This year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars list features 14 fresh new entries from 22 different cities. From Bangkok’s retro lounges to Shenzhen’s sky-high speakeasies and Hanoi’s rapid-rise sensations, each debut brings a distinctive voice to the Asia’s increasingly diverse drinking culture.
Check out the new entries below:
7. Lennon’s, Bangkok
A retro whisky lounge atop Rosewood Bangkok that channels a mid-century recording studio, complete with 6,000 vinyl records and a menu that translates Thai classics into cocktails.
10. Obsidian Bar, Shenzhen
A gothic-chic sanctuary in the Ping An Finance Centre where bartenders reimagine classics with Chinese sensibility against a cinematic skyline backdrop.
19. Pony Up, Shanghai
Shanghai’s buzziest neighbourhood haunt from The Odd Couple alum Dre Yang, where American diner comfort food meets Chinese-infused classics in a space made for day-to-night drinking.
28. Ralph’s Bar, Chengdu
Clubby New York tavern energy transplanted above a Ralph Lauren flagship, with a cocktail programme developed in collaboration with No.1-ranked Hope & Sesame.
34. Workshop14, Hanoi
A radically minimal space on ancient royal palace grounds where architect-turned-bartender Hieu Long and his team earned “One to Watch” honours in just seven months of opening.
36. Mius, Hong KongÂ
Shelley Tai’s highly anticipated solo homecoming, stripping cocktails back to six ingredients or fewer in a chic walnut-panelled space.
40. The Golden Tooth, Jakarta
A New York-style loft in South Jakarta where 19-year veteran Kenny Soetomo builds drinks around flavour memory and conversation starters.
41. The Han-Jia, Tainan
A whisky-fuelled Tainan institution where magician-turned-bartender Nono Yu reverse-engineers cocktails from local fruits, herbs and tea, served alongside French-Italian sharing plates.
42. M+MS Bar, Seoul
A “fermentation collective” from the Le Chamber family that brews its own beer, ferments kimchi broth into cocktails and styles itself as a cultural space rather than just a bar.
44. Problem Child, Makati
The Best Bar in the Philippines, where the menu rotates around a single colour scheme every three months and mischief meets technique in progressive, tropical-inflected sips.
46. The Hudson Rooms, Hanoi
Capella Hanoi’s Art Deco rooftop that channels 1920s New York glamour by day and transforms into a theatrical cocktail venue by night, led by World Class Vietnam winner Patrick Nguyen.
47. Montana, Hong Kong
A gloriously fun homage to 1970s Miami from Bar Leone’s Lorenzo Antinori and Sips’ Simone Caporale, where “ritmo!” is the watchword and daiquiris arrive in flower-shaped glassware.
48. Aqua Bar, Bangkok
A serene courtyard escape at Anantara Siam where head bartender Ryan Germino pairs heat, spice and umami with playful storytelling amid trickling fountains.
50. Tiao, Beijing
A sultry two-storey sanctuary inside the Mandarin Oriental Qianmen that reframes local Chinese spirits through globally inspired cocktails, set in Beijing’s historic hutong alleyways.
For the complete list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars of 2026, including numbers 51-100, visit the official World’s 50 Best Bars website.
