The 50 Best Cocktail Bars in the World, According to a New Ranking
If you’re looking for the best bar in the world, you better head to Barcelona.
Sips, from the industry luminaries Simone Caporale and Marc Álvarez, was named the No. 1 bar on the planet in the latest World’s 50 Best Bars ranking. The organization held its annual awards ceremony on Tuesday in Singapore, the first time it hosted the gathering in Asia. Sips, which only opened two years ago, moved up to the top spot from No. 3 last year.
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“Sips was destined for greatness even before it rocketed into the list at No. 37 just a few short months after opening in 2021,” William Drew, the director of content for 50 Best, said in a statement. “The bar seamlessly translates contemporary innovation and technical precision into a playful cocktail programme, accompanied by the warmest hospitality, making it a worthy winner of The World’s Best Bar 2023 title.”
Coming in second was North America’s best bar: New York City’s Double Chicken Please. The top five was rounded out by Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy, Barcelona’s Paradiso (last year’s No. 1), and London’s Connaught Bar. The highest new entry was Seoul’s Zest at No. 18, while the highest climber was Oslo’s Himkok, which moved up to No. 10 from No. 43 last year.
Barcelona may be home to two of the top five bars, but London has cemented its status as the cocktail capital of the world: The English city had five bars make the list, more than any other town represented. Along with Connaught Bar in the top five, Tayēr + Elementary came in at No. 8, and Satan’s Whiskers (No. 28), A Bar With Shapes for a Name (No. 35), and Scarfes Bar (No. 41) all made the grade too.
The United States similarly had a good showing this year. New York City, in particular, is home to a number of the best bars: Overstory (No. 17) and Katana Kitten (No. 27) joined Double Chicken Please on the list. Elsewhere, Miami’s Café La Trova hit No. 24 and New Orleans’s Jewel of the South snuck in at No. 49, bringing the Big Easy back to the ranking for the first time since 2014.
To celebrate their accomplishments, all of this year’s winners deserve a drink—made by somebody else at least just this once.
Check out the full list of the 50 best bars in the world below.
Sips, Barcelona
Double Chicken Please, New York
Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
Paradiso, Barcelona
Connaught Bar, London
Little Red Door, Paris
Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
Tayēr + Elementary, London
Alquímico, Cartagena
Himkok, Oslo
Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
Line, Athens
BKK Social Club, Bangkok
Jigger & Pony, Singapore
Maybe Sammy, Sydney
Salmon Guru, Madrid
Overstory, New York
Zest, Seoul
Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar, Bangkok
Coa, Hong Kong
Drink Kong, Rome
Hanky Panky, Mexico City
Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
Café La Trova, Miami
Baba au Rum, Athens
CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
Katana Kitten, New York
Satan’s Whiskers, London
Wax On, Berlin
Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
Röda Huset, Stockholm
Sago House, Singapore
Freni e Frizioni, Rome
Argo, Hong Kong
A Bar With Shapes for a Name, London
The SG Club, Tokyo
Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
The Cambridge Public House, Paris
Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
Mimi Kakushi, Dubai
Scarfes Bar, London
1930, Milan
Carnaval, Lima
L’Antiquario, Naples
Baltra Bar, Mexico City
Locale Firenze, Florence
The Clumsies, Athens
Atlas, Singapore
Jewel of the South, New Orleans
Galaxy Bar, Dubai
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