Via tatlerasia.com
The Back Room
BGCBook ahead · Open late · All day
- 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
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
- 01Over 150 gins, including rare bottles and a house distillate
- 02A genuinely committed speakeasy concept inside a five-star hotel
- 03Won 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
Also worth knowing
- Price
- ₱₱
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