Worlds 50 Greatest Bar Awards 2022

The World’s 50 Greatest Bars is an internationally acclaimed annual listing that celebrates one of the best within the bar trade, rating locations throughout the globe, from London to Singapore. Hotly anticipated annually, 2022’s outcomes embrace each established favourites and newcomers.

Paradiso in Barcelona took the No.1 spot, successful World’s Greatest Bar and The Greatest Bar in Europe.

London led Europe within the prime 50, with 5 bars making the listing, together with two within the prime 10 – Tayēr + Elementary at No.2 and Connaught Bar at No.8. Lead by director of mixology Agostino Perrone, the enduring lodge bar is famed for its trendy tackle a martini (we have tried, it is scrumptious), in addition to slick service and plush, Cubist-inspired surrounds. Devil’s Whiskers in Bethnal Inexperienced got here in at No.23 and Soho-based Swift at No.30 and A Bar With Shapes For A Title at No.37.

Discover our guides to one of the best London cocktail bars and wine bars.

Try the highest 10 listing under, in addition to which London bars made the highest 100.

The World’s 50 Greatest Bars – the highest 10

1. Paradiso, Barcelona
2. Tayēr + Elementary, London
3. Sips, Barcelona
4. Licorería Limantour, Mexico Metropolis
5. Little Pink Door, Paris
6. Double Rooster Please, New York
7. Two Schmucks, Barcelona
8. Connaught Bar, London
9. Katana Kitten, New York
10. Alquímico, Cartagena

London bars within the prime 100

1. Tayēr + Elementary – a Shoreditch bar of two halves: head to informal, easygoing Elementary for a fast cocktail and bottomless espresso, and extra intimate Tayēr for critical, progressive mixology.

8. Connaught Bar – a slick and ritzy Mayfair lodge bar with a effective line in decadent martinis, made to order at your desk.

23. Devil’s Whiskers – Bethnal Inexperienced neighbourhood cocktail bar with grungy, taxidermy-speckled interiors, classic booze posters and a feted hip hop soundtrack.

30. Swift – This Soho bar is a two-part affair, with a buzzy, informal area on the bottom ground – greatest for walk-ins and aperitifs – and a sultrier underground lounge with modern crescent cubicles, inky black tables and moody lighting.

37. A Bar with Shapes for a Title – a high-concept, Bauhaus-inspired Dalston bar from The Little Pink Door’s Remy Savage.