Love a good bar? So do we – and now we know exactly where to find the cream of the crop. The World’s 50 Best Bars announced their roundup of the best places to drink on the planet in a ceremony in Madrid last night (Tuesday October 22), and it included locations all over the planet, from Tokyo and Buenos Aires to Edinburgh and New Orleans.
The bar that claimed the crowd as the very best in the world was Handshake Speakeasy, a glamorous, two-floor bar in Mexico City’s Colonia Juarez neighbourhood. The menu of drinks here might appear pretty stripped-back at first, but head bartender Eric Van Beek uses advanced culinary techniques in all the prep, so there’s more to these cocktails than meets the eye.
In second place it was Bar Leone in Hong Kong, which we already knew had been crowned the best bar in Asia back in the summer, and in third place it was Sips, a 33-seat bar in Barcelona which claimed the top spot last year.
The world’s 50 best bars for 2024
- Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
- Bar Leone, Hong Kong
- Sips, Barcelona
- Tayer + Elementary, London
- Jigger & Pony, Singapore
- Line, Athens
- Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
- Alquimico, Cartagena
- Zest, Seoul
- Paradiso, Barcelona
- Himkok, Oslo
- BKK Social Club, Bangkok
- Connaught Bar, London
- Double Chicken Please, New York City
- Overstory, New York City
- Lady Bee, Lima
- Baba au Rum, Athens
- Coa, Hong Kong
- The Cambridge Public House, Paris
- Tlecan, Mexico City
- Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
- CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
- Salmon Guru, Madrid
- Martiny’s, New York City
- Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
- Maybe Sammy, Sydney
- Superbueno, New York City
- Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
- Satan’s Whiskers, London
- Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
- Tan Tan, Sao Paulo
- Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City
- Drink Kong, Rome
- Jewel of the South, New Orleans
- Byrdi, Melbourne
- Locale Firenze, Florence
- Scarfes Bar, London
- Moebius Milano, Milan
- Bar Nouveau, Paris
- Mimi Kakushi, Dubai
- Bar Us, Bangkok
- Virtu, Tokyo
- Atlas, Singapore
- La Sala de Laura, Bogota
- Roda Huset, Stockholm
- Floreria Atlantico, Buenos Aires
- Analogue Initiative, Singapore
- El Gallo Altenero, Guadalajara
- Danico, Paris
- 1930, Milan
Thirsty?
For more on some of the planet’s finest bars, the Pinnacle Guide recently awarded its first-ever three-pin rating: check out the new inclusions here.
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