The 10 Best Cocktail Bars in Hong Kong

The angel's share is the portion of whisky that evaporates during barrel ageing — the percentage the distiller surrenders to the atmosphere, year after year, wh. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded — book ahead or arrive early.

Aqua sits on the 30th floor of 1 Peking Road and delivers the most direct Victoria Harbour view in Tsim Sha Tsui. The wraparound floor-to-ceiling windows frame . Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Argo sits inside the Four Seasons Hong Kong and is the most polished hotel cocktail bar in Asia. Asia's Best Bar 2022, World's 50 Best Bars regular. The room is. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Sunday from 6pm, when it's the room's quietest premium night and the kitchen is unhurried. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Avoid post-match nights if the local team is playing — the upstairs gets loud.

The Armoury draws a steady local crowd in Central. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Thursday late or Friday early, when you'll catch the room building toward its weekend tempo. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. First-Friday traffic in the district can mean a 20-minute wait at the door.

Bouchon Bistro Bar draws a steady local crowd in Central. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded — book ahead or arrive early.

Bound by Craft Beer draws a steady local crowd in Sai Ying Pun. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Buddha Bombardier draws a steady local crowd in Central. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Sunday from 6pm, when it's the room's quietest premium night and the kitchen is unhurried. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Avoid post-match nights if the local team is playing — the upstairs gets loud.

Captain's Bar is the heritage Mandarin Oriental cocktail bar — operating since 1963 in the same wood-panelled room. The most heritage hotel bar in Hong Kong. Po. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Thursday late or Friday early, when you'll catch the room building toward its weekend tempo. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. First-Friday traffic in the district can mean a 20-minute wait at the door.

Club 71 draws a steady local crowd in Central. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded — book ahead or arrive early.

COA draws a steady local crowd in Central. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Bar de Luxe is a Japanese cocktail bar in Central, brought to Hong Kong in 2017 by Hidetsugu Ueno of Tokyo's Bar High Five. It now sits in the H Code building on Pottinger Street, a larger seventh-floor room with city views and exacting hand-carved ice. Order: a hand-carved-ice highball or a classic stirred. Best time: early in the evening for counter seats.

Madame Fù fills a floor of the old police HQ at Tai Kwun, where the Fù Bar pours signature cocktails and global gin and tonics in a grand Cantonese room.

Mostaccioli Brothers hides a rustic Italian-American bar down a Soho staircase, where the Mos Bros Bar pours casual drinks beside an open Italian kitchen.

Zuma's lounge and bar sits above its Landmark dining room in Central Hong Kong, a spiral-staircase room of cocktails on tap, live DJs and a sake-led list.