Top 50 Cocktail Bars in the World

Everyone has their favorite watering hole – a place they keep coming back to and constantly recommend to people. Take a look at Drinks International’s top 50 cocktail bars in the world and see if your favorite place made the list.
The list is comprised of cocktails bars that are favored for their technical skill, creativity of bartenders and comfortable vibes. Slanting towards the more expensive and highly polished locations, the list features many hotel bars. Some are famous and old, others are new and obscure.
Here’s the full list:
1. PDT, New York
2. Connaught, London
3. Artesian, London
4. Death & Co, New York
5. Milk & Honey, London
6. American Bar at the Savoy, London
7. 69 Colebrooke Row, London
8. Drink, Boston
9. Harry’s New York Bar, Paris
10. Black Pearl, Melbourne
11. Pegu Club, New York

12. Dry Martini Bar, Barcelona

13. Eau De View, Sydney

14. Bramble, Edinburgh
15. Employees Only, New York
16. La Capilla Bar, Mexico
17. Merchant Hotel, Belfast
18. Nightjar, London
19. Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco
20. Buddha Bar, Paris
21. Skyview Bar, Dubai
22. The Varnish, Los Angeles
23. Tippling Club, Singapore
24. Milk & Honey, New York
25. 878 Bar, Buenos Aires
26. Der Raum, Melbourne
27. Callooh Callay, London
28. Clover Club, New York
29. Door74, Amsterdam

30. Tommy’s, San Francisco
31. Floridita, Havana
32. City Space, Moscow
33. Matterhorn, Wellington
34. High Five Bar, Tokyo
35. Le Lion, Hamburg
36. LAB, London
37. Boadas, Barcelona
38. Dutch Kills, New York
39. Worship St Whistling Shop, London
40. Bar Agricole, San Francisco

41. Papa Doble, Montpellier
42. Quo Vadis, London
43. Lounge Bohemia, London
44. Mayahuel, New York
45. Mutis, Barcelona
46. Ruby, Copenhagen
47. Rules, London
48. Hemingway Bar, Paris
49. Zuma, Dubai
50. Star Bar, Tokyo
Source: Huffington Post
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