A drinks library by the river

Phan Van Dat is the small street running down to the river just behind the Mac Thi Buoi wine-bar row. Whiskey Lane took the ground floor of 15–17 and did what the street didn't have: a bar whose whisky collection is the architecture.

Whiskey Lane's long room with the bar running its length

Chapter 01

The street behind the wine row

Mac Thi Buoi has long been District 1's wine-bar row; Phan Van Dat turns off it in a few steps. Whiskey Lane stands at ground floor 15–17 — close enough for after dinner, distinct enough to be a destination of its own.

Whiskey Lane's bar counter with leather seats and glowing shelves

Chapter 02

The room Noor Design built

The interior is by Noor Design, under David Hodkinson: dark wood, leather, veined marble and light kept low — everything yields the stage to the lit cabinets of bottles.

The tall, stacked whisky shelves at Whiskey Lane

Chapter 03

Shelves, and music nights

The bar's days belong to the shelves; on select nights of the week the room adds live music. Those two tempos — quiet tasting and band nights — keep Whiskey Lane open daily from 16:00 to 02:00.