Editorial
Our editors track 1,104 cocktail bars worldwide. Ranked by rating, the top of the list is led by London and Tokyo, with Ginza alone placing several rooms in the highest band.
The Connaught Bar in Mayfair takes the top spot. It was named The World's Best Bar in both 2020 and 2021 by The World's 50 Best Bars, a feat reported by Time Out London and Robb Report, which confirms our ranking points the right way.
BKK Social Club leads from Pathum Wan in Bangkok, where the house pour is the Argentine Negroni. Behind it, Paradiso in Barcelona sends out the Supersonic, and COA in Hong Kong is known for the Mexican Firing Squad. Each holds the highest rating band our editors award in the category.
Winners are welcome to display the award. Copy the snippet below and swap in your own bar profile URL. It links back to your verified barsforKings listing.
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Each ranked bar below links to its profile, which is the URL to use in the snippet.
Browse the full category at cocktail bars, find one near you at cocktail bars near me, or jump to a winning city: London cocktail bars, Tokyo cocktail bars and Paris cocktail bars. See the density data in Cocktail Bars Per Capita and price in the Drinks Price Index.
Dataset. barsforkings.com master index, bars-master-72-cities.csv. We ranked every cocktail bars our editors track, 1104 venues in total, by the rating field, deduped by name and keeping the highest score. Pulled June 2026.
Method. The list is ordered by editor rating. Where bars tie on rating, we break the tie alphabetically by city, and we say so rather than implying a finer distinction than the data supports. Each winner links to its verified profile with address, hours and price.
External sources. Top placements are corroborated against independent recognition, cited inline, including The World's 50 Best Bars and city press. Our ranking is our own, but it should agree on direction with these authorities.
Priya Nair covers cocktails, speakeasies and the world's bar programs for barsforKings, from Ginza counters to Mexico City's new wave.
The Connaught Bar in London tops the barsforKings 2026 ranking with an editor rating of 4.9, the highest band of 1,104 cocktail bars we track. It was also named The World's Best Bar in 2020 and 2021 by The World's 50 Best Bars.
We ranked every cocktail bar in our index, 1,104 venues worldwide, by editor rating, deduped by name. Ties are broken alphabetically by city. Each winner links to a verified profile with address, hours and price.
Tokyo places the most rooms in the top band, led by the Ginza district with Bar High Five, Tender Bar and Star Bar. London leads at the very top through The Connaught Bar.
Yes. Each winner can copy the embed snippet on this page and link it to their verified barsforKings profile. The badge points back to the bar's listing.
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