Winners of the World’s 50 Best Bars were announced at a glamorous ceremony in Christchurch Spitalfields last night (October 8).
The biggest hitting headlines
*London was crowned the ultimate capital of cocktails with five bars in the top 10, and nine in the list overall
*The Artesian wins best bar in the world – that’s four years running now. Click here to read our Artesian bar at The Langham hotel: Surrealism menu review
*The Savoy Hotel has two bars in the list: The American Bar and The Beaufort Bar – an amazing achievement
*Hotel bars triumph in London with five in the list (three in the top ten). The remaining four London bars are hidden gems, speakeasies, dive bars, and concept-led venues
*London beats off competition from the rest of Europe – Germany has three (one per major city); and France, Amsterdam and Italy have just two each
*Rising star Ryan Chetti has two bars in the list – White Lyan and Dandelyan – and is the only individual to achieve such an accolade
*Barcelona all time achiever Dry Martini has just launched a new bar in London
The full list of winners
Ranking | Bar | Location |
1 | Artesian | London |
2 | The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog | New York |
3 | Nightjar | London |
4 | Employees Only | New York |
5 | American Bar | London |
6 | The Baxter Inn | Sydney |
7 | 28 Hongkong Street | Singapore |
8 | Happiness Forgets | London |
9 | Connaught Bar | London |
10 | Black Pearl | Melbourne |
11 | Attaboy | New York |
12 | Candelaria | Paris |
13 | High Five | Tokyo |
14 | The Broken Shaker | Miami |
15 | Canon | Seattle |
16 | Buck & Breck | Berlin |
17 | Imperial Craft | Tel Aviv |
18 | Lobster Bar | Hong Kong |
19 | Le Lion Bar de Paris | Hamburg |
20 | Licoreria Limantour | Mexico City |
21 | The Jerry Thomas Project | Rome |
22 | The Clumsies | Athens |
23 | Maison Premiere | New York |
24 | Elephant Bar | New York |
25 | The Everleigh | Melbourne |
26 | White Lyan | London |
27 | Beaufort Bar | London |
28 | Bulletin Place | Sydney |
29 | Aviary | Chicago |
30 | Tales & Spirits | Amsterdam |
31 | Smuggler’s Cove | San Francisco |
32 | Delicatessen | Moscow |
33 | Door 74 | Amsterdam |
34 | Ruby | Copenhagen |
35 | Manhattan | Singapore |
36 | Nomad Bar | New York |
37 | PDT | New York |
38 | Mace | New York |
39 | Quinary | Hong Kong |
40 | Trick Dog | San Francisco |
41 | 69 Colebrooke Row | London |
42 | Dry Martini | Barcelona |
43 | Schumann’s | Munich |
44 | Zuma Dubai | Dubai |
45 | La Factoria | Old San Juan |
46 | Nottingham Forest | Milan |
47 | Tommy’s | San Francisco |
48 Lost & Found Cyprus
49 | Little Red Door | Paris |
50 | Dandelyan | London |
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