The 7 Best Bars in Abu Dhabi

Saikindō

Saikindō is a Japanese hi-fi listening bar at Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi on Al Maryah Island, opened in November 2025. Its debut menu, Aji No Hibiki, arrives as a double-sleeve vinyl: twelve cocktails, each named after a song.

Library Bar

Dragon's Tooth

Dragon's Tooth is a speakeasy inside Rosewood Abu Dhabi, entered through the Tea Room of the Dai Pai Dong restaurant. The room is glamorous and secretive, and the bar menu is long and Asian-inspired. On Thursday and Friday evenings, Tales of the Orient pairs live storytelling with themed cocktails and dim sum.

Perlage

Perlage is a champagne bar at The Galleria on Al Maryah Island, done in deep reds with platinum accents, plush velvet banquettes and low lighting. The menu is built around bespoke champagne cocktails, mixed at the bar by a team in street-inspired uniforms. Guests enter through Flamingo Room or from the Rosewood hotel, and the bar runs late into the night.

Hidden Bar

Hidden Bar is a small cocktail lounge inside Rosewood Abu Dhabi on Al Maryah Island, with a curated gin collection and vermouths infused in house. The bartenders mix bespoke drinks, either classic or more daring, and there are menus built around reworked Negronis and gin. Every evening from 5pm to 7pm a sundowner hour pairs drinks with small canapés and views over the water.

La Cava

La Cava is the wine lounge of Rosewood Abu Dhabi on Al Maryah Island, an underground room that What's On describes as candlelit, with walls lined with more than 1,000 labels. The hotel pitches it as a hidden world of aged vintages and Spanish flair, and the menu adds fire-grilled prime cuts to go with the wine. A sommelier leads a monthly tasting series that puts a new wine region in the spotlight each time, and the hotel's cigar lounge hosts The Whiskey Chronicles, a series of single malts and blends. A whisky and cigar menu sits beside the wine list and the wines by the glass.

The Manhattan Lounge

The Manhattan Lounge is the lounge bar of The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, with seats inside at the bar or out on a terrace that looks over the resort toward the sea. The room takes its cue from the 1920s, with glowing chandeliers and oil paintings of desert scenes. Bartenders in white suits work through house creations and the classics. The hotel's take on the Bloody Mary here is the Arabian Snapper, made with zaatar, and the bar calls itself its home. The lounge hosts live jazz and sabers a bottle of champagne every evening at dusk, and the kitchen goes beyond bar snacks to plates such as a charred beef ribeye.