Darkside

Hong Kong

No. 49 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2021, No. 17 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024, and No. 9 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2023.

The Rosewood Hong Kong's flagship bar occupies a harborfront position in Tsim Sha Tsui that would justify complacency, but Darkside refuses to coast. A whisky-forward program runs alongside live jazz in a space designed by Tony Chi, where moody lighting and plush furnishing create the kind of atmosphere that encourages a second drink before the first is finished. The bar's Kowloon-side location gives it perspective on Hong Kong's skyline that Central bars cannot replicate. Darkside trades on mood as much as mixology, and the mood is immaculate. Hong Kong's cocktail scene carries a confidence in 2026 that comes from hosting the world's biggest bar award and winning it. The city's trajectory points toward greater diversity, neighborhood bars alongside palace hotels, sustainable programs alongside rare spirit collections, Hemingway-inspired veterans alongside zero-waste pioneers. Every flight into Chek Lap Kok lands you closer to the world's best drinking.