Adjacent to Alici—chef Pat Pascarella’s coastal Italian restaurant in Midtown Promenade—is a new cocktail spot called Bar Pilar. Named after Ernest Hemingway’s boat in “the Old Man and the Sea,” Bar ...

Bar Iris is a fancy Japanese cocktail bar in Russian Hill. The dark, mostly black interior is a sexy setting for date nights or drinks before heading to dinner next-door at their sister restaurant, ...

Martinis, Mojitos, Margaritas. But have you met the Grasshopper? Sweet, spicy, and just as satisfying, it’s a quiet contender making waves in Makati’s cocktail scene.