Sauce, a barbershop and coffee spot by day, becomes the chrome-lined Dead Poets cocktail bar at night. Its Liquid Gallery menu draws on painters and visual artists, including Off Wave, a Hokusai-inspired drink with shochu and ube.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-28
Plan Your Visit
Shop 1, UG/F, King Ho Building, 41–49 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong KongCentral
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
28.3 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 64.9
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 55.1
- Serious press
- 12.2
- Social Vibes
- 57.4
Guest-shift adjustment · −15%
Our annual audit records 9 hosted guest-shift dates. The published rule reduces the composite above seven dates to favor a consistent core bar experience.
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
82/ 100
The existing 82/100 and high confidence are retained from the historical proprietary read dated 2026-09-08. This source check does not independently revalidate the score or confidence; cited links are not a count of verified customer voices.
Score context
Time Out describes Dead Poets’ barbershop-to-bar concept, artist-themed drinks and industrial setting, with a favourable view of its cocktails and prices. Wanderlog supplies an aggregated description rather than identifiable customer accounts in the returned text. These sources do not verify a current independent guest consensus.
Guest sources checked:
Source text checked 8 October 2026 through cached, parsed captures. Time Out is dated 9 June 2025; the Wanderlog sample’s stored 27 July 2025 date and author remain unverified. Publication is not a verified visit date.
The stored Wanderlog quotation could not be matched to a named, dated customer account in this check, so no quotation is shown.
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- timeout.comEditorial listing — Time Out · 9 June 2025
Exact Aberdeen Street editorial listing; photographer credits do not identify its writer.
Other cited sources
- wanderlog.comReview aggregator — no sample verified
Returned aggregate summary and ratings have no identifiable dated guest passages; totals do not verify sample or score.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 150 reviews.
The exact Dead Poets HK listing matches the audited Hong Kong venue and street address. The rating covers this named operation, not a parent hotel or nearby venue.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
No recorded global awards in the scored window.
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.
The Bartender's Edit
Peer recommendations from working bartenders. All editions are shown for context; only the strongest placement after recency decay contributes to the score.