4 Finest Speakeasy Bars in Hong Kong
Searching for a spot for a quiet tête-à-tête? Status rounds up a few of this metropolis’s hidden speakeasy-style watering holes.
XX
Excellent news. Rosewood Hong Kong’s former ladies-only bar XX has reopened and is now an inclusive area for all. Vintage mirrored tables and plush velvet couches kind the proper ambiance for unwinding and reconnecting with mates in an intimate setting, with the Hong Kong skyline as a backdrop. After all, it provides a big collection of whiskies, wines and cocktails concocted by knowledgeable mixologists. The Inca Bitter, containing Pisco, lime juice, sugar syrup and egg white, is the proper drink to kickstart your expertise.
Rosewood Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Highway, Tsim Sha Tsui
FRANK’S RECORDS
Frank’s Information is not like any spot you’ve been to, neatly combining the vinyl file listeing expertise with an Italian-American cocktail bar. Situated on high of Frank’s Italian American Social Membership, the venue is an intimate 12-seat cocktail bar and listening lounge that additionally has its personal retail part with an intensive collection of vinyl. Not surprisingly, signature cocktails are impressed by hit songs and musicians. As an example, the CREAM concoction (pineapple-infused dry vermouth, coconut oil washed darkish rum, orgeat, lime and coconut cream) will get its identify from the tune by the Wu-Tang clan.
7/F, 79 Wyndham Road, Central
THE WISE KING
Hold a watch out for the key entrance to this intimate hole-in-the-wall cocktail bar hidden in Soho. Regardless of its tiny measurement, The Smart King has already made enormous waves on Hong Kong’s mixology scene. Impressed by “the clever” King Alfonso X of Castile, the bar’s decadent exploration of the senses by way of sight, style, and sound is topped off with heat and welcoming hospitality from its pleasant crew. Better of all? For those who love the cocktails right here, you should purchase the bar’s bottled concoctions to take pleasure in at dwelling. Our favorite is The Queen of Spas, constructed from truffle brandy, Mancino Vermouth Chinato, Pacharan and Frangelico – the proper nightcap.
Basement, Soho, Tsung Wing Lane, 25 Staunton Road, Central
ELLA
Named after Ella Fitzgerald, the brand new bar Ella is a small live-music venue that pays homage to New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. Hardly your common venue, Ella transports you to town’s vibrant streets and alleyways, treating you to a style of the Deep South with basic cocktails and Louisiana bar bites. On the drinks menu, select from the Louie Sazerac, which pays tribute to Louis Armstrong, to the Hurricane, typically sipped by Frank Sinatra.
HCode, The Trilogy, 26/F 45 Pottinger Road
PDT HONG KONG
A bar inside a bar, PDT (Please Don’t Inform) Hong Kong is hidden within the mezzanine stage of the Landmark Mandarin Oriental’s MO Bar, which might solely be accessed by way of a secret cellphone sales space. Seating a mere 25 visitors, this enjoyable collaboration with the operators of the New York namesake serves artistic cocktails developed by mixologist Jeff Bell, with a gifted bar crew led by head bartender Daniel Valencia, all the best way from the Huge Apple. Whereas there, be sure you attempt PDT NYC’s legendary cocktails, comparable to Benton’s Previous Trend and Be a Fan, recreated for Hong Kong with domestically brewed bitter-melon apple kombucha.
Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 15 Queen’s Highway Central, Central
