2020 World's 50 Best Bars: Complete Rankings

The Connaught Bar has appeared in the World's 50 Best Bars rankings every year since 2010, reaching number one twice. Its David Collins-designed interior and technically precise cocktail programme — anchored by a signature tableside Dry Martini — set the standard by which other hotel bars in London and beyond are measured. Open Tuesday through Sunday in the heart of Mayfair.

A MacDougal Street fixture since 1915, Dante NYC has ranked among the world's most recognised bars for nearly a decade, holding the number-one spot on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2019. The bar's Italian aperitivo tradition, sustained critical recognition, and Greenwich Village address place it in a peer set well above the typical neighbourhood anchor. Google reviewers rate it 4.5 across more than 2,500 votes.

The Clumsies has placed in the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2015, reaching as high as third globally in 2020. Operating from a Praxitelous Street townhouse in central Athens, it applies Greek ingredients and fermentation techniques to high-volume bar service without sacrificing precision. With a Google rating of 4.5 across more than 8,000 reviews, it functions as the clearest reference point for serious cocktail drinking in the Greek capital.

Housed inside Parkview Square's art deco tower on North Bridge Road, Atlas has ranked continuously in the World's 50 Best Bars since 2017 — peaking at number four globally in 2020. The bar's gin collection and art deco setting have made it a reference point for Singapore's cocktail scene, recognised by Tatler Asia for Best Design in 2024 and listed among the Top 500 Bars globally in 2025.

Ranked #4 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2024 and a consistent presence in the global top ten since 2020, Tayēr + Elementary operates as two distinct drinking experiences under one roof on Old Street. The Elementary front bar runs draught cocktails and weekly-changing menus; Tayēr behind it shifts to a daily produce-driven format built around hyper-seasonal ingredients. Six years in, it remains the bar others are measured against.

Kwant occupies a Mayfair address dressed in hand-painted Polynesian tapa art and retro furnishings, built around a serious collection of vintage spirits and seasonal cocktails. It has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars since 2019, peaking at number six globally in 2020. For London's vintage spirits tier, it remains one of the most credentialed addresses in the city.

Florería Atlantico has appeared in the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2013, peaking at #3 in 2019. Set beneath a flower shop on Calle Arroyo, it draws on Argentina's migrant histories and Indigenous traditions to build one of South America's most rigorously conceptual cocktail programs. The 4.2 Google rating across nearly 7,500 reviews suggests the ambition lands consistently.

Ranked #17 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 and a three-time holder of the #1 Asia title, Coa occupies a lower-ground space on Shin Hing Street in Central with a forty-page agave spirits list and a cocktail programme that rotates a new drink every week. The food menu, developed with award-winning Mexican restaurant Chicano, grounds the experience in the culinary culture that produced the spirits on the shelf.

Ranked #3 in Asia and #5 globally by World's 50 Best Bars in 2025, Jigger & Pony has tracked Singapore's rise as a serious cocktail city since 2012. Operating from the Amara Hotel in Tanjong Pagar, the bar publishes annual 'menuzines' — editorial-format drink menus that have become collector items — anchored in classic technique and contemporary execution.

Ranked #65 in the World's 50 Best Bars 2025 and a fixture on the Asia's Best Bars list since 2019, The SG Club in Shibuya operates across two distinct floors with a program rooted in Japanese ingredient logic and international technique. Located in Jinnan, a quieter pocket above the Shibuya crossing noise, it draws a consistent crowd of serious drinkers and has held a place in the global top 25 as recently as 2021.

Maybe Sammy has ranked on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since opening in 2019, peaking at No. 11 in 2020. Positioned in The Rocks as a grand European hotel bar without the hotel, it pairs theatrical cocktail service with Sydney's irreverent hospitality instincts. Pink-jacketed bartenders, immersive presentation, and consistent global recognition make it the reference point for serious cocktail drinking in Australia.

On Eldridge Street in the Lower East Side, Attaboy has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2013, reaching as high as #4 globally in 2014. The format is no-menu, guest-led: bartenders build drinks around what you tell them you like. It is one of the most consistently recognised bars in North America over the past decade.

NoMad Bar transforms a restored 19th-century Manhattan building into New York City's most theatrical cocktail destination, where Chris Moore's innovative mixology program and towering copper bar create an atmosphere of Gilded Age grandeur beneath soaring ceilings and antique mirrors.

Manhattan at Conrad Singapore Orchard holds one of the most decorated track records in Asian cocktail history, ranking as high as #1 in Asia's 50 Best Bars and #3 globally. Named the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 Best Service winner, the bar frames Golden Age American cocktail culture through a Singaporean lens. It sits at the upper tier of Orchard Road hotel bars, with a Google rating of 4.7 across more than 1,000 reviews.

The Old Man on Aberdeen Street has held a place inside the World's 50 Best Bars top ten and led Asia's 50 Best Bars rankings, making it one of the most decorated cocktail addresses in Hong Kong. The bar draws a steady crowd to Soho's lower slope with a literary-themed program and a commitment to technical precision over theatrical flourish. Booking ahead is advisable.

Katana Kitten on Hudson Street has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars global rankings every year since 2019, reaching #10 in 2021 and maintaining a North America top-15 position through 2024. The West Village bar occupies a specific niche in New York's cocktail scene: Japanese-American technique applied with enough precision to attract a loyal repeat clientele alongside the global bar crowd. Reservations are advised, particularly on weekends.

On Álvaro Obregón in Roma Norte, Licoreria Limantour has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2014, reaching as high as #6 in 2021. The bar operates as a neighbourhood fixture first and an internationally ranked programme second — a combination that has made it the reference point for serious cocktail culture in Mexico City. Google reviewers rate it 4.4 across more than 3,600 ratings.

Native on Amoy Street has spent nearly a decade placing Southeast Asian foraged and fermented ingredients at the centre of Singapore's cocktail conversation. Ranked among Asia's top bars every year since 2017, including a peak of #4 in Asia and #12 globally in 2019, it occupies a tier defined by conceptual rigour and ingredient provenance rather than spectacle or volume.

Paradiso entered Barcelona's cocktail scene through a refrigerator door in a pastrami shop and never stopped surprising. Named the World's Best Bar in 2022 and ranked in the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2018, it operates in a carved-wood interior designed to disorient, then delight. The drinks programme, currently themed around 'The Mysteries of the Universe', treats each cocktail as a scientific proposition.

Few bars in London carry a ranking history as sustained as American Bar at the Savoy. From World's 50 Best number one in 2017 to consistent top-twenty placement across more than a decade, its position in the global cocktail conversation is grounded in verifiable record rather than reputation alone. The Strand address puts it at the centre of London's most storied hospitality corridor.

Carnaval has held a place inside the World's 50 Best Bars top 100 every year since 2019, reaching as high as #13 before settling at #43 in 2023 and #69 in 2024. Positioned in San Isidro, Lima's financial and diplomatic quarter, it represents the precise point where Peruvian biodiversity and serious bartending technique converge. For anyone mapping Lima's bar scene, it is a fixed coordinate.

Ranked #23 in the World's 50 Best Bars (2024) and built around the motto 'Only dead fish go with the flow,' Salmon Guru on Calle de Echegaray brings together high-energy atmosphere, manga-splashed walls, and a drinks program developed in its own R&D lab. The Madrid flagship anchors a global brand now spanning Dubai and Milan, but this is where the philosophy runs deepest.

Zuma at DIFC has held a place inside the World's 50 Best Bars global ranking across multiple years, peaking at #17 in 2021, with consecutive Star Wine List recognitions through 2026. The bar program sits above the restaurant floor in Gate Village and operates at the serious end of Dubai's cocktail and spirits market. Regulars come for Japanese-inspired drinking as much as dining.

Little Red Door has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars rankings every year since 2013, reaching as high as sixth globally. Tucked into Rue Charlot in the Haut-Marais, it functions as a serious cocktail address that has shaped how Paris thinks about bar culture — drawing a neighbourhood crowd as readily as international visitors. Google reviewers rate it 4.4 across more than 2,700 responses.

Milan's most deliberately inaccessible cocktail bar has held a position on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2019, reaching as high as #20. Now operating from a vaulted basement beneath Mag La Pusterla in the Colonne di San Lorenzo neighbourhood, 1930 runs on a members-first booking system and a menu that deliberately blurs the boundary between mixology and the Italian table.

Two Schmucks has held a position in the World's 50 Best Bars since 2020, reaching number 11 in 2021 before settling into the Top 500 in 2025. Operating from Carrer de Joaquín Costa in Barcelona's Raval district, it draws a 4.3 Google rating across 552 reviews. The bar sits in a neighbourhood that has become one of the more interesting cocktail corridors in southern Europe.

El Copitas bar in St. Petersburg has held a position inside the World's 50 Best Bars top ten since 2021, peaking at number eight — a ranking that places it alongside a very short list of addresses outside the traditional cocktail capitals of London, New York, and Tokyo. With a 4.7 Google rating across more than 900 reviews, it operates at the upper tier of Russia's bar scene from a compact address on Kolokol'naya Ulitsa.

Cantina OK! ranked #23 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2021 and holds a 4.8 Google rating across 915 reviews, placing it among Sydney's most recognised drinking destinations. Tucked into Council Place in the CBD, it operates at a scale and specificity that separates it from the city's larger bar venues. For cocktail-focused visitors, it belongs in the same conversation as Maybe Sammy and Eau de Vie.

Ranked #40 in the Top 500 Bars (2025) and a consistent presence in the World's 50 Best Bars since 2019, Lyaness on London's South Bank operates at the upper tier of ingredient-led cocktail bars. Its menu architecture prioritises story and material over category convention, placing it in a peer set defined by concept discipline rather than format alone.

Behind an unassuming wooden door on Storgata, Himkok operates across several floors and formats: a draft cocktail bar, a terrace pouring local ciders, a barbershop, and a ground-floor distillery bar where house-made aquavit, gin, and vodka go directly from still to glass. Ranked #6 in Top 500 Bars (2025) and #11 in World's 50 Best Bars (2024), it is one of Scandinavia's most consistently recognised cocktail programmes.

Eleven consecutive appearances on the World's 50 Best Bars list — most recently ranked #17 in 2024 — position Baba au Rum as one of the most consistently recognised bars in Europe. Located at Klitiou 6 in central Athens, the bar's back bar holds more than 400 rums, and its rum-and-cocktail-society format has drawn a devoted local and international following for over 15 years.

Behind a discreet Queen Street entrance, Panda & Sons has spent twelve years reshaping Edinburgh's cocktail culture through genuine technical ambition. Ranked #30 in the World's 50 Best Bars (2024) and #1 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), it operates at the intersection of sub-zero science and a genuinely welcoming atmosphere — the kind of bar where a freeze-distilled Coconut Daiquiri sits comfortably alongside a simple pint.

Swift on Old Compton Street operates across two floors with entirely different intentions: a light, aperitivo-focused bar upstairs and a whisky-dedicated basement below. Ranked #76 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2023 and holding a position in the Top 500 Bars at #133 in 2025, it is one of Soho's most consistently recognised drinking addresses, with a 4.6 Google rating across more than 1,600 reviews.

Three Sheets on Kingsland Road has appeared in the World's 50 Best Bars list six consecutive times, peaking at #16 in 2019. Located in Dalston, east London, the bar holds a 4.7 Google rating from over 400 reviews and operates in the focused, technically precise tier of London cocktail culture. Booking ahead is advisable, particularly on weekends.

Operating from within the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok since 1953, The Bamboo Bar holds a position few hotel bars in Asia can match on longevity or awards consistency. Ranked #7 in Asia's Best Bars in 2020 and still listed in the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025, it has anchored Bangkok's live jazz and cocktail culture across seven decades while the city's bar scene has shifted dramatically around it.

Tjoget has held a place on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2016, making it one of the most consistently recognised bars in Scandinavia. Located on Hornsbruksgatan in Södermalm, it operates as a genuine neighbourhood bar first, with a drinks programme serious enough to draw an international crowd. With a Google rating of 4.2 across more than 1,000 reviews, the regulars and the pilgrims seem to agree.

Buck & Breck has held a position inside the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2013, reaching as high as number 16 in 2015. The bar operates as a small-format, appointment-style room in Mitte, where the counter format and craft-focused program sit closer to the Tokyo or New York model than the high-volume Berlin club scene. For serious cocktail seekers, it remains a fixed reference point in a city with no shortage of good drinking.

On Hudson Street in the West Village, Employees Only has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars rankings every year since 2009, peaking at #4 globally in 2015. The bar operates a walk-in policy with no reservations, making timing and crowd knowledge the key variables for any visit. In 2025 it holds #18 in North America and #95 globally.

Daily-changing cocktail menus and authentic newspaper heritage define Bulletin Place Sydney, where expert bartenders craft innovative drinks within the atmospheric Press Room and Headline Bar spaces of a historic Bulletin newspaper building.

Bar Benfiddich occupies the ninth floor of a Nishishinjuku building, operating nightly from 18:00 as one of Asia's most consistently recognised cocktail bars — ranked #9 in Asia's Best Bars 2025 and #25 globally in 2024. Its 17-seat walnut counter frames a program built around farm-grown botanicals, antique tools, and a working distillery in Chichibu, producing drinks that shift with each harvest.

Artesian at The Langham London held the World's 50 Best Bars number one position four consecutive years from 2012 to 2015, a run that placed it at the centre of London's cocktail conversation for a generation. The bar carries a Google rating of 4.6 from 865 reviews and has maintained a presence in the Top 500 Bars list through 2025. It remains one of the most award-documented hotel bars in Europe.

Sober Company on Yandang Road has ranked among Asia's top bars every year since 2017, peaking at #5 in Asia and #39 globally in 2021. Located in Huangpu, it represents the serious, technically driven tier of Shanghai's cocktail scene — a bar that has sustained international recognition long enough to anchor conversations about where Chinese bartending stands on the global stage.

Experimental Bistro has held a position inside the World's 50 Best Bars global ranking for seven consecutive years, reaching Asia's Best Bars #2 in 2018 and #3 in 2019. Located in Taipei's Da'an District, it represents the sharper edge of Taiwan's bar scene, where international technique meets local produce. Few bars in Asia have sustained this level of recognition across as many consecutive cycles.

Named in Tatler's Best 20 Bars Asia-Pacific and ranked among Asia's 50 Best Bars every year since 2019, Bar Trigona operates from the Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur with a drink programme built around indigenous Malaysian ingredients. Its food menu is designed to work alongside the cocktails, not merely accompany them. For anyone tracking the evolution of Southeast Asian bar culture, this is a reference point.

Drink Kong has held a position on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2020, placing it in the top tier of Rome's bar scene and among Italy's most globally recognized cocktail programs. Set across multiple rooms in Celio, the bar runs nightly from 18:30 with a menu format that guides guests by sensation rather than category. A serious destination for those who treat cocktails as a discipline.

Room by Le Kief reached #19 on Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2021 and placed #46 globally on the World's 50 Best Bars the same year, putting it among a small tier of Taipei cocktail programs with verifiable international standing. The bar operates in Da'an District and draws a Google rating of 4.3 across 260 reviews. For anyone tracing Taiwan's craft cocktail scene, it is a consistent reference point.

Ranked #8 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2024, Alquímico occupies a 19th-century mansion in Cartagena's historic El Centro, operating across three floors with distinct atmospheres: a courtyard bar at street level, a more measured mid-floor, and a full Reggaetón rooftop. Capacity reaches 1,200 people at peak, but the deeper story is the community infrastructure funded through every drink sold.

Bar High Five has appeared on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2011, reaching as high as #3 globally in 2013. Located in a basement in Ginza, it represents the classical Tokyo bar tradition — precise technique, minimal theatre, and drinks built around the guest rather than the menu. A 4.3 Google rating across 715 reviews reflects consistent execution over more than a decade.

Charles H has ranked on Asia's Best Bars every year since 2016, reaching as high as #7 in the region in 2022. Situated within the Four Seasons Seoul in Jongno District, the bar pairs an American-inflected 1930s aesthetic with a technically precise cocktail programme. A Google rating of 4.6 across 545 reviews points to consistent delivery at the upper end of Seoul's bar scene.

Ranked as high as #19 among the World's 50 Best Bars, Presidente has spent several years as Buenos Aires' most internationally recognised cocktail address. Located on Avenida Quintana in Recoleta, it holds a Google rating of 4.4 across nearly 5,000 reviews — the kind of sustained public confidence that complements its global competition results.