Cocktail bars and restaurant bars in Goa, selected for the people, ingredients and ideas behind their drinks.
Cocktail bars and restaurant bars in Goa, selected for the people, ingredients and ideas behind their drinks.
places on the shortlist
8 recent openings
Pankaj Balachandran and Nakul Bhonsle bring cocktails and craft beer to an open-air neighbourhood bar.
A collaboration between a mixologist and brewer, recognised by Asia’s 50 Best Bars in 2025.
Buland Shukla’s listening bar explores fermentation and Indian spirits.
An individual fermentation-led bar programme.
An Asian kitchen and bar from Kartik Vasudeva and Agrini.
A considered Asian food-and-drink pairing.
Goan-influenced bar food and locally inspired drinks accompany independent live music.
An intimate evening stop where the cocktail menu and kitchen are part of the appeal.
A coastal bar specialising in rum, tropical cocktails and tiki drinks.
Its extensive rum collection gives the bar a clear focus beyond a beachside setting.
A Panjim restaurant connecting Goan flavours with modern cooking.
A recognised food-and-drink destination.
A beachside restaurant whose cocktail programme is as considered as the food.
CNT’s 2024 restaurant awards recognised this Anjuna table at #37.
A reservation led, 13 seat bar inside Vaz Enterprises, with a cocktail list and an extensive spirits tasting selection.
A focused place to explore spirits with Donovan Vaz’s team. There is no meal service, so plan dinner separately.
A petisco bar pairing small plates with cocktails shaped by Goa’s Konkan and Portuguese influences.
The kitchen gives a drinks-led evening a distinctly regional focus.
David Thompson’s Thai restaurant puts open-fire cooking and deeply flavoured curries at the centre of a garden setting.
Seek out the regional Thai cooking and charcoal-grilled plates, with cocktails that suit the food.
Prachi Mehta’s menu combines regional flavours with contemporary preparations.
A food-led new branch with both Esquire and Paperboard coverage; evenings also bring nightlife.
Akshay Quenim revisits Hotel Mandovi’s culinary legacy with Goan breads, Portuguese salted cod and crab xec-xec.
A rooted regional table with chef Subhash’s connection to the original Rio Rico kitchen. Confirm guest access when booking at Clube de Palma.
Chef Arturo Salazar brings Peruvian and Japanese ideas together at JW Marriott Goa, including a seven-course tasting menu.
A destination for Nikkei cooking and Eric Chettiar’s ingredient-led cocktails.
A low-lit bar where feni, urrak, raw mango and jackfruit shape the drinks.
July opening coverage spotlights an intimate bar with distinctly local flavours.
An intimate bar with dark timber and a cocktail menu organised around the four suits of a deck of cards.
The drinks give the room its identity. This is a cocktail stop; plan a separate venue for dinner.
A glasshouse rooftop restaurant and bar with sushi and sea views.
Both Paperboard Goa and 30 Best Bars picked it up in their recent opening edits.
A small bar using coastal ingredients, fermentation and feni.
An independently featured drinks destination that welcomes locals as well as hotel guests.
A South Goa tavern combining local drinking traditions, craft beer and inventive feni cocktails.
The Goenchi collaboration turns Tabul Phale, a traditional Goan board game, into a playable cocktail menu. Nine drinks take inspiration from local professions and Goan ingredients.
