Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 20-22

New music hub Aer opens, Ella launches a Louisiana-inspired menu, and Osaka’s Craftroom takes over The Opposites for cocktails

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The Wet Crescent Martini, at Hong Kong’s Ella at The Trilogy, is a creation from the bar’s new Louisiana Gold menu. Photo: Handout

Published: 5:00pm, 18 Jun 2025

Bring a rainy, gloomy week to a close at Aer, which has opened on Staunton Street, offering a meticulously designed listening experience. Ella bar is launching its own latest, greatest menu evoking Louisiana, and the Creole sounds and flavours of New Orleans. And close out the weekend with omakase cocktail specialist Ryu Fujii from Osaka’s Craftroom, as he posts up at The Opposites.

Friday, June 20

Aer opens on Staunton Street

Listening room Aer has opened on Staunton Street in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout.

What: Hong Kong’s latest music and cultural hub has opened above Staunton Street. Aer – short for Aesthetic Radio – was launched earlier this month by hosting local collectives Yeti Soundsystem and Slimefest. The bar’s five co-founders include Nikita Matveev of Dead Poets and The Old Man, whilst the listening experience is a custom-designed quadraphonic sound system anchored by two vinyl turntables and designed by curator Johnny Hiller.

Where: UG/F, Ming Hing House, 52-56 Staunton Street, SoHo, Central

When: 5pm-1am

Saturday, June 21

Ella launches Louisiana Gold

Ella at The Triology’s new menu, Louisiana Gold, explores the flavours of New Orleans. Photo: Handout

What: Ella at the Trilogy, known for its meticulously curated performances of live music, is launching its first new menu, Louisiana Gold, helmed by Singular Concepts’ beverage manager Maikal Gurung. Evoking the sounds and flavours of New Orleans, offerings include the Wet Crescent Martini. Inspired by New Orleans’ nickname as the Crescent City, it is served tableside, and is available in either a savoury or citrusy configuration. The Classic Creole riffs on the margarita by infusing the cocktail with charred corn and coriander – a nod to the Mexican influences that form part of Louisiana’s Creole heritage.

Enjoy this and more libations with bar bites like the Typhoon Shelter Tater Tots or decadent Nola Lobster Roll, the latter working well paired with a miniature clarified Bloody Mary as an elevated pickleback. On this night, entertainment will be provided by singer Jason Joi and saxophonist Blaine Whittaker.

Where: Ella at The Trilogy, 26/F, H Code, 45 Pottinger Street, Central

When: 6pm-1am