In London bars the bars listed were Tayēr + Elementary, which was ranked at number five, Connaught Bar at number six, Satan’s Whiskers at number 21 (main image) and Scarfes Bar at number 31.
They are joined by Edinburgh’s Panda & Sons, which came in at number 34.
Announced yesterday (9 October), Bar Leone in Hong Kong was crowned The World’s Best Bar 2025, marking the first time this has been awarded to a bar in Asia.
The 2025 list features bars from 29 cities with eight new entries spread across Athens, Bratislava, Guangzhou, Lima, New York, Oslo, Tirana and Tokyo.
Bars receiving special awards on the night included Simone Caporale of Barcelona’s Sips, which was awarded the Roku Industry Icon Award; Bar Mauro in Mexico City, which received the Campari One To Watch Award, and The Cambridge Public House in Paris, which wins the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award.
Baba au Rum in Athens is named Rémy Martin Legend of the List; New York’s Sip & Guzzle wins this year’s Three Cents Best New Opening Award; Backdoor Bodega in Penang is the winner of the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award; and The Best Bar Design Award is presented to Tigra + Disco Pantera in Sydney.
The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 list in full
| 1 | Bar Leone | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Handshake Speakeasy | Mexico City |
| 3 | Sips | Barcelona |
| 4 | Paradiso | Barcelona |
| 5 | Tayēr + Elementary | London |
| 6 | Connaught Bar | London |
| 7 | Moebius Milano | Milan |
| 8 | Line | Athens |
| 9 | Jigger & Pony | Singapore |
| 10 | Tres Monos | Buenos Aires |
| 11 | Alquímico | Cartagena |
| 12 | Superbueno | New York |
| 13 | Lady Bee | Lima |
| 14 | Himkok | Oslo |
| 15 | Bar Us | Bangkok |
| 16 | Zest | Seoul |
| 17 | Bar Nouveau | Paris |
| 18 | Bar Benfiddich | Tokyo |
| 19 | Caretaker’s Cottage | Melbourne |
| 20 | The Cambridge Public House | Paris |
| 21 | Satan’s Whiskers | London |
| 22 | Locale Firenze | Florence |
| 23 | Tlecān | Mexico City |
| 24 | Tan Tan | São Paulo |
| 25 | Mirror Bar | Bratislava |
| 26 | CoChinChina | Buenos Aires |
| 27 | Baba au Rum | Athens |
| 28 | Nouvelle Vague | Tirana |
| 29 | Hope & Sesame | Guangzhou |
| 30 | Danico | Paris |
| 31 | Scarfes Bar | London |
| 32 | Svanen | Oslo |
| 33 | Sastrería Martinez | Lima |
| 34 | Panda & Sons | Edinburgh |
| 35 | Röda Huset | Stockholm |
| 36 | Mimi Kakushi | Dubai |
| 37 | Salmon Guru | Madrid |
| 38 | Coa | Hong Kong |
| 39 | Sip & Guzzle | New York |
| 40 | Drink Kong | Rome |
| 41 | Double Chicken Please | New York |
| 42 | Maybe Sammy | Sydney |
| 43 | 1930 | Milan |
| 44 | Jewel of the South | New Orleans |
| 45 | Virtù | Tokyo |
| 46 | Overstory | New York |
| 47 | The Bar in Front of the Bar | Athens |
| 48 | The Bellwood | Tokyo |
| 49 | BKK Social Club | Bangkok |
| 50 | Nutmeg & Clove | Singapore |