The World’s 50 Best Bars for 2015 by Drinks International were announced in London with Artesian at the Langham Hotel in London taking out first place for the fourth year running. New York’s The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog came in second place and at number 3, London’s NightJar.
Australia scored two bars in the top 10, and four bars in total, all climbing in their position in the ranking. Sydney’s The Baxter Inn moved up one ranking to 6th place, Australia’s highest ever ranking to retain the prize as the Torres Brandy Best Bar in Australasia. Melbourne’s Black Pearl jumped 27 spots to 10th place taking out the Highest Climber Award. The Everleigh in Melbourne came in at 25 closely followed by Bulletin Place in Sydney at 28.
The bars are chosen by an Academy of over 400 members, the strongest, most diverse collection of industry experts to express their view on the best bars in the world of which I am honoured to be on the committee for the third year running.
The full list of the World’s 50 Best Bars 2015:
1. Artesian, London
2. The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog, New York
3. Nightjar, London
4. Employees Only, New York
5. American Bar, London
6. The Baxter Inn, Sydney
7. 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore
8. Happiness Forgets, London
9. Connaught Bar, London
10. Black Pearl, Melbourne
11. Attaboy, New York
12. Candelaria, Paris
13. Bar High Five, Tokyo
14. The Broken Shaker, Miami
15. Canon, Seattle
16. Buck & Breck, Berlin
17. Imperial Craft, Tel Aviv
18. Lobster Bar, Hong Kong
19. Le Lion Bar de Paris, Hamburg
20. Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City
21. The Jerry Thomas Project, Rome
22. The Clumsies, Athens
23. Maison Premiere, New York
24. Elephant Bar, New York
25. The Everleigh, Melbourne
26. White Lyan, London
27. Beaufort Bar, London
28. Bulletin Place, Sydney
29. Aviary, Chicago
30. Tales & Spirits, Amsterdam
31. Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco
32. Delicatessen, Moscow
33. Door 74, Amsterdam
34. Ruby, Copenhagen
35. Manhattan, Singapore
36. Nomad Bar, New York
37. PDT, New York
38. Mace, New York
39. Quinary, Hong Kong
40. Trick Dog, San Francisco
41. 69 Colebrooke Row, London
42. Dry Martini, Barcelona
43. Schumann’s, Munich
44. Zuma Dubai, Dubai
45. La Factoria Old, San Juan
46. Nottingham Forest, Milan
47. Tommy’s, San Francisco
48. Lost & Found, Cyprus
49. Little Red Door, Paris
50. Dandelyan, London
Photo Credit of Artesian: Supplied.
