Macau's emerging cocktail scene
Cocktail culture in the city is looking to add its own flavour into the mix after years in the doldrums
Cocktail culture has shaken up bars the world over, but not Macau. However, a thirst for change is seeing a raft of new bars and nightclubs opening in the city.
“There needs to be change in Macau. From having worked here and the feedback I’m receiving people are starving for it,” says Zoltan Konczol, general manager of Heart Bar – a bar that is hoping to remedy the problem.
“Young people are holding parties in different places that few others know about, but people would like to have a popular bar and meeting point."
In the world’s other casino city, Las Vegas, gambling and drinking seem to be inseparable. In Macau, it’s a different picture. While the Chinese have become the world’s biggest consumers of red wine, they have been slow to acquire a taste for other alcoholic beverages.
There needs to be change in Macau. From having worked here and the feedback I’m receiving people are starving for it
“It’s only seven or eight years ago that Chinese wine consumption, especially at the top end, was hardly there at all. Now they dominate 20 per cent of the fine wine market globally,” says Benjamin Barraclough, director of beverage operations at Wynn Macau.