Cocktail ranking
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
Singapore
★ 4.9Bugis · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Champagne Tower Service
Tokyo
★ 4.9Shinjuku · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Forager's Negroni
Tokyo
★ 4.9Azabu-Juban · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Seasonal Tasting Course
Paris
★ 4.91er · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Serendipity
Tokyo
★ 4.9Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Bartender's Choice
Bangkok
★ 4.9Pathum Wan · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Argentine Negroni
Hong Kong
★ 4.9Central · $$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Mexican Firing Squad
Mexico City
★ 4.9Juarez · $$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Handshake Margarita
Barcelona
★ 4.9El Born · $$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Supersonic
Tokyo
★ 4.9Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Hisashi Kishi Martini
Tokyo
★ 4.9Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Hard Shake Gimlet
London
★ 4.9Mayfair · $$$$ · ★ 4.9 · Order the Connaught Martini
Milan
★ 4.8Porta Romana · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the 1930 Manhattan
London
★ 4.8Hackney · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bauhaus Spritz
London
★ 4.8Strand · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the White Lady
New Orleans
★ 4.8French Quarter · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the French 75
New York
★ 4.8Lower East Side · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Penicillin
Nashville
★ 4.8Germantown · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Penicillin
Bangkok
★ 4.8Bang Rak · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Mahanakhon Daiquiri
Osaka
★ 4.8Kita-ku · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Augusta Manhattan
Munich
★ 4.8Maxvorstadt · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Gabanyi Manhattan
Tokyo
★ 4.8Ebisu · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Leyenda Margarita
Osaka
★ 4.8Kita-ku · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Mizunara Highball
Tokyo
★ 4.8Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Noble Old Fashioned
Tokyo
★ 4.8Ginza · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Fresh Fruit Cocktail
Tokyo
★ 4.8Ebisu · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Trench Old Fashioned
Tel Aviv
★ 4.8City Center · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bellboy Sour
Melbourne
★ 4.8Fitzroy · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Black Pearl Old Fashioned
Berlin
★ 4.8Mitte · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Buck and Breck Cocktail
Melbourne
★ 4.8CBD · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Native Garden Highball
Seattle
★ 4.8Capitol Hill · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice
Beirut
★ 4.8Mar Mikhael · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Central Station Manhattan
Seoul
★ 4.8Jongno · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Charles H Manhattan
Toronto
★ 4.8Bloordale · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice
Montreal
★ 4.8Ville-Marie · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice
Taipei
★ 4.8Zhongshan · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Mexican Firing Squad
Buenos Aires
★ 4.8Recoleta · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Cochinchina Highball
Washington DC
★ 4.8Shaw · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Tasting Menu
Singapore
★ 4.8Boat Quay · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the D.Bespoke Tasting
New York
★ 4.8East Village · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Conference
Denver
★ 4.8RiNo · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Conference
New York
★ 4.8Lower East Side · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Japanese Cold Noodle
Boston
★ 4.8Fort Point · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Bartender's Choice
Rome
★ 4.8Monti · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Kong Highball
Barcelona
★ 4.8Eixample · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Dry Martini
London
★ 4.8St James's · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Vesper Martini
Mexico City
★ 4.8Reforma · $$$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Fifty Mils Mezcalita
Buenos Aires
★ 4.8Retiro · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Negroni Balestrini
Sao Paulo
★ 4.8Vila Madalena · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Guilhotina Manhattan
Mexico City
★ 4.8Juarez · $$$ · ★ 4.8 · Order the Hanky Panky
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