Illustration by Fig & Ginger, drawn from the review. The venue's own photo is on its way.
Hotel cocktail bar in KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
Bar Trigona
Honey, Not Peanuts
Hotel bars usually mean a pianist, a nut dish and a bill that apologizes for nothing. Bar Trigona breaks the pattern. It sits inside the Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur, and back in 2020 it became the first Malaysian bar to crack the World's 50 Best Bars. In 2026 it is back in Asia's 50 Best Bars at No. 38, and the Four Seasons press page counts a long unbroken run.
The idea is Malaysian ingredients and sustainability, with trigona honey, the stingless-bee honey, as the signature thread. The menu names Glacier, with gin, assam boi, lemongrass and elderflower tonic over butterfly pea ice. There is Lunara, with gin, raspberry, lychee and geranium leaves, and Rasā, a tequila drink with cherry tomato, fermented mulberry leaf and ancho chile. That last one is a provocation. It is also the type of drink that shows you why the bar keeps being ranked.
The bar opens at 5pm and closes at 1am daily. Dress is smart casual, with no sportswear or singlets, and men should leave the open-toed shoes at home. Come early, order the honey-driven drinks, and enjoy a quiet corner of a hotel.
- Order this
- Glacier, Lunara, Rasā, The honey flight
- The damage
- $$$
- Go
- Early evening, 5pm onward
- Find it
- Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur, 145 Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur 50450
- @bartrigona