# The Back Room

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## Quick facts

- **Category:** Drink
- **Area:** BGC
- **Address:** 30th Street, Shangri-La The Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
- **Hours:** Monday to Thursday 6pm to 1am; Friday and Saturday 6pm to 2am
- **Price:** ₱₱
- **Website:** https://www.shangri-la.com/manila/shangrilaatthefort/dining/bars-lounges/the-back-room/
- **Instagram:** https://instagram.com/backroombgc

A 1920s speakeasy tucked inside Shangri-La The Fort, complete with a coat check, shoeshine station and a gin laboratory holding over 150 labels. Prohibition-era cocktails are served by a team in flat caps and waistcoats, under eye-shaped lamps and green leather panelling. It is the rare hotel bar that is a destination in its own right.

## Why go

1. Over 150 gins, including rare bottles and a house distillate
2. A genuinely committed speakeasy concept inside a five-star hotel
3. Won Best Service at the 2025 Tatler Best awards

## Good to know

- **Best time:** Weeknight evenings; no reservations so arrive early
- **Good for:** Gin obsessives and a dressed-up night
- **Reservations:** Walk-ins only
- **Noise:** Low to moderate