Clubs
Feria
Along with Lexington Queen, this club has become one of the most popular hangout places for the international model society and the hedge fund crowd who wants to be close to them. A lot bigger than the New Lex and more luxurious.
Odeon
Mix of hip-hop and techno. Popular after hours spot.
Soul Sonic Boogie
Specializing in old-school funk/soul/disco. Put on your platform soles, comb your 'fro, and boogie on back to 1979.
alife Nishiazabu
4000 square feet club. Minimum age is 23. Mostly Japanese people, but plenty of English speakers. Music is great with a mix of Japanese pop, dance & American pop. Crazy crowded, but fun! Note that as of June 2012, aLife has been shut down.
Gaspanic Club99
The place for friends of hip-hop music with young audience. This place is usually filled with black men, so it is the place to go if you want to meet one of them. It has been shut down for a few months as of mid-2012, but should re-open later this year.
Flower
Upscale nightclub with mostly Japanese crowd.
Gaspanic Club
Japanese couples and more electronic music.
Gaspanic Bar
Mixed music for all ages. Has also been shut down as of mid-2012, but should reopen later this year. In the mean time, you are free to get pizza in the cafe on the first floor.
Gaspanic
The best known of Roppongi's many meat markets. Although it was previously where desperate gaijin men and desperate women hoping to score would congregate, it has recently taken on a much more Japanese vibe. Nobody ever admits to going here, but it's packed tighter than the lower circles of Hell on most weekends. On Thursdays "Happy Gaspanic Day" all drinks are ¥300 all night, while the rest of the time prices vary from ¥600-1000. The amount of alcohol in the drinks varies greatly, depending on the bar tenders and the crowd. Notorious pickpocket spot.
A.I.
Cosmopolitan and post-modern club with an international crowd.
The hot spots of Roppongi change constantly, and legendary clubs Velfarre and Yellow have both closed their doors.
New Lex Edo
Formerly known as Lexington Queen. The club is rather small, and is getting a little old; even the VIP seats are duct-taped to be held intact. However it has a history of over 30 years. The music is of a wider variety than in most Roppongi clubs, but usually sticks to the Top 100 USA club tracks. The youngest crowd in all of Roppongi. The average age seems to be below 20 years old.
Bars
Tokyo Sports Cafe
This bar is located right around the corner from Feria. Despite the name, this is a bar, primarily showing Soccer and Baseball NFL Superbowl party yearly. The best thing about this bar is Friday night, which is Models Night. It attracts the same crowd as Feria, so you can go to Tokyo Sports Cafe first, then head out to Feria when the models move there.
Bar Quest Roppongi
Quest brings you the best from Down Under, including a fine selection of Aussie lagers including VB, Crown Lager and Coopers, all the usual cocktails and even classic meat pies. A big-screen TV and a wide range of music played by DJs provide ongoing entertainÂment. You can also kick back Australian-style along the U-shaped bar and watch the photoÂgenic bartenders hard at work.
The First Bar
Touts itself as the biggest bar in Roppongi, which since it's not a club like Ageha, just might be true. Entrance is free and ladies usually get complimentary drink, wine, champagne or whatnot at the door. normally house music, so the stuff you hear walking down Roppongi-dori. There's pool and darts in back, but I like the drink selection. A bit of a cocktail bar; i mean, where else would you find a Grasshopper?
Black Horse
One of the better known places in the local ex-pat community. It caters to upscale ex-pats with sales of Cuban cigars, expensive drinks, and great DJ's. They strictly enforce a 25 and older age limit here, so the place has a more sophisticated feel to it, no servicemen, and older women. The only problem is how crowded it gets late at night. The best nights here are Thursdays, though Fridays and Saturdays are also packed. On Thursdays, women get free champagne and chocolate fondue all night. Black Horse was formerly known as 911.
Propaganda
An appropriately grubby joint decorated with propaganda posters and booming bass, mostly of the hip-hop sort. The friendly staff parties as hard as the customers.
Heartland
A place for many foreigners to start the night, and the crowd flows out the doors to the street on Fridays and Saturdays. The clientele consists mainly of male foreigners in the finance area and Japanese girls/women who want a foreigner yet not an English teacher or a US military serviceman. Although there is no official dress code, most men wear business attire and the women dress equally upscale . Heartland is quite different from the typical Pongi drinking hole as the average age is much higher and the clientele is more affluent.
Wall Street Bar
Relocated from its former place next to TGI Friday's, the side of the Korn building will have a poster pointing the next building down is the new locale of Wall Street Bar 1. There are also always staff members on the street recruiting the bar so you can always just ask them for the way. A Wall Street Bar 2 has also opened, past the Don Quixote and across the adjacent street . Be sure to ask for the fire show around 1AM - a tip will be appreciated, but not expected, and it will be worth hanging around. There's also a card available, at Wall Street Bar 1, possibly Bar 2, free shot and first drink ¥500.If a packed bar with loud music is what you are looking for, then you are good to come during the weekend.During weekdays the bar is more a lounge and chill out stop. There's also an email sign-up sheet on the weekends; opt-in and get a drink coaster for a free drink, suppose you could just write a faulty one.
Motown
Up a flight of stairs to the left of TGI Friday's. No cover except for special events, drinks are reasonable and the staff is English friendly. Popular among expats for its smaller size and music selection, you can often find groups or solo western businessmen and women on expense accounts into the wee hours of the morning. Does get crowded at times, so go early if you actually want enough space to dance. Motown had been famous for its transsexual prostitutes that prowl the bar late at night, although recently, most have been deported July 08. Those that remain arrive around 11:00 and will dominate the center of the bar. Interesting to talk to, but will dismiss you as soon as they find out you're not interested to spend 30,000 Yen + room for the night. On the upside, they are probably the best looking women in the place so if you are into that enjoy.
Abbott's Choice
Small, decent bar with NYC pop radio fed in via satellite. Attracts a nice mix of tourists, ex-pats and curious locals. A really welcome respite from the overpriced and overrated bars in the surrounding area.
Roppongi is the place to be late at night if you don't mind having a gaggle of Senegalese men following you down the street, urging you to just take a free look in their strip clubs, and occasionally grabbing your arm. Nightlife starts later than in other parts of Tokyo and many bars, clubs and discos are open until 4AM-5AM when the first trains run in the morning. Most other nightlife in Tokyo shuts down when the last trains run around midnight. If you start your evening early you should first go to Shibuya and move over to Roppongi after 11PM.
There are innumerable watering holes and generally speaking, first floor and ground floor establishments cater to foreigners while higher stories feature more exclusive and often sex-related clubs aimed at the Japanese. An ID is required by many clubs, so bring along your passport. Note that many of the clubs are very small, and leaving and re-entering without paying the entry charge again is often not possible.
Beware of touts inviting you into clip joints, some of which will go so far as to spike your drinks to wring you dry. Avoid going to a bar you never heard of with someone that you did not know before your journey. Leave the credit card at home since in a bid to combat fraud an increasing number of bars accept only cash anyway.