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The Worlds Top 100 Bars

We’ve been using the following list to help guide which bars we visit in the cities that we’re in: The Worlds 50 Best. When we run out of those, we deep dive through the internet and pick up bar inspiration from all the other online lists we can find.

TBD means we haven’t been there yet, but it’s eventually ‘to be determined’


Updated 24 MAR 2023

Worlds Top 100 Bars

1 - Paradiso - Barcelona

2 - Tayer & Elementary - London

3 - Sips - Barcelona

4 - Licoreria Limantour - Mexico City

5 - Little Red Door - Paris (TBD)

6 - Double Chicken Please - NYC

7 - Two Schmucks - Barcelona

8 - Connaught Bar - London

9 - Katana Kitten - NYC

10 - Alquímico - Cartagena

11 - Handshake Speakeasy - Mexico City

12 - Jigger & Pony - Singapore

13 - Hanky Panky - Mexico City

14 - BKK Social Club - Bangkok

15 - Salmon Guru - Madrid (TBD)

16 - Drink Kong - Rome

17 - Coa - Hong Kong (TBD)

18 - Florería Atlántico - Buenos Aires

19 - The Clumsies - Athens

20 - Baba au Rum - Athens

21 - Café La Trova - Miami

22 - Attaboy - NYC

23 - Satan's Whiskers - London

24 - Tropic City - Bangkok

25 - Kumiko - Chicago (TBD)

26 - Side Car - New Delhi (TBD)

27 - Tres Monos - Buenos Aires

28 - Argo - Hong Kong (TBD)

29 - Maybe Sammy - Sydney

30 - Swift - London (TBD)

31 - Line - Athens (TBD)

32 - Baltra Bar - Mexico City

33 - Manhattan - Singapore

34 - Overstory - NYC

35 - 1930 - Milan

36 - Dante - NYC

37 - Bar With Shapes For Names - London (TBD)

38 - Zuma - Dubai (TBD)

39 - Locale Firenze - Florence (TBD)

40 - Red Frog - Lisbon (TBD)

41 - Cantina OK! - Sydney

42 - CoChinChina - Buenos Ares

43 - Himkok - Oslo (TBD)

44 - Carnaval - Lima (TBD)

46 - L'Antiquario - Naples (TBD)

47 - Employees Only - NYC

48 - Bar Benfiddich - Tokyo

49 - Lucy's Flower Shop - Stockholm (TBD)

50 - Bulgari - Dubai (TBD)

24 done // 26 to go // 50 total

51 - Sago House - Singapore

52 - Barro Negro - Athens (TBD)

53 - Cause Effect - Cape Town (TBD)

54 - La Factoria - Old San Juan (TBD)

55 - 28HongKong Street - Singapore

56 - Quinary - Hong Kong (TBD)

57 - MO Bar - Singapore

58 - Mimi Kakushi - Dubai (TBD)

59 - Schofields - Manchester (TBD)

60 - Caretakers Cottage - Melbourne

61 - Presidente - Buenos Ares

62 - Tan Tan - São Paulo

63 - The SG Club - Tokyo

64 - Brujas - Mexico City

65 - Analogue- Singapore

66 - El Baron - Cartagena

67 - Atlas - Singapore

68 - Hero Bar - Nairobi (TBD)

69 - No Sleep Club - Singapore

70 - La Sala de Laura - Bogota (TBD)

71 - Tjoget - Stockholm (TBD)

72 - Three Sheets - London (TBD)

73 - Camparino - Milan

74 - Nutmeg & Clove - Singapore

75 - Side Hustle - London (TBD)

76 - Candelaria - Paris (TBD)

77 - The Court - Rome

78 - Roda Husky - Stockholm (TBD)

79 - Vesper - Bangkok

80 - Dead End Paradise - Beirut (TBD)

81 - Lost and Found - Nicosia (TBD)

82 - Indulge - Taipei (TBD)

83 - Bar Goto - NYC

84 - Le Syndicate - Paris (TBD)

85 - Danica - Paris (TBD)

86 - Ferni e Frizioni - Rome

87 - Re - Sydney

88 - Duplicity - Cape Town (TBD)

89 - Donovan Bar - London (TBD)

90 - Republic - Singapore

91 - Antique American - Bratislava (TBD)

92 - House Of Machines - Cape Town (TBD)

93 - Mace - NYC

94 - Sweet Liberty - Miami

95 - Bamboo Bar - Bangkok

96 - Dead Rabbit - NYC

97 - Tag - Krakow (TBD)

98 - Zapote Bar - Playa Del Carmen (TBD)

99 - Tesouro - Goa (TBD)

100 - Sin & Tax - Johannesburg (TBD)

100 total // 43 to go // 12 cities - 23


Extracurricular Bars:

Top 50 in North America // 3 Done // 17 Total

9 - Thunderbolt - LA (TBD)

13 - Kaito - Mexico City

15 - Cafe de Nadie - Mexico City

19 - Raised by Wolves - San Diego (TBD)

20 - Sabina Sabe - Oaxaca (TBD)

22 - Selva - Oaxaca (TBD)

23 - Amor y Amargo - NYC (TBD)

25 - The Keefer Bar - Vancouver (TBD)

26 - Dear Irving - NYC (TBD)

28 - Herbs and Rey - Las Vegas (TBD)

32 - Broken Shaker - Miami

33 - Friends and Family - Oakland (TBD)

34 - Death and Co - LA (TBD)

39 - ABV - SF (TBD)

43 - Clover Club - NYC (TBD)

44 - Bitter and Twisted - Phoenix (TBD)

50 - Genever - LA (TBD)

Top 50 in Asia // 17 Done // 31 Total

7 - Charles H - Seoul

25 - Bar Trench - Tokyo

28 - Bar Cham - Seoul

39 - Le Chamber - Seoul

40 - Alice - Seoul

41 - Memento Mori - Tokyo

43 - Asia Today - Bangkok

47 - Bee's Knees - Kyoto

48 - Zest - Seoul

57 - Soko - Seoul (TBD)

58 - D.Bespoke - Singapore (TBD)

59 - Pine & Co - Seoul

60 - Smoke & Mirrors - Singapore (TBD)

61 - Papa Doble Bar - Singapore

64 - Teens of Thailand - Bangkok

65 - Live Twice - Singapore (TBD)

66 - Origin Grill & Bar - Singapore (TBD)

69 - Smalls - Bangkok (TBD)

75 - Shin Gi Tai - Singapore (TBD)

77 - Employees Only - Singapore

78 - Find The Locker Room - Bangkok (TBD)

79 - Bar Rocking Chair - Kyoto

80 - Bar Landscape - Tokyo

83 - Mixology Bar - Seoul (TBD)

84 - Stir - Saigon

85 - High Five - Tokyo

87 - The Bellwood - Tokyo (TBD)

88 - The Loft - Bangkok (TBD)

90 - Southside Parlor - Seoul (TBD)

95 - Barbary Coast - Singapore (TBD)

96 - Blackbird - Kathmandu (TBD)

98 - Junior The Pocket Bar - Singapore (TBD)