Speak Low

Shanghai, China

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.