{"id":71402,"date":"2026-07-24T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71402"},"modified":"2026-07-24T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:20:00","slug":"the-best-guest-shifts-in-hong-kong-and-macau-amid-asias-50-best-bars-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71402","title":{"rendered":"The best guest shifts in Hong Kong and Macau amid Asia\u2019s 50 Best Bars 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">All of Hong Kong and Macau are gearing up for a week of mixology festivities as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Asia\u2019s 50 Best Bars<\/span> looks to descend on our sister SAR for its second year, announcing this year\u2019s list next Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">In the days before and after, both Macau and Hong Kong will be flush with the region\u2019s top mixologists, either here to receive awards or soak in the cities \u2013 or to take over many of our city\u2019s world-class bars. From mega shifts like at <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Argo<\/span> or Wing Lei Bar to unique one-off shifts featuring bars from Mongolia, Nepal, Phnom Penh and, of course, Singapore, Bangkok and Seoul, here are the guest shifts this week you don\u2019t want to miss.<\/div>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">Friday, July 24<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 type=\"h4\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-1xqmoxd e1pqa4re0\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">Green Room x Three x Co<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Green Room at Upper House Hong Kong. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/23\/9ebfc8c1-d6fe-45f6-a4d2-a931f1075060_62b71328.jpg\" title=\"Green Room at Upper House Hong Kong. Photo: Handout\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Green Room at Upper House Hong Kong. Photo: Handout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ranked the No 15 best bar in Asia last year, Kuala Lumpur\u2019s Three X Co is heading all the way up to the 49th floor of Upper House to take over Green Room for one night only. Represented this time by bar manager Rachel Hor and senior bartender Chris Ang, Three X Co focuses on contemporary cocktails such as those from its IndiVDuality menu. The Quiet Quinn riffs on the martini with a Tanqueray 10 base, a chrysanthemum infusion and Yzaguirre Dry Reserva Spanish vermouth, topped with orange bitters and grapefruit zest.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">Where:<\/strong> Green Room, 49\/F, Upper House Hong Kong, Admiralty<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">When:<\/strong> 6.30pm-9.30pm<\/p>\n<h4 type=\"h4\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-1xqmoxd e1pqa4re0\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">The Local Pour \u2013 Dara x Flair Up<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1fv8jrk e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dara, a Filipino restaurant and bar in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/23\/77e18a59-46ce-417c-8b98-d2839e17fa04_b0ab895b.jpg\" title=\"Dara, a Filipino restaurant and bar in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Dara, a Filipino restaurant and bar in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Dara, celebrated for its modern Filipino dishes and vibrant neighbourhood atmosphere, is teaming up with \u201cflairtender\u201d Washam Limbu for a special collaboration titled The Local Pour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/100-top-tables\/article\/3361599\/best-guest-shifts-hong-kong-and-macau-amid-asias-50-best-bars-2026?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of Hong Kong and Macau are gearing up for a week of mixology festivities as Asia\u2019s 50 Best Bars looks to descend on our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4876,722,10285,3569,5231,5600,11658],"class_list":["post-71402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-asias","tag-bars","tag-guest","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-macau","tag-shifts","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}