Tokyo’s green tea beer garden gives you all-you-can-drink matcha and hojicha beer this summer
Matcha wine, sausage, and desserts also on offer at elegant restaurant in the heart of the city.
Along with shrine festivals and fireworks displays, beer gardens are a much-loved part of summer in Japan. While all-you-can-drink beer is always part of the package, each beer garden tries to do something special to stand out, whether that means offering expansive rooftop views or special themed decorations.
In the case of Green Tea Restaurant 1899, the hook is exactly what you’d expect from the name. The restaurant, located in Tokyo’s Ochanomizu neighborhood (just across the Kanda River from the Akihabara district) specializes in food and drink that makes use of Japanese green tea, and come June will be kicking off its Matcha Beer Garden campaign, offering unlimited amounts of 10 different types of beer, many of which are mixed with some of Japan’s favorite types of tea.
The unlimited beer lineup includes matcha green tea beer, matcha stout, hojicha (roasted green tea) stout, Japanese-grown black tea beer, and Japanese black tea stout. If you’re not so sure you want to spend the whole night drinking tea/beer hybrids, there’s also regular, non-tea beer and stouts, plus half-and-half on offer, as well as non-alcoholic beer and matcha beer.
1899 Matcha Beer
1899 Hojicha Stout
1899 Matcha Wine
If you’d like something more elegant-sounding, there’s also matcha wine, which mixes the tea with a sweet white wine base.
The all-you-can-drink plan, which also includes soft drinks, is priced at 3,000 yen (US$27) for two hours, as long as you make a reservation ahead of time through the restaurant’s website. Showing up at the door unannounced will cost you an extra 500 yen.
You can supplement the wide range of beverages by ordering (for an additional cost) items from 1899’s extensive food menu, such as green tea-infused sausages, potato salad, cake, or ice cream.
And even though the promotion is referred to as the “Matcha Beer Garden,” you can choose to sit either outside or indoors, depending on your mood or the weather.
The interior design, naturally, makes use of plenty of tea-like green tones.
Green Tea Restaurant 1899’s Matcha Beer Garden promotion starts on June 1 and runs through September 30, and is available daily between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Reservations can be made here.
Green Tea Restaurant 1899 / グリーンティー レストラン 1899
Address: Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku, Kanda Surugadai 3-4
東京都千代田区神田駿河台3−4
Open 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Website
Oh wow what an interesting sounding place to visit, I would definitely be up for trying some of their matcha delights.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome Sarah :)
DeleteReally? I would like to try the matcha wine, it looks so devine.
ReplyDeleteAm not sure if you could also get more high with matcha wine.. but its worth to try.
DeleteOMG, matcha beer, matcha sausage, can life get any better? I'm love matcha!
ReplyDeleteThat's cool! This is perfect for you!
DeleteAmazing place to visit especially for Matcha lovers at Tokyo!
ReplyDeleteExactly! Hope you can also visit this place :)
DeleteWah, first time i heard this kind of wine.. Any of it can be found in Malaysia? - Racheal
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure Racheal, but hoping they are :)
DeleteThe Japanese really love their matcha. While I do enjoy matcha, I don't think it's suitable for preparation of just about any food/drinks.
ReplyDeleteJapanese are very inventive with their products :)
DeleteErrr.. matcha and hojicha beer now??? Huhuhu..I cant imagine how it taste like.
ReplyDeleteMe too, lol.
Deletebut the idea is so intriguing.
OMG My first time hearing on Matcha Beers! This is definitely interesting enough to try it and since I am a fan of Matcha. I wonder how's the taste like =)
ReplyDeleteI honestly find it weird. But I will ask my Japanese friend and let her do the try and testing.
DeleteWhile reading I was so tempted to try out, until I saw the address. It is in Japan. 😭 maybe next time
ReplyDeleteHahaha sorry yingyin, my bad :)
DeleteOh how cool! Not a fan of matcha so much, but my daughter likes it. Definitely going to have this in my list of restaurants to visit if and when we make it to Japan someday. :)
ReplyDeleteor maybe you can grab a beer and mix it with matcha... am not sure how will it taste :)
DeleteI am not very fond of matcha but your photos and the arrangements all look enticing! Waaa parang gusto ko ding i try. Kahit try lang haha
ReplyDeleteAwesome! How about you can make your own matcha beer!
DeleteThis is the first time I've heard about tea matched with white wine?! I've known green tea for its health goodness and vitality. Green tea-infused cake, sausage, ice cream, etc... seems a must try. 😊
ReplyDeleteI know right?! Its very interesting, no wonder Japanese cuisine and drinks are awesome :)
DeleteGreen is the color it seems of this place. That ice cream and that cake sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It seems green is the new black :D
DeleteA restaurant dedicated for Matcha is such an interesting concept. How did te matcha flavored alcohols taste?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it still taste like matcha that makes you drunk, hahaha
DeleteSo I come from a beer country. Beer is in our veins... XD
ReplyDeleteI am not so sure about matcha beer, it just looks weird. BUT I would love to try it out. I wonder if they will serve that at the oktoberfest this year.
I think yes! This will be all year round :)
DeleteMatcha everything!!! My favourite will still be the matcha latte...I would be curious to try out the beer though, if I was feeling adventurous...Your photos are amazing:) thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you Helene, hope you could visit Japan and have a taste of matcha beer!
DeleteYou know, I've never tried matcha before. I keep hearing about it, but have yet to give it a taste. One day I'll try it!
ReplyDeleteIt s a unique blend of match and beer :) You'll gonna like it.
DeleteSounds interesting, Matcha lovers ought to be there for sure to have a taste of elegancy.
ReplyDeleteI agree jhilmil
DeleteGreen Tree beer ... Now that's what i am going to search in india this weekend :) Chandresh
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome right?!
DeleteInteresting, I never heard of matcha! Would love to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteThank you Keoshia :)
DeleteReally an interesting place to visit, so much green. :) would love to visit one day!
ReplyDeletethat's cool! Thank you dear :)
DeleteAll of these matcha variations sound interesting! I think I would start with the wine first :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea Courtney :)
DeleteThis places looks so elegant and classy. And the presentation of the food?! just WOW!! Great review!
ReplyDeleteThank you babe :)
DeleteWow! This is good news for matcha lovers including my friends! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure Liz :)
DeleteUnlimited beer sounds fabulous. The restaurant looks like a great place to eat and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteIndeed and the view of the Yokohama river is gorgeous :)
DeleteBlair, you are living the life! hehe. That indeed looks delicious! Would love to visit places like this one day :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Aliza! Don't forget to include this in your Japan trip :)
DeleteWow this is interesting, first time heard about matcha wine! I would love to try it when I visit Japan.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bella.
DeleteI haven't tasted it yet, but I'm going to assume that I will be easily get drunk. LOL