Bar of the Year 2025
The single bar our editors voted as 2025's best room, anywhere.
The barsforKings team voted Tender Bar the 2025 Bar of the Year for the consistency of its execution, the work of its bar team across the calendar year, and the singular quality of its signature pour. Our editors visited fourteen times in 2025 across three of the five editors and never came away unimpressed.
2025 finalists
How the vote works
All five barsforKings regional editors submit a shortlist after the year's final round of visits in early December. Shortlists are debated at the December editorial meeting; ties are broken by the senior editor for the relevant region. Final winners are ratified before the second Tuesday of January.
No bar can pay to appear on a shortlist. Sponsorships do not influence editorial decisions. Past winners are reviewed annually and may be moved to the Hall of Fame after a third consecutive top-five finish.