8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana Bar

Central, Hong Kong

This sophisticated bar is a popular choice for those looking to enjoy cocktails with an Italian flair

Best Service

Argo

Central, Hong Kong

Where a worldly menu meets one of Hong Kong’s most spectacular harbour views

Bar De Luxe

Central, Hong Kong

Under the guidance of Tokyo cocktail legend Ueno Hidetsugu, this seventh-floor hideaway delivers Japanese precision without the airfare.

Bar of the Year, Best Service

Bar Leone

Central, Hong Kong

A neighbourhood bar you want to move into—warm, candlelit and serving drinks that taste like Rome feels

Caprice Bar

Central, Hong Kong

A sliver of French elegance tucked beside one of the city’s top restaurants, where the harbour serves as backdrop and the cocktails reward curiosity

Coa

Central, Hong Kong

On a sloping stretch of Shin Hing Street, a 40-seat bar has become Hong Kong’s most persuasive argument for the beauty of agave—tequila, mezcal, raicilla, sotol, all treated with the reverence they deserve

Darkside

Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

On the Kowloon waterfront, a jazz bar that proves the “dark side” of the harbour has all the best light

The Diplomat

Central, Hong Kong

A hidden corner bar that pours reimagined classics for those who know where to look

Best New Bar

Gokan

Central, Hong Kong

Shingo Gokan’s sensory playground organises drinks by taste, temperature and technique—so you can order by mood rather than name

The Green Door

Central, Hong Kong

Behind an unmarked emerald portal beside a wet market, a basement fantasyland where the cocktails come with strength ratings and the apple pie sells out before 8pm

Best Innovation

Kinsman

Central, Hong Kong

A Cantonese cocktail salon that rescues forgotten local spirits from extinction—and makes them taste like the future

Best Design, Best New Bar

Mius

Central, Hong Kong

Shelley Tai has built the kind of bar the neighbourhood didn’t know it was missing—mid-century calm, cocktails with clarity and warmth