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PDT (short for Please Don't Tell) is one of the original Manhattan bars modelled on Prohibition speakeasies. This one is a rather wonderful cocktail lounge, accessed through a...
Named after the axe used to cut agave pinas, Hacha (or 'Acha' as it's pronounced) will be a contemporary bar bringing lesser known agave spirits to the London bar scene. ...
It’s easy to miss this Fitzroy long-stayer, just across the road from the better-known Black Pearl. ...
Denny Kallivoka caught up Alex Kratena and Monica Berg to talk about Tayēr + Elementary, their hugely anticipated joint venture slated to open in Spring 2019. ...
Ricks combines boutique 4 star hotel with ten 'super-chic' rooms with bar and restaurant. It is also little sister to Tigerlily close by but is very different in style being less...
This hotel, restaurant, bar and cobbled garden courtyard are housed in a former Grade II listed gothic Victorian fire station on the eponymous upmarket Marylebone backstreet. Since...
Looking for Red Light can be a real challenge for those who have never visited before. ...
Dress up this place is posh. The Alexander Bar lies off the lobby of the Grand Breatagne five-star hotel, in Syntagma Square. It's very classic in appearance with the requisite...
Door 74 is quite simply Amsterdam's, indeed Holland's most revered bar. Hidden away behind an unmarked door on the same busy street that runs from Rembrandt Square as Feijoa. ...
This fine dining restaurant and bar is styled as a French bistro. It has a warm, homely feel and a relaxed atmosphere, with both staff and customers keen to engage in conversation....
Rather than the bar’s name, outside there’s simply a neon sign flashing “closed”. Off-putting perhaps, but such is this bar’s reputation that the best way to spot its...
Dukes is renowned for its Martinis, memorably mixed by Alessandro in its main bar, but now the hotel has opened a separate champagne lounge. Just as Harvey Nichols has a...
Lying on a pedestrian street in Athens’ textile neighbourhood, Senios (which opened in October 2018) is the third all-day café bar by the team behind The Clumsies, who, with...
The understated exterior of the Union Street Café, practically hidden on this back street in Southwark, belies this fabulous basement bar which is part of fiery celebrity...
Take the escalator down to the lower ground floor of Selfridges to find its spanking new drinks department, with a bar nestled in the middle. Named after Mr Harry Gordon Selfridge...
Urban industrial loft meets Miami sheek, complete with exposed air con ducting, a red angle pose spider lamp, scallop-shaped red banquet seating and a sports screen. A pink neon...
Widely recognised as being one of the world's 20 best bars, Le Lion lies behind a locked door and buzzer system but is open to anyone who makes a reservation. The original ground...
Huge collection of whiskies and rums. Simple classic cocktails. We've listed this as being in the central area - it is but it's also a short taxi ride from the other bars listed...
This good-time bar is named after the fruit that flourishes in South America and New Zealand, and indeed the fruit crops up in some of the cocktails served here. ...
34 comes from Caprice Holdings, owners of the Ivy, Scott's and J. Sheekey, among others. As the first totally new venue from the group in some time (ignoring for now the fact that...
Jeff 'Beachbum' Berry is perhaps the best-known man in the world of Tiki so when he and his wife Annene moved to New Orleans and then announced they were to open this Tiki bar in...
Built to accompany Blowfish, the upscale Asian restaurant with which it shares an entrance, Barfish can easily be said to be the prettiest bar space in Toronto. With its...
Once you sneak behind the black curtain separating the Horse's Mouth from the Uma Uma Ramen restaurant and descend the stairs into the calm, dimly lit Japanese inspired space it's...
Taking up a large corner site of Plaza Vieja, which is perhaps the most spruced-up part of town, Factoria is a beer-oriented venue that brews its own. Shiny vats rise up behind the...
Lying in the belly of a vast landmark hotel on London's Southbank, Dandelyan boasts a stunning location overlooking the River Thames. This is the place for hip 20 and 30-somethings...
This Shoreditch offshoot of Meat Liquor takes over a former church hall in this cobbled square next to Hoxton Square. There's less graffiti and it feels more overtly designed, with...
Aptly described by Jason Scott, one of its owners, as a "drinking den-come-cocktail lounge." This dimly-lit semi-subterranean space, accessed down an innocuous flight of stairs, is...
A high-volume bar out in the northern suburbs, Theory has crack team of bartenders which knock out simple but tasty cocktails. One to remember in the summer months due to its large...
Another from the Tom and Ed Martin stable, the Botanist is slap-bang on Sloane Square. Named in honour of Sir Hans Sloane, a botanist, it is brightly decorated with botanical...
With two locations in the city, the other in Byres Road, Bar Soba is known primarily for its pan-Asian cuisine but it also boasts a good cocktail and spirit selection. ...
On the first floor of the imposing Regent Hotel, this jewel-like enclave is what all hotel bars would aspire to if only they had the funds. Plush dark leather sofas are studded...
Harry MacElhone established this bar in 1911, making it Europe's second longest-running cocktail bar. Passing through the swinging, wooden saloon-style doors is a step back in...
Opened by Mourad Mazouz, the charismatic guy behind London's Momo's and Sketch, Andy Wahloo opened in 2003 on an unlikely street amongst some pretty ordinary-looking Chinese...
Epic art deco lobby bar with over 1100 gins in a three-storey back bar tower. ...
The Beaufort bar occupied the space which was formerly the hotel's cabaret stage, previously graced by the likes of George Gershwin, who premiered Rhapsody in Blue at the Savoy....
Dirty Martini sits beneath Tuttons Brasserie on the East side of Covent Garden's Pizza. The classy modern decor means this place might be 'Dirty' but it certainly isn't shabby. The...
Named after co-owners Ross Bryant and Jason Cormack who opened this tiny speakeasy-styled bar at the tail end of 2016. As befits such a venue and the theme, it doesn't shout about...
Perhaps the most famous hotel in the world, The Savoy reopened in 2010 after a three-year, £100m+ refurbishment. While the rest of the hotel now sparkles with the polish of a Las...
This, probably the best-known osteria in Venice, is hidden at the end of a narrow passage off the Strada Nova near the Ca' D'Oro water bus stop. Officially named after its...
There is no real way to verify the authenticity of this 'Guatemalan Owl Bar', located on the city fringes, but that doesn't really matter. The apparent theme - ceramic owls,...
FAM bar and kitchen, situated in the West End of London, has launched as a collaboration by Megs Miller, Dre Masso, Rhys Wilson, Eric Yu and Martin Malley. ...
Victoria lies on a street where you wouldn’t expect to find such a cool, upmarket lounge bar. Perhaps this helps explain the diverse crowd of mature locals that flock here. ...
Defined as "a person who enjoys the good things in life, especially food and drink," Bon Vivant is co-owned by Stuart McCluskey - enough said. ...
The much respected Jake Burger after which this bar is named is now to be found fettling his gin still in London's Portobello Road. However, the big man's influence remains and...
Long term San Francisco bartender, Alex Smith approached Tiki God and Smuggler's Cove owner Martin Cate with an idea for a gin bar. Whitechapel, a Victorian gin palace set in a...
At the foot of the entrance stairs, a speakeasy-style disguised door leads into this subterranean bar themed around a 1950s New Orleans funfair. And as the story on the bar's...
The Carousel Piano Bar opened in 1949 and is so named because the circular 25-seat island bar rotates, transporting barflies one revolution every fifteen minutes as it turns on...
We first visited Bread Street Kitchen when it launched and despite the opulent setting and an offering of two bars, the cocktails were below standard. Happily things are now very...
Beyond the lobby of Hotel Bayerischer Hof and vibrant purple-pink domed orangery you'll find the elevated and decoratively plastered Falk's Bar. The island bar sits in a grandiose...
When the late Sasha Petraske took Milk & Honey to the Flatiron, ace bartenders Sam Ross & Michael McIlroy stayed behind, and opened up Attaboy in its former space on Eldridge...
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