Craft Beer Market Awajicho

Nice place. Open feel, busy on a Friday night. Lots of people getting pissed. Great service. The tap list is obviously awesome. Didn't eat, but the food looked good. The star here is the beer. Gets busy if you have a large group it might be tough.

Went in at lunchtime, which I think is the right way to do it. No charge, not crowded, no long waits. Smaller than expected. Typically good CBM selection. At the other branches at night I have always had to wait forever to get a beer. Not so here at lunch. Pizza was very good and came right out. One small issue was that they were grinding coffee at one point, which made all beers impossible to sniff. Anyhow, recommended, especially for lunch.

This might be the worst craft beer market. Pours are pretty bad. Foam everywhere, warm beers, takes a while to get certain beers. Hopefully the staff will learn how to pour a beer and then maybe someone can help them out with their draft system.

Similar to other Craft Beer Market venues in town. Obviously 30 rotating taps at very friendly prices seems like a great deal but beware of the few downside aspects: the place is usually packed and reservation is recommended, service can be a bit slow, uncomfortable metallic stools don’t help relaxing either, located in a business district so the place is closed on weekends, the tap system seems to cause under-carbonated pours.

About a 10 minute walk from the Jimbocho location. Decent sized bar with tables and an upscale pizzeria sort of atmosphere. Got here a bit later than expected due to accidentally going to Jimbocho instead. All seats had been reserved but I was able to get a seat with a strict time limit, 45 minutes or so to try most of Luc’s beers during his beer event. Ordered two half glasses at a time and went to town.

Good beer selection. Didn’t try the food other than the complimentary mini plate with a marinated cherry tomato and slice of turkey.

Service was okay but sitting in the small cramped bar area between the kitchen and restroom made flagging someone down a bit tricky. 300 yen cover charge.

Worth a stop but definitely get a reservation or get there when they open.

The new Craft Beer Market, just like the other ones, but I like them, so I like this. 30 taps, cheap prices, ¥300 cover charge but you can make this back pretty quickly if you drink a few. This one does pizza. Newly opened but will probably usually be busy so best to book or turn up at opening and take your chance. Nice atmosphere, probably somewhere between the other two.