{"id":91370,"date":"2026-10-08T23:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91370"},"modified":"2026-10-08T23:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:56:07","slug":"worlds-50-best-bars-2026-hong-kongs-bar-leone-takes-top-spot-for-second-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91370","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s 50 Best Bars 2026: Hong Kong\u2019s Bar Leone takes top spot for second year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/08\/68ee2db9-3985-464b-9eab-76ea963fd140_343eddeb.jpg?itok=hqt9koGU&amp;v=1791440007\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Hong Kong\u2019s Bar Leone has been named the world\u2019s best bar for the second consecutive year, following its <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">No 3 placement in the Asia edition<\/span> of The 50 Best Bars list in July.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Italian cocktail bar, founded by Lorenzo Antinori and Justin Shun Wah in 2023, is known for its convivial atmosphere and impeccably made drinks rooted in classic mixology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The results for the global ranking of The 50 Best Bars \u2013 now in its 18th edition \u2013 were announced during a live ceremony held in Milan, Italy, on October 7.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The recognition caps off Bar Leone\u2019s impressive string of accolades since opening three years ago: it received <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Asia\u2019s Best Bar in 2024 and 2025<\/span>, but narrowly missed out on a hat trick this year, ceding the No 1 spot to Guangzhou\u2019s Hope &amp; Sesame.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3370143\/worlds-50-best-bars-2026-hong-kongs-bar-leone-retains-top-spot-second-year-row?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s Bar Leone has been named the world\u2019s best bar for the second consecutive year, following its No 3 placement in the Asia edition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2917,722,3569,5010,30153,5554,1252,1013,75,3117,791],"class_list":["post-91370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-bar","tag-bars","tag-hong","tag-kongs","tag-leone","tag-row","tag-spot","tag-takes","tag-top","tag-worlds","tag-year","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91370","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=91370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}