Thread: Best Bars in the World

The best bars list is compiled by World’s 50 Best Bars from the votes of over 600 participants around the world, including drinks writers, bartenders, and cocktail aficionados. It is based on visits made from March 2020 through September 2021. The voting guidelines and requirements were reevaluated to reflect the time period’s limited travel opportunities, due to the pandemic. For instance, this year there was no requirement to cast international votes, whereas in prior periods at least three of a voter’s seven named bars were supposed to be international.
** = first time on the list

By Kate Krader and Joanna Ossinger (Bloomberg)December 8, 2021


Tayēr + Elementary in London.
Source: Tayēr + Elementary
1. Connaught Bar, London
2. Tayēr + Elementary, London
3. Paradiso, Barcelona
4. The Clumsies, Athens
5. Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
6. Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
7. Coa, Hong Kong
8. El Copitas, St. Petersburg
9. Jigger & Pony, Singapore
10. Katana Kitten, New York
11. Two Schmucks, Barcelona
12. Hanky Panky, Mexico City **


Mexico City’s Hanky Panky.
Source: Hanky Panky

13. Insider Bar, Moscow **
14. Baba au Rhum, Athens
15. Manhattan, Singapore
16. Atlas, Singapore
17. Zuma, Dubai
18. The SG Club, Tokyo
19. Drink Kong, Rome
20. 1930, Milan
21. Presidente, Buenos Aires
22. Maybe Sammy, Sydney
23. Cantina OK!, Sydney
24. Salmón Gurú, Madrid
25. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City **
26. No Sleep Club, Singapore**
27. Camparino in Galleria, Milan **
28. Cafe La Trova, Miami**
29. Little Red Door, Paris


Dante in New York.
Source: Dante

30. Dante, New York
31. Kwānt, London
32. Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
33. Tres Monos, Buenos Aires **
34. Attaboy, New York (12)
35. Lucy’s Flower Shop, Stockholm **
36. MO Bar, Singapore**
37. Sips, Barcelona **
38. Baltra Bar, Mexico City**
39. Sober Company, Shanghai
40. Tjoget, Stockholm
41. Epic, Shanghai**
42. Charles H, Seoul
43. Tippling Club, Singapore
44. Above Board, Melbourne**
45. Galaxy Bar, Dubai**
46. Re, Sydney**
47. Sidecar, New Delhi**
48. Union Trading Company, Shanghai**
49. DarkSide, Hong Kong**
50. Quinary, Hong Kong


Locale Firenze in Florence is a new entry..
Source: Locale Firenze
51. Locale Firenze, Florence **
52. Bar Trigona, Kuala Lampur
53. Alquimico, Cartagena
54. Double Chicken Please, New York **
55. Lyaness, London
56. Byrdi, Melbourne
57. Swift, London
58. Bulgari Bar Dubai, Dubai **
59. Penicillin, Hong Kong **
60. Employees Only, New York
61. Kumiko, Chicago
62. Tropic City, Bangkok
63. Sago House, Singapore **
64. The Court, Rome**
65. Tesouro by Firefly, Goa**
66. Thurderbolt, Los Angeles**
67. Red Frog, Lisbon
68. Dead End Paradise, Beirut**
69. Danico, Paris
70. Hero Bar, Kenya**
71. 28 Hong Kong Street, Singapore
72. Argo, Hong Kong**
73. Satan’s Whiskers, London**
74. Barro Negro, Athens**
75. Cause Effect Cocktail Kitchen, Cape Town
76. The Bellwood, Tokyo **



77. A Bar with Shapes for a Name, London**
78. A Bar Called Gemma, Stockholm**
79. Himkok, Oslo
80. Side Hustle, London**
81. Barbary Coast, Singapore**
82. L’Antiquario, Naples**
83. Buck & Breck, Berlin
84. 1862 Dry Bar, Madrid**
85. Cera & Bruno Vanzan, Milan**
86. Art of Duplicity, Cape Town
87. Tan Tan, Sao Paulo**
88. Carnaval, Lima
89. Sweet Liberty, Miami**


Sweet Liberty in Miami is new to the list.
Source: Sweet Liberty
90. BKK Social Club, Bangkok**
91. Aha Saloon, Tapei
92. The Cambridge Public House, Paris**
93. Flying Dutchman Cocktails, Amsterdam
94. Hope & Sesame, Guangzhou
95. Hoots’, New Delhi**
96. Frequence, Paris**
97. Tales & Spirits, Amsterdam
98. Savas Bar, Madrid**
99. Death & Co., Los Angeles
100. Leyenda, New York

The best bar/pub is the one I am in at the time. With mates of course.

Went to Teens of Thailand on a Hash run one time. Just a hole in the wall that sells gin.

so many to choose from, but not on the list:

The Spinners in Hulme
Jungle Jim's
The Hibernian, on Pershore Road
The White Hart in Warrington
and that little one tucked behind the main shopping sreet opposite the victorian arcades in Leeds city center

not to mention the Phil in Liverpool

Originally Posted by reinvented

so many to choose from, but not on the list:

The Spinners in Hulme
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I used to occasionally drink in a pub in Moss Side when I was younger; it had a bullet hole in the window, which had never been repaired.

There were no $30 cocktails and neon lights in there, but it did have, um, a certain Je ne sais quoi.

A good pub is all about the regulars and the landlord whereas I'd usually associate those bars in the article as somewhere you'd reluctantly pass through and hope to never have to endure again due to the clientele.

This is a bit touristy, but is one of my favourites in Barcelona: El Bosc de les Fades (Barcelona) - 2021 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos) - Tripadvisor

It's not about the bar, it's about the company and atmosphere.
Something that is sadly lacking in recent years.
Although there is one pub called the Bob Inn that still maintains a traditional ambience.
There's even a dog under the table with an ash tray full of ale.