This Mexico City bar has just been named best in the world

Love a good bar? So do we – and now we know exactly where to find the cream of the crop. The World’s 50 Best Bars announced their roundup of the best places to drink on the planet in a ceremony in Madrid last night (Tuesday October 22), and it included locations all over the planet, from Tokyo and Buenos Aires to Edinburgh and New Orleans. 

The bar that claimed the crowd as the very best in the world was Handshake Speakeasy, a glamorous, two-floor bar in Mexico City’s Colonia Juarez neighbourhood. The menu of drinks here might appear pretty stripped-back at first, but head bartender Eric Van Beek uses advanced culinary techniques in all the prep, so there’s more to these cocktails than meets the eye. 

In second place it was Bar Leone in Hong Kong, which we already knew had been crowned the best bar in Asia back in the summer, and in third place it was Sips, a 33-seat bar in Barcelona which claimed the top spot last year. 

The world’s 50 best bars for 2024

1. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
2. Bar Leone, Hong Kong
3. Sips, Barcelona
4. Tayer + Elementary, London
5. Jigger & Pony, Singapore
6. Line, Athens
7. Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
8. Alquimico, Cartagena
9. Zest, Seoul
10. Paradiso, Barcelona
11. Himkok, Oslo
12. BKK Social Club, Bangkok
13. Connaught Bar, London
14. Double Chicken Please, New York City
15. Overstory, New York City
16. Lady Bee, Lima
17. Baba au Rum, Athens
18. Coa, Hong Kong
19. The Cambridge Public House, Paris
20. Tlecan, Mexico City
21. Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
22. CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
23. Salmon Guru, Madrid
24. Martiny’s, New York City
25. Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
26. Maybe Sammy, Sydney
27. Superbueno, New York City
28. Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
29. Satan’s Whiskers, London
30. Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
31. Tan Tan, Sao Paulo
32. Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City
33. Drink Kong, Rome
34. Jewel of the South, New Orleans
35. Byrdi, Melbourne
36. Locale Firenze, Florence
37. Scarfes Bar, London
38. Moebius Milano, Milan
39. Bar Nouveau, Paris
40. Mimi Kakushi, Dubai
41. Bar Us, Bangkok
42. Virtu, Tokyo
43. Atlas, Singapore
44. La Sala de Laura, Bogota
45. Roda Huset, Stockholm
46. Floreria Atlantico, Buenos Aires
47. Analogue Initiative, Singapore
48. El Gallo Altenero, Guadalajara
49. Danico, Paris
50. 1930, Milan

Thirsty?

For more on some of the planet’s finest bars, the Pinnacle Guide recently awarded its first-ever three-pin rating: check out the new inclusions here. 

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