Bar goes out of their way to make customers feel at home, and most can speak English as well.

With a maximum capacity of 80-90 people, the Three Hundred Bar is making headlines with the nearly 4000 customers who visit it each month. Many of the bar's patrons are young adults in their mid-20s to mid-30s who stop by on the way home from work and the place is packed on Friday nights and nights before a holiday.

The bar also has DJs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights spinning a wide variety of genres. The bar's owner is currently looking for foreign DJs to offer customers an even greater mix of music. Add the movies and sports playing on a central screen, and the Three Hundred Bar makes it tough to leave once you're there.

For large group reservations, the Three Hundred Bar offers a two-hour all-you-can-drink package plus snacks for just 2000 yen per person, making it a popular spot for birthdays and after-parties as well. The DJ booth is also available prior to regular operating hours (from 12-5pm) for guests to create their own events.
You won't want to miss the bar's top-notch professional interior either, designed and produced by Three Hundred Bar's own staff members.

Most people think of Ginza bars as being stuffy, high-end places that are not open to newcomers. The owner of Three Hundred Bar recognized this and purposely chose the location with the goal of providing a space that was not only welcoming, but also a perfect spot to meet up with friends. He opened his first "standing bar" sixteen years ago, and to this day has no plans to expand beyond the Ginza -  though he has opened two bars within the area has a third planned for 2009.

Next time you're near the Ginza or Shimbashi, why not stop by and give Three Hundred Bar a try?

The manager says... "Let's party!!"