Speak Low
Shanghai, China
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No. 10 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2017. The World's 50 Best Bars: No. 35 (2019), No. 20 (2018), No. 15 (2016); No. 57 on the 2020 51-100 list. Asia's 50 Best Bars: No. 50 (2022), No. 32 (2021), No. 2 (2017). Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards: Best International Bar Team (Regional Honoree, 2025), Best International Cocktail Bar (Top 10 Nominee: 2020, 2018).
The bar that launched Shingo Gokan's SG Group in Shanghai: slide the bookshelf inside the OCHO cocktail-equipment shop and Speak Low climbs through three floors, a New York-energy second floor, a London-meets-Japanese-whisky third, and a members-only top floor of rare bottles. Prohibition America is the theme; it reached No.2 on Asia's 50 Best Bars and No.10 in the world in 2017.
