Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
Tall windows wrap around a magisterial sweep of wooden bar at this Tai Hang neighbourhood gastropub, the sort of civilised joint where everybody knows…
Must-see nightlife in Hong Kong
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…
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…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
On the 1st floor of gorgeous heritage pile the Pawn, Botanicals draws after-work imbibers to its stylish twin bars and colonial-chic veranda for wines by…
Kowloon
What's that sound? No, it's not the chink of cup and saucer, it's your jaw hitting the marble floor as you gaze, enraptured, at Hong Kong's most fabulous…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
There are just 20 seats at this discrete gem of a bar overlooking the racecourse, which means Japanese owner and bartender Ichiro (it's a one-man…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
Enviable East Island views are the drawcard at this stylish terrace bar atop designer business hotel East. With signature peach mojito in hand, take in…
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…
Hong Kong
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…
Kowloon
You could squish a dozen Hong Kong bars together and they still wouldn't have as much personality as this boho hang-out with its art-adorned walls,…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
The views are to die for at this open-air rooftop gem jutting out from the corner of the Park Lane Hotel. Treat yourself to a glass of Perrier-Jouët…
Kowloon
Plugging a crafty gap in the market between TST's hotel bars and same-same sports dives, Kowloon Taproom pours a dozen, local-only craft beers from Lion…
Kowloon
You'll feel like Rapunzel atop her tower at this lofty perch in the Kowloon skyline. From all four (low) walls, panoramic vistas reveal the great mass of…
Lamma
These brewer brothers sell tasty craft beer on tap from a black booth on the way to the island's main beach. The refreshing Lamma Island IPA is perfect…
Hong Kong
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,…
Hong Kong
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…
Hong Kong
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…
Hong Kong
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…
Hong Kong
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…
Kowloon
A discreetly upscale drinking den hidden in the residential part of Tsim Sha Tsui, this Japanese bar is split over two floors, with whisky on top and…
New Territories
Tea connoisseurs may like this eccentric store that whips up lattes with Iron Buddha leaves and 'yin yeung' with Blue Mountain. The boss Mr Cheng charges…
Hong Kong
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…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
Awash in purple neon, funky furnishings and African-inspired curios, Djiboutii is a back-alley bar with bags of personality. Choose your perch – at bar…
Hong Kong
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…
Kowloon
This delightful tea pavilion has graceful wooden corridors and intimate alcoves, which provide the serenity required for savouring good Chinese tea. It's…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
This retro-styled backstreet bar takes its name from a 1960s Cantonese opera troupe. In common parlance, Tai Lung Fung (Big Dragon Phoenix) means 'much…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
A long-lived bastion of expat boozing, this British pub lookalike pours its own Master Dickens lager along with craft beers from Gweilo, Young Master and…
Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island
On the 49th floor of the Upper House, Cafe Grey pulls in a suited after-office crowd for drinks, dinner and corporate back-slapping in an atmosphere of…
Hong Kong
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…
Hong Kong
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…
Kowloon
In the middle of a Korean neighbourhood, this dark little venue hides an authentically tatty chimeak (chicken and beer) bar. Korean lager starts at a…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
The clientele at this far-flung branch of the Irish pub are mostly folks from nearby offices and luxury residences. The terrace with giant parasols and…
Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island
Hidden on Shek O's quiet back beach, Ben's is the neighbourhood watering hole where everyone knows everyone else. You'll find villagers, resident…
Hong Kong
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…
Kowloon
Ozone might be the highest bar in Asia, but you're so far up in the stratosphere that the other-worldly views lack oomph. Grab a seat on the windproof…
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…
Hong Kong
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…
Hong Kong
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…
Hong Kong
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…
