Quinary opened on Hollywood Road in 2012 and quickly became the bar that put Hong Kong cocktail-making onto the global map. Antonio Lai - the bar's founder - had spent the late 2000s studying the molecular-mixology techniques being developed at Tales of the Cocktail and the Aviary; he brought them back to Hong Kong, applied them with discipline, and built a menu around drinks that genuinely could not be made anywhere else. Asia's 50 Best almost continuously since the bar opened. Quinary is best understood through the techniques in the back kitchen.
None of these techniques is unique to Quinary in 2026 — they have been part of the international cocktail vocabulary for over a decade. What Quinary still has is the longest practiced run with them in Asia, and a team that uses the techniques in service of the drink rather than the photograph. Order the Earl Grey Caviar Martini first; trust the bartender for the rest.
