Despite this being the year Hong Kong hosted its first edition of World’s 50 Best Bars (with Asia’s 50 Best Bars held in nearby Macau), the scene as a whole suffers from headwinds stemming from declining interest in alcohol and dining out, combined with a significant price gap with the Greater Bay Area, to which tourists and weekend revellers are flocking, as the Post reported earlier this month.
Bars and restaurants close every year, but 2025 saw the closure of extremely recognisable venues that have been serving the city for anywhere between half of to beyond a decade. Foxglove, which celebrated a decade this year, closed its doors last week. The Daily Tot shuttered just a few weeks before that, preceded by Stockton (est. 2014) earlier in the year. Last year, Dr Fern’s Gin Parlour and Please Don’t Tell were closed to make way for major renovations at The Landmark, Mandarin Oriental. The Envoy, The Pottinger’s outdoor terrace bar, and its neighbouring speakeasy Room 309 also served their last drinks in 2024.
