Cocktail Bars in Manila
Eight cocktail bars, chosen on the record: two on Asia's 50 Best.
- Problem ChildASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
Problem Child
Opened in late 2025 on Jupiter Street in Makati and aimed at Manila's alternative social scene. The room uses dynamic lighting and color-shifting interiors, and the cocktail list rotates around seasonal color palettes, with drinks such as the Green Sticks (rum with wakame distillate) and a mango-based Negroni. Grazing plates and DJ sets run through the night. It was named The Best Bar in the Philippines 2026.
Unit 107, G/F, 369 Executive Building, Jupiter StreetFull profile - The Spirits LibraryASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
The Spirits Library
A cocktail bar in Poblacion, Makati, built around a library theme with walls of bottles, vintage cocktail books, antique glassware and bar curios. An upstairs room known as the Detention Room holds rare bottles and doubles as a cigar lounge. Live jazz and blues feature regularly, and signature drinks include the Bamboo Highball and Slow Down, Kiddo. It currently stands at No. 98 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.
4963 Guerrero Street, PoblacionFull profile - Big FuzzSpeakeasy
Big Fuzz
Big Fuzz sits behind a red door on the second floor of the Creekside building on Amorsolo Street, at the edge of Makati's Little Tokyo. It is run by co-owners Kyle Quismundo, who heads the bar, Eli Paraiso and Elmo Ulanday, and the room plays rock records on vinyl. The list mixes classics and modern classics with house cocktails named after rock songs, and the bartenders make drinks to order on request. Tatler Philippines named it Bar of the Year for 2026.
2nd Floor, Creekside Mall, Amorsolo Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City 1229, Metro Manila, PhilippinesMon-Thu 6pm-1am, Fri-Sat 6pm-2am, closed SunFull profile - Fat CatCocktail Bar
Fat Cat
Fat Cat is a small cocktail bar on the second floor of Makati Central Square, run by co-founder and beverage director Ronald Cruz with Fifi Cruz. The dim room is modelled on a Japanese jazz kissaten, with records and music at the centre of the night, and coffee is served in the afternoon. The current menu turns the 22 Major Arcana tarot cards into cocktails, alongside classics. Tatler Philippines named it Bar of the Year for 2025.
2nd Floor G14, Makati Central Square (Makati Cinema Square), Amorsolo Street, Makati City 1230, Metro Manila, PhilippinesTue-Sun 1pm-1am, closed MonFull profile - OTOCocktail Bar
OTO
OTO opened on Enriquez Street in Poblacion in 2017 and takes its name from the Japanese word for sound. The room is built around a large vinyl collection and restored 1970s JBL speakers; it serves coffee by day and has DJs and guest selectors at night. The cocktail list leans on savoury and unusual ingredients. It ranked No. 61 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 51-100 in 2021 and No. 63 in 2022.
Unit 1, G/F Villa Caridad 1, 5883 Enriquez Street, Poblacion, Makati City 1210, Metro Manila, PhilippinesTue-Sun 2pm-1am, closed MonFull profile - Run Rabbit RunSpeakeasy
Run Rabbit Run
Run Rabbit Run has been making cocktails in Poblacion since 2018 and has moved into a new ground-floor room at Six Axis Center on B. Valdez Street. The space has warm lighting, vintage furniture and design references to Alice in Wonderland, and head bartender EJ Soriano's list takes classic and modern drinks toward fresh ingredients, spice and herbs. The group also runs Mosphil, a martini bar built inside a decommissioned plane, and its sister bar is Bitters & Love in Singapore.
Ground Floor, Six Axis Building, 4347 B. Valdez Street, Poblacion, Makati City 1210, Metro Manila, PhilippinesMon-Thu 6pm-1am, Fri-Sat 6pm-3am, Sun 6pm-1amFull profile - The Blind PigSpeakeasy
The Blind Pig
The Blind Pig opened in 2011 and keeps a low profile: a plain black door beside a wall marked in braille, and no social media accounts. Head bartender Tog Exconde has been with the bar since it opened and trained under alumni of New York's Milk & Honey. The menu is a short list of about ten classic-leaning cocktails, and many guests order bartender's choice. The bar moved from its original Salcedo Street site to the ground floor of Windsor Tower on Legazpi Street.
G/F Windsor Tower, 163 Legazpi Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City 1229, Metro Manila, PhilippinesMon-Sun 6pm-2amFull profile - The Grasshopper BarSpeakeasy
The Grasshopper Bar
The Grasshopper Bar opened in 2023 in a former convenience store on the ground floor of the OPL Building on C. Palanca Street, marked only by a brass grasshopper outside. It is run by bartenders Lester Ligon, Abby Quilal-lan, Ken Bandivas and Marc and Tiffany Sy, and the dark room has green booths and gold details. The cocktail list is built on local produce, and chef Jane Laude runs a bar menu that reworks Filipino street food.
G/F OPL Building, C. Palanca Street, Legazpi Village, Makati City 1229, Metro Manila, PhilippinesMon-Sun 5pm-2amFull profile
More of Manila
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Manila guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 11 with a map and filters.
