Story

The loud room at 57 Nguyen Du

One address, two personalities: Hybrid on the 2nd floor is the quiet laboratory, while Bar57 on the ground floor is the loud sibling — neon, arcade machines, and a crowd at the counter every night.

A crowd at the Bar57 counter under the neon

Chapter 01

Liam Lam Duong's second room

Bar57 is Liam Lam Duong's second room at the same address, 57 Nguyen Du — Hybrid, his first, on the 2nd floor, reached Asia's 50 Best Bars' extended 51–100 list in 2021. Bar57 borrows that craft and runs the other way: louder, brighter, more playful. Two venues, two separate listings — do not confuse them.

Bar57's red-curtain lounge with the lit 57

Chapter 02

Before: Tipsy Department

This room's Google listing previously traded as Tipsy Department before the rebrand to Bar57 — the same listing, renamed. The new name comes from the alley number itself on Nguyen Du: 57.

The arcade corner at Bar57 under the Lord of the Drinks neon

Chapter 03

Neon and arcade

A white neon ribbon winds along the bar, a red-curtain lounge carries a lit 57, and arcade machines line up under a Lord of the Drinks sign. Bar57 does not hide its dive-bar energy — it builds the whole room around it, then pours proper cocktails in the middle.