Hong Kong
Consistently voted one of the world's top 50 bars, Quinary is a sleek, moodily lit cocktail bar that attracts a well-dressed crowd. Its gifted mixologists…
Must-see nightlife in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
If Ernest Hemingway was still alive today, the chances are he’d love this tiny no-sign speakeasy named after his novel The Old Man and the Sea with a neo…
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Hong Kong
Australian Ashley Sutton is a master of theatre and his bar is unlike anything else in Hong Kong. Ten thousand butterflies flutter from copper threads…
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There's something indescribably comfortable about the Pontiac, which rocks to a different tune from most of the cheesy bars in LKF. It's a skinny, open…
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Hard-to-find Stockton evokes the ambience of a private club in Victorian London with Chesterfield sofas and wood panelling cleverly arranged to form dark,…
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Behind a closed red door, stairs lead down into a cavernous former ping-pong hall, now one of Hong Kong's coolest bars. The drink here is gin – the neon…
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Everything you need to know about Hong Kong's craft-beer scene is on page one of 65 Peel's beer menu, dedicated to local taps from breweries like Young…
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This Australian import has the most visitor-friendly microbrewery set-up in Hong Kong. It occupies a vast space (for Hong Kong) just back from the…
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This friendly, unassuming bar with a bohemian vibe is named after a protest march on 1 July 2003. It's a favourite haunt of local artists and activists…
Hong Kong
If there was a million-dollar view in Hong Kong, it'd be the one from the balcony of flashy Sevva – skyscrapers so close you can see their arteries of…
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Bargain-hunters and thirsty shoestringers rejoice: happy hour runs from 4.30pm to 10pm at arty Colette's, which makes it one of the cheapest bars in…
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Just what the doctor ordered: lying somewhere between a Victorian hothouse and a scientific lab, Dr Fern's draws on gin's botanical biology for its trippy…
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The terrace at Honi Honi is a tropical-island oasis that literally rises above the mayhem of Lan Kwai Fung. It was Hong Kong's first tiki bar and although…
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Take the elevator to the 25th floor and then keep going up until you reach the Skydeck; this glam bar has three floors but there's only one place you want…
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This welcoming bar with cheap, classic cocktails is decorated with the charming fixtures and fittings of the old Peak Cafe from 1947, which was replaced…
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Hong Kong
Behind started at one of the first gay clubs in Hong Kong, Club 97 in Lan Kwai Fong (now closed), and has gone on to become a roving club night. It's an…
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A swish cocoon away from Central's crowds, MO Bar is attached to the swanky Landmark Mandarin Oriental just inside the entrance to Landmark mall, yet…
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After its success as a pop-up in Hong Kong in 2016, this New York speakeasy finally opened its first-ever permanent fixture outside of the States. Hidden…
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This social-enterprise cafe on the top deck of Pier 8 provides employment and training for students of the Nesbitt Centre, a local NGO helping adults with…
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A series of interlinking jail cells in the former Central Police Station, now Tai Kwun heritage complex, have been given a clever makeover to create this…
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This playfully named bar is clubby, chic and known for its cocktails, such as rainbow fruit tea. Black walls provide a striking contrast to a backlit row…
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Hong Kong
Central's best LGBTIQ+ night out is Petticoat Lane, a basement club with sparkling foliage hanging above the bar, a dance floor, a small outdoor terrace…
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The moreish, heady scent of freshly roasting coffee is amplified in this speciality coffee shop, thanks to the roasting room directly behind the counter…
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A local favourite among Western District residents, Junels Resto Bar is a Philippine restaurant with a difference (basically, you won't come here for the…
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Hong Kong
This Chinese medicine shop has a counter selling herbal teas – for detoxing, getting rid of water, cooling the body or treating colds. The most popular is…
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If you're looking for sports screens but reluctant to set foot in a mock English or Irish pub, Slide on 79 has you covered. But with its cocktail menu,…
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Still wearing your sightseeing grubbies and don't feel up to the glam nightspots of Central? Head to this ultralocal open-air beer kiosk at the ferry pier…
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This institution in the heart of Soho has been quietly selling herbal teas and fresh sugar-cane juice since 1948 – its quality is unchanged, as are the…
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It may look like your average, petite LKF bar, but inside the Globe is a vast, pubby beer hall with an impressive list of 150 beers, including 13 on tap;…
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Look for the kegs turned into squat bar stools down an alley off Tai Ping Shan St and you'll find this laid-back bottle shop and craft-beer bar. There's…
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This small, chic gay bar is located in a back alley facing a small park, and serves cocktails with Asian ingredients such as ginger liqueur, lychee and…
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Connoisseurs should make the pilgrimage to this small, concrete-walled institution that also sells coffee beans and professional coffee-making equipment…
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The open frontage makes this LGBT bar one of Hong Kong's most welcoming. Inside, it's glitter-ball heaven with a mostly local crowd propping up the bar…
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Fancy organic tea concoctions are best enjoyed with the homemade drop scones in this modern interpretation of a Chinese teahouse, just off the main street…
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Light, bright and echoey with barista clatter, NOC's cathedral-like roastery and coffee shop is a pleasant spot to worship the beans, and a relaxing place…
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Skipped the gym? This slick late-night cavern whips out ping-pong tables every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday night. The dress code, however, is casual glam…
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This small bar with fine details (stained glass, burl-wood bar, ceiling fan) has a 1920s old Hong Kong vibe. The name commemorates the year Dr Sun Yatsen…
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Captain's Bar has been attracting drinkers with its clubby atmosphere and polished service for half a century. Though looking slightly old-fashioned now,…
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Hong Kong
The house jazz band fires up every night at 9pm at Studio, a 1950s-inspired jazz lounge in Lan Kwai Fong. Warm wood walls and dramatic lighting give the…
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This little cocktail bar pays homage to pin-up girls of yore, with vintage decor to match: turquoise walls, velvet sofas, leopard-print pillows. Their…
