World’s 50 Best Bars

The annual list of the World’s 50 Best Bars was recently announced at a live ceremony in Singapore.

Votes compile the 50 Best Bars list from the World’s 50 Best Bars Academy, which comprises 680 drink experts worldwide, including renowned bartenders and consultants, drinks writers, and cocktail specialists. Each voter casts seven votes based on their best bar experiences of the previous 18 months, although if they have been unable to travel, they are welcome to provide five votes from their home country or SAR. Voters are required to remain anonymous and voting is independently tallied by Deloitte.

The list is truly global, celebrating cocktail excellence in 28 different cities with Sips in Barcelona taking the top spot. The bar, in the city’s L’Antiga Esquerra de l’Eixample district, opened in 2021 and is a collaboration between Simone Caporale and Marc Álvarez and offers libations in a futuristic workstation-themed venue.

In the United States, New York’s Double Chicken Please was given the number two spot in the global rankings, with New York’s Overstory coming in at number 17 and Katana Kitten at number 27. Miami’s Café La Trova takes the number 24 spot, and New Orlean’s Jewel of the South takes the number 49 position. 

London remains its standing as the European city with the most bars on the coveted list (five), including two in the top ten: Connaught Bar (fifth on the list this year, and it made the top 50 in 2022 also), and Tayēr + Elementary at number eight.

The Best Bar in South America is Cartagena’s Alquímico (ninth on the list), and Singapore’s Jigger & Pony takes the highest spot for a bar in Asia, at number 14. 

According to the list, Sydney’s Maybe Sammy (number 15) was named the Best Bar in Australasia, and Dubai’s Mimi Kakushi (number 40) is the Best Bar in The Middle East and Africa. 

Lima’s Lady Bee was named as the “One to Watch”, an honor bestowed upon a bar outside of the top 50 as one that has the potential to join the rankings in the future. 

The Best Bar Design award went to Night Hawk in Singapore, and the American Bar at Gleneagles in Auchterarder, Scotland was awarded the Best Cocktail Menu award for its Book of Berries menu. 

World’s 50 Best Bars List

Planning to travel? Check the complete list of winners for your worldwide imbibing pleasure:

1. Sips, Barcelona
2. Double Chicken Please, New York
3. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
4. Paradiso, Barcelona
5. Connaught Bar, London
6. Little Red Door, Paris
7. Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
8. Tayēr + Elementary, London
9. Alquímico, Cartagena
10. Himkok, Oslo
11. Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
12. Line, Athens
13. BKK Social Club, Bangkok
14. Jigger & Pony, Singapore
15. Maybe Sammy, Sydney
16. Salmon Guru, Madrid
17. Overstory, New York
18. Zest, Seoul
19. Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar, Bangkok
20. Coa, Hong Kong
21. Drink Kong, Rome
22. Hanky Panky, Mexico City
23. Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
24. Café La Trova, Miami
25. Baba au Rum, Athens
26. CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
27. Katana Kitten, New York
28. Satan’s Whiskers, London
29. Wax On, Berlin
30. Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
31. Röda Huset, Stockholm
32. Sago House, Singapore
33. Freni e Frizioni, Rome
34. Argo, Hong Kong
35. A Bar with Shapes for a Name, London
36. The SG Club, Tokyo
37. Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
38. The Cambridge Public House, Paris
39. Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
40. Mimi Kakushi, Dubai
41. Scarfes Bar, London
42. 1930, Milan
43. Carnaval, Lima
44. L’Antiquario, Naples
45. Baltra Bar, Mexico City
46. Locale Firenze, Florence
47. The Clumsies, Athens
48. Atlas, Singapore
49. Jewel of the South, New Orleans
50. Galaxy Bar, Dubai