The 10th edition of Asia’s 50 Best Bars takes place this year in Macao at Wynn Resorts. The awards ceremony will take place on 15 July, but there are many subsidiary events across the city taking place in the lead up and aftermath of the important day, kicking off this Friday 11 July up until 19 July. Expect guest shifts from industry heavyweights as well as collaborations between renowned international bars and leading local culinary institutions.
Last year’s award ceremony took place in Hong Kong, where Hong Kong’s Bar Leone took the number one spot for Asia’s 50 Best Bars, while Macao’s St Regis Bar proudly took number 22 on the coveted list.
Without further ado, this is the ultimate guide to what’s happening during Asia’s 50 Best Bars this month.
The Gallery x Bathe Coffee
Sip coffee cocktails poured by Weiqin Li, a Chinese champion of the World Coffee and Spirits Championship, from Shanghai’s boutique coffee shop Bathe Coffee.
Venue: The Gallery, Macao Fisherman’s Wharf
Date: 11 July
Time: 9 pm to midnight
SW Steakhouse x Born & Bred x Keegan McGregor
Executive chef Kyung-hwan Min from Seoul’s hanwoo beef specialists Born & Bred (No. 51, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025) collaborates with American surf-and-turf restaurant SW Steakhouse’s executive chef, Helder Sequeira Amaral, for two nights only on 11 and 12 July. At the same time, Keegan McGregor (Diageo World Class 2024 Champion) will be serving up his award-winning drinks, infusing Canadian flavours in his creations.
Venue: SW Steakhouse, Wynn Palace
Date: 11-12 July
Time: Chefs from 7 pm, Keegan McGregor from 8 pm
Lakeview Palace x Yong Fu x Tell Camellia Tea-tales
Indulge in a cocktail-paired dinner featuring drinks from Hong Kong’s tea cocktail haven Tell Camellia (No. 97, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), meticulously paired with Ningbo cuisine by executive chef Liu Zhen from Hong Kong’s Michelin starred restaurant Yong Fu, and modern Jiangnan cuisine by executive chef Kevin Zhu of Lakeview Palace, for two nights on 11 and 12 July.
Venue: Lakeview Palace, Wynn Palace
Date: 11-12 July
Time: 7 pm
Elliot Faber takes over Mizumi
The “Canadian Sake Samurai” and co-founder of Sake Central in Hong Kong is in town to work his magic with sake cocktails.
Venue: Mizumi, Wynn Palace
Date: 11 July
Time: 7 pm till late
Nepal’s Finest: Barc x Tell Camellia x Courtroom
Nepalese mixologists from Kathmandu’s Barc (No. 39, Asia 50 Best Bars 2024) and Hong Kong venues Tell Camellia (No. 97, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Courtroom come together to mix things up.
Venue: Wing Lei Bar, Wynn Palace
Date: 11 July
Time: 8 pm till late
The Ritz Carlton x Sober Company
Shingo Sasaki is bringing the signature cocktails of Shanghai’s Sober Company (No. 39 on World’s Best Bars 2021) to the Ritz Carlton.
Venue: The Ritz Carlton, Galaxy Macau
Date: 12 July
Time: 8 pm till late
The Gallery x Paul Zhang
Local mixologist Paul Zhang (2017 Beefeater MIXLDN Global Bartender Competition Contest Challenge Winner) will be creating tea-infused cocktails for you to enjoy.
Venue: The Gallery, Macao Fisherman’s Wharf
Date: 12 July
Time: 9 pm to midnight
Chef Tam’s Seasons x Bar Mood
A cocktail-paired dinner featuring out-of-the-box drinks from bartender Nick Wu of Taipei’s Bar Mood (No. 37, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) will be served with seasonal Cantonese cuisine by executive chef Tam Kwok Fung of Chef Tam’s Seasons (No. 9, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 and No. 72, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025) in an event sponsored by condiment maker Lee Kum Kee
Venue: Chef Tam’s Seasons, Wynn Palace
Date: 12 July
Time: 6 pm
Wing Lei Bar Showcase: Mark Lloyd
Wing Lei Bar’s very own head mixologist Mark Lloyd will be serving up the bar’s most iconic cocktails.
Venue: Wing Lei Bar, Wynn Palace
Date: 12 and 16 July
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm on 12 July; 3 pm to 5 pm on 16 July
Inventors’ Laboratory: Julio Bermejo x Sam Ross
Julio Bermejo, the creator of Tommy’s Margarita and Sam Ross, the creator of Penicillin and Paper Plane, take the helm at Wing Lei Bar for one night only.
Venue: Wing Lei Bar, Wynn Palace
Date: 12 July
Time: 9 pm to midnight
Bar Pop-up: Teresa Cocktail Bar x ZLB23
Kiwi meets Kyoto in this intimate bar pop-up between Teresa Cocktail Bar from Napier, New Zealand and Bengaluru’s Kyoto-inspired speakeasy bar ZLB23 (No. 40, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024).
Venue: Palace Reserve Club, Wynn Palace
Date: 12 July
Time: 10 pm to 2 am
The Ritz Carlton x Sober Company x One or Two
Shingo Sasaki of Shanghai’s Sober Company (No. 39 on World’s Best Bars 2021) is back for another night at the Ritz Carlton with Andy Chu of Melbourne’s whiskey and cocktail bar, One or Two.
Venue: The Ritz Carlton, Galaxy Macau
Date: 13 July
Time: 8 pm till late
The Gallery x Aqua Bar
Ryan Dela Vega from Bangkok’s Aqua Bar presents a series of classic and creative fruit-infused cocktails infused with Highland Park whiskey.
Venue: The Gallery, Macao Fisherman’s Wharf
Date: 13 July
Time: 9 pm to midnight
The Counter Series 10 x Hope & Sesame
Known for using traditional Chinese liqueurs, plants and spices, Guangzhou’s Hope & Sesame (No. 14 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) is taking over Vida Rica for one night only.
Venue: Vida Rica Bar, Mandarin Oriental
Date: 13 July
Time: From 7:30 pm onwards
A fusion of Korean precision and Bangkok rooftop glamour
Experience a dynamic collaboration between Thirawat Kailaihong, assistant bar manager from Bangkok’s ABar Rooftop who will pour tropical charm while Jin from Seoul’s Mix Lab mixes up bold Korean flavours with scientific precision and creative flair.
Venue: Living Room, W Macau Studio City
Date: 13 July
Time: From 8:30 pm onwards
A trip to Shanghai: Eco-Conscious Mixology Meets Molecular Innovation
Shanghai’s Dentree is the world’s first carbon-neutral bar and the first eco-friendly bar in China, and Dentree’s Gary Hu and Jerry Zhao are taking over Blind Tiger for one night only with unique cocktails that use local produce to create playful combinations.
Venue: Blind Tiger, W Macau Studio City
Date: 13 July
Time: From 8:30 pm onwards
50 Best Signature Session: Sushi Mizumi x Martiny’s
Indulge in cocktails over lunch at the intimate 14-seat sushi bar at Wynn Palace, where Takuma Watanabe of New York’s Martiny’s (No. 24, World’s 50 Best Bars 2024) will be infusing classic cocktails with Japanese flavours while Sushi Mizumi’s executive chef Hironori Maeda prepares a selection of exquisite delicacies.
Venue: Sushi Mizumi, Wynn Palace
Date: 13 July
Time: 12 pm to 1:30 pm; 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Hong Kong Takeover: Mostly Harmless x Artifact x The Pontiac x Call Me Al
Our sister SAR’s renowned bars are shaking things up in the afternoon with a collab between Mostly Harmless (No. 45, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Artifact from 3 pm to 6 pm, followed by the Pontiac and Call Me Al from 6 pm to 9 pm.
Venue: Wing Lei Bar, Wynn Palace
Date: 13 July
Time: 3 pm to 9 pm
Wing Lei Bar Beach Club: Honky Tonks Tavern x Potato Head Bali
Hong Kong’s Nashville-inspired watering hole Honky Tonks Tavern (No. 67, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Bali’s Potato Head are bringing the beach to the bar with summery cocktails, live DJs and snacks.
Venue: Palace Reserve Club, Wynn Palace
Date: 13 July
Time: 3 pm to 6 pm
iichicko Takeover Series: Tokyo Confidential x Call Me Al/Artifact x 28 HongKong Street x Bar Trench
Shochu cocktails take centre stage at Japanese restaurant Mizumi, where Lukas Kaufmann and Rogerio Igarashi Vaz of Singapore’s 28 HongKong Street (No. 78, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Tokyo’s Bar Trench (No. 25, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022) take over from 7pm to 10pm. Then Holly Graham and Beckaly Franks, with their respective bars Tokyo Confidential (No. 53, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024 ) and Artifact/Call Me Al, take over from 10 pm till late.
Venue: Mizumi, Wynn Palace
Date: 13 July
Time: 7 pm till late
Drunken Fish x Kinsman
Head to Drunken Fish for Cantonese-inspired drinks by the Hong Kong cocktail bar Kinsman, paired with snacks by Chef Henry Zhang.
Venue: Drunken Fish, Wynn Macau
Date: 13 July
Time: 9 pm to 12 am
Mr. Black Presents: Offtrack
Sip craft cocktails (fuelled by Mr. Black Coffee Liqueur) from Singapore’s music bar and restaurant Offtrack (No. 25, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024).
Venue: SW Steakhouse, Wynn Palace
Date: 13 July
Time: 8 pm to 11 pm
North American West Coast Road Trip: Laowai x Thunderbolt x Pacific Cocktail Haven
Some of North America’s best bars are coming to shake things up for one night only. Expect mixologists from Laowai, a 1920s Shanghai inspired speakeasy in Vancouver (No. 67, North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025); Thunderbolt, a SoCal hotspot from Los Angeles (No. 24, North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025); and San Francisco’s acclaimed Pacific Cocktail Haven (No.16, North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025).
Venue: Wing Lei Bar, Wynn Palace
Date: 13 July
Time: 9 pm to 1 am
Best of British: Wing Lei Bar x Schofield’s Bar x Kwãnt Mayfair x Hey Palu
The Brits are in town and they know their booze – featuring Mark Lloyd (Wing Lei Bar, Macao), Joe Schofield and Daniel Schofield (Schofield’s Bar, Manchester), Alex Palumbo (Hey Palu, Edinburgh) and Erik Lorincz (Kwãnt Mayfair, London, No. 52, The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024). Expect Britpop classics from the DJ.
Venue: Palace Reserve Club, Wynn Palace
Date: 13 July
Time: 10 pm to 2 am
Bar Patuá x Craftroom
Ryu Fujii, owner and master mixologist of Osaka’s Craftroom (No. 58 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025) will be serving up exquisite tea cocktails for one night only.
Venue: Bar Patuá, MGM Cotai
Date: 14 July
Time: 9 pm to midnight
The Gallery x Tiger Irene Leung
Tiger Irene Leung, former head bartender and bar manager of Hope & Sesame, will be serving up smoky cocktails using Monkey Shoulder whiskey.
Venue: The Gallery, Macao Fisherman’s Wharf
Date: 14 July
Time: 9 pm to midnight
Stardom: A celebration for bar aficionados
A gathering of international industry heavyweights will grace Vida Rica Bar on 14 July, featuring Lawrence Li and Mark Huang from Taipei’s Hiboru, Ethan Liu from Changsha’s Cmyk (No. 43 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), Shingo Gokan from Shanghai’s Speak Low (No. 32 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2021), Tiger Chang from MO Bar, Kate Gerwin from Albuquerque’s Happy Accidents and Kabir Suharan from Pantja (No. 27 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024)
Venue: Vida Rica Bar, Mandarin Oriental
Date: 14 July
Time: 7 pm to midnight
Bold, umami-driven storytelling from Seoul
Jihoon Kim from Seoul’s Malt + Mixology Space is truly shaking things up by making umami-focused cocktails – masala, wasabi and clam soup are ingredients that you will find in Kim’s experimental cocktails.
Venue: Living Room, W Macau Studio City
Date: 14 July
Time: From 8:30 pm onwards
Singaporean sustainability
Christina Rassmussen from Singapore’s Fura (No. 42, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024 and Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award 2024) is a Danish-American chef and forager whose cocktails are forward-thinking and boundary-pushing. Ever had a cocktail with cultured Japanese quail?
Venue: Blind Tiger, W Macau Studio City
Date: 14 July
Time: From 8:30 pm onwards
Adventures in the Cavern – Bar Cham x Alice x Le Chamber x Pine & Co
Eight award-winning Korean mixologists from Seoul will showcase their talents, featuring Byungjin Lim and Yeonghwi Yun from Bar Cham (No. 20 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), Terry Kim and Mason Park from Alice (No. 46 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), Jae-jin Lim and Louis Eom from Le Chamber (No. 48 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), and Duui Hong and Beomsuk Park from Pine & Co (No. 50 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024).
Venue: Long Bar, The Raffles at Galaxy Macau
Date: 14 July
Time: 8:30 pm to 12:30 am
Wing Lei Bar Aperitivo Canto presented by Campari
Enjoy aperitivo paired with Chinese fusion snacks created by master chef Tam Kwok Fung in this extensive lineup of mixologists featuring Marco Dongi from Bar Sathorn, Bangkok; Matteo Cadeddu from Opium, Bangkok (No. 3, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024); Filippo Sanchi from Bar S-OTTO, Shanghai; Wing Lo from Bar Leone, Hong Kong (No.1, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024); Lorenzo Querci and Giovanni Allario from Moebius, Milan (No. 38, the World’s 50 Best Bars 2024); and Jay Gray from Idle Hands.
Venue: Wing Lei Bar, Wynn Palace
Date: 14 July
Time: 1 pm to 7 pm
The Aubrey & Penrose Sake Takeover
Bar Manager Stefano Bussi from Hong Kong’s eccentric Japanese izakaya the Aubrey (No.10, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) will be slinging sake-focused cocktails alongside Jon Lee, the owner of Kuala Lumpur’s Penrose (No. 8, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024 and winner of the Highest Climber Award) at Wynn Palace’s Michelin-starred Mizumi.
Venue: Mizumi, Wynn Palace
Date: 14 July
Time: 7 pm to late
Battle of the Houses
Desiree Jane from Sago House in Singapore (No. 15 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Nick Lappen from Jing Bar at the Temple House in Chengdu are taking over the SW Steakhouse for a night.
Venue: SW Steakhouse, Wynn Palace
Date: 14 July
Time: 8 pm to 11 pm
The Art of Mixology
The St Regis Bar presents a collaboration with four internationally acclaimed Asian bars, featuring mixologists from Singapore’s Cat Bite Club (No. 56 on World’s 50 Best Bars 2024), Kuala Lumpur’s Reka (No. 41 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), Seoul’s Soko (No. 46 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars) and Vesper (No. 85 on World’s 50 Best Bars 2024, No. 13 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024).
Venue: The St Regis Bar, The St Regis Macao
Date: 15 July
Time: 10 pm to 2 am
Chef Tam’s Seasons x Masque x Sidecar
Acclaimed chef Tam Kwok Fung of Chef Tams’ Seasons (No. 9, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 and No. 72, World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025) joins forces with Head Chef Varun Totlani of modern Indian restaurant Masque (No. 19, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025), their menu paired with cocktails by Lopsang Galchen Lama and Yangdup Lama from New Delhi’s Sidecar (No. 84, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024).
Venue: Chef Tam’s Seasons, Wynn Palace
Date: 15 July
Time: 1 pm
After Party presented by Perrier & Nikka
The after party celebration of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 features Riccardo Rossi from Freni e Frizioni in Rome (No. 53, World’s 50 Best Bars 2024), Darren Lim from Vender in Taichung (No. 30, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), Myung Kyu Kim from Bar Myung in Seoul, and Nikita Matveev from Dead Poets in Hong Kong.
Venue: Palace Reserve Club, Wynn Palace
Date: 15 July
Time: After the awards ceremony till 2 am
Bar Patuá x Native
Known for serving up cocktails that use local ingredients, Yong Wei, head bartender of Singapore’s Native (No. 31 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025), will be taking over the Macanese-inspired bar for one night only.
Venue: Bar Patuá, MGM Cotai
Date: 16 July
Time: 9 pm to 1 am
The Ritz Carlton x Nê Cocktail Bar x Stir Modern Classic Cocktail
Lam Duc Anh of Stir Modern Classic Cocktail (No. 58 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Ngo Kim Uyen (Winner of World Class Vietnam 2024) from Nê Cocktail Bar are bringing the best of Vietnamese cocktails to Macao.
Venue: The Ritz Carlton, Galaxy Macau
Date: 17 July
Time: 8 pm till late
Drunken Fish x Ministry of Crab
Enjoy a special two-night collaboration dinner showcasing exquisite mud crab dishes crafted by chef Dharshan Munidasa of the renowned Sri Lankan Ministry of Crab (ranked No. 58 in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025), alongside spectacular seafood creations by executive chef Henry Zhang of Wynn Macau’s Drunken Fish.
Venue: Drunken Fish, Wynn Macau
Date: 18 – 19 July
Time: 7 pm
