The World's 50 Best Bars 2016: results
Find out who won what at the 2016 World's 50 Best Bars awards, including all the movers, new entries, and the triumph of London as cocktail capital of the world
Winners of the World's 50 Best Bars were announced at a glamorous ceremony in Christchurch Spitalfields last night (6 October).
The biggest hitting headlines
- London crowned cocktail capital of the world with 9 bars in the top 50, including five of the top ten
- The American Bar at The Savoy, London was crowned the Tanqueray Best Bar in Europe at #2
- Dandelyan at the Mondrian Hotel takes the Nikka Whisky Highest Climber Award soaring 47 places to #3
- East London's Gibson debuts at #6 taking the Urban Bar Highest New Entry Award
- Edinburgh's Bramble returns to the list
- The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog (pictured above) takes the top spot as Botran Rum Best Bar in North America & the World
Read on for the full list and download episode 24 of the olive magazine podcast to hear our breakdown.
Ranking
Bar
City
Status
1
The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog
New York
Up 1
2
American Bar
London
Up 3
3
Dandelyan
London
Up 47
4
Connaught Bar
London
Up 5
5
Attaboy
New York
Up 6
6
The Gibson
London
New entry
7
Employees Only
New York
Down 3
8
Nomad Bar
New York
Up 28
9
The Clumsies
Athens
Up 13
10
Happiness Forgets
London
Down 2
11
Manhattan
Singapore
Up 24
12
The Baxter Inn
Sydney
Down 6
13
Licoreria Limantour
Mexico City
Up 7
14
28 Hong Kong Street
Singapore
Down 7
15
Speak Low
Shanghai
New entry
16
The Broken Shaker
Miami
Down 2
17
Candelaria
Paris
Down 5
18
Tales & Spirits
Amsterdam
Up 12
19
Nightjar
London
Down 16
20
Maison Premiere
New York
Up 3
21
Operation Dagger
Singapore
New entry
22
Black Pearl
Melbourne
Down 12
23
High Five
Tokyo
Down 10
24
Little Red Door
Paris
Up 25
25
Linje Tio
Stockholm
New entry
26
Central Station
Beirut
New entry
27
Lobster Bar
Hong Kong
Down 9
28
Mace
New York
Up 10
29
Smuggler's Cove
San Francisco
Up 2
30
Bar Termini
London
New entry
31
La Factoria
Old San Juan
Up 14
32
Oriole
London
New entry
33
The Jerry Thomas Project
Rome
Down 12
34
Dante
New York
New entry
35
Trick Dog
San Francisco
Up 5
36
ABV
San Francisco
New entry
37
The Walker Inn
Los Angeles
New entry
38
Nottingham Forest
Milan
Up 8
39
Aviary
Chicago
Down 10
40
Baba au Rum
Athens
Re-entry
41
Quinary
Hong Kong
Down 2
42
Himkok
Oslo
New entry
43
Lost & Found
Nicosia
Up 6
44
Ruby
Copenhagen
Down 10
45
PDT
New York
Down 8
46
Bulletin Place
Sydney
Down 18
47
Bramble
Edinburgh
Re-entry
48
Callooh Callay
London
Re-entry
49
Floreria Atlantico
Buenos Aires
Re-entry
50
Buck & Breck
Berlin
Down 34
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