It only takes one viewing of Bar Rescue to understand just how awful and sad a bar can be. Sure, it’s fabricated for TV, but everyone knows a bar worthy of being on that show. So when you find a good one near you, cherish it. And if you need help finding a bar that really gets it right, check out “The World’s 50 Best Bars 2015” from Drinks International.
TL;DR: Go to London or New York.
- The Artesian (London)
- The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog (New York)
- Nightjar (London)
- Employees Only (New York)
- American Bar (London)
- The Baxter Inn (Sydney)
- 28 Hongkong Street (Singapore)
- Happiness Forgets (London)
- Connaught Bar (London)
- Black Pearl (Melbourne)
- Attaboy (New York)
- Candelaria (Paris)
- High Five (Tokyo)
- The Broken Shaker (Miami Beach)
- Canon (Seattle)
- Buck & Breck (Berlin)
- Imperial Craft (Tel Aviv)
- Lobster Bar (Hong Kong)
- Le Lion Bar de Paris (Hamburg)
- Licoreria Limantour (Mexico City)
- The Jerry Thomas Project (Rome)
- The Clumsies (Athens)
- Maison Premiere (New York)
- Elephant Bar (New York)
- The Everleigh (Melbourne)
- White Lyan (London)
- Beaufort Bar (London)
- Bulletin Place (Sydney)
- Aviary (Chicago)
- Tales & Spirits (Amsterdam)
- Smuggler’s Cove (San Francisco)
- Delicatessen (Moscow)
- Door 74 (Amsterdam)
- Ruby (Copenhagen)
- Manhattan Bar (Singapore)
- Nomad Bar (New York)
- PDT (New York)
- Mace (New York)
- Quinary (Hong Kong)
- Trick Dog (San Francisco)
- 69 Colebrooke Row (London)
- Dry Martini (Barcelona)
- Schumann’s (Munich)
- Zuma (Dubai)
- La Factoria (Puerto Rico)
- Nottingham Forest (Milan)
- Tommy’s (San Francisco)
- Lost + Found (Cyprus)
- Little Red Door (Paris)
- Dandelyan (London)
