Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 list sees Hong Kong's Bar Leone take No 1 spot again
In 2024,
the Sheung Wan bar made a shocking debut on the list at number one – the only time in the history of the list that a new venue had grabbed the top spot in its first year.
The 2025 rankings, compiled through votes by a panel of industry players from the Asia region, were announced in the evening of July 15 at an awards ceremony held at the Wynn Palace resort in Macau.
During the Macau ceremony, Bar Leone founder Lorenzo Antinori took to the stage with his team members, Justin Shun Wah and
Wing Lo
Representatives from bars featured in the 2025 Asia's 50 Best Bars list celebrate at the awards ceremony at the Wynn Palace in Macau. Photo: Asia's 50 Best Bars
Wah said that the moment was especially meaningful to him because he was born in Hong Kong to a Macanese mother.
'This, for me, is something I would never have imagined. We could not be more happy. We couldn't be more surprised.
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