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The best bars with a terrace across London, Paris, Barcelona, NYC, and beyond — elevated outdoor platforms that balance views with intimacy.
The short answer
10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
The difference between a bars with a terrace and a bars with garden is fundamentally about elevation. A terrace is designed as a platform — it projects outward or upward from the bar itself, creating the illusion of being suspended between inside and outside. The best bars with a terrace understand that this positioning is not incidental but essential. It is what transforms a simple outdoor drinking space into something that feels exclusive and intentional.
London's most prestigious bars with a terrace are concentrated in Mayfair and the City, where decades of accumulation have created terraces that feel less like modern additions and more like permanent architectural statements. These are spaces where the terrace is often older than the neighborhood's contemporary restaurants.