Time Out Hong Kong 2025 Bar Guide is out now!
This year, we've picked out 50 of the best bars in Hong Kong that are worthy of your attention, along with a handful of venues over in Macau for your next weekend trip. We also took the chance to speak with the city's rising bar stars and put together a list of the latest bar openings in town (yes, we've crammed a lot in there).
The 2025 Time Out Hong Kong Bar Guide is now available for free starting June 10 at the listed venues below. Limited copies are available, so do ask each venue for more info.
Time Out Hong Kong 2025 Bar Guide free pick-up:
Bars 00125:00ApothecaryAqua SpiritArgoArtifact BarAvocaBar LeoneBourke'sBlue SupremeBrut!Call Me AlCaprice BarCardinal PointCoaCourtroomDarkSideDead PoetsDraft LandDragonflyFoxgloveGishiki LoungeGokanHonky Tonks TavernHouse Welley BarJames Suckling Wine CentralKinsmanLa Cabane Wine BistroLockdownMizunara: The LibraryMostly HarmlessOn The Hill Coffee BarOrchardPenicillinPing Pong 129 GintoneriaQuinaryQura BarSocioTell CamelliaTerrible BabyThe AubreyThe Blind SpotThe DispensaryThe DiplomatThe Green DoorThe Old Man Hong KongThe OppositesThe PontiacThe Savory ProjectThe St. Regis BarWhisky & WordsVesu Pizza BarYardleys Taproom
Restaurants and cafesAmberAmigoHabitū The OneCova Ristorante & Caffe (Festival Walk)Elephant Grounds (Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui)Greyhound Cafe (Festival Walk, Harbour City)Le Salon De Thé de Joël RobuchonLan Kwai Fong AssociationOVO CaféPret A Manger (Infinitus Plaza, Three Pacific Place, Lippo Centre, Harbour Centre)The Coffee Academics (Johnston Road)The Peak Lookout
Hotel (lobby) Best Western Hotel Harbour ViewCourtyard by MarriottCrowne Plaza Hong KongEast Hong KongGrand Hyatt Hong KongHyatt Centric Victoria Harbour Hong KongHoliday Inn Golden Mile Hong KongHotel IconHotel Pennington By RhombusThe Park Lane Hong Kong, a Pullman HotelHouse 1881Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, ShatinIbis Hong Kong Central And Sheung WanInterContinental Grand Stanford Hong KongIsland Shangri-La, Hong KongKerry Hotel, Hong KongThe Kowloon HotelThe Langham, Hong KongLanson Place Causeway Bay, Hong KongLodgewood by Nina Hospitality | Wan ChaiHotel Madera Hong KongMandarin Oriental, Hong KongMetropark Hotel KowloonNew World Millennium Hong KongNovotel Century Hong KongPrince Hotel, Hong KongRegal Hongkong HotelRegal Kowloon HotelRegal Riverside HotelRenaissance Hong Kong Harbour View HotelThe Royal GardenThe Royal Pacific Hotel & TowersRoyal Plaza HotelKowloon Shangri-La, Hong KongSheraton Hong Kong Hotel & TowersSohotel Hong KongThe Bauhinia Hotels & Serviced ApartmentsThe HarbourView PlaceThe Hari Hong KongThe Johnston SuitesThe Landmark Mandarin OrientalThe Luxe ManorMarco Polo Hong Kong HotelThe MurrayThe Olympian Hong KongThe Pottinger Hong KongThe Ritz-Carlton, Hong KongHong Kong SkyCity Marriott HotelOne-Eight-One Hotel & Serviced ResidencesDash Living on Queen'sOvolo Southside Hong KongThe Silveri Hong Kong - MGalleryAki Hong Kong – MGallery
Hotels (in-room) Butterfly on WellingtonThe Upper HouseHarbour Grand Hong KongPeninsula HotelW Hong KongCM + Hotels and Serviced Apartments
Macau bars and hotels 38 Lounge (Altira)CinebrewBlind TigerGoa NightsThe St. Regis Bar MacaoThe Macallan Whisky Bar & LoungeTwo MoonsVida Rica Bar, Mandarin Oriental Hotel MacauWood House
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