Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024: Hong Kong bar nabs top spot, 11 SG bars make the list
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The verdict’s out on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024: Local industry stalwart Jigger & Pony has clinched third place, behind Zest in Seoul and Bar Leone in Hong Kong.
The rankings were announced at the Asia’s 50 Best Bars ceremony held on July 16 at Rosewood Hong Kong hotel. This comes after the extended longlist, comprising bars Nos. 51 to 100, was released earlier last week on Jul 9.
There was a considerable shake-up in the extended list last week, with many new bars making the list and several well-established names making a dip on the charts.
The No. 1 to 50 rankings were similarly tumultuous, with a number of new entrants catapulted to top spots — Singapore bars included.
11 Singapore bars on the 2024 Asia’s 50 Best Bars list
Singapore bars lead the pack, with 11 bars in the top 50 list, followed by nine bars in Hong Kong and five from Seoul.
Jigger & Pony retains its position as the top bar locally with its No. 3 spot this year, one down from its No. 2 spot, which it has held onto for the last three years.
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These were the Singapore bars that made the Asia’s 50 Best Bars list:
3. Jigger & Pony
6. Nutmeg & Clove
15. Sago House
16. Night Hawk (New to the 50 Best list, ranked 73 in 2023)
25. Offtrack (New to the 50 Best list, ranked No. 79 in 2023)
31. Native
32. Origin Bar (New to the 50 Best, ranked No. 95 in 2023)
35. Analogue Initiative
38. Employees Only
42. Fura (New entrant)
49. Atlas
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Of note, future-looking, sustainable cocktail bar Fura, opened by Christina Rasmussen and Sasha Wijidessa in October 2023, debuted on the list at a very impressive No. 42.
Night Hawk, which won the Campari One To Watch Award in 2023, had the best showing among the local bars new to the list, coming in at No. 16.
Hong Kong’s Bar Leone bags top bar in Asia spot
While Hong Kong remains top of the list, the No. 1 spot has changed hands, from Coa (which was ranked No. 3 this year) to the newly crowned Bar Leone.
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As this is Bar Leone’s first entry to the list, the bar also won the Disaronno Highest New Entry Award.
Opened by Italian Lorenzo Antinori, Bar Leone is Lorenzeo’s first solo venture, after having worked at top bars such as Argo in Hong Kong and Charles H in Seoul.
Other Hong Kong bars that made the Asia’s 50 Best Bar list include: Coa (No. 4), Argo (No. 9), The Aubrey (No. 10), Darkside (No. 17), The Savory Project (No. 19), Penicillin (No. 24), Quinary (No. 26), and Mostly Harmless (No. 45).
Closer to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur bar Penrose clocked in at No. 8, making it the top bar in Malaysia. It also won the Nikka Highest Climber award, having scaled 42 spots from its 2023 ranking.
Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024 list
Here’s the full list of the bars on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024, including the extended 51 to 100 list:
- Bar Leone, Hong Kong
- Zest, Seoul
- Jigger & Pony, Singapore
- Coa, Hong Kong
- Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
- Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
- BKK Social Club, Bangkok
- Penrose, Kuala Lumpur
- Argo, Hong Kong
- The Aubrey, Hong Kong
- Virtu, Tokyo
- The Cocktail Club, Jakarta
- Vesper, Bangkok
- Hope & Sesame, Guangzhou
- Sago House, Singapore
- Night Hawk, Singapore
- Darkside, Hong Kong
- Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar, Bangkok
- The Savory Project, Hong Kong
- Bar Cham, Seoul
- Bar Us, Bangkok
- The St. Regis Bar, Macau
- The SG Club, Tokyo
- Penicillin, Hong Kong
- Offtrack, Singapore
- Quinary, Hong Kong
- Pantja, Jakarta
- Craftroom, Osaka
- Smoke & Bitters, Hiriketiya
- Vender, Taichung
- Native, Singapore
- Origin Bar, Singapore
- The Curator, Manila
- The Bellwood, Tokyo
- Analogue Initiative, Singapore
- Bar Trigona, Kuala Lumpur
- Bar Mood, Taipei
- Employees Only, Singapore
- Barc, Kathmandu
- ZLB23, Bengaluru
- Reka, Kuala Lumpur
- Fura, Singapore
- CMYK, Changsha
- The Public House, Taipei
- Mostly Harmless, Hong Kong
- Alice, Seoul
- The Halfington, Hanoi
- Le Chamber, Seoul
- Atlas, Singapore
- Pine & Co, Seoul
- Soko, Seoul
- Backdoor Bodega, Penang
- Tokyo Confidential, Tokyo
- Epic, Shanghai
- Lamp Bar, Nara
- Three X Co, Kuala Lumpur
- Republic, Singapore
- Stir, Ho Chi Minh City
- The Bombay Canteen, Mumbai
- No Sleep Club, Singapore
- To Infinity & Beyond, Taipei
- Tropic City, Bangkok
- Stay Gold Flamingo, Singapore
- Yakoboku, Kumamoto
- The Elephant Room, Singapore
- Mizunara: The Library, Hong Kong
- Honky Tonks Tavern, Hong Kong
- Lair, New Delhi
- Manhattan, Singapore
- Coley, Kuala Lumpur
- The Old Man, Hong Kong
- Under Lab, Taipei
- Opium, Bangkok
- Folklore, Tokyo
- Bee’s Knees, Kyoto
- Gold Bar, Tokyo
- Cat Bite Club, Singapore
- 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore
- The Han-jia, Tainan
- Junglebird, Kuala Lumpur
- The Hudson Rooms, Hanoi
- Southbank Cafe + Lounge, Muntinlupa City
- Firefly, Bangkok
- Sidecar, New Delhi
- The Sailing Bar, Nara
- Bulgari Ginza Bar, Tokyo
- High Five, Tokyo
- The St. Regis Bar, Jakarta
- Gong Gan, Seoul
- Asia Today, Bangkok
- The Bamboo Bar, Bangkok
- Sober Company, Shanghai
- Last Word, Singapore
- Wu (Nothingness), Taipei
- Charles H, Seoul
- Home, New Delhi
- Tell Camellia, Hong Kong
- Dry Wave Cocktail Studio, Bangkok
- Drinking & Healing, Ho Chi Minh City
- Moonrock, Tainan
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