Smoke & Bitters
Hiriketiya, Sri Lanka
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No. 14 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025. The 50 Best Bars: No. 86 (2026), No. 67 (2025) and No. 86 (2024) on the 51-100 list. Asia's 50 Best Bars: No. 29 (2026), No. 29 (2024), No. 40 (2023), No. 42 (2022); No. 91 on the 2021 51-100 list.
Smoke & Bitters sits in a coconut grove on Pehebiya Beach near Hiriketiya, built on the abundance of local Sri Lankan ingredients and on food cooked over wood fire, smoked or chargrilled. Cocktails such as Peni Ceylon and Bananarama are built on Ceylon arrack, coconut sugar and halmilla wood smoke. Reservations are taken by WhatsApp only.
