Visit these bartending guest shifts, cocktail dinners, and more to celebrate the best of cocktail culture as Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025 goes to Macau this July.

Macau may be better known for its lively casinos and tourism industries, but the city will see its cocktail scene get extremely lively with the global cocktail glitterati set to descend upon the city for Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025.

While the latest edition of the awards ceremony — which will be announced at Wynn Palace Macau on 15 July — is strictly trade only, the activities that surround it, particularly the guest shifts by visiting international and regional bartenders, will be largely open to the cocktail-loving public.

Cocktail enthusiasts will especially want to be hanging around Wynn Palace Macau, designated ground zero of most cocktail activations happening during this period — expect dozens of guest shifts at cocktail hideout Wing Lei Bar and Palace Reserve Club, for example, as well as various cocktail pop-ups and chef collaborations at lauded dining establishments such as award-winning Cantonese restaurant Chef Tam’s Seasons and Japanese restaurant Mizumi.

But that’s not all. There’s plenty happening across the pond in Hong Kong as well.

We’ve scrambled together this guide to the best bartending guest shifts and other cocktail-centric events happening around this Asia’s 50 Best Bars period in Macau — and Hong Kong — to help you drink and party well. We’ll be updating this as we get more details but in the meantime, ready your livers!

50 Best Signature Sessions

Saturday 12 July

  • [7pm] DRUNKEN FISH x MAYBE SAMMY (Sydney)

Bar Manager Hunter Gregory and Bar Director Paolo Maffietti of acclaimed Sydney bar Maybe Sammy (No.26, The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024) will bring its signature playful elegance to the experience, crafting bespoke cocktails that perfectly complement the innovative seafood creations by Executive Chef Henry Zhang of Wynn Macau’s immersive seafood restaurant Drunken Fish.

Sunday 13 July

  • [12pm to 1.30pm; 1.30pm to 3pm] SUSHI MIZUMI x MARTINY’S (New York)

An exclusive cocktail-pairing lunch featuring Takuma Watanabe of New York’s Martiny’s (No.24, The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024) shaking up Japanese riffs on classic cocktails, perfectly complemented by a selection of innovative Japanese delicacies specially curated by Executive Chef Hironori Maeda at Sushi Mizumi, the intimate 14-seat sushi bar at Wynn Palace. Two sessions available.

Ground zero for Asia's 50 Best Bars will be Wing Lei Bar in Wynn Palace Macau

Bar Showcases

Saturday 12 July

  • [7pm to 9pm] WING LEI BAR Showcase at Wynn Palace

Head Mixologist Mark Lloyd serves up a selection of Wing Lei Bar’s most memorable signature cocktails.

Wednesday 16 July

  • [7pm to 9pm] WING LEI BAR Showcase at Wynn Palace

Head Mixologist Mark Lloyd serves up a selection of Wing Lei Bar’s most memorable signature cocktails.

Gagan Gurung of Tell Camellia drops in at Wing Lei Bar for a guest shift during Asia's 50 Best Bars in Macau

Guest Shifts & Bar Takeovers

Friday 11 July

  • [From 6.30pm] Tatler Best Takeover Series: THE MACALLAN HOUSE in Hong Kong hosts JIGGER & PONY (Singapore)
  • [8pm till late] WING LEI BAR at Wynn Palace hosts BARC (Kathmandu), Tell Camellia (Hong Kong), and Courtroom (Hong Kong)

Bar stars 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 join forces in a cocktail pop-up celebrating their shared Nepali roots.

  • [7pm till late] MIZUMI at Wynn Palace, hosting SAKE CENTRAL (Hong Kong)

Honorary “Canadian Sake Samurai” and co-founder of Sake Central in Hong Kong, Elliott Faber, drops in behind the bar at MIZUMI with a menu of sake-centric cocktails.

Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July

  • [8pm till late] Keegan McGregor’s World Class Takeover at SW STEAKHOUSE, Wynn Palace

Keegan McGregor, crowned Diageo World Class 2024 champion, will be pouring up his award-winning drinks at SW Steakhouse highlighting the flavours of native Canada.

Saturday 12 July

  • [From 7pm] Tatler Best Takeover Series: LOBSTER BAR at Island Shangri-La hosts JIGGER & PONY (Singapore)
  • [9pm to 12am] Inventors’ Laboratory: Julio Bermejo x Sam Ross at WING LEI BAR in Wynn Palace

Bar industry icons Julio Bermejo (creator of Tommy’s Margarita) and Sam Ross (creator of the Penicillin and Paper Plane) meet up for a guest shift of perfected modern cocktails.

  • [10pm to 2am] Bar Pop-up: TERESA COCKTAIL BAR (Napier, NZ) x ZLB23 (Bengaluru) at PALACE RESERVE CLUB in Wynn Palace

Intimate drinking experience Teresa Cocktail Bar from Napier, New Zealand pops up alongside Bengaluru’s underground Kyoto-inspired speakeasy ZLB23 (No.40, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024).

Sunday 13 July

  • [3pm to 6pm] Wing Lei Bar Beach Club: HONKY TONKS TAVERN (Hong Kong) x POTATO HEAD BALI (Bali) at PALACE RESERVE CLUB in Wynn Palace

Hong Kong’s Nashville-inspired watering hole Honky Tonks Tavern (No.67, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) joins hands with Potato Head Bali to serve up sea and sun vibes alongside cocktails, live DJs sets and snacks.

  • [3pm to 9pm] Hong Kong Takeover: MOSTLY HARMLESS x ARTIFACT x THE PONTIAC x CALL ME AL at WING LEI BAR in Wynn Palace

Wing Lei Bar gets a Hong Kong cocktail glowup with this high-energy takeover for the ages with some of the shiniest cocktail stars from across the pond in rapid succession – Mostly Harmless (No.45, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Artifact from 3pm to 6pm, followed by a clash between The Pontiac and Call Me Al from 6pm to 9pm.

  • [4pm to 7pm] Campari Hospitality: COSMO PONY (Jakarta) x ATLAS (Singapore) at THE OPPOSITES (Hong Kong)

The Opposites in Hong Kong (No. 80, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025) is set to host Silvio Daniele and Marsya A. Soemantri of Jakarta’s Cosmo Pony alongside Nicholas Alexander and Sylvia Chong of Singapore’s ATLAS (No.43, World’s 50 Best Bars 2024) will offer a carefully crafted menu and signature Campari drinks, served alongside a curated selection of bites for a multi-sensory experience.

  • [7pm to 11pm] THE DAILY TOT (Hong Kong), hosting LAVANTHA (Kuala Lumpur)

Jon Lee and Brandon Tan of award-winning Kuala Lumpur cocktail bar Penrose will be slinging cocktails from Lavantha, their newly-opened cocktail spot, at Hong Kong rum temple The Daily Tot.

  • [7pm to late] Iichiko Takeover Series: ARTIFACT (Hong Kong) x 28 HONGKONG STREET (Singapore) and TOKYO CONFIDENTIAL (Tokyo) x CALL ME AL (Hong Kong)

Have twice the cocktail fun with this two-part takeover featuring shochu-focused cocktails, beginning with Lukas Kaufmann of Singapore’s 28 HongKong Street (No.78, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Rogerio Igarashi Vaz from Tokyo’s Bar Trench (No.25, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022) from 7pm to 10pm. Leading ladies Holly Graham and Beckaly Franks with their respective bars Tokyo Confidential (No.53, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) and Artifact/Call Me Al will follow up with tipples from 10pm to late.

  • [From 8pm] The Best Bars in China at CARDINAL POINT (Hong Kong)

Catch some of Shanghai’s biggest cocktail names — CMYK, Bar Blanc, and Pony Up — for a one night only takeover at Hong Kong’s acclaimed rooftop bar, Cardinal Point.

  • [8pm to 11pm] Mr. Black Presents: OFFTRACK (Singapore) at SW Steakhouse in Wynn Palace

An eye-opening pop-up of craft cocktails from Singapore’s music-centric bar and restaurant Offtrack (No.25, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) fuelled by Mr. Black Coffee Liqueur.

  • [8pm to 11pm] THE POET (Hong Kong) to host BOOK ING BAR (Taipei)
  • [9pm to 1am] North American West Coast Road Trip: LAOWAI (Vancouver) x THUNDERBOLT (Los Angeles) x PACIFIC COCKTAIL HAVEN (San Francisco)

A cocktail-driven journey through some of North America’s best, featuring teams from Laowai, a 1920s Shanghai inspired speakeasy in Vancouver (No.67, North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025); SoCal-style hotspot Thunderbolt from Los Angeles (No.24, North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025); and San Francisco’s welcoming Pacific Cocktail Haven (No.16, North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025).

  • [10pm to 2am] Best of British: WING LEI BAR (Macau) x SCHOFIELD’S BAR (Manchester) x KWÃNT MAYFAIR (London) x HEY PALU (Edinburgh) at Palace Reserve Club in Wynn Palace

Five of United Kingdom’s bartending legends converge for a night of cocktail excellence, with 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), soundtracked by a live DJ set of everyone’s favourite Britpop moments.

Desiree Jane of Sago House

Monday 14 July

  • [1pm to 7pm] Wing Lei Bar Aperitivo Canto presented by Campari at WING LEI BAR in Wynn Palace

Featuring an extensive lineup spanning Marco Dongi from Bar Sathorn, Bangkok; Matteo Cadeddu from Opium, Bangkok (No.73, 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 Singapore’s Idle Hands, plus Cantonese fusion snacks by Cantonese master chef Tam Kwok Fung as well as a live DJ, this is sure to be an Italian takeover not to be. missed.

  • [4pm to 7pm] Disco Leone at BAR LEONE (Hong Kong)

Bar Leone (No.1, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) brings its Disco Leone party set back home after a successful first edition in Singapore. This high-energy event will see Bar Leone swap its neighbourhood bar settings for retro-futuristic vibes, with the dance floor fuelled by delicious pizza, and electrifying disco beats and bold Campari cocktails from co-founder Lorenzo Antinori along with Lorenzo Querci and Giovanni Allario of Milan’s Moebius (No.38, The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024) as well as Faramarz Poosty and Head Bartender Alessandro Mengoni of Florence’s Locale Firenze (#36, The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024).

  • [7pm till late] THE AUBREY (Hong Kong) & PENROSE (Kuala Lumpur) Sake Takeover at MIZUMI in Wynn Palace

Bar Manager Stefano Bussi of Hong Kong’s self-proclaimed eccentric Japanese izakaya, The Aubrey (No.10, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024), is teaming up with Kuala Lumpur’s Penrose (No.8, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024 and winner of the Highest Climber Award) owner Jon Lee to serve sake-forward craft libations at Wynn Palace’s one-MICHELIN-starred Mizumi. Stefano will run the show first from 7pm to 9pm, followed by Jon from 9pm to 11pm.

  • [8pm to 11pm] Battle of the Houses: SAGO HOUSE (Singapore) and JING BAR at The Temple House (Chengdu) at SW STEAKHOUSE in Wynn Palace

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 will be pouring up drinks by the two great houses for one unforgettable evening.

  • [From 10pm] Cocktail Club Night at THE DIPLOMAT (Hong Kong) featuring BAE’S COCKTAIL CLUB (Singapore)

Beverage director Boo Jing Heng and head bartender Leona Lee of Singapore’s Bae Cocktail Club puts in this guest shift at Hong Kong’s The Diplomat complete with late-night DJ spins.

  • [11pm to 2am] House Party at THE ST. REGIS BAR in THE ST. REGIS MACAU featuring JIGGER & PONY (Singapore)

Singapore’s award-winning Jigger & Pony (No. 3 on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) drops in to craft an exceptional selection of artisanal cocktails for an evening of unparalleled elegance and spirited revelry.

Chef Kyung-kwan Min of Seoul's Born & Bred does a collaboration dinner at SW Steakhouse during Asia's 50 Best Bars in Macau

Collaboration Pairings & Cocktail Dinners

Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July

  • [7pm] SW STEAKHOUSE at Wynn Palace, hosting BORN & BRED (Seoul)

A four-hands dinner featuring Korean fare by Executive Chef Kyung-hwan Min from Seoul’s hanwoo beef haven Born & Bred (No.51, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025) and American surf-and-turf cabaret SW Steakhouse’s Executive Chef Helder Sequeira Amaral for two nights.

  • [7pm] LAKEVIEW PALACE at Wynn Palace, hosting YONG FU (Hong Kong) and TELL CAMELLIA (Hong Kong) for Tea-Tales 

Tea lovers, this one’s for you – LAKEVIEW PALACE is set to host a cocktail-paired dinner featuring drinks from Hong Kong’s temple of tea cocktails, Tell Camellia (No.97, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) that will be thoughtfully paired with exquisite Ningbo cuisine by Executive Chef Liu Zhen from Hong Kong’s MICHELIN-starred restaurant Yong Fu and modern Jiangnan cuisine by Lakeview Palace’s own Executive Chef Kevin Zhu.

  • [6pm] CHEF TAM’S SEASONS at Wynn Palace, hosting Bar Mood (Taipei)

This cocktail-paired dinner featuring a curated menu of creative drinks from bartender Nick Wu of Taipei’s legendary Bar Mood (No.37, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024) served alongside refined award-winning 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).

Sunday 12 July

  • [9pm to 12am] DRUNKEN FISH at Wynn Macau, hosting KINSMAN (Hong Kong)

Sippers and snacks featuring Cantonese-inspired drinks by the Kinsman team from Hong Kong served alongside delectable snacks from Chef Henry Zhang of Wynn Macau’s immersive dining venue Drunken Fish.

Tuesday 15 July

  • [1pm] CHEF TAM’S SEASONS x MASQUE (Mumbai) x SIDECAR (New Delhi) at CHEF TAM’S SEASONS in Wynn Palace

Acclaimed Chef Tam Kwok Fung of Chef Tams’ Seasons (No.9, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 and No.72, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025) partners up with Head Chef Varun Totlani of modern Indian cuisine restaurant Masque (No.19, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025) for an ingredients-driven four-hands collaboration, paired with libations by Lopsang Galchen Lama and Yangdup Lama from the famed New Delhi drinking outpost Sidecar (No.84, Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2024).

Friday 18 July and Saturday 19 July

  • [7pm] DRUNKEN FISH x MINISTRY OF CRAB (Sri Lanka) at DRUNKEN FISH in Wynn Macau

A two-night-only collaboration dinner featuring the famous mud crab focused fare by Chef Dharshan Munidasa of Sri Lankan-born restaurant Ministry of Crab (No.58, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025) and sensational seafood dishes prepared by Executive Chef Henry Zhang of Wynn Macau’s immersive dining venue Drunken Fish.

Myungkyu Kim of Seoul's Bar Myung to sling cocktails at the afterparty

Opening, Closing, and After Parties

Saturday 12 July

  • [10.30pm to 2am] Unofficial Opening Party for Asia’s 50 Best Bars at THE AUBREY (Hong Kong) featuring HAPPY ACCIDENTS (Albuquerque), ARTESIAN (London), PS40 (Sydney), MANHATTAN (Singapore)

Party like the awards week just started with four cocktail bars dropping on The Aubrey, with Kate Gerwin from Happy Accidents (Albuquerque), Giulia Cuccurullo from Artesian (London), Michael Chiem from PS40 (Sydney),  and Riccardo Lugano from Manhattan (Singapore) come together and sling cocktails to kick off Asia’s 50 Best Bars week.

Sunday 13 July

  • [5pm to 10pm] The Kickoff Party at HONKY TONKS TAVERN (Hong Kong)

Another unofficial opening party for Asia’s 50 Best Bars, this do at Honky Tonks Tavern in Hong Kong will gather Penrose (Kuala Lumpur), Sober Company (Shanghai), The Bamboo Bar (Bangkok) and Tropic City (Bangkok) for the ultimate cocktail pre-game.

Tuesday 15 July

  • [10pm to 2am] The Art of Mixology at THE ST. REGIS BAR MACAU

Celebrating the aftermath of the Asia’s 50 Best Bars award announcements will be The St. Regis Bar in St. Regis Macau with an exquisite collaborative showcase featuring four of Asia’s acclaimed bars — Cat Bite Club (Singapore), Reka:Bar (Kuala Lumpur), Soko (Seoul) and Vesper (Bangkok).

  • [2am] After Party presented by Perrier and Nikka at PALACE RESERVE CLUB in Wynn Palace

The after party celebration of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2025, featuring Riccardo Rossi from Freni e Frizioni in Rome (No.53, The 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.

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