How do i buy a drink whilst clubbing in tokyo?

Question:

ok my friend and I are planning a trip to tokyo, i have been twice already but never went to the clubs. nether of us speak japanese either, so i was wondering if we go to a club will it be easy for us to buy drinks there?! do they have menus with english or pictures that we can point too or whats the go? :) please help!

Answer:

Some clubs will have english menus, others won't. Pick up a japanese phrase book, learn some katakana and you'll be absolutely fine. Also most standard drinks will be available, so if you want a whisky cola, just say "whisky cola onegaishimasu" etc etc. Beer is generally "nama beer" (draft) or they might have bottles, depends on the club. Also remember that "hitotsu" (He toe tsu) is one, and "futatsu" (fu rhymes with zoo, ta rhymes with la, tsu) is two. Learning katakana would make everything super, super easy, adn it really only takes about a week to get it all down. All the drinks will be written in the katakana form of English (like beer is ビール (biiru), a screwdriver is スクルどライバ sukurudoraiba, etc) so if you know katakana you can just sound out the drinks easily.

Most clubs in Tokyo that i've been to have a 1000 yen cover charge (about $11 or so US dollars) and drinks can be anywhere from $6 to $12, really depends on the place.

The person above me is obviously talking about hostess bars, not dance clubs. Hostess bars (kyabakuras) are outrageously expensive. Snack bars are also pretty damn expensive (you'd probably spend $100 each for a couple hours) but a club is a club, they're reasonable.