LIQUID FACTORY

Best cocktail bar in Japan! I've tried all the bars on the World's Best list, and this one should be at the top - amazing creativity in the drinks, foraging what is in season, distilling ingredients in-house, treating products and flavors with amazing care to create well balanced and delicious drinks that cover a spectrum of flavors. Beyond that, not the least bit pretentious and no cover charge, really friendly service in a cool, industrial designed space, with 90s hip hop playing in the background. I was blown away by a drink that came from foraging mushrooms at Mt. Fuji, complete with a cedar wood spray from cedar that came from the owner's background. Such a creative, light, and refreshing drink, perfect for autumn. Also, had a best ever variation of an espresso martini, with jasmine infused whiskey, notes of vanilla, black pepper, and banana. And the best part of the experience is that the menu is always changing with the season.

I came here in the middle of the morning to study and have a couple of drinks, as it is one of the few bars open at this time of day. It turns out that the guy working here during the day isn’t a bartender, and could only make gin and tonics. The real bartender, who makes all the fancy drinks mentioned in the reviews, comes in at 5pm. Certainly a bit disappointing. The venue is small and plain, with a cramped 5 seater bar counter and a few other seats in the floor area. I found the loud hip hop music annoying and out of place. As it was just me and the rather shy part-timer in the place the whole time, I found the whole vibe to be rather forlorn. I don’t think I will come back.

Great bar! Really creative drinks designed with ingredients foraged from different parts of Japan and the world. The bartender (didn’t catch his name, unfortunately) was really nice and knowledgeable. Highly recommend!

Incredible atmosphere! Unique experience with cocktails I promise you have never tried anywhere else. Everything Is homemade and locally made. Some items are limited edition where the ingredients are sourced from areas the owner has gone to such as one drink that had beans from Brazil where he gathered them from the country ! Loved my time here this is a must try place in Tokyo. Thank You keita for your amazing hospitality

He's an artist! Not only are the drinks amazing, but the vibes are impeccable and he uses lab equipment in the kitchen to make complex and delicate flavors. For the drinks we ordered he had prepared ingredients using a centrifuge and a distiller. The menu has tasting notes for every cocktail. Every drink me and my partner got were excellent -- absolutely no misses. Some stand-outs for me were the Old Fashioned Chocolate Bar, which is like a Manhattan and a Snickers bar had a baby, and the Hoppin' and Groovin which combined the bitter notes of IPA with smooth sweetness of banana (both made with the centrifuge and the still). Get the milkshake cocktail as your final drink to-go! I will try to go back every time I'm in Tokyo. Just delightful!

Liquid Factory is a small yet welcoming bar that delivers great-tasting cocktails while keeping it down to earth. It gets a little hot in the summer, but it's definitely worth a stop. Perfect for a cozy night out!

Top notch cocktails. Some of the best we’ve ever had — and we live in NYC where we’ve had too many. The “Funk You” (smoked peach cocktail) and his Old Fashioned Chocolate Bar, which someone wrote about below, were exceptional. The owner/mixologist Keita is truly a master of his craft! Plus he was kind and fun to chat with. He also gave us great recommendations for our other stops in Japan, which we wouldn’t have found otherwise and all of which were also excellent. Liquid Factory was awesome. I hope to be back one day. If you are in Tokyo, get there! Thank you Keita!

Some of the best cocktails I’ve ever had. We tried 4 different ones and each one was perfect. We’ll absolutely be back!

Great service! Quaint Limited menu , off main drag . It's a must see! Try it for a round!

Liquid Factory just opened a few months ago on a quiet side street of Shibuya. The place is casual and the interior is designed to look like a small warehouse or a factory. Don't be fooled by its casual decor though because you'll soon realize that a lot of attention to detail has gone into creating this place. The bar menu mostly consists of craft cocktails although there are some mocktails and other drinks like beer. They have several signature cocktails that they always have on their menu as well as seasonal cocktails that change every few months. The owner and bartender Keita-san is warm and friendly and really takes the time to explain the menu. He understands that the descriptions on the menu alone may not help customers fully understand what the drinks are like and will kindly refer you to their Instagram account, which has photos of both the signature and seasonal cocktails. We went during the last week of their winter 2020 cocktail menu and ended up ordering a total of four seasonal drinks between the two of us. Each cocktail was creative, fun and delicious. This bar is a great addition to a part of the city that was lacking in good cocktail bars and is a nice refuge from the craziness of the rest of Shibuya. The drinks combined with the quality of service that we received makes this one of our favorite bars in a city that is already filled with some of the best bars in the world.