For the second year running, Milk & Honey in London’s Soho has been voted number one by bartenders around the world.
This year, the World’s 50 Best Bars were voted for by 700 bar professionals from 50 countries. The annual poll is conducted independently on behalf of Drinks International magazine.
Six UK bars made it into the top 50, five of which are in London.
However, the top ten was dominated by New York, with PDT (Please Don’t Tell) at number two, Milk & Honey New York at four, Pegu Club at six, Death & Co at seven and Employees Only at eight. They were joined by Harry’s Bar in Venice at number three, Buddha Bar in Paris at number five, Harry’s New York Bar, Paris at number nine and the Academy in London’s Soho at number ten.
Milk & Honey is owned by Match Group founder Jonathan Downey. He said a great bar is made by: “The people who go there and the people who work there”. General Manager, Durham Atkinson, when asked what makes Milk & Honey so great, said: “It’s the lack of complacency. It’s important to our future success that we continue to question everything we do and give it meaning.”
Supplement editor Tom Sandham said: “What we find is a fine selection of historic stalwarts, relatively new venues that truly stand out and have done for a few years now, as well as some very new faces that have made a huge impact. Adding: “It’s an impressive selection and, for those just starting their drinking travels, a perfect guide to great bars you should be ticking off along the way.”
TOP 50 BARS
Milk & Honey, London
PDT, NY
Harry’s Bar, Venice
Milk & Honey, New York
Buddha Bar, Paris
Pegu Club, NY
Death & Co, NY
Employees Only, NY
Harry’s New York Bar, Paris
Academy, London
The Connaught, London
Der Raum, Melbourne, Australia
Black Pearl, Melbourne, Ausstralia
Coco Bongo, Cancun, Mexico
Q’Ba, New Delhi, India
Matterhorn, Wellington, NZ
Sky Bar Unique Hotel, Brazil
Zeta Bar Sydney Hilton, Australia
Enigma Marriott Hotel, Mumbai, India
Schumann’s American Bar, Munich, Germany
The Lonsdale, London
Four Seasons, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bubba’s Bar, Barbados
F Bar, New Delhi, India
Bramble, Edinburgh
Dry Martini Bar, Barcelona
Cafe Caprice, Cape Town, SA
Buddha Bar, Dubai
Skyview Bar, Dubai
Planet Bar, Cape Town, SA
Blue Frog, Mumbai, India
City Space, Moscow, Russia
Standard Bar, LA
1806, Melbourne, Australia
Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark
Barasti Bar, Dubai
Bert’s Bar, Barbados
Sling In, Helsinki, Finland
Buddha Bar, Kiev, Ukraine
Hemmingway Bar, Paris, France
Bar do Copa, Rio, Bazil
Le Lion, Hamburg, Germany
Buddha Bar London
Star Bar, Tokyo
Mangos, Florida
Quo Vadis, London
Bòeme, Rome, Italy
Nottingham Forest, Milan
Salotto 42 Rome
The Ivy, Sydney
