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While visitors openly queue for access to the Raffles Singapore Long Bar, those looking to imbibe at <a href="https://destinasian.com/hotels-raffles-at-galaxy-macau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raffles Macau</a> are invited to follow a series of lights leading to a discreet door just off the hotel’s dazzling white-marble lobby. Inside is Raffles’ first speakeasy Long Bar, a shadowy den of warm woods, rough-cut stone, and brushed brass trim designed by Hong Kong interiors hotshot Joyce Wang, whose inspiration came from the 15th-century Portuguese spice ships that once plied <a href="https://destinasian.com/luxury-travel/spotlight/discover-macau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Macau</a>’s cave-riddled coast. A black fedora–wearing American DJ spins a rock music soundtrack—Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen—while the drinks menu has been curated by multi-award-winning bartender Antonio Lai, who made his name with The Quinary, The Envoy, and Draft Land in Hong Kong. The bar’s juniper-based collection spans more than 100 labels including vintage bottles dating back to the 1950s and others infused with pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, or cloves. Signature drinks include Macau’s version of the Singapore Sling (mixed here with clarified pineapple juice and purple lotus-seed syrup) and a reboot of the Million Dollar Cocktail; a blend of local Two Moons gin, Chinese pear, red ginseng and Tibetan cordyceps, costing MOP 1,288 a pop and served in a US$500 Baccarat crystal glass. —Lee Cobaj
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<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/SdwUFi3vwgzXSAJg7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raffles at Galaxy Macau, Estrada da Baia de N. Senhora da Esperanca s/n, Cotai, Macau</a>

Long Bar at Raffles at Galaxy Macau: Juniper Journey