Cocktail ranking

The 50 best cocktail bars in the world

From New York speakeasies to Paris hotel bars, the rooms shaping the modern cocktail. Ranked by our editors across 12 cities.

First published June 4, 2023 · Last updated April 30, 2026 · Reviewed by the barsforKings editorial team

  1. 01

    Atlas Bar

    Singapore

    ★ 4.9

    Bugis · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Champagne Tower Service

  2. 02

    Bar BenFiddich

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.9

    Shinjuku · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Forager's Negroni

  3. 03

    Bar Gen Yamamoto

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.9

    Azabu-Juban · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Seasonal Tasting Course

  4. 04

    Bar Hemingway at The Ritz

    Paris

    ★ 4.9

    1er · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Serendipity

  5. 05

    Bar High Five

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.9

    Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Bartender's Choice

  6. 06

    BKK Social Club

    Bangkok

    ★ 4.9

    Pathum Wan · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Argentine Negroni

  7. 07

    COA

    Hong Kong

    ★ 4.9

    Central · $$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Mexican Firing Squad

  8. 08

    Handshake Speakeasy

    Mexico City

    ★ 4.9

    Juarez · $$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Handshake Margarita

  9. 09

    Paradiso

    Barcelona

    ★ 4.9

    El Born · $$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Supersonic

  10. 10

    Star Bar Ginza

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.9

    Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Hisashi Kishi Martini

  11. 11

    Tender Bar

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.9

    Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Hard Shake Gimlet

  12. 12

    The Connaught Bar

    London

    ★ 4.9

    Mayfair · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Connaught Martini

  13. 13

    1930 Speakeasy

    Milan

    ★ 4.8

    Porta Romana · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the 1930 Manhattan

  14. 14

    A Bar with Shapes for a Name

    London

    ★ 4.8

    Hackney · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bauhaus Spritz

  15. 15

    American Bar at The Savoy

    London

    ★ 4.8

    Strand · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the White Lady

  16. 16

    Arnaud's French 75 Bar

    New Orleans

    ★ 4.8

    French Quarter · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the French 75

  17. 17

    Attaboy

    New York

    ★ 4.8

    Lower East Side · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Penicillin

  18. 18

    Attaboy Nashville

    Nashville

    ★ 4.8

    Germantown · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Penicillin

  19. 19

    Bamboo Bar at Mandarin Oriental

    Bangkok

    ★ 4.8

    Bang Rak · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Mahanakhon Daiquiri

  20. 20

    Bar Augusta Tarlogie

    Osaka

    ★ 4.8

    Kita-ku · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Augusta Manhattan

  21. 21

    Bar Gabanyi

    Munich

    ★ 4.8

    Maxvorstadt · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Gabanyi Manhattan

  22. 22

    Bar Leyenda

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.8

    Ebisu · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Leyenda Margarita

  23. 23

    Bar Mizunara

    Osaka

    ★ 4.8

    Kita-ku · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Mizunara Highball

  24. 24

    Bar Noble

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.8

    Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Noble Old Fashioned

  25. 25

    Bar Orchard Ginza

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.8

    Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Fresh Fruit Cocktail

  26. 26

    Bar Trench

    Tokyo

    ★ 4.8

    Ebisu · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Trench Old Fashioned

  27. 27

    Bellboy

    Tel Aviv

    ★ 4.8

    City Center · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bellboy Sour

  28. 28

    Black Pearl

    Melbourne

    ★ 4.8

    Fitzroy · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Black Pearl Old Fashioned

  29. 29

    Buck and Breck

    Berlin

    ★ 4.8

    Mitte · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Buck and Breck Cocktail

  30. 30

    Byrdi

    Melbourne

    ★ 4.8

    CBD · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Native Garden Highball

  31. 31

    Canon

    Seattle

    ★ 4.8

    Capitol Hill · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice

  32. 32

    Central Station

    Beirut

    ★ 4.8

    Mar Mikhael · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Central Station Manhattan

  33. 33

    Charles H at Four Seasons Seoul

    Seoul

    ★ 4.8

    Jongno · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Charles H Manhattan

  34. 34

    Civil Liberties

    Toronto

    ★ 4.8

    Bloordale · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice

  35. 35

    Cloakroom Bar

    Montreal

    ★ 4.8

    Ville-Marie · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice

  36. 36

    COA Taipei

    Taipei

    ★ 4.8

    Zhongshan · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Mexican Firing Squad

  37. 37

    Cochinchina

    Buenos Aires

    ★ 4.8

    Recoleta · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Cochinchina Highball

  38. 38

    Columbia Room

    Washington DC

    ★ 4.8

    Shaw · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Tasting Menu

  39. 39

    D.Bespoke

    Singapore

    ★ 4.8

    Boat Quay · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the D.Bespoke Tasting

  40. 40

    Death & Co

    New York

    ★ 4.8

    East Village · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Conference

  41. 41

    Death & Co Denver

    Denver

    ★ 4.8

    RiNo · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Conference

  42. 42

    Double Chicken Please

    New York

    ★ 4.8

    Lower East Side · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Japanese Cold Noodle

  43. 43

    Drink

    Boston

    ★ 4.8

    Fort Point · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice

  44. 44

    Drink Kong

    Rome

    ★ 4.8

    Monti · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Kong Highball

  45. 45

    Dry Martini

    Barcelona

    ★ 4.8

    Eixample · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Dry Martini

  46. 46

    Dukes Bar

    London

    ★ 4.8

    St James's · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Vesper Martini

  47. 47

    Fifty Mils at Four Seasons

    Mexico City

    ★ 4.8

    Reforma · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Fifty Mils Mezcalita

  48. 48

    Floreria Atlantico

    Buenos Aires

    ★ 4.8

    Retiro · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Negroni Balestrini

  49. 49

    Guilhotina

    Sao Paulo

    ★ 4.8

    Vila Madalena · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Guilhotina Manhattan

  50. 50

    Hanky Panky

    Mexico City

    ★ 4.8

    Juarez · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Hanky Panky

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