Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for January 8-10

Keep January dry with mocktails at Dragonfly and The Pontiac, courtesy of Seedlip and Crossip, or explore inventive cocktails with Quinary’s guest bar manager from Paris

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A number of Hong Kong bars have announced non-alcoholic drink menus. Photo: Handout

Published: 6:30pm, 7 Jan 2026

Those still in the running for their second week of a healthier, more sober January, rejoice! Bars such as The Pontiac and Dragonfly (with more to come) have announced non-alcoholic menus partnering with zero-ABV spirit makers like Seedlip and Crossip to ensure the party goes on especially for the health-conscious. In the meantime, Quinary rings in the new year with one of the first high-profile guest shifts of the year, as Bar 1802 arrives all the way from Paris.

Thursday, January 8

Quinary x Bar 1802

Quinary, Hong Kong’s molecular mixology home, ushers the new year in with a guest shift. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong’s first house of molecular mixology is hosting one of the first guest shifts of the year as it welcomes bar manager Donovan Chouari of Bar 1802 at the Hotel Monte Cristo Paris. The Parisian establishment specialises in rum, but Quinary promises that Chouari also brings “inventive uses of ingredients like gochujang, seaweed and persimmon”, which are much closer to home.

Where: 56-58 Hollywood Road, Central

When: 7pm-10pm

Friday, January 9

Dragonfly’s new mocktails

Hong Kong bar Dragonfly’s Muzo Emerald is a non-alcoholic homage to the Moscow Mule. Photo: Handout

Meeting friends in Central but keen to stick to your dry – or damp – January? Dragonfly has you sorted as the Ashley Sutton-designed hideout partners with Seedlip alcohol-free gin on two signatures.

The Tiffany Elixir focuses on Seedlip infused with butterfly pea flower, combined with pineapple juice, lemongrass and lavender syrup, for a vibrant twist on an Aviation. Meanwhile, the Muzo Emerald pays homage to the Moscow Mule, adding Seedlip to ginger beer, bergamot, honeydew melon and basil syrup.

Where: Shop 10-13, G01 & G03, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central

When: 12pm-2am

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