50 Best Bars

Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025: What The New Entrants Reveal About The Future of Cocktail Culture

Nicholas Ng
A50BB2025 | Tipple International | Food For Thought

The 2025 edition of Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards was held at Wynn Palace Macau on 15 July 2025, with Bar Leone from Hong Kong securing the first place for the second consecutive year. This prestigious gathering of Asia’s top bartenders and industry leaders celebrated innovation, creativity, and community across 20 cities, with 20 new bars joining the list. We’ve also listed the current bars’ highest rankings ever in the history of Asia’s 50 Best Bars. Continue reading →

Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024: Bar Leone Roars At The Top

Nicholas Ng

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 →

World’s 50 Best Bars 2022: Outlandish Paradiso Nabs Top Spot

Nicholas Ng

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: The Facts And Figures

Nicholas Ng
Asia's 50 Best Bars 2022 group shot

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 →

World’s 50 Best Bars 2021: The Connaught Bar Takes The Crown Again

Nicholas Ng
50 Best Bars Winners | The World's 50 Best Bars 2021 | Food For Thought

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 →

Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2021: 101 Bars Make Their Mark

Nicholas Ng
Coa Team | Asia's 50 Best Bars 2021 | Food For Thought

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 →

Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2021: Three X Co. Enters The Top 50 For The First Time

Nicholas Ng
Three X Co Team | Asia's 50 Best Bars 2021 | Food For Thought

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 →