JavaScript is not enabled!
For information on how to enable Javascript on your browser click here
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. ...
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...
For our review of Door 74, please see our Amsterdam’s 10 best cocktail bars page.
It’s easy to miss this Fitzroy long-stayer, just across the road from the better-known Black Pearl. ...
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...
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...
200-odd brews and more on tap in Lisbon’s original and best-regarded craft beer bar. ...
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...
Cooter Browns is a good, honest, unsophisticated sports bar and all the better for it. The locally brewed Abita Andygator is one of some 45 different beers on tap with the wall of...
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...
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...
Saba ...
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...
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...
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...
Pronounced "kollo-cot-rony" this bar takes its name from the street on which it sits, which in turn is named after the hero of Greek revolution. Thankfully, the bar is better known...
The most famous bar in Italy and one of the most famous in the world, Harry's was opened in 1931 by Giuseppe Cipriani. While part of its notoriety derives from Giuseppe's invention...
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. ...
Hoi Polloi, on the ground floor of the new Ace Hotel London in trendy Shoreditch, is predictably cool. Taking its name from the Greek, meaning 'the majority', Holi Polloi has come...
The Morse bar is named after a once-famous TV detective show set in Oxford. Several scenes were shot here and its wood-panelled walls are peppered with photographs of the late...
Mario Basso, the Italian owner and bar manager gives this small corner bar a very homely feel with an Italian touch - it's great for appetitivos and classic cocktails. It's also at...
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...
On a Belgravia backstreet, this pub, named after an apparently legendary master builder, has had its exterior walls removed and replaced with floor-to-ceiling glazing. With taupe...
For a bar with a name like The Filthy Thirteen, this haunt is actually a very charming affair and a bright beacon in Bristol’s cocktail scene. From the team behind HMSS comes a...
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...
For our review of The Tailor, please see our Amsterdam’s 10 best cocktail bars page.
Unchanged for generations, Kehoe's as its better known is one of Dublin's heritage pubs. Its charm and location on a key pedestrian route just off Grafton Street ensures it is...
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...
You may be in Dublin, Ireland but you could just as easily be in Boston for this is the most American of American bars. The eponymous Mr Shanahan is a wealthy American who loved...
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...
Looking for Red Light can be a real challenge for those who have never visited before. ...
Aviary is unlike any other bar you're likely to have visited - there's no bar, no bartenders and no bottles on display. Drinks are made back-of-house, then served in a restaurant...
The third bar offering from the folk behind the Clumsies, Odori opened in May 2016. With its slightly elevated position up a few steps, Odori has the appearance of a Grand Cafe...
Perhaps the most renowned bar in Athens and indeed Greece. ...
Three Dots and a Dash is undisputedly one of Chicago's best bars and one of the most highly regarded Tiki bars in the world. Its entrance lies down a narrow service alley and can...
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...
Descending down to the Goodge Street London Cocktail club is akin to entering a gothic, slightly decaying, Sherlock Holmes novel. The décor is worn plush, velvet chairs and...
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...
Village East was among the first bars and restaurants to mark the gentrification of Bermondsey Street, now achingly hip and awash with eateries, coffee shops, tiny shops selling...
Set in the middle of the garment district, Le Sentier, is a spacious cocktail lounge bar slightly off the beaten track but is a destination due to its reputation for great drinks,...
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 new speakeasy tucked away down a side street amongst London Bridge's railway arches has been the talk of the town. Accessed through an unmarked door like all good speakeasies,...
Epic art deco lobby bar with over 1100 gins in a three-storey back bar tower. ...
Rickhouse is an homage to spirits - in particular whisky and bourbon (a 'Rick House' is where bourbon is aged). The entire wall behind the counter is fashioned as a drinks library...
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. ...
This 'speakeasy' might not have a sign, but can find it easily enough because a) it sits behind a psychic's shop window with a red neon hand and b) there are a couple of valet...
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. ...
A cylindrical lift, complete with sofas for lounging on, brings you up from the ground floor French restaurant to this extraordinary space, a giant cylinder, custom-made, and...
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...
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...
Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do. By continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
