London is the place to go for world-class cocktails, according to the World's 50 Best Bars 2017. The winners of the shortlist were announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday evening, with the American Bar at The Savoy hotel taking the highly sought-after title of the World's Best Bar.
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The cocktail bar, which has been serving since 1893, was praised for its combination of tradition and innovation, with a menu that includes everything from classic 1920s-inspired cocktails to blends influenced by seasonal British ingredients. And it was joined by seven other London bars in the top 50, with Dandelyan on the South Bank ranking at number two, The Connaught at number four, and Bar Termini in Soho coming in ninth.
Dandelyan Bar has been named the second best bar in the world
Other London bars to make the list were Happiness Forgets (positioned twelfth), Oriole (17), The Gibson (21) and Nightjar (43). The list is decided by a panel of anonymous drinks specialists from six continents, with bars included from all of them. Read on to see which other bars made the list.
World's 50 Best Bars 2017
- American Bar, London
- Dandelyan, London
- NoMad Bar, New York City
- Connaught Bar, London
- The Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog, New York City
- The Clumsies, Athens
- Manhattan, Singapore
- Attaboy, New York
- Bar Termini, London
- Speak Low, Shanghai
- Little Red Door, Paris
- Happiness Forgets, London
- High Five, Tokyo
- Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City
- Atlas, Singapore
- Dante, New York City
- Oriole, London
- The Broken Shaker, Miami
- Candelaria, Paris
- Himkok, Oslo
- The Gibson, London
- Black Pearl, Melbourne, Australia
- Floreria Atlantico, Buenos Aires
- Operation Dagger, Singapore
- 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore
- Trick Dog, San Francisco
- Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Company, Miami
- Indulge Experimental Bistro, Taipei
- Lost & Found, Nicosia
- Baba Au Rum, Athens
- Tippling Club, Singapore
- BlackTail, New York City
- The Jerry Thomas Project, Rome
- Le Syndicat, Paris
- Tales & Spirits, Amsterdam
- Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
- Employees Only, New York City
- Schumann's, Munich, Germany
- La Factoria, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Quinary, Hong Kong
- Aviary, Chicago
- Mace, New York City
- Nightjar, London
- Linje Tio, Stockholm
- The Baxter Inn, Sydney
- ABV, San Francisco
- Native, Singapore
- Tommy's, San Francisco
- Lobster Bar, Hong Kong
- Imperial Craft, Tel Aviv
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