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HONG KONG’S BAR LEONE NAMED ASIA’S BEST BAR AGAIN
By Siulan Law Mathews DipWSET
17-7-2025
Source: Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025
Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 was announced in an awards ceremony in Macau, Hong Kong’s Bar Leone again took the top spot.
Bar Leone is known for serving “cocktail popolari,” or cocktails for the people, and Italian sandwiches.
The menu features classics like the Negroni alongside creative takes on classics, like a Yuzu Negroni featuring gin, gentian aperitif, bianco vermouth and yuzu liqueur. The Filthy Martini is made with vodka and smoked olive brine.
Opened in summer 2023, Bar Leone is run by Lorenzo Antinori, who previously worked at bars including Argo in Hong Kong (currently no. 11 on Asia’s list) and Dandelyan in London.
Zest in Seoul, Jigger & Pony of Singapore, Bar Us of Bangkok and Dry Wave Cocktail Studio, also in Bangkok, rounded out the top five.
Bangkok leads the way with seven bars in the top 50. It is followed by Hong Kong with six bars and Singapore with five. Tokyo, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur each features four bars in the top 50.
Zest in Seoul and Jigger & Pony in Singapore both maintained their positions from last year, so there were no changes among the top three bars.
After that, the list saw a lot of movement. Bar Us in Bangkok jumped 17 places to take the title of the Best Bar in Thailand, and Bar Cham in Seoul upped its place from no. 20 to no. 6. Alice in Seoul was the highest climber of all, leaping 33 spots from last year to no.13 on the list.
Full list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025
1. Bar Leone, Hong Kong
2. Zest, Seoul
3. Jigger & Pony, Singapore
4. Bar Us, Bangkok
5. Dry Wave Cocktail Studio, Bangkok
6. Bar Cham, Seoul
7. Hope & Sesame, Guangzhou
8. Lair, New Delhi
9. Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
10. Penrose, Kuala Lumpur
11. Argo, Hong Kong
12. Modernhaus, Jakarta
13. Alice, Seoul
14. Smoke & Bitters, Hiriketiya
15. Three X Co, Kuala Lumpur
16. CMYK, Changsha
17. Coa, Hong Kong
18. Virtu, Tokyo
19. BKK Social Club, Bangkok
20. Vender, Taichung
21. MO Bar Shenzhen, Shenzhen
22. The St. Regis Bar, Jakarta
23. Offtrack, Singapore
24. Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
25. Yakoboku, Kumamoto
26. G.O.D in Bangkok
27. Penicillin, Hong Kong
28. Soka, Bengaluru
29. Vesper, Bangkok
30. Boilermaker, Goa
31. ZLB23, Bengaluru
32. The Savory Project, Hong Kong
33. Gokan, Hong Kong
34. Carrot Bar, Jakarta
35. Barc, Kathmandu
36. Punch Room, Tokyo
37. Bar Spirit Forward, Bengaluru
38. Cosmo Pony, Jakarta
39. Bar Trigona, Kuala Lumpur
40. The Public House, Taipei
41. To Infinity & Beyond, Taipei
42. Moonrock, Tainan
43. Opium, Bangkok
44. Cat Bite Club, Singapore
45. Native, Singapore
46. Lamp Bar, Nara
47. Reka, Kuala Lumpur
48. Bar Sathorn, Bangkok
49. Bar Libre, Tokyo
50. Le Chamber, Seoul
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