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The Curator

Manila

• The Best Bar in the Philippines 2024

This excellent hostelry, officially known as The Curator Coffee and Cocktails, is dedicated to two of the very finest things in life: caffeinated beverages and mixed drinks. Since its 2016 opening in Legaspi Village, Makati, it has been ranked in the 1-50 Best list eight times and once in the extended 51-100 list, this year winning the accolade as The Best Bar in the Philippines for a fourth time.

The coffee is taken in the space up front, a bright-and-breezy area with an excellent range of roasts from across the Asian region. The suitably impressive cocktails are served in an intimate back room. The understated bar plays host to a regular schedule of international bartender takeovers and majors in Filipino spirits. The beautifully designed menu centres around notable figures, with cocktails designed for each accompanied by a fun description and flavour map. The First Refrain, inspired by modern Broadway megastar Lin-Manuel Miranda, delivers a symphonic combination of whiskey, chai-spiced red vermouth and bitters.

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