Culture & Consumption
How Hong Kong drinks, spends and goes out — the drinking culture, the market, and what's changing.
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Hong Kong's Drinking Fell 22% — the Global Gen Z Story Doesn't Explain Why
Per-capita drinking here is down 22 percent since 2017. IWSR's own tracking says Gen Z alcohol use is climbing, not falling — and the generation actually buying zero-proof drinks is millennials. What moved instead: day parties, run clubs and a cold-plunge membership sold out before it opened.
Hong Kong Now Has Seven Bars in Asia's Top 50; Singapore Has Four
Bar Leone's win at The World's 50 Best Bars in October 2025 sits inside a wider split: Hong Kong grew its footprint on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026 while Singapore's count fell from eleven bars to four. On the tougher global list, though, the two cities are tied.
Hong Kong's Japanese Bar Scene Runs From an Ice House to a Jazz Kissa
Sake specialists, Ginza-trained highball rooms and a 50 Best-ranked cocktail bar all point to the same city block. Here is where Hong Kong's Japanese bar culture actually lives right now.
Natural Wine in Hong Kong: How a Niche Became a Night Out
A zero-duty city built the trading hub. One Hollywood Road importer and a small run of bars built the actual scene — and it took sixteen years to get from cellar shelf to a table you'd book on a Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Craft Beer Scene Runs on Seven Working Breweries, Almost None of Them Open to the Public
Hong Kong's craft beer scene runs on seven or so working breweries, most of them shut to the public, and a handful of taprooms across the harbour that carry the name instead. Here's where the beer is actually made, and where it's actually poured.
Hong Kong Held Asia's Top Bar Spot for Five Years Running, Then Won the World's
Bar Leone's win at The World's 50 Best Bars in October 2025 came inside a run that saw Hong Kong top the regional list from 2021 to 2025 — a streak that ended in July 2026, when Guangzhou took over.
Hong Kong drinks 22% less than it did in 2017 — and its bars have never ranked higher
Hong Kong is drinking 22% less than it did in 2017. In the same window, one of its bars was named best in the world. This isn't a contradiction — it's a shakeout that left fewer, better rooms standing.
Hong Kong Lost a Tenth of Its Bars in 2025. The Survivors Are Smaller.
Roughly 120 bars closed in the first half of 2025 while Bar Leone became World's Best Bar and seven Hong Kong bars made Asia's 50 Best. SCMP's 2026 trend read names what's replacing the losses: neighbourhood over spectacle.