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The World’s 50 Best Bars 2016: results

Find out who won what at the 2016 World's 50 Best Bars awards, including all the movers, new entries, and the triumph of London as cocktail capital of the world

Published: October 6, 2016 at 10:15 pm

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

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
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