SINGAPORE — Sips in Barcelona, Spain is the best bar in the world, in keeping with this 12 months’s rating by the 50 Best group.
The World’s 50 Best Bars have been introduced at an awards ceremony in Singapore on Tuesday night — the first time the ceremony was held in Asia. Double Chicken Please in New York got here in second, and Handshake Speakeasy from Mexico City is third on the list.
The annual rating is printed by William Reed Business Media, a U.Okay.-based firm that additionally publishes “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list — and in a primary, “The World’s 50 Best Hotels,” printed in September.
The 50 Best group has printed an annual rating of “The World’s 50 Best Bars” since 2009, with London and New York dominating the lists ever since. But Barcelona bars have climbed the rankings in the final two years, reaching the prime three spots.
The 2023 winners
This 12 months’s fifteenth version of the list contains bars from 28 cities, with 11 new entries.
This is the second 12 months in a row {that a} Barcelona bar has claimed the crown as Sips jumped to the prime from No. 3 final 12 months.
“When we began Sips, we strongly believed that the bar was a beacon title itself,” Marc Álvarez, co-founder of Sips, instructed CNBC. He stated that the drinks, music and the structure of the bar itself are like “little drops that fill the glass,” creating an expertise that’s distinctive to Sips.
The Frida Calho, a cocktail from Sips, Barcelona.
Courtesy of The World’s 50 Best Bars and Sips
Bars in Europe dominated this 12 months’s list with 22 spots, whereas North and South America accounted for 14 slots. Asia got here up ten occasions, whereas Australia and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, lodged two spots every.
The prime ten bars have been all situated in Europe and North and South America solely. London and Barcelona continued their streak of success in 2023, claiming two spots every amongst the prime ten.
Himkok in Oslo, Norway was a brand new title amongst the prime ten, climbing 33 locations to No. 10.
In Asia, Singapore secured the most variety of spots, with three bars named amongst the world’s best. Seoul, South Korea’s Zest takes the Highest New Entry Award, becoming a member of the list for the first time at No.18 on the list.
The full list contains:
- Sips, Barcelona – The Best Bar in Europe
- Double Chicken Please, New York – The Best Bar in North America
- Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
- Paradiso, Barcelona
- Connaught Bar, London
- Little Red Door, Paris
- Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
- Tayēr + Elementary, London
- Alquímico, Cartagena, Columbia – The Best Bar in South America
- Himkok, Oslo – The Highest Climber
- Tres Monos, Buenos Aires, (*50*)
- Line, Athens, Greece
- BKK Social Club, Bangkok – The Best Bar in Asia
- Jigger & Pony, Singapore
- Maybe Sammy, Sydney – The Best Bar in Australasia
- Salmon Guru, Madrid
- Overstory, New York
- Zest, Seoul – The Highest New Entry
- Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar, Bangkok – New Entry
- Coa, Hong Kong
- Drink Kong, Rome
- Hanky Panky, Mexico City
- Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne, Australia – New Entry
- Café La Trova, Miami
- Baba au Rum, Athens
- CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
- Katana Kitten, New York
- Satan’s Whiskers, London
- Wax On, Berlin – New Entry
- Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
- Röda Huset, Stockholm – New Entry
- Sago House, Singapore – New Entry
- Freni e Frizioni, Rome – New Entry
- Argo, Hong Kong
- A Bar With Shapes For A Name, London
- The SG Club, Tokyo – A Re-Entry from No.18 in 2021
- Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
- The Cambridge Public House, Paris – New Entry
- Panda & Sons, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Mimi Kakushi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – New Entry, The Best Bar in Middle East & Africa
- Scarfes Bar, London – New Entry
- 1930, Milan
- Carnaval, Lima, Peru
- L’Antiquario, Naples, Italy
- Baltra Bar, Mexico City
- Locale Firenze, Florence, Italy
- The Clumsies, Athens
- Atlas, Singapore – A Re-Entry from No. 16 in 2021
- Jewel Of The South, New Orleans – New Entry
- Galaxy Bar, Dubai
In addition, Renato “Tato“ Giovannoni of Florería Atlántico in Buenos Aires was given the “Industry Icon Award,” whereas “Best Cocktail Menu” went to The American Bar at Gleneagles in Auchterarder, Scotland.
Marc Álvarez and Simone Caporale, the co-founders of Sips, Barcelona.
Courtesy of The World’s 50 Best Bars and Sips
Singapore’s Night Hawk is the first recipient of the “Best Bar Design Award” — a brand new hospitality design award launched on April 25. The “Sustainable Bar Award” was bestowed upon Röda Huset, Stockholm.
The 50 Best Bars The Blend Scholarship was awarded to Apoorva Kohli from New Delhi, incomes two expenses-paid internships at this 12 months’s successful bar, Sips in Barcelona and Alquímico in Cartagena, which positioned No. 9 on the list.
How the list is created
This 12 months’s list compiled votes from 680 business consultants throughout the globe, together with bartenders and bar homeowners, plus “drinks writers” and “well-travelled cocktail consultants,” in keeping with the 50 Best web site.
Each voter casts seven votes, with a most of 5 for bars in their dwelling nation. Voters will need to have visited the bar a minimum of as soon as inside the final 18 months, and are not allowed to vote for bars they personal or have a monetary curiosity in.
More bars round the globe
The prolonged 51-100 world’s best bars in 2023.
Courtesy of The World’s 50 Best Bars
Singapore got here in sturdy with 5 spots, whereas Byrdi, Melbourne (No. 61) was the solely bar from Australia to make the prolonged list.
Seven bars that ranked amongst the world’s best 50 bars in 2022 fell into the 51-100 rating this 12 months. Employees Only, New York, noticed the largest drop in rankings, down by 52 spots from No. 47 to No. 99.