COA

Hong Kong

No. 7 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2021; The 50 Best Bars 2026, No. 54 (51-100); and No. 24 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

Jay Khan built Asia's definitive agave bar on a narrow Central side street, assembling a mezcal and tequila collection that rivals anything in Oaxaca. Three-time winner of the Best Bar in Asia title before Bar Leone's ascent, Coa sat at No. 38 on the 2025 World's 50 Best Bars list, still formidable after years at the top. Khan's cocktails foreground agave character rather than masking it, and the menu educates as it entertains, guiding drinkers through regional Mexican distillation traditions with scholarly precision. The bar that made Hong Kong take agave seriously.