Cocktail Bar

On Oct. 8, 2025, Hong Kong hosted The World’s 50 Best Bars awards at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, the bar industry’s most prestigious event. For only the second time in history, the ceremony was held in Asia, and in a poetic twist, the host city’s own Bar Leone was named The World’s Best Bar 2025.

Singapore’s cinematic cocktail sanctuary, Live Twice, has unveiled a new chapter with a refreshed menu of inspired libations and reimagined visuals – the first since their opening in 2019.

Inspired by shibumi, a Japanese philosophy representing effortless beauty and depth beneath simplicity, the new menu invites guests to explore elegance, complexity, and quiet experimentation.

After a brief hiatus, Dr. Robbern Fern has recently unveiled his newest concept: The Doctor’s Residence by Dr. Fern, now tucked inside the Pottinger Hotel. Following the success of his original Gin Parlour at Landmark, the new concept marks Volume II of his gin legacy.

Just steps away from Solaire Resort Entertainment City’s Baccarat Room, this speakeasy sets the stage for a night of revelry, with a refreshed menu of 1920s-inspired cocktails and bar bites made for lingering conversations.

If you’re looking for a private spot for nights out or after-work drinks, Somewhere Quiet is the place to be. They serve cocktails inspired by the Prohibition.

One of Japan’s most respected whisky houses, Nikka, officially entered the local market with a series of quiet and elegant launches that caught many whisky enthusiasts — and even longtime connoisseurs — by surprise.

For the guest shift at Ruby Wong’s, the teams of Quinary and Ruby Wong’s crafted an exclusive drink menu in partnership with Don Papa Rum, made with premium aged, single-island rum at the heart of every cocktail.