Hong Kong Entertainment

Club entertainment in Hong Kong

  1. A

    Neptune Disco II

    Neptune II is a fun club with a mostly Filipino crowd and a rockin' covers band. If everything's closing and you can't bear to stop bopping, this is the place to head for. It really rocks at the Sunday afternoon-tea dance starting at 14:00.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Drop

    Deluxe lounge action, excellent tunes and potent cocktails keep Drop strong on the scene. It’s like walking into Wallpaper* magazine, but the vibe here is unpretentiously inclusive and the crowd reaches a happy fever pitch on big nights. The members-only policy after 10pm Thursday to Saturday is (flexibly) enforced to keep the dance floor capacity at a manageable ‘packed like sardines’ level. Enter from Cochrane St.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Joe Bananas

    JB’s, in Wan Chai forever it seems, has dropped its long-standing wet T-shirt/boxers aesthetic and gone for more of a bamboo-bar feel. Unaccompanied females should expect a good sampler of bad pick-up lines; go with friends and have some un-PC fun. There are free drinks for women from 6pm to 3am on Wednesday, and ‘Crazy Hour’ (6pm to 8pm daily) is even more generous than happy hour.

    reviewed

  4. D

    New Makati Pub & Disco

    It has to be said: you can’t go lower than this sleazy pick-up joint, named after a Manila neighbourhood. Imagine dimly lit booths, Filipino amahs and middle-aged white male booze-hounds, who all just wanna have fun. In fact it is less wretched than this description might make it sound and it’s a friendly, unpretentious place to dance the morning away.

    reviewed

  5. E

    Homebase

    A meet ‘n’ greet for the styled and beautiful early on, this place turns into a bump ‘n’ grind after hours (there’s a cover charge of $100). It’s one of the more popular after-hours venues and one of the few places that is still partying well after dawn in a city that does, in fact, sleep. Great house and breakbeat music and a small dance floor.

    reviewed

  6. F

    Insomnia

    This is the place to come to when you can’t sleep, as it fills up only when other nearby bars are starting to wind down. It’s a people-watching place with a wide, open frontage, and there’s a live Filipino band doing covers out the back. If the munchies strike in the witching hour, you can get food here, too.

    reviewed

  7. G

    1/5

    Pronounced ‘one-fifth’, this sophisticated lounge bar and club has a broad bar backed by a two-storey drinks selection from which bar staff concoct some of Hong Kong’s best cocktails. It gets packed on the weekend with a dressy professional crowd, but it’s still a good place to chill.

    reviewed

  8. H

    Tribeca

    No, not NYC but glitzy Hong Kong… It's an über-decked-out club with chatting lounges, a long bar and popular theme nights (eg salsa on Sunday). It's popular with a suave Cantonese crowd, so dress to impress. There's free entry and drinks for women on Thursday night.

    reviewed

  9. I

    Yumla

    Tucked away Yumla is worth seeking out not for its scruffy looks but rather for the relaxed vibe and DJs who spin an eclectic but cutting-edge mix of excellent dance, hip hop and guitar stuff.

    reviewed