What The Dickens

What The Dickens

The Japanese have an inimitable way of paying their respects. David Beckham’s free kicks appealed to them and they had his giant chocolate statue made during his visit to the country. They took fancy to the English pub culture and lo! What The Dickens, Hobgoblin and the like came up in a jiffy. Amongst the various English-styled bars in Tokyo, What The Dickens is certainly one of the most popular.

About What The Dickens

What The Dickens, Tokyo stands in the chic locality of Ebisu, the newest entrant in the Tokyo nightlife scene and is housed in the same Roob 6 building as the Milk, a popular nightclub in Tokyo. Presenting a stark contrast to the glass and steel-paned look that Ebisu flaunts, What The Dickens is done up in muted, dark and earthy-toned woods. It is an English-styled décor but the appeal is more due to the warmth it generates.

What The Dickens is spread over two floors. In the main floor, all the action is centered around a stage, which also has the bar to the left. From here stairs lead up to the comfy seating quarters of the bar. Amongst all the Japanese bars with all their myriad décor, What The Dickens certainly sports an eclectic look.

The Fare At What The Dickens

Drop by What The Dickens and get a feel of how the English spend their after-work hours. What The Dickens serves you mostly English and Irish beer or stout like the Bass and the Guinness along with an assortment of lip-smacking English food like shepherd’s pie, steak and kidney pie and an array of green delights for the health-conscious. No wonder, this joint is so popular with the foreigners in Tokyo.

What differentiates What The Dickens from the other pubs in Tokyo and definitely endears it to many, is its musical lineup. Rock, pop, blues and folk are the beats doing the rounds here but the USP of the bar is its penchant for live performances. These live performances span an entire gamut from fusion music to the occasional poetry reading session.

When you are in Japan, bars come in plenty. But What The Dickens is one place where you have all the settings for an intimate tête-à-tête, a place to hang out with a few friends or lose yourself in some live soul-stirring music. The place is open from five in the evening to two the next morning Tuesday to Saturday and till midnight on Sunday. The shutters are down on the Mondays.

It is bars like What The Dickens that raises the expectations about nightlife in Japan. Delve into it.

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