Asia-Pacific Contributor
Marcus is barsforKings' Asia-Pacific contributor, based in Bangkok. He knows the region's rooftop scene better than almost anyone on the team, from the skybars of Sukhumvit to the harbour-view rooms of Hong Kong and the hotel bars of Singapore.
His standard for a rooftop is that the view should be the second-best thing about it. If the drinks and the service do not stand on their own at street level, the altitude is just a markup. He applies the same test to every hotel bar he files.
Marcus covers the Asia-Pacific city desks and reviews the region's rooftop and hotel-bar entries before they publish.
Where the view earns its price, and where it is the only thing on offer.
Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Sydney, the cities Marcus edits.
The lobby and rooftop bars worth a detour, judged apart from the room rate.
The speakeasies and unmarked bars that reward knowing the door.
Marcus Webb has written and reviewed 103 guides for barsforKings. A selection of recent work: