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A small barber shop in a covered shopping arcade is the unlikely and well disguised entrance to one of Leeds’, and indeed the UK’s best bars. The dark suited burley doorman is...
New cocktail bar close to the center of Athens (about 10 minutes with taxi). Great cocktails and ambience in a traditional 'old Athenian' scenery. You can also come for...
It’s easy to miss this Fitzroy long-stayer, just across the road from the better-known Black Pearl. ...
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...
This hip Palermo spot is a Victorian café by day and a steampunk wonderland by night. A convincing brick wall at the back of the café area opens up into a dimly lit...
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...
What's this? A club masquerading as a cocktail bar? Actually it's both, which is something you don't come across very often - at least done well. Come early and it's definitely...
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Another high volume bar in the northern suburbs, Mr Peacock is noted for its back yard with its VW camper van installation. A colonial-style interior and a solid drinks program. ...
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...
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Although practically hidden in the basement of Galvin Bistro De Lux on Baker Street, and reached only via a tiny stairwell from the middle of the dining room, this bar should not...
Just as everyone in the bar industry is yawning away and saying how tired they are about speakeasies, then along comes the Evans & Peel Detective Agency, a bar hidden behind a...
Founded in in 1964 by brothers Jack and Wallace Milroy, Milroys of Soho proudly sits as London's oldest whisky specialist.
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...
Sasha Petraske opened the original Milk & Honey in New York back in 2000. Many awards followed and it achieved legendary status in the bar world, spawning a myriad of imitations....
A newly launched multifaceted venue for Hackney which combines lives music, food and drink. Tucked away beside Hackney Central overground inside a large brick building, the space...
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. ...
The Hedonist Project was launched in Leeds as a pop up originally, and then evolved into a rotating concept bar, that showcased a new direction and creative concept throughout each...
Chef Austin Hu and Shanghai cocktail star Yao Lu own and operate this long, narrow two-storey space, which opened in July 2014 in (but of course!) the French Concession. Design is...
Cofounded by Ocho7Ocho's Julián Díaz, Florería Atlántico is another winning Buenos Aires speakeasy. A combination florist and wine shop by day, from 8...
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...
The Woods sits just off the top end of bustling Park Street and is something of a hidden gem with one of the Bristol’s best spirits selections. ...
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...
This friendly little hole-in-the-wall place, sibling to the Tokyo original, is Singapore's only Japanese-style stand-up sake joint. ...
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. ...
When the original 'Café Gollem' opened in 1974 it was the first bar in Amsterdam to offer a large range of specialist Belgian and other foreign beers - then owner Gerard...
Just down the road from Munich's ongoing Michael Jackson memorial at Promenadeplatz (no, us either!), Bar Tabacco's wood-panelled surroundings might suggest some kind of stuffy...
There are now fifteen Browns across the UK, but the origins of this chain lie right here in Brighton where the original Browns, opened in 1973. This premises that was previously a...
With its toasted raw oak floor there's something of the look of a Wild West salon to this large bar which is attached to the Sentinel Hotel. Walk past the large brick fireplace and...
Rehab has what is best described as a psychedelic interior. Known for its rum selection, all eight drinks on the menu, made by Alexandros Gkikopoulos, are rum based and served in...
Spread across three floors, Cane & Grain comprises three very different bars under the one roof: The Rib Joint & Tap Room on the ground floor with Science & Industry on the first...
A sleek modern venue with dining and lounge area, Boyds focuses primarily on British fare with contemporary cocktails. The bar was restored after lying dormant for 60 years when...
Serving avant-garde Nordic cuisine, Acme is one of the hottest restaurants in New York and this basement lounge is serviced by the same kitchen. ...
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...
A for Athens is a contemporary hotel in the centre of Athens that's known for its rooftop cocktail bar that overlooks Monastiraki square below with panoramic views of the floodlit...
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. ...
Stylish contemporary cocktail lounge where the drinks lead with tea. ...
This great little cocktail place shares an entrance with Public, like Siamese twins, both venues part of the growing AvroKO Hospitality Group so benefit from their drinks offering...
Dry Martini is something of a relic from a bygone era with its much used wooden bar and panelling aging gracefully. ...
Something of a cross between a wine shop, coffee shop and an osteria (tapas bar), this quaint little place is set in a picturesque canalside location. ...
Whether it's the location, the lighting, its polished look or the way the balustraded mezzanine restaurant juts out into the room, the double-height main area of this...
Tucked into a small space at the back of the Iroquois Hotel's lobby in Midtown, the Lantern's Keep looks like the private dining room it once was. Its nine marble-topped tables and...
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...
Despite the name this is a bar that anyone can enter, not a club. However, it is separated from the sumptuous lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel by curtains and at the stroke of 6pm...
This is one of my all-time favourite restaurants, but few people realise it is also a spectacular bar. The eponymous 'Brothers', Robert and David Eyre, grew up in colonial...
With its bare wooden tables, and painted wooden plank walls, this corner pub has something of a country pub feel to it. Out back, a conservatory-like dining room boasts an open...
Joaquin Simo's resume reads like a lot of the truly great, classic-cocktail-bar bartenders. He cut his teeth in loud dives and busy restaurants before joining the opening team at...
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. ...
A new speakeasy which has joined the Bristol scene by Richard Tring, to gain entry you'll need to pick up a rather seedy-looking pay phone on the street and press a large friendly...
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