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Sheung Wan
West of Soho, Sheung Wan is an increasingly hip hood with some lower-key
cocktail bars and trendy speakeasies.
Wan Chai
While Wan Chai remains a byword for sleaze (and a long-standing port of call for
American sailors and GIs since the Vietnam War), it has cleaned its act up of late. Much of
the western part of the district offers lively, respectable bars, although hostess bars still line
Lockhart Rd.
Old Wan Chai
Inland from Wan Chai around Queen's Rd East behind the tram tracks, Old
Wan Chai is becoming another little epicentre of fine dining and sophisticated drinking.
Tsim Sha Tsui
If you head back from the bustle of Nathan Rd there are some nifty little bar
areas, such as the karaoke bar scene around Minden Rd and the food-and-drink ghetto along
Knutsford Tce in the north of Tsim Sha Tsui.
Lonely Planet's Top Choices
Globe
Spacious but cosy with fine imported beers and the first cask-conditioned ale brewed
in Hong Kong.
Executive Bar
Exclusive whisky and cocktail bar where you can catch some serious Japan-
ese mixology in action.
Club 71
Where all the activists, artists, musicians and the socially conscious go to rant and
revel.
Pawn
A gastropub housed in a historic pawn shop and three tenement houses overlooking
the tram tracks.
Best for Views
Sevva
See (both beautiful people and a beautiful harbour) and be seen atop the Prince's
Building.
Ozone
The highest bar in Asia.
Back Beach Bar
Overlooking a deserted Shek O beach.
Sugar
Dizzying views from atop an Island East hotel.
Intercontinental Lobby Lounge
Floor-to-ceiling glass overlooks Victoria Harbour.
Best for a Cuppa
Peninsula Hong Kong
The fanciest high tea in the territory.
Amical
Pocket-sized indy coffee shop in trendy Star St hood.
