Winners of the World's 50 Best Bars were announced at a glamorous ceremony in Christchurch Spitalfields last night (6 October).

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The biggest hitting headlines

  • London crowned cocktail capital of the world with 9 bars in the top 50, including five of the top ten
  • The American Bar at The Savoy, London was crowned the Tanqueray Best Bar in Europe at #2
  • Dandelyan at the Mondrian Hotel takes the Nikka Whisky Highest Climber Award soaring 47 places to #3
  • East London's Gibson debuts at #6 taking the Urban Bar Highest New Entry Award
  • Edinburgh's Bramble returns to the list
  • The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog (pictured above) takes the top spot as Botran Rum Best Bar in North America & the World

Read on for the full list and download episode 24 of the olive magazine podcast to hear our breakdown.


Ranking
Bar
City
Status

1
The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog
New York
Up 1

2
American Bar
London
Up 3

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3
Dandelyan
London
Up 47

4
Connaught Bar
London
Up 5

5
Attaboy
New York
Up 6

6
The Gibson
London
New entry

7
Employees Only
New York
Down 3

8
Nomad Bar
New York
Up 28

9
The Clumsies
Athens
Up 13

10
Happiness Forgets
London
Down 2

11
Manhattan
Singapore
Up 24

12
The Baxter Inn
Sydney
Down 6

13
Licoreria Limantour
Mexico City
Up 7

14
28 Hong Kong Street
Singapore
Down 7

15
Speak Low
Shanghai
New entry

16
The Broken Shaker
Miami
Down 2

17
Candelaria
Paris
Down 5

18
Tales & Spirits
Amsterdam
Up 12

19
Nightjar
London
Down 16

20
Maison Premiere
New York
Up 3

21
Operation Dagger
Singapore
New entry

22
Black Pearl
Melbourne
Down 12

23
High Five
Tokyo
Down 10

24
Little Red Door
Paris
Up 25

25
Linje Tio
Stockholm
New entry

26
Central Station
Beirut
New entry

27
Lobster Bar
Hong Kong
Down 9

28
Mace
New York
Up 10

29
Smuggler's Cove
San Francisco
Up 2

30
Bar Termini
London
New entry

31
La Factoria
Old San Juan
Up 14

32
Oriole
London
New entry

33
The Jerry Thomas Project
Rome
Down 12

34
Dante
New York
New entry

35
Trick Dog
San Francisco
Up 5

36
ABV
San Francisco
New entry

37
The Walker Inn
Los Angeles
New entry

38
Nottingham Forest
Milan
Up 8

39
Aviary
Chicago
Down 10

40
Baba au Rum
Athens
Re-entry

41
Quinary
Hong Kong
Down 2

42
Himkok
Oslo
New entry

43
Lost & Found
Nicosia
Up 6

44
Ruby
Copenhagen
Down 10

45
PDT
New York
Down 8

46
Bulletin Place
Sydney
Down 18

47
Bramble
Edinburgh
Re-entry

48
Callooh Callay
London
Re-entry

49
Floreria Atlantico
Buenos Aires
Re-entry

50
Buck & Breck
Berlin
Down 34



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