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BarMagazine’s pick · 2026

The 17 Best Bars in Hong Kong

17 bars, chosen on the record: nine on World's 50 Best, 15 on Asia's 50 Best.

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  1. Argo
    ★ TOP 10Hotel Bar

    Argo

    The Four Seasons bar that launched Lorenzo Antinori's career continues to operate at an elite level under its current team, holding No. 11 on Asia's 50 Best and No. 56 globally. 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 Kong
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  2. Bar Leone
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    Bar Leone

    Lorenzo Antinori left the Four Seasons' Argo to open a bar that channels Rome's neighborhood trattorias into Hong Kong's Central district, and the industry responded by voting it No. 1 on the World's 50 Best Bars. 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-Late
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  3. COA
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    COA

    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. 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 closed
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  4. Darkside
    ★ TOP 10Hotel Bar

    Darkside

    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 17:00-01:00
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  5. Gokan
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    Gokan

    A new entry at No. 70 on the World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list and No. 33 on Asia's 50 Best Bars, 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-Late
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  6. Penicillin
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    Penicillin

    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, Central17:00-02:00
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  7. Quinary
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    Quinary

    Over a decade of molecular mixology on Hollywood Road has given Quinary a catalogue 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 17:00-00:00
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  8. The Old Man
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    The 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 17:00-00:00
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  9. The Pontiac
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    The 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 closed
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  10. The Savory Project
    ★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar

    The 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. 86 on the World's 50 Best Bars 2025 and No. 60 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    4 Staunton Street, Soho, CentralTue-Thu 18:00-00:00, Fri-Sun 18:00-01:00, Mon closed
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  11. Mius
    Cocktail Bar

    Mius

    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 17:00-01:00
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  12. Montana
    Cocktail Bar

    Montana

    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 Monday
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  13. Tell Camellia
    Cocktail Bar

    Tell 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. No.23 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2021. It currently stands at No. 81 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    Order thisTall Pinecold brew sencha, shiso, pine, tonic, elderflower, gin
    Shop 2, LG/F, H Code, 45 Pottinger Street (entrance via 48 Cochrane Street), Central, Hong KongDaily 18:00-02:00
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  14. The Aubrey
    Cocktail Bar

    The Aubrey

    TEMPORARILY CLOSED until 30 September 2026 while Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong pauses for its summer renovation recess. The Aubrey is the hotel'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. No.17 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2023. Re-check after 1 October 2026.

    25/F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road Central, Hong KongTemporarily closed until 30 September 2026
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  15. The Diplomat
    Cocktail Bar

    The 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 16:00 until late; closed Sunday
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  16. The Opposites
    Cocktail Bar

    The 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 Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.

    Order thisOye MuchachaDon Julio Blanco, centrifuged green mango, green mango skin aperitif, green Sichuan peppercorn, curry leaf, agave, Tajin
    LG/F Hilltop Plaza, 49 Hollywood Road, CentralSun-Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00
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  17. Jin Bo Law
    Rooftop Bar

    Jin 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 17:00-01:00
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