Bar Leone

Lorenzo Antinori left the Four Seasons' Argo to open a bar that channels Rome's neighbourhood trattorias into Hong Kong's Central district, and the industry responded by voting it the No. 1 bar on the planet. The programme celebrates cocktail popolari—Italian popular drinking culture—with aperitivi, amari, and Negroni variations served in a space that feels more Trastevere than Lan Kwai Fong. Antinori's conviction that great bartending begins with generosity, not technique, produced the most significant bar opening Asia has witnessed this decade. The crown sits comfortably.