Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026

100 bars currently listed. Since the previous edition: 25 new · 36 up · 36 down · 25 out. Data as of 2026-10-29.

Rank	Bar	City	Country	Change
#1	Hope & Sesame	Guangzhou	China	Up from #7
#2	Zest	Seoul	South Korea
#3	Bar Leone	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down from #1
#4	Dry Wave Cocktail Studio	Bangkok	Thailand	Up from #5
#5	Mo Bar - Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen	Shenzhen	China	Up from #21
#6	Bar Us	Bangkok	Thailand	Down from #4
#7	Lennon's	Bangkok	Thailand	New
#8	Boilermaker	Goa	India	Up from #30
#9	Jigger & Pony	Singapore	Singapore	Down from #3
#10	Obsidian Bar	Shenzhen	China	Up from #51
#11	Modernhaus	Jakarta	Indonesia	Up from #12
#12	Nutmeg & Clove	Singapore	Singapore	Up from #24
#13	Alice	Seoul	South Korea
#14	Vender Bar	Taichung City	Taiwan	Up from #20
#15	Cosmo Pony	Jakarta	Indonesia	Up from #38
#16	Offtrack	Singapore	Singapore	Up from #23
#17	Bar Sathorn	Bangkok	Thailand	Up from #48
#18	SOKA Cocktail Bar	Karnataka	India	Up from #28
#19	Pony Up	Shanghai	China	Up from #97
#20	BKK Social Club	Bangkok	Thailand	Down from #19
#21	Carrots Bar	Jakarta	Indonesia	Up from #34
#22	Gokan	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Up from #33
#23	Punch Room Tokyo	Tokyo	Japan	Up from #36
#24	Coa	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down from #17
#25	Opium Bar	Bangkok	Thailand	Up from #43
#26	Virtu	Tokyo	Japan	Down from #18
#27	CMYK	Changsha	China	Down from #16
#28	Ralph's Bar	Chengdu	China	New
#29	Smoke & Bitters	Dickwella	Sri Lanka	Down from #14
#30	Bar Spirit Forward	Karnataka	India	Up from #37
#31	G.O.D (Genius.On.Dr*gs)	Bangkok	Thailand	Down from #26
#32	Three X Co	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Down from #15
#33	Bar Cham	Seoul	South Korea	Down from #6
#34	Workshop14	Hanoi	Vietnam	Up from #83
#35	To Infinity & Beyond	Taipei	Taiwan	Up from #41
#36	MIUS	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	New
#37	Argo	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down from #11
#38	Bar Trigona	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Up from #39
#39	Bar Libre	Tokyo	Japan	Up from #49
#40	The Golden Tooth	Jakarta	Indonesia	Up from #98
#41	The Han-Jia	Tainan	Taiwan	Up from #59
#42	M+MS Bar	Seoul	South Korea	New
#43	Origin Bar	Singapore	Singapore	Up from #60
#44	Problem Child	Metro Manila	Philippines	New
#45	The St. Regis Bar	Macao	Macao	New
#46	The Hudson Rooms	Hanoi	Vietnam	Up from #86
#47	Montana	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	New
#48	AQUA Bar	Bangkok	Thailand	New
#49	Penicillin	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down from #27
#50	Tiao	Beijing	China	New
#51	Bar Outrigger	Panaji	India	Up from #55
#52	BOP	Singapore	Singapore	New
#53	Bar TRENCH	Tokyo	Japan	New
#54	The Opposites	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Up from #80
#55	The Enigma Mansion	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	Up from #93
#56	Vesper	Bangkok	Thailand	Down from #29
#57	Side Door	Singapore	Singapore	Down from #53
#58	The Elephant Room Singapore	Singapore	Singapore	New
#59	Yakoboku	Minamitsuboimachi	Japan	New
#60	The Savory Project	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Down from #32
#61	Barc	Kathmandu	Nepal	Down from #35
#62	Bar Benfiddich	Tokyo	Japan	Down from #9
#63	Reka	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Down from #47
#64	Penrose KL	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Down from #10
#65	Cabinet 8 KL	Selangor	Malaysia	New
#66	Backdoor Bodega	Penang	Malaysia	Down from #64
#67	Moonrock	Taipei	Taiwan	Down from #42
#68	MALTAIL	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	Up from #75
#69	Messenger Service	Bangkok	Thailand	Up from #90
#70	Bar Nayuta	Osaka	Japan	Up from #100
#71	Raa	Erathna	Sri Lanka	Up from #84
#72	Craftroom	Osaka	Japan	Down from #58
#73	Between The Sips	Jakarta	Indonesia	New
#74	Gong-Gan	Seoul	South Korea	Down from #63
#75	The Bar at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo	Tokyo	Japan	New
#76	Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar	Bangkok	Thailand	Down from #71
#77	HATS Bar	Jakarta	Indonesia	New
#78	Firefly	Bangkok	Thailand	Up from #82
#79	The Bellwood	Tokyo	Japan
#80	Native	Singapore	Singapore	Down from #45
#81	Tell Camellia	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	New
#82	Bar Mood	Taipei City	Taiwan	Down from #72
#83	Coley	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Up from #92
#84	Stir	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	Down from #61
#85	aabbcc	Delhi	India	New
#86	Cat Bite Club	Singapore	Singapore	Down from #44
#87	Charles H	Seoul	South Korea	Up from #96
#88	Le Chamber	Seoul	South Korea	Down from #50
#89	Bar Soko	Seoul	South Korea	Down from #54
#90	Bar Bon Funk	Singapore	Singapore	New
#91	Chimney	Zhejiang	China	New
#92	The Public House	Taipei	Taiwan	Down from #40
#93	Ropewalk	Galle	Sri Lanka	New
#94	Lamp Bar	Nara	Japan	Down from #46
#95	Coa	Shanghai	China	Down from #85
#96	Bar Long Fong	Beijing	China	New
#97	Stay Gold	Singapore	Singapore	New
#98	The Spirits Library	Makati City	Philippines	New
#99	Lab	Taipei	Taiwan	Down from #57
#100	Sora	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	Down from #65

No longer listed

Bar	City	Country	Last listed
Lair	Delhi	India	#8 in 2025
The St. Regis Bar	Jakarta	Indonesia	#22 in 2025
Yakoboku	Nara	Japan	#25 in 2025
ZLB23 Speakeasy	Karnataka	India	#31 in 2025
Pine & Co	Seoul	South Korea	#52 in 2025
Sago House	Singapore	Singapore	#56 in 2025
Sidecar	Delhi	India	#62 in 2025
Wu (Nothingness)	Taipei	Taiwan	#66 in 2025
Gold Bar	Tokyo	Japan	#67 in 2025
Pantja	Jakarta	Indonesia	#68 in 2025
The Bombay Canteen	Mumbai	India	#69 in 2025
Tokyo Confidential	Tokyo	Japan	#70 in 2025
Under Lab	Taipei	Taiwan	#73 in 2025
Epic	Shanghai	China	#74 in 2025
Bee’s knees	Tokyo	Japan	#76 in 2025
Night Hawk	Singapore	Singapore	#77 in 2025
The Curator	Metro Manila	Philippines	#78 in 2025
Sober Company	Shanghai	China	#81 in 2025
The Haflington	Hanoi	Vietnam	#87 in 2025
Mostly Harmless	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	#88 in 2025
Employees Only	Singapore	Singapore	#89 in 2025
Quinary	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	#91 in 2025
Hideaway	Goa	India	#94 in 2025
Fura	Singapore	Singapore	#95 in 2025
The SG Club	Tokyo	Japan	#99 in 2025

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