Review
Once you step inside Waltz in Shoreditch, you feel as though you have travelled to Ginza. Founded by Tokyo-born mixologist Gento Torigata, the bar draws directly on Japanese cocktail culture, favouring precision, focus, and quiet confidence over showmanship.
The room is long and narrow, softly lit and deliberately understated, with most seating arranged along a single extended counter. Guests face the bar team, whose movements are calm and economical, each step considered and unforced.
Cocktails lean into layered flavour; ingredients such as fig, kumquat, banana, matcha, black sesame, tea, and Japanese spirits appear throughout the menu, often combined in unexpected but measured ways. Drinks balance familiarity with gentle surprise, where fruit, bitterness, and savoury notes are carefully held in check.