Sipping Tiger Bar

Sipping Tiger is one of those bars that makes everyone’s favourite sound the same – but for very good reason. Tucked away inside InterContinental Phuket Resort, it feels more like a private members’ club in Hong Kong, with moody jungle-print wallpaper, marble tables and dimly lit corners.

The cocktails are seriously good, with unusual techniques and clever use of Thai botanicals, including ingredients grown in the bar’s own herb garden. Leaf & Brine, made with oyster gin, kaffir lime-infused Bianco vermouth and Lustau Oloroso sherry, is something of a love-it-or-hate-it cocktail. I am firmly in the love-it camp. Do not miss the Jamón Bellota 42 Months, served on sourdough with tomatoes and rich pata negra. It is worth returning for alone.

Sipping Tiger, InterContinental Phuket Resort, Kamala. Open daily 5pm-1am