Bars & Nightlife · Ginza

Samboa Bar Ginza サンボア 銀座

Ginza branch of Samboa, the bar dynasty founded in 1918, a standing-counter institution famous for ice-free highballs made with chilled whisky and soda and for thick beef cutlet sandwiches.

About

Samboa began in 1918 and its Kansai bars helped define the Japanese highball. The Ginza basement continues the style: a wooden standing counter (a few seats too), white-jacketed bartenders, and the signature highball, chilled whisky and soda poured without ice with a twist of lemon. Regulars in suits drop in from mid-afternoon. Order a beef cutlet sando if hungry; it is one of the best bar snacks in Ginza.

Highlights

• Samboa bar lineage dating from 1918
• Ice-free highball, the house speciality
• Classic wooden standing counter
• Opens at 15:00
• Beef cutlet sandwich

Tips

• Afternoons are calmest
• Standing is the traditional way here
• Shorter hours on Sundays and holidays
• Smoking rules follow current Tokyo law; ask if unsure

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