Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 15-17
Sip on CMYK cocktails at Mhp, enjoy regional bar takeovers at Sips by the Sea, and discover new distilleries at the Whisky Festival
This weekend, venture out to Tsim Sha Tsui or Taikoo Shing for your bar happenings as CMYK from Changsha takes over Mhp by Tong Chong Street Market. Across the harbour, Hong Kong’s annual whisky festival will be under way at the InterContinental Grand Stanford, while K11 Musea is unveiling a new collaborative series.
Friday, May 15
Mhp by Tong Chong Street Market x CMYK
Asia’s 16th best bar returns to Hong Kong, this time taking over the bar at Mhp by Tong Chong Street Market. Inspired by the acronym used in colour printing, CMYK hails from Changsha in Hunan province and brings an energetic, convivial service style alongside accessible cocktails. Co-founder Tommy Wong heads the takeover, slinging signature sips like the Smooth Operator, alongside a Yuzu Fennel Julep exclusive to the shift.
Where: Mhp by Tong Chong Street Market, 37/F, One Island East, Taikoo Place, 18 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay
When: 6pm to 10pm
Saturday, May 16
Sips by the Sea at K11 Musea Sky Bar
From this weekend to the end of the month, K11 Musea is hosting Sips by the Sea, offering sweeping views of Victoria Harbour complemented by signature cocktails from some of the region’s best bars. Every weekend, K11 Musea’s Sky Bar will offer the cocktails Muse and Sea, by Asia’s 43rd best bar, Opium from Bangkok. The former combines gin, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, creme de cacao and butterfly pea syrup, while the latter is a highball using mescal, tepache, lime, orange bitters and soda.
A different bar from the region will also take over every Saturday from now until May 30. Socio takes over on May 16, offering a Sundown cocktail combining banana peel-infused white rum, macadamia distillate, pineapple, pomegranate and lime. Subsequent Saturdays will feature local tea cocktail favourite Tell Camellia, followed by South Korea’s Alice Cheongdam.
Where: 6/F, Sculpture Park, K11 Musea, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
When: 4.30pm-9pm, Friday to Sunday and public holidays, May 16-31
Sunday, May 17
Hong Kong Whisky Festival 2026
