Bamboo Bar

Hanoi, Vietnam

The Bamboo Bar is the Metropole's poolside bar, thatched roof and wooden floor beside the swimming pool, which the hotel calls the busiest spot in the house and the most storied, since the historic Metropole bomb shelter lies beneath it. The signature pour is the Graham Greene Martini, with light meals, ice cream and coffee through the day, and it opens at six in the morning and runs until eleven at night.