Chengdu
Anchoring the Jiuyan Bar Street just across the road, this rowdy joint is quite popular with local students.
Must-see nightlife in Asia
Shanghai
Rustic Italian wine bar with a lovely ambience. It serves imported wine, cheese and meat boards, and pizzas.
Kōrakuen & Akihabara
Pizza is the speciality at this branch of the Craft Beer pub chain, where there are some 30 ales available.
Beijing
Pour-overs are the speciality of this coffee 'truck' parked inside VA Live House, a local live-music venue.
Chiang Rai
Easy House Bar has a friendly, relaxed, semi-open-air vibe and a dinner menu of Thai and Western classics.
Hokkaidō
Come here to sample the local microbrew, Ōnuma Beer (大沼ビール), on tap – or get bottles to go.
Taipei
Nice cocktail bar with inventive recipes in the Japanese quarter. Popular with bears and muscled types.
Pasteur Street Brewing Company
Ho Chi Minh City
Pasteur Street Brewing Company is a spacious modern affair serving up the brand's signature craft ales.
Orange Restaurant cum Lounge Bar
Arunachal Pradesh
This convivial bar beside ICICI bank comes alive in the evenings with chilled beer, loud music and TV.
Lopburi
Beers flow and beef skewers are barbecued at this no-frills street-side bar, popular with young Thais.
French Concession
Futuristic club for the EDM crowd with a big dance floor. Free entry unless a big name DJ is in town.
Dalat
You won't be tilting at windmills at this corner cafe that brews excellent cappuccinos and espressos.
Ubud
This whitewashed space stays open at least until midnight, with live reggae and rock often staged.
Kalimantan
At the back of the Hotel Berau Plaza, this becomes a popular nightclub with karaoke or live music.
Zhejiang
Overlooking Upper Pond, Sunshine House serves big pots of tea and espresso drinks (¥25 to ¥40).
Vung Tau
This popular expat pub has a heavy-duty clientele of war veterans, oil workers and working girls.
Daegu
Five floors of hip-hop and electronic music for you and a few thousand of your closest friends.
Chiang Rai
Have a cup of coffee brewed from local beans while gazing at Chiang Rai’s gilded clock tower.
Ninh Binh
For drinking bia hoi (draught beer), try the riverside places near the local brewery.
Chau Doc
A stylish place for a tipple. Take your drink outside for a sundowner overlooking the river.
Changsha
A busy enclave of bars down an ancient alley off the shopping strip Huangxing Zhonglu.
Phnom Penh
The smallest of the many small Bassac Lane bars, this is an intimate spot for a drink.
Yangon
This long-running, classy lounge-cafe has the atmosphere of an upmarket-hotel lobby.
Kansai
For when you need your latte and wi-fi fix. It's across from Kinosaki Onsen Station.
Itaewon & Yongsan-gu
This small but smartly turned-out gay bar has good cocktails and plenty of K-Pop.
Chennai (Madras)
This much-loved cafe chain is always decent for coffees, cakes and teas.
Hong Kong
This flashy late-night venue has an indoor bar and a terrace over Wyndham St. Go after midnight and watch Ukrainian models and Cantopop stars sipping Krug…
