Best bars in Philippines

A shoeshine-chair entrance leads to a Roaring Twenties-inspired hotel speakeasy serving handcrafted cocktails and specialty spirits in a smart-casual, smoke-free room.

Bonifacio Global City / Taguig · Roaring Twenties hotel speakeasy · site · IG

The Curator Coffee & Cocktails is a Makati venue serving specialty coffee by day. Tatler highlights its creative cocktails and hospitality; the saved profile does not establish when cocktail service begins.

Legazpi Village · Specialty coffee shop and cocktail bar · IG

Run Rabbit Run is a hidden Poblacion cocktail bar combining vintage warmth with intimate corners in its Six Axis Building home. The house style brings freshness, spice, heat and Filipino ingredients into modern signatures and reworked classics.

Hidden contemporary craft-cocktail bar · site · IG

On Jupiter Street in Makati, Problem Child builds ever-changing cocktail menus around a featured colour. A screen projects that colour in place of a traditional backbar; the drinks combine culinary technique with twists on classics.

Jupiter / Makati · Colour-led experimental cocktail bar · IG

In Poblacion, Lee Watson’s Spirits Library pairs rare bottles, vintage glassware and historic bar books with cocktails inspired by Charles Baker’s 1939 travelogue, The Gentleman’s Companion. The menu reimagines historic drinks with modern techniques; substantial food comes from sister restaurants Kampai and Nolita Joe’s.

Poblacion · Archive-inspired cocktail lounge · IG

ReCraft describes itself as an open-concept neighbourhood cocktail bar. Its owner profile currently lists daily service from 6pm until late.

Open-concept neighbourhood cocktail bar · IG

Oto pairs serious listening-room sound with playful modern cocktails in Poblacion.

Poblacion / Makati · Listening bar with modern, music-led cocktails · IG

Ito is a tiny Makati beverage-focused space with seven seats and five standing places, moving from specialty coffee and tea into cocktails and alcohol-free drinks.

Intimate coffee, tea and cocktail bar · site · IG

Fat Cat is a stripped-back, dimly lit Makati cocktail bar built around hospitality, jazz and easy conversation, serving classics and exploratory drinks including a Tarot-themed Major Arcana cocktail menu.

Intimate jazz-leaning cocktail bar · site · IG

Big Fuzz is a hidden Creekside Mall cocktail bar where music and sensory storytelling inform the drinks. Its compact, low-key setting suits a deliberate cocktail stop rather than a conventional mall-bar visit.

Hidden music-led cocktail bar · IG

A Melbourne-inspired all-day café and lounge that shifts from coffee and global comfort food into craft cocktails at night.

Alabang · All-day café and craft cocktail lounge · site · IG

The Grasshopper Bar is a compact Legazpi Village cocktail bar focused on drinks that draw on Filipino ingredients, paired with Filipino-rooted bar snacks.

Filipino-ingredient cocktail bar · IG

A lively pirate-ship-themed bar in Poblacion built around an extensive rum collection, inventive cocktails and food for sharing.

Pirate-themed rum and cocktail bar · site · IG

The Blind Pig is a discreet, dimly lit Makati speakeasy known for quiet conversation and classic, no-nonsense cocktails. Its bartenders also make bespoke drinks to a guest’s preferences, which suits the intimate room and bar-first experience.

Old-school intimate speakeasy cocktail bar · site

Bar by East is a design-forward Marikina cocktail bar that shares a daytime space with Emerging Architects Studio, pouring Filipino-inspired signatures and classics at night.

Design-forward cocktail bar · site · IG

LIT is a Serendra bar focused on Japanese whisky and international spirits, with cocktails and food in a relaxed late-evening setting.

Japanese-whisky-focused cocktail bar · IG