Asia's 50 Best Bars
The 50 Best ranking for Asia, voted by an academy of bartenders, writers and bar experts from across the continent.
Asia
Since 2018
Only bars that are in Barhopper's Guide are shown, so a ranking can have gaps.
The 2026 list
58 bars- 1
Hope & SesameGuangzhou - 2
ZESTSeoul - 3
Bar LeoneHong Kong - 4
Dry Wave Cocktail StudioBangkok - 6
Bar UsBangkok - 7
Lennon'sBangkok - 9
Jigger & PonySingapore - 12
Nutmeg & CloveSingapore - 13
Alice CheongdamSeoul - 14
Vender BarTaichung
OfftrackSingapore#16
Bar SathornBangkok#17
Pony UpShanghai#19
BKK Social ClubBangkok#20
GOKANHong Kong#22
COAHong Kong#24
Opium BarBangkok#25
VIRTÙTokyo#26
G.O.D (Genius.On.Dr*gs)Bangkok#31
Three X CoKuala Lumpur#32
Bar ChamSeoul#33
To Infinity & BeyondTaipei#35
MIUSHong Kong#36
ARGOHong Kong#37
Bar TrigonaKuala Lumpur#38
Bar LIBRE IkebukuroTokyo#39
Origin BarSingapore#43
Problem ChildManila#44
MontanaHong Kong#47
AQUABangkok#48
PenicillinHong Kong#49
BOP (Bartenders of Pony)Singapore#52
Bar TRENCHTokyo#53
The OppositesHong Kong#54
VesperBangkok#56
The Elephant Room SingaporeSingapore#58
The Savory ProjectHong Kong#60
Bar BenfiddichTokyo#62
Reka:BarKuala Lumpur#63
PenroseKuala Lumpur#64
MessengerserviceBangkok#69
Gong-GanSeoul#74
MahaniyomBangkok#76
Firefly BarBangkok#78
The BellwoodTokyo#79
NativeSingapore#80
Tell CamelliaHong Kong#81
Bar MoodTaipei#82
ColeyKuala Lumpur#83
Cat Bite ClubSingapore#86
Charles H. 찰스 H.Seoul#87
Le ChamberSeoul#88
SOKOSeoul#89
Bar Bon FunkSingapore#90
The Public HouseTaipei#92
Stay Gold FlamingoSingapore#97
The Spirits LibraryManila#98
LABTaipei#99The 2025 list
59 bars- 1Bar LeoneHong Kong
- 2ZESTSeoul
- 3Jigger & PonySingapore
- 4Bar UsBangkok
- 5Dry Wave Cocktail StudioBangkok
- 6
Bar ChamSeoul - 7Hope & SesameGuangzhou
- 9
Bar BenfiddichTokyo - 10
PenroseKuala Lumpur - 11
ARGOHong Kong
Alice CheongdamSeoul#13Three X CoKuala Lumpur#15COAHong Kong#17VIRTÙTokyo#18BKK Social ClubBangkok#19
Vender BarTaichung#20OfftrackSingapore#23
Nutmeg & CloveSingapore#24G.O.D (Genius.On.Dr*gs)Bangkok#26PenicillinHong Kong#27VesperBangkok#29The Savory ProjectHong Kong#32GOKANHong Kong#33Bar TrigonaKuala Lumpur#39The Public HouseTaipei#40To Infinity & BeyondTaipei#41Opium BarBangkok#43Cat Bite ClubSingapore#44NativeSingapore#45Reka:BarKuala Lumpur#47Bar SathornBangkok#48Bar LIBRE IkebukuroTokyo#49Le ChamberSeoul#50
Pine&CoSeoul#52SOKOSeoul#54
Sago HouseSingapore#56LABTaipei#57Origin BarSingapore#60Gong-GanSeoul#63
Bar wuTaipei#66
Tokyo ConfidentialTokyo#70MahaniyomBangkok#71Bar MoodTaipei#72
unDer labTaipei#73
EpicShanghai#74
Night HawkSingapore#77
The Curator Coffee & CocktailsManila#78The BellwoodTokyo#79The OppositesHong Kong#80
Sober CompanyShanghai#81Firefly BarBangkok#82
Employees OnlySingapore#89MessengerserviceBangkok#90
QuinaryHong Kong#91ColeyKuala Lumpur#92
FuraSingapore#95Charles H. 찰스 H.Seoul#96Pony UpShanghai#97
The SG ClubTokyo#99The 2024 list
69 bars- 1Bar LeoneHong Kong
- 2ZESTSeoul
- 3Jigger & PonySingapore
- 4
COAHong Kong - 5Bar BenfiddichTokyo
- 6Nutmeg & CloveSingapore
- 7
BKK Social ClubBangkok - 8PenroseKuala Lumpur
- 9ARGOHong Kong
- 10
The AubreyHong Kong
VIRTÙTokyo#11VesperBangkok#13
Hope & SesameGuangzhou#14Sago HouseSingapore#15Night HawkSingapore#16
DarkSideHong Kong#17MahaniyomBangkok#18The Savory ProjectHong Kong#19Bar ChamSeoul#20
Bar UsBangkok#21The SG ClubTokyo#23PenicillinHong Kong#24OfftrackSingapore#25QuinaryHong Kong#26Vender BarTaichung#30NativeSingapore#31Origin BarSingapore#32The Curator Coffee & CocktailsManila#33The BellwoodTokyo#34Bar TrigonaKuala Lumpur#36Bar MoodTaipei#37Employees OnlySingapore#38Reka:BarKuala Lumpur#41FuraSingapore#42The Public HouseTaipei#44Alice CheongdamSeoul#46Le ChamberSeoul#48
ATLASSingapore#49Pine&CoSeoul#50SOKOSeoul#51Tokyo ConfidentialTokyo#53EpicShanghai#54Three X CoKuala Lumpur#56
Republic BarSingapore#57To Infinity & BeyondTaipei#61Stay Gold FlamingoSingapore#63The Elephant Room SingaporeSingapore#65
Mizunara: The LibraryHong Kong#66
Honky Tonks TavernHong Kong#67
ManhattanSingapore#69ColeyKuala Lumpur#70
The Old ManHong Kong#71unDer labTaipei#72Opium BarBangkok#73
FOLKLORETokyo#74Cat Bite ClubSingapore#77
28 HongKong StreetSingapore#78
JungleBirdKuala Lumpur#80Firefly BarBangkok#83
High FiveTokyo#87Gong-GanSeoul#89
Asia TodayBangkok#90
The Bamboo BarBangkok#91Sober CompanyShanghai#92
Last WordSingapore#93Bar wuTaipei#94Charles H. 찰스 H.Seoul#95Tell CamelliaHong Kong#97
Dry Wave Cocktail StudioBangkok#98The 2023 list
64 bars- 1COAHong Kong
- 2Jigger & PonySingapore
- 3BKK Social ClubBangkok
- 4Bar BenfiddichTokyo
- 5ZESTSeoul
- 7Nutmeg & CloveSingapore
- 8ARGOHong Kong
- 9
DarkSideHong Kong - 10
Sago HouseSingapore - 11
Indulge Experimental BistroTaipei
VesperBangkok#12Bar ChamSeoul#13The SG ClubTokyo#14Republic BarSingapore#16
The AubreyHong Kong#17VIRTÙTokyo#20ManhattanSingapore#21MahaniyomBangkok#2228 HongKong StreetSingapore#24Le ChamberSeoul#25PenicillinHong Kong#26ATLASSingapore#27Alice CheongdamSeoul#28Employees OnlySingapore#30QuinaryHong Kong#31Stay Gold FlamingoSingapore#32The Curator Coffee & CocktailsManila#34Bar TrigonaKuala Lumpur#36
Southside ParlorSeoul#37Hope & SesameGuangzhou#39Vender BarTaichung#41NativeSingapore#42The Public HouseTaipei#43High FiveTokyo#45SOKOSeoul#46The Old ManHong Kong#47The BellwoodTokyo#49PenroseKuala Lumpur#50Charles H. 찰스 H.Seoul#51To Infinity & BeyondTaipei#52
The PontiacHong Kong#53JungleBirdKuala Lumpur#55Opium BarBangkok#59Last WordSingapore#61The Elephant Room SingaporeSingapore#64Reka:BarKuala Lumpur#65ColeyKuala Lumpur#67Asia TodayBangkok#68EpicShanghai#70Pine&CoSeoul#72Night HawkSingapore#73
The Back RoomManila#75Three X CoKuala Lumpur#77
#FindTheLockerRoomBangkok#78OfftrackSingapore#79
D.BespokeSingapore#83Mizunara: The LibraryHong Kong#86
The Wise KingHong Kong#89Bar TRENCHTokyo#92Bar MoodTaipei#93Origin BarSingapore#95Tell CamelliaHong Kong#97Honky Tonks TavernHong Kong#98
The LoftBangkok#99The 2022 list
59 bars- 1COAHong Kong
- 2Jigger & PonySingapore
- 3ARGOHong Kong
- 5Bar BenfiddichTokyo
- 6Indulge Experimental BistroTaipei
- 7
Charles H. 찰스 H.Seoul - 8
MO BARSingapore - 9
ManhattanSingapore - 10BKK Social ClubBangkok
- 11
Sober CompanyShanghai
Republic BarSingapore#12DarkSideHong Kong#13QuinaryHong Kong#16Hope & SesameGuangzhou#18VesperBangkok#19The SG ClubTokyo#21PenicillinHong Kong#22ATLASSingapore#23Bar TRENCHTokyo#25Bar ChamSeoul#28Bar TrigonaKuala Lumpur#29Sago HouseSingapore#31The PontiacHong Kong#33The Wise KingHong Kong#34JungleBirdKuala Lumpur#35Nutmeg & CloveSingapore#36The AubreyHong Kong#38Le ChamberSeoul#39Alice CheongdamSeoul#40Asia TodayBangkok#43The Bamboo BarBangkok#46
ZESTSeoul#4828 HongKong StreetSingapore#49EpicShanghai#52Tell CamelliaHong Kong#53Honky Tonks TavernHong Kong#55SOKOSeoul#57D.BespokeSingapore#58Pine&CoSeoul#59The Curator Coffee & CocktailsManila#62
otoManila#63
Teens of ThailandBangkok#64
Live TwiceSingapore#65Origin BarSingapore#66The Public HouseTaipei#68
Smalls Bar & Live MusicBangkok#69Three X CoKuala Lumpur#70Mizunara: The LibraryHong Kong#71
Shin Gi TaiSingapore#75Employees OnlySingapore#77#FindTheLockerRoomBangkok#78The Old ManHong Kong#81
MIXOLOGYSeoul#83High FiveTokyo#85The BellwoodTokyo#87The LoftBangkok#88Bar MoodTaipei#89Southside ParlorSeoul#90ColeyKuala Lumpur#100The 2021 list
37 bars- 1COAHong Kong
- 2Jigger & PonySingapore
- 3
The SG ClubTokyo - 4Indulge Experimental BistroTaipei
- 5Sober CompanyShanghai
- 6ManhattanSingapore
- 7
ATLASSingapore - 9Bar BenfiddichTokyo
- 10
Caprice BarHong Kong - 11
The Bamboo BarBangkok
Bar TrigonaKuala Lumpur#12Charles H. 찰스 H.Seoul#13NativeSingapore#14Hope & SesameGuangzhou#15Bar MoodTaipei#17
The DiplomatHong Kong#2028 HongKong StreetSingapore#21Tell CamelliaHong Kong#23QuinaryHong Kong#25The PontiacHong Kong#26High FiveTokyo#27The Wise KingHong Kong#28PenicillinHong Kong#30Bar ChamSeoul#34JungleBirdKuala Lumpur#37The Curator Coffee & CocktailsManila#38D.BespokeSingapore#39DarkSideHong Kong#40Alice CheongdamSeoul#41Bar TRENCHTokyo#43Le ChamberSeoul#44
MO BARSingapore#45VesperBangkok#46Three X CoKuala Lumpur#47Teens of ThailandBangkok#48Sago HouseSingapore#49
Star BarTokyo#50The 2020 list
38 bars- 1Jigger & PonySingapore
- 2
The Old ManHong Kong - 3COAHong Kong
- 4Indulge Experimental BistroTaipei
- 5ATLASSingapore
- 6
NativeSingapore - 7The Bamboo BarBangkok
- 8ManhattanSingapore
- 9The SG ClubTokyo
- 11
VesperBangkok
Sober CompanyShanghai#12Bar MoodTaipei#13Bar TrigonaKuala Lumpur#14Bar BenfiddichTokyo#15QuinaryHong Kong#16The Wise KingHong Kong#18High FiveTokyo#20D.BespokeSingapore#23
Gibson BarSingapore#25
Draft LandTaipei#26
8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo BombanaHong Kong#28Charles H. 찰스 H.Seoul#2928 HongKong StreetSingapore#30
Rabbit HoleBangkok#31Nutmeg & CloveSingapore#32
Caprice BarHong Kong#34The PontiacHong Kong#35Hope & SesameGuangzhou#36JungleBirdKuala Lumpur#37Bar TRENCHTokyo#39The Curator Coffee & CocktailsManila#42
Lobster Bar and GrillHong Kong#44The Back RoomManila#45MO BARSingapore#46Alice CheongdamSeoul#47ColeyKuala Lumpur#48Le ChamberSeoul#49Bar ChamSeoul#50
