The 2024 edition of Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards was held at the Rosewood Hong Kong on 16th July 2024, with Bar Leone from Hong Kong securing the first place. This prestigious event celebrated the finest in the Asian bar scene, showcasing a diverse range of talents across 18 destinations in the region, with some of the highest we’ve seen from Malaysia and Indonesia. Continue reading
For the first time in the history of the World’s 50 Best Bars, the awards was held outside of Europe in Asia, with Singapore hosting the auspicious ceremony at the Pasir Panjang Power Station. It was here that Sips in Barcelona was announced to take the top spot. Continue reading
This year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023 is significant for the city of Hong Kong, which not only makes its debut in the bustling city but is home to three-time Best Bar in Asia COA. The city saw the bar industry from across Asia gather at the Rosewood in celebration. Here’s the run down. Continue reading
After 14 years of its inaugural inception for the first time in the history of the World’s 50 Best Bars the awards are held outside home ground of London in Barcelona, Spain on the 4th October 2022, and for the first time in history, a bar outside New York or London takes the top spot, Paradiso in Spain. We share our thoughts and take a look at the rankings and how they’ve shifted this year. Continue reading
Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022 took Bangkok by storm on the 6th of May, where the brightest startenders of Asia met for the sacred awards ceremony. This year sees Mandarin Oriental Bangkok play host to the opulent event requiring a boat for you to reach the ceremony itself. Here’s an analysis and breakdown on this years facts and figures. Continue reading
The recent Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022 saw something quite spectacular, agave-centric bar COA from Hong Kong winning for the second year consecutively. We speak to Jay Khan about this second win and also to find out a bit about newly opened COA Shanghai. Continue reading
As the world takes its time to come to a recovery the World’s 50 Best Bars 2021 has returned to Roundhouse, London, bringing together a limited congregation of the best of the bar industry for a night of celebration. The awards saw the crowning of the Connaught Bar for the second year in a row, but due to limited travels, the list had some unexpected shakeups. Continue reading
As the world is trying to find some semblance of normalcy, we take this time to celebrate Asia’s 50 Best Bars, and although the global situation is a difficult one, the bar industry has once again come together to commemorate the hard work of the many, including the release of a 51-100 ranking. This year’s exciting list sees many new bars placing, with a broader list than ever before. We also speak to some of the winners and take a look at the comparative list of 2021 vs 2020. Continue reading
The inaugural Asia’ 50 Best Bars 2021 brought some interesting shake-ups to the list we know so well, with three Malaysian bars placing at number 47. This year sees the first-time entry of Three X Co., an oriental themed cocktail bar located in the heart of Bangsar, serving an eclectic mix of modern and classics. We speak to Angeline Tan, one of the founders of the bar about their win. Continue reading
Malaysian born cocktail bar Bar Trigona who not only ranked at number 44 at the World’s Best Bar 2020, but also came in at number 14 and won Most Sustainable Bar at the Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2020 has created the collaboration we didn’t know we needed in celebration of Earth Day 2021, including local legendary bars Three X Co, Coleys, Junglebird, Nadodi and Frank’s Bar. Continue reading