Do any of you know bars in Hong Kong where you can legally smoke? I m ones with an outside terrace?

Unfortunately, you can no longer smoke INSIDE of bars anymore due to the new rules on smoking in public places. If the bar has a terrace then you can go out there, otherwise if it's on ground level you have to go outside.
As a non-smoker myself I find this to be a great idea cos at the end of the night when I go home I no longer stink of stale cig smell. I might stink of someone else's perfume   but I don't mind that so much

The Inn Side Out in CWB has a big outdoor area where you can sit and smoke.. my favorite bar cause you can make an absolute mess with the peanuts and it's proper etiquette!

I have to try this bar then on my Next Trip.

i wish china would follow these rules, so glad australia has a total ban for indoor smoking. now i can enjoy pubs and clubs

[ Last edited by  viperv10 at 20-10-2009 13:58 ]

This was my first thought, too...  A nice place to sit outside, drink beer, eat peanuts, and watch the Filipina waitresses...  

I'm not a smoker, but I assume the terrace next to the Red Bar at IFC2 would be a good place as well...  as would be the Hong Kong Brew House in LKF (a relative of the Inn Side Out).

Have fun, CGP

I'm not sure if you are allowed to smoke in any eating establishments anymore, regardless if they are indoor or outdoor.

having said that, this is still a pretty soft rule in HK. cops don't really do much about it in certain places (from my experience at least.)

smoking in LKF & SoHo bars is still a pretty big no-no. But more local joints in CWB and TST still allow it.

Handy hint: If you're not sure, just make a smoking hand gesture to your waitress and they will let you know what the house rule is. Some places don't use ash-trays anymore and have switched to filthy cups or saucers.

hope this helps!

... I've quit for a very long time because I don't want my kids picking up the habit from me but whenever I am in HK/China, I always smoke and when I get back I don't have an urge which is good.  On that note, HK is still pretty strict on smoking unless you get your own room and smoke, as for China, it's a haven for smokers.  I mean... fucking people smoke inside the mall!,  although I hate seeing people smoking around their kids.

This is even worse! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8g03n_kid-smoking-in-china_fun

In Asia at least, Singapore is by far the most smoker-unfriendly country i've been to. On a
recent trip, i was taking a smoke outside the entrance of one of the shopping malls and after
2 puffs, a security guy told me that i was in a 'no smoking area'. I asked him where i could
go to enjoy my tobacco in peace and he directed me to this designated smoking area. He then
told me that there is this "5 meter rule" in Singapore now (i.e. you can't smoke 5 meters
from any entrance of a building). You can get fined for flouting this new law and
unlike other places like HK or Thailand, this rule is quite strictly enforced.

China on the other hand, as pointed out by Bro Sexpert, loves smokers! Restaurants, bars,
malls, air-conditioned places are all home ground for tobacconistas. Heck, i even had a smoke
with the taxi driver on my way to Shanghai Airport in the cab! Wonder if they smoke on the
public buses as well

I remember back in Uni there was an exchange program to some Uni in China - and the lecturer was smoking during the break inside the lecture hall. Damn, had he done that earlier I would have taken my cigarette out during the lecture!

I had an art teacher in school who used to smoke in the classroom right here in the USA! LOL...

You can smoke at Armani Bar in central, no big deal