What does a bar look like when it behaves less like a bar and more like a piece of speculative fiction?At Delhi’s, Vasant Vihar’s AABBCC, recently named among Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026, guests climb three floors that function like chapters in a story. A laboratory where ingredients are deconstructed, a ocktail bar where flavours come together, a rooftop reserved for underground music and artistes who fit the bar’s distinctly retro-futurist imagination.

Conversation Room, Kolkata

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On July 17, Kolkata will get its first taste of that universe. For one night, AABBCC’s team will take over Kolkata’s Conversation Room, led by founder Abhimanyu Maheshwari, by bringing its ingredient-led cocktails and globally inspired food to the city in a collaboration that coincides with the bar’s growing international acclaim.More than cocktailsSpeaking about the feature in the Asia’s 50 Best Bars list, Aditi Singh, co-founder, AABBCC says, “What has gotten us here is believing in an idea so unique, and secondly our team. This win is for everyone. You work hard every single day, the team has worked over hours, worked towards impeccable service, and to bring something new to India. There was another idea that we had which was to elevate the cocktail culture and not just cocktails. You know, we also serve food, we also do gigs. So the idea is to have a futuristic product that anyone and everyone can enjoy and it leaves a mark in your memory.” As the conversation drifts towards being placed next to only one other Indian bar, Bar Outrigger in Goa, Aditi says, “We were hoping that there would be two, three more Indian bars in the top 50 list. But again, this is, as you can imagine, out of eight lakh bars, it is a very big feat. There could have been many others, but big congratulations to Outrigger who are also a very hard working team. The idea is to take India forward to the world. “Everything inside the Delhi bar has been designed around a three-tier journey that plays with the senses.“The first floor is where we deconstruct cocktails. Guests can actually see the background work. The second floor is where you experience the cocktails and food. The third floor opens only for artists who truly align with the brand,” she says.