Tujague’s
Built in 1827 on the site of an old Spanish armoury, 'two-jacks' is the second oldest restaurant in New Orleans and houses an equally venerable bar. It
PDT
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,
Tayer + Elementary
At first glance, this is yet another brutalist Shoreditch/Hoxton/Old Street bar with bare concrete, exposed aircon ducking and raw steel trunking. But
J.D. William's Whisky Bar
For our review of J.D. Williams, please see our Amsterdam’s 10 best cocktail bars page.
The Roger Room
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
Door 74
For our review of Door 74, please see our Amsterdam’s 10 best cocktail bars page.
Artesian
The Artesian is named after the 360 foot artesian well beneath the foundations of the hotel, which supplied the original hotel during its Victorian heyday.
Byrdi
Byrdi is a bar unlike any other, pulling the concepts of seasonality and locality together with culinary techniques, in a venue that is both day and night,
Senios Café Bar
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
Kwãnt
You can take the boy out of the five-star hotel but you can’t take the five-star hotel out of the boy! Erik Lorincz’s new bar, Kwãnt, operates to
Nottingham Forest
The Nottingham forest was opened in 1970 by Carlo Comini, Dario’s father. In 1980 under the guide of Dario Comini the Nottingham Forest became one of
Cane & Grain (Science & Industry, Liar's Lounge)
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
Le Cellar at Galvin
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
Capitano
Carlton's Capitano might not look it, but this small Italian restaurant on the corner of Rathdowne and Palmerston serves up some of the very best drinks
Gollem's Proeflokaal
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
Old Bengal Bar
It's National Curry Week, so it seemed fitting to head to Old Bengal Bar on New Street in the City of London. This latest venue from D&D London, the former
Ladder Shed at Chiltern Firehouse
This hotel, restaurant, bar and cobbled garden courtyard are housed in a former Grade II listed gothic Victorian fire station on the eponymous upmarket
Feijoa
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
Milk & Honey
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
Barfish
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
American Bar at The Savoy
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
Dukes Hotel's Perrier-Jouët Lounge
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
Meat Mission
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
Bathtub Gin
The Stone Street Coffee Company occupies a small storefront on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. It looks unremarkable, with its espresso machine and pastry case,
Le Lion - Bar de Paris
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 Botanist
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
Flesh & Buns
The basement site that was formerly Freedom Brewing is now a buzzy and happening New York-style Asian fusion drinking and dining concept. A large sharing
Shady Pines Saloon
Now, any set of notes which begin This is a fucking great bar! would normally be followed by a couple of pages of hieroglyphics and some rather, erm, soft
Scarfes Bar Rosewood Hotel
Scarfes Bar sits to the right as you walk under the arch into the courtyard entrance to the Rosewood hotel and is the hotel's main bar. It's been decorated
Vesper Bar
For our review of Vesper, please see our Amsterdam’s 10 best cocktail bars page.
1806
Named for the year in which a New York local paper defined the new-fangled word cocktail as a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar,
Dry Martini & Speakeasy
Dry Martini is something of a relic from a bygone era with its much used wooden bar and panelling aging gracefully. The service is also distinctly old
Her Majesty's Secret Service
Right at the entrance to Clifton Down train station sits HMSS. You enter through a traditional and iconic British red phone box into an equally British
Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge
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
Lulu White
The talented and largely English bar team here will make you feel right at home in Lulu White's boudoir. A boudoir of some renown, for the Lulu (1868-1931)
High Sushi Salsa
Most visitors to Camden Lock looking for a drink at the water's edge in warmer weather will flock to an enormous Wetherspoon's pub. We prefer something
Red Light
Looking for Red Light can be a real challenge for those who have never visited before. Another speakeasy in the Bristol bar scene with a luminous red
Buddha Bar Paris
If you've never been to a Buddha Bar, you've probably listened to its chilled ambient music at some point - a fantastic example of a brand extension if
The Bon Vivant
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. Lying on
Eileen's Bar - Four Pillars
Branded bars are tricky to pull off, without a diverse enough catalogue the drinking can get monotonous, the branding can be too in your face and they
Bread Street Kitchen
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.
Bitters & Love
Despite relocation to a standalone space in Telok Ayer Street, this popular cocktail bar retains its speakeasy feel. A discreet doorway - look for the
Hoi Polloi
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',
Hiding in Plain Sight
For our review of Hiding In Plain Sight, please see our Amsterdam’s 10 best cocktail bars page.
Hemmesphere
A long player, long stayer on the Sydney cocktail bar scene, Hemmesphere's impact on the city was not dissimilar to Oliver Peyton's opening of the Atlantic
Ginger Pig
In a previous pre-gastro pub age this triple gabled mock Tudor pad was The Ship Hotel and the original revolving oak door, which would not look out of
Satan's Whiskers
A former jerk chicken restaurant has been reborn a 50-cover cocktail den with a mix of eccentric taxidermy, candle-lit seating and grungy east end watering
Sun Liquor Distillery & Bar
Sun Liquor owns two venues in Seattle: one a lounge and the other this bar/distillery. A small copper pot and small column still can be seen through a
Gilbert Scott Bar
George Gilbert Scott was the architect responsible for St. Pancras, and the bar attached to Marcus Wareing's new restaurant in the hotel is a fitting tribute
Jose Tapas Bar
José is a wonderfully authentic sherry and tapas bar occupying a tiny corner shop mid-way down Bermondsey Street. As well as hailing from the home of
