Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 20-22

Sip Jakarta’s best at The St. Regis Bar, try classic New Orleans cocktails at DarkSide and Filipino food-and-drink pairings by Dara at Not 2 Sweet

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The St. Regis Bar Jakarta’s Paulo Naranjo will work a guest shift at The St. Regis Bar Hong Kong, featuring this Lawyer’s Sour Deal cocktail. Photo: Handout

Published: 6:15pm, 19 Mar 2025

It’s guest shifts galore this weekend with many bars across Hong Kong hosting guests for unique collaborations that should make this weekend’s bar crawl diverse and compelling. We don’t have space for all of them in our round-up, so we’ve selected the most unique and appealing: Paulo Naranjo coming to the St. Regis Bar, Darkside getting down and dirty with New Orleans-based Jewel of the South, and Peel Street upstart Not 2 Sweet emphasising local connections by hosting Dara.

Thursday, March 20

The St. Regis Bar hosts Paulo Naranjo

The St. Regis Bar Hong Kong will host St Regis Bar Jakarta’s Paulo Naranjo, bar and beverage manager of The St. Regis Bar Jakarta. Photo: Handout

What: The St. Regis Hong Kong kicks off this weekend hosting bar and beverage manager Paulo Naranjo from its sister establishment in Jakarta, which ranked 88th in Asia’s Best Bars for 2024. Naranjo will be working with Don Julio Por Amor to bring two signatures from Jakarta to thirsty drinkers here in Hong Kong. Look forward to the Lawyer’s Sour Deal, which adds white rum, sour grapefruit liqueur, pomelo and lemon to tequila, or A Settled Trader, which creates a medley of flavours using Don Julio Blanco Cinnamon with amaretto, Palo Cortado sherry, lemon and cream of coconut.

Where: 2/F, The St. Regis Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Drive, Wan Chai

When: 7-11pm

Friday, March 21

“Front Row” at DarkSide with Jewel of the South

Chris Hannah from New Orleans’ Jewel of the South will mix up cocktails at DarkSide for two nights this weekend. Photo: Handout

What: From one side of Victoria Harbour to another. Rosewood Hong Kong’s latest series of special experiences for its anniversary month includes a guest shift all the way from Louisiana and the banks of the Mississippi River.

For two nights, the hotel’s premier cocktail bar, DarkSide, hosts Jewel of the South, an establishment that celebrates New Orleans’ storied bar culture – originator of numerous classic cocktails like the Vieux Carré, Sazerac, Ramos Gin Fizz, Grasshopper and more – and which ranks among the world’s very best. Representing the visiting establishment is co-founder Chris Hannah, who’ll be serving five unique cocktails on the night.

Where: Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

When: 8.30-11pm