The 40 Best Bars in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is home to the world's best bar for a second year running. Most of the best bars in Hong Kong sit close together in Central and Sheung Wan, along Hollywood Road, Gough Street, Shin Hing Street and the lanes of Soho, with hotel bars looking over Victoria Harbour from both sides. Bar Leone, Lorenzo Antinori's homage to Rome's neighborhood bars, is No. 1 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, and Argo at the Four Seasons, Montana and Gokan also make the top 50, at Nos. 25, 36 and 41. COA, Jay Khan's agave bar, Penicillin, a closed-loop bar with its own fermentation room, and Mius, where no cocktail uses more than six ingredients, follow on the extended list. Across the water in Tsim Sha Tsui, the Japanese-style Bar Butler and Bar Buonasera share Mody House. Several of the busiest rooms, Montana and The Opposites among them, take walk-ins only. These are the forty we would start with.
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarBar Leone
Lorenzo Antinori left the Four Seasons' Argo to open a bar that channels Rome's neighborhood bars into Hong Kong's Central district, and the industry responded by voting it No. 1 on The World's 50 Best Bars in 2025, then No. 1 again and The Best Bar in Asia at The 50 Best Bars 2026. The program celebrates cocktail popolari, Italian popular drinking culture, with aperitivi, amari, and Negroni variations served in a space that feels more Trastevere than Lan Kwai Fong. Antinori's conviction that great bartending begins with generosity, not technique, produced the most significant bar opening Asia has witnessed this decade. The crown sits comfortably. It won Best International Bar Team at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
11-15 Bridges Street, Central, Hong KongMon-Sun 17:00-LateFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTHotel BarArgo
The Four Seasons bar that launched Lorenzo Antinori's career continues to operate at an elite level under its current team, holding No. 37 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026 and No. 25 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, up from No. 56 on the 51-100 list in 2025. The program leans into luxury hotel resources, rare spirits, pristine ice programs, service choreography that borders on theatrical, without losing the personality that distinguishes Argo from every other five-star lobby pour. Floor-to-ceiling harbor views frame a cocktail experience that justifies both the setting and the price point. It won Best International Hotel Bar at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
8 Finance Street, Central, Hong KongFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarGokan
At No. 41 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, up from No. 70 on the 51-100 list in 2025, and No. 33 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025, Gokan builds its program around the five senses, each cocktail designed to engage sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch in deliberate sequence. The philosophy produces drinks that function as multi-sensory compositions rather than simple liquid delivery systems. In a city saturated with concept bars, Gokan's framework feels genuinely original rather than gimmicky. The execution matches the ambition, which is rarer than it should be. The latest lists place it at No. 22 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Ice House Street, Central, Hong KongDaily 17:00-LateFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarCOA
Jay Khan built Asia's definitive agave bar on a narrow Central side street, assembling a mezcal and tequila collection that rivals anything in Oaxaca. Three-time winner of the Best Bar in Asia title before Bar Leone's ascent, Coa sat at No. 38 on the 2025 World's 50 Best Bars list, still formidable after years at the top. Khan's cocktails foreground agave character rather than masking it, and the menu educates as it entertains, guiding drinkers through regional Mexican distillation traditions with scholarly precision. The bar that made Hong Kong take agave seriously. The latest lists place it at No. 54 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026 and No. 24 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Shop A, LG/F Wah Shin House, 6-10 Shin Hing Street, CentralTue-Sun 18:00-01:00, Mon closedFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarPenicillin
Agung Prabowo built Hong Kong's first closed-loop cocktail bar inside a white-tiled, science-lab-inspired space on Hollywood Road, and the sustainability commitment runs deeper than aesthetics. An in-house climate-controlled fermentation enclosure produces organic ferments from upcycled ingredients; local produce replaces imported spirits wherever possible; and the One Penicillin, One Tree program plants a Kalimantan rainforest tree in Borneo for every signature cocktail sold. Ranked No. 27 on Asia's 50 Best in 2025, Penicillin proves that environmental responsibility and world-class cocktail making strengthen rather than compromise each other. The bar holds No. 49 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.
B/F, Amber Lodge, 23 Hollywood Road, Central17:00-02:00Full profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarThe Savory Project
Ranked No. 32 on Asia’s 50 Best, this Staunton Street venue erases the boundary between kitchen and bar with a culinary cocktail program that treats ingredients the way a fine-dining restaurant treats produce, seasonal sourcing, preparation technique, and plating that belongs on a pass rather than a bar mat. The drinks read like dishes: layered, savory-forward, and built with a chef's understanding of balance. The Savory Project represents a growing Hong Kong trend of bars that cook as seriously as they shake. It sits at No. 96 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026, after No. 86 on the 51-100 list in 2025, and No. 60 on the Asia's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026.
4 Staunton Street, Soho, CentralTue-Thu 18:00-00:00, Fri-Sun 18:00-01:00, Mon closedFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarThe Old Man
Named after Hemingway's novella, this SoHo alleyway bar opened in 2017 and reached No. 9 on the World's 50 Best Bars at its peak, a performance that reshaped how the industry perceived Hong Kong. In 2019 became even No. 1 on Asia's 50 Best Bars. The program names every cocktail after a Hemingway work and builds each with a literary attention to detail: clarified, fat-washed, and technique-driven drinks served in a space where vintage records spin and the atmosphere carries the easy confidence of a bar that has already proved everything it needed to prove. The Old Man's influence on a generation of Hong Kong bartenders endures long after its ranking years.
Lower G/F, 37-39 Aberdeen Street, Soho, Central, Hong Kong, 39 Aberdeen St, CentralMon-Sat 17:00-02:00, Sun 17:00-00:00Full profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTHotel BarDarkside
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.
Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha TsuiSun-Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-01:00Full profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarQuinary
Over a decade of molecular mixology on Hollywood Road has given Quinary a catalog of techniques, spherification, foam architecture, liquid nitrogen theater, that predated the current wave of science-driven bars by years. Ranked No. 91 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list, the bar continues to innovate under a program that treats chemistry as a creative language rather than a marketing hook. The Earl Grey Caviar Martini remains a signature worth traveling for. Quinary earned its elder-statesman status the hard way: by staying relevant.
56-58 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong KongMon-Sat 17:00-01:00, Sun 17:00-00:00Full profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarThe Pontiac
Every great bar city needs a place that operates on pure energy rather than technique, and The Pontiac fills that role for Hong Kong. Rock posters plaster the walls, the playlist runs loud, and the drinks, strong, honest, unpretentious, arrive fast. What Beckaly Franks built before stepping away in 2024 endures under a team that kept the dive-bar ethos intact: no pretension, no reservations, no apologies. The Pontiac remains the essential counterpoint to Central’s polished hotel bars, reminding the city that the best nights often start in the least expected rooms. The bar ranked No. 33 on Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2022. NEON LIT: A Light in Shadow Spaces, the bar's eleventh menu, follows in September 2026 under Partner and General Manager Jen Queen, pairing elevated nineties club riffs with stories drawn from the team behind the bar.
13 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong KongMon-Sat 15:00-01:00, Sun closedFull profile
50 BESTCocktail BarMontana
A walk-in cocktail and music bar on Hollywood Road in Central. The drinks program draws on 1970s Miami and Cuban cocktail traditions, including a signature daiquiri and a pina colada made with rotisserie-caramelised pineapple and toasted coconut, served with Latin American-inspired small bites. The interior uses orange leather seating and dark green walls. No reservations. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best New International Cocktail Bar at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
Shop A, G/F, 108 Hollywood Road, CentralTue-Thu 18:00-late; Fri-Sun 17:00-late; closed MondayFull profile
50 BESTCocktail BarMius
A cocktail bar on Gough Street in Central founded by bartender Shelley Tai. The drinks list is limited to twelve cocktails, each built from six ingredients or fewer, served alongside a Champagne selection and a short menu of Cantonese-influenced small plates. The room is fitted with a stainless-steel bar and walnut panelling, and the bar runs guest bartender takeovers. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best New International Cocktail Bar at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
29 Gough Street, CentralDaily 17:00-01:00Full profile
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarThe Aubrey
The Aubrey is Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong's 25th-floor Japanese izakaya and cocktail bar, Japonisme aesthetics and English glamour over Victoria Harbour, with three drinking areas: the main bar, a four-seat omakase cocktail counter and a champagne-and-sake bar, plus one of the city's deepest Japanese spirits collections. It was No. 17 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2023 and No. 10 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024.
25/F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road Central, Hong KongSun-Thu 12:00-01:00; Fri 12:00-21:30, 22:00-02:00; Sat 12:00-02:00Full profile
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarThe Opposites
Create unity with opposites: co-founders Antonio Lai and Samuel Kwok pour their contrasting styles into one room, the menu splits into 'Balanced · Classic · Adventurous' and 'Theatrical · Experimental · Dynamic' sections, with paired offerings reflecting each founder's approach, plus Spirit-Free Sips. Walk-ins only; last orders 45 minutes before close. The latest lists place it at No. 54 on the Asia's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026.
Order thisOye MuchachaDon Julio Blanco, centrifuged green mango, green mango skin aperitif, green Sichuan peppercorn, curry leaf, agave, TajinLG/F Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Road, CentralSun-Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00Full profile
ASIA'S 50 BESTHotel BarCaprice Bar
The intimate bar on the Four Seasons Hong Kong's sixth floor, adjoining the three-Michelin-starred French restaurant Caprice. Its signature 'Illusion' menu is nine cocktails engineered to mimic wine styles, Champagne, White Burgundy, First Growth Bordeaux, each named after a Hong Kong district, from Sai Ying Pun to Victoria Peak, largely without wine as the base. Imported French cheeses and caviar service round out the offer.
Order thisSai Ying Pungin, mango, sunny cream shochu6th Floor, Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, CentralTue-Sun 17:00-23:30 (closed Mon; last drinks 23:30)Full profile
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarThe Diplomat
A cocktail bar in the H Code building on Pottinger Street in Central, founded by bartender John Nugent. It is known for precisely executed classics, an unusually good bar burger, and a clubby, service-led room that has made it an industry favorite. It has appeared on Asia's 50 Best Bars in previous years.
LG/F, H Code, 45 Pottinger Street, CentralMon-Sat from 18:00 until 02:00; closed SundayFull profile
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarTell Camellia
Where artisanal tea meets craft cocktails: a subterranean bar in the H Code building (enter via 48 Cochrane Street), established 2019 under industry legend Gagan Gurung. The menu's 'Teatails' theme each drink around a specific tea's country of origin, and the T&Tonic line blends teas with gin, redistills them and tops with tonic. It was No. 23 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2021 and stands at No. 81 on the Asia's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026.
Order thisTall Pinecold brew sencha, shiso, pine, tonic, elderflower, ginShop 2, LG/F, H Code, 45 Pottinger Street (entrance via 48 Cochrane Street), Central, Hong KongDaily 18:00-02:00Full profile
50 BESTHotel BarLobster Bar
One of the bars and restaurants of the Island Shangri-La hotel at Pacific Place. It is listed among the hotel's current dining venues alongside the Lobby Lounge, Restaurant Petrus, Ming Pavilion and Summer Palace.
Island Shangri-La, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, AdmiraltyMon-Thu 12:00-00:00, Fri 12:00-01:00, Sat 11:45-01:00, Sun and public holidays 11:45-00:00Full profile
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarMizunara The Library
A Ginza-style Japanese whisky and cocktail library in Wan Chai, named after mizunara, the Japanese oak used to mature whisky, with a collection running past 500 bottles from Japan, Scotland, Taiwan and India, and an oasis-like Japanese garden terrace. Massimo Petovello directs the cocktail program, built on hand-cut ice, the throwing technique and the principles of sadou, ichigo ichie and omotenashi.
Order thisTamashiiJapanese whisky, matcha, elderflower liqueur, hazelnut4/F Kiu Yin Commercial Building, 361-363 Lockhart Road, Wan ChaiMon-Sat 18:00-02:00 (closed Sun & public holidays)Full profile- Honky Tonks TavernASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
Honky Tonks Tavern
Nashville comes to Soho: a honky-tonk-inspired tavern serving what it calls world-class cocktails, hot chicken and freestyle pizzas with unconventional toppings. Daily-changing slushie cocktails and a natural wine list pour across a U-shaped bar built for conversation. Takeaway runs nightly to 10:30pm.
Man Hing Lane, Soho, Central, Hong KongMon-Thu 17:00-late, Fri-Sun 14:00-lateFull profile 
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarZuma
The Hong Kong outpost of the London original occupies levels five and six of LANDMARK on Queen's Road Central, with the dining room below and the bar and lounge above, joined by a spiral staircase. The bar keeps the contemporary izakaya register the group is known for, pouring sake, Japanese whisky and shochu alongside a seasonal cocktail list that leans on yuzu, ginger and house infusions. Recent menus have included Burning History, a smoked blend of Japanese and Islay whiskies with ginger, yuzu and honey. A garden terrace takes the full bar menu and looks out across Central. Resident DJs play through the week, and early-week izakaya nights pour sake, beer and highball before dinner service.
LANDMARK, Level 5 & 6, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong KongLunch Mon-Fri 12:00-14:30, brunch Sat-Sun 11:00-14:30, dinner Mon-Thu 18:00-00:00, Fri 18:00-01:00, Sat 19:00-01:00, Sun 19:00-22:30Full profile
Cocktail Bar25:00
25:00, or Twenty Fifth Hour, is a cocktail bar on the 13th floor of the Luk Yu Building on Stanley Street, built around the idea of an unspoken extra hour. Head mixologist Kenzo Lee, formerly of W Hotel Hong Kong and Sugar at EAST, writes a list that runs from Hong Kong-inspired flavors to seasonal tasting menus, and the bar hosts regular guest shifts.
13/F, Luk Yu Building, 24-26 Stanley Street, Central, Hong KongMon-Thu 18:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00, closed SunFull profile
Rooftop BarJin Bo Law
An outdoor rooftop sky bar on the 15th floor of the Dorsett Kai Tak hotel in Kowloon, blending Asian cultural inspiration with modern sophistication. The current cocktail menu is themed 'A Timeless Hong Kong Tale', backed by shareable bar bites, harbor-and-skyline views and a nightly Sunset Hours drinks special from 5pm.
15th Floor, Dorsett Kai Tak, 43 Shing Kai Road, Kai Tak, Kowloon, Hong KongSun-Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri-Sat & public holidays 17:00-01:00Full profile
Hotel BarQura Bar
Qura Bar is the flagship bar of Regent Hong Kong on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, arranged as a drawing-room lounge, a main bar, a dining lounge and a cigar room facing Victoria Harbour. The space mixes Art Deco and vintage details, and the list covers cocktails, aged and rare spirits and wines, with food served until late. A smart casual dress code applies.
Lobby Floor, Regent Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong KongSun-Thu 17:30-00:00, Fri-Sat 17:30-01:00Full profile
Hotel BarThe St. Regis Bar
The St. Regis Bar sits beside The Drawing Room and Astor Terrace in The St. Regis Hong Kong in Wan Chai. Its fourteen signature cocktails draw on New York's subway and Hong Kong's tramline, both launched in 1904, the year the first St. Regis opened in New York, and the list includes the Canto Mary, a local Bloody Mary with dried tangerine peel, soy sauce and five-spice. Bar bites are served alongside.
2/F, The St. Regis Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Drive, Wan Chai, Hong KongSun-Wed 12:00-00:00, Thu-Sat 12:00-01:00Full profile- 001Speakeasy
001
001 is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar that bills itself as Hong Kong's first, now behind an unmarked door in the Tai Kwun heritage complex, marked only by a dim spotlight and a doorbell. The room uses a blue, green and gold palette with suede booths and Jazz Age patterns. The menu changes with the seasons around its long-standing Earl Grey Marteani, and a whisky list covers independent bottlings.
Shop 10 & 13-101, Superintendent's House and C Hall, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong KongSun-Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-01:00Full profile - Bar BuonaseraWhiskey Bar
Bar Buonasera
Bar Buonasera is a small Japanese-style cocktail and whiskey bar on the seventh floor of Mody House in Tsim Sha Tsui, opened in 2012 as an outpost of a bar of the same name in Osaka. Nick Tse and Ayako Miyake have run it since 2017, mixing classic and bespoke cocktails and pouring whiskeys from Japan, Ireland, Canada, Taiwan and the US.
7/F, Mody House, 30 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong KongDaily 16:00-00:00Full profile - Bar ButlerWhiskey Bar
Bar Butler
Bar Butler is a Japanese-style bar on two floors of Mody House in Tsim Sha Tsui, a sister to Bar Butler in Ginza, Tokyo. The 5th-floor cocktail bar sticks to precise classics such as an extra dry martini with a vermouth chaser, a perfect Manhattan, a shiso mojito and many variations on the Negroni and Old Fashioned, backed by a kitchen serving pastas, wagyu and cured hams. One floor up, the whisky bar pours a long list of single malts by region, from Springbank and Talisker to Macallan 18, and a deep Japanese range from Yamazaki, Hakushu, Yoichi, Miyagikyo and Taketsuru. The cocktail bar opens Tuesday to Saturday and the whisky bar Thursday to Monday, both from 5pm to midnight.
5/F, Mody House, 30 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong KongCocktail bar (5/F) Tue-Sat 17:00-00:00; whisky bar (6/F) Thu-Mon 17:00-00:00Full profile - Bar De LuxeCocktail Bar
Bar De Luxe
Bar De Luxe is a Japanese-style cocktail bar on the seventh floor of the H Code building in Central, brought to Hong Kong in 2017 by Hidetsugu Ueno of Bar High Five in Tokyo, who oversees the program. It moved from the Asia Pacific Centre to H Code in 2021, into a room of raw timber and turquoise tiles under a ceiling fixture modeled on the frame of a paper umbrella. Drinks follow Ginza bartending practice, with house signatures such as the Yan Cha Manhattan.
7/F, The Steps, H Code, 45 Pottinger Street, Central, Hong KongMon-Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00, closed SunFull profile - C108Cocktail Bar
C108
C108 is a cocktail bar on Old Bailey Street, next door to The Pontiac, that trades as a café by day and switches to cocktails from 6pm. The list reworks classics around travel destinations, history and the team's own stories, such as the Pete, a Bloody Mary variation, with small plates like fried and stuffed olives. It is walk-in only.
G/F, 15 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong KongSun-Thu 18:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00Full profile - Hand ShakenCocktail Bar
Hand Shaken
Hand Shaken is a cocktail bar on a quiet side street in the Ferry Point area of Jordan, opened in 2024, with a second site on Poplar Street in Prince Edward. The list runs to more than 30 drinks, from classics to tea- and coffee-infused cocktails and ones built on local ingredients, with bar bites such as sliders, skewers and thin-crust pizza. A minimum spend of HK$200 per person applies on Fridays, Saturdays and public holiday eves.
G/F, 41 Man Yuen Street, Ferry Point, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong KongTue-Thu 18:00-00:30, Fri-Sat 18:00-01:00, Sun 18:00-00:30, closed MonFull profile - House Welley BarWhiskey Bar
House Welley Bar
House Welley is a whisky bar on the second floor of the Welley Building on Wellington Street, founded by collectors Vincent Leung, Eric Ho and Jason Ngai. It serves whisky neat rather than mixed, from a back bar of some 300 bottles arranged by style and region, and the owners choose pours with each guest in place of a fixed menu. Beer is also poured.
Unit A, 2/F, Welley Building, 97 Wellington Street, Central, Hong KongMon-Sat 17:00-00:30, closed SunFull profile - James Suckling Wine CentralWine Bar
James Suckling Wine Central
James Suckling Wine Central is a neighborhood wine bar created by wine critic James Suckling and Marie Suckling. In summer 2026 it moved from Staunton Street to a smaller 18-seat room with a loft on the Shin Hing Street steps. The list draws on the Sucklings' own cellar and producers he has followed for decades, with a short seasonal menu of dishes to share.
6-10 Shin Hing Street, Central, Hong KongMon-Sat 17:30-23:30, closed SunFull profile - Ping Pong 129 GintoneriaCocktail Bar
Ping Pong 129 Gintoneria
Ping Pong 129 is a gin bar in a former ping pong hall behind a red door on Second Street in Sai Ying Pun, open since 2014. It follows the Spanish gin-tonic tradition with local and international gins, serves tapas, and runs a rolling program of exhibitions and talks on Hong Kong artists.
LG/F, Nam Cheong House, 129 Second Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong KongSun. - Thu.- 17:00 to 01:00 / Fri. - Sat. 17:00 - 02:00Full profile - SugarRooftop Bar
Sugar
Sugar is the rooftop bar and terrace on the 32nd floor of the EAST Hong Kong hotel in Taikoo Shing, with views over Victoria Harbour. It serves original cocktails and Asian-inspired sharing plates to an after-work crowd, and recommends booking for sunset and weekends.
32/F, EAST Hong Kong, 29 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong KongMon-Thu 17:30-01:00, Fri-Sat 17:30-01:30, Sun 17:30-00:30Full profile - Sugar KingCocktail Bar
Sugar King
Sugar King is a small Havana-style bodeguita at the top of Peel Street in Central, opened by John Nugent of The Diplomat with his partner Angel Chiu. The menu centers on daiquiris, with a rotating list of Cuban-leaning cocktails, embutidos and a house flan, and a small outdoor terrazza sits beside the old stone steps. It takes walk-ins only.
Shop C, G/F, 59 Peel Street, Central, Hong KongTue-Sun 17:00-late, closed MonFull profile - The Doctor's ResidenceHotel Bar
The Doctor's Residence
The Doctor's Residence is the successor to Dr. Fern's Gin Parlour, which closed in the Landmark basement in early 2025 and reopened about six months later on the third floor of The Pottinger Hong Kong. The room is styled as the fictional doctor's 1970s home, with psychedelic wallpaper and lava lamps, and the bar keeps the old idea of cocktails prescribed to patients. A DJ plays on Fridays and live music on Saturdays; Dr. Fern's was No. 48 on Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2017.
3/F, The Pottinger Hong Kong, 74 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong KongMon-Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00, closed SunFull profile - The Green DoorSpeakeasy
The Green Door
The Green Door is a cocktail bar on the lower ground floor of the Welley Building on Wellington Street, entered through a green door beside the Graham Street market stalls. The dim room with green accents takes its cues from Alice in Wonderland and an underground cistern, and the menu gives classic cocktails playful twists. A private room with a vinyl collection can be booked, and tables are held by reservation from 5pm to 8pm, with walk-ins after 8pm.
LG/F, Welley Building, 97 Wellington Street, Central, Hong KongSun-Wed 17:00-01:00, Thu-Sat 17:00-02:00Full profile - Whisky & WordsWhiskey Bar
Whisky & Words
Whisky & Words is a narrow, high-ceilinged bar on Shin Hing Street, across the steps from Coa, with walls lined in vintage books and a lo-fi hip-hop soundtrack. It pours whiskies from Taiwan's Nantou Distillery to Scotland and Japan alongside cocktails, and runs a Shin Hing social hour from 5pm to 7pm.
G/F, 7-9 Shin Hing Street, Central, Hong KongTue-Wed 17:00-00:00, Thu-Sat 17:00-01:00, Sun 17:00-00:00, closed MonFull profile - The Wise KingASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
The Wise King
TEMPORARILY CLOSED for maintenance, bookings are being redirected to sister bar The Blind Spot; no reopening date published. The Wise King is a modern classic bar in a hidden basement off Staunton Street, taking its cues from 13th-century Castille: King Alfonso X 'the Wise' decreed that no drink be served without food, birthing tapas culture, the bar celebrates that golden age with drinks and small bites. Co-founded by bartender Sandeep Kumar; featured in Asia's 50 Best Bars.
Basement, Soho, 25 Staunton Street, Tsun Wing Ln Central, Hong KongTemporarily closed (maintenance) — bookings redirected to The Blind SpotFull profile
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