These Are the 50 Best Bars in the World (2025)

On Wednesday, 50 Best announced its highly anticipated annual list of the World’s 50 Best Bars. At this year’s live ceremony in Hong Kong, the local Italian-inspired Bar Leone took home the top spot — marking the first time a bar in Asia has claimed the No. 1 position.

Italian bartender Lorenzo Antinori opened Bar Leone in June 2023, bringing Italy’s vibrant drinking culture to the heart of Hong Kong. Last year, Bar Leone made an impressive 50 Best debut, earning the No. 2 spot on the 2024 list. It also claimed the top placement on the 2025 list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars earlier this year, so it was a favorite to take home the title in the world’s rankings. Bar Leone channels the feeling of Rome’s traditional neighborhood bars, crafting simple, traditional cocktails at the highest level of execution.

Bar Leone swapped spots with Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy, which claimed the top ranking in 2024 and landed in the No. 2 position in 2025. Coming in at the No. 3 and No. 4 spots are Barcelona’s darlings Sips and Paradiso, which have both held the title of World’s Best Bar over the past few years. And rounding out the top 5 is London’s Tayēr + Elementary, a dual-concept space with produce-driven cocktails.

The highest ranking bar from the U.S. was New York City’s Superbueno (winner of VinePair’s 2023 Next Wave Award for Bar Program of the Year) at the No. 12 spot. Sip and Guzzle, another buzzy NYC bar, also took home an accolade, earning the Three Cents Best New Opening Award for 2025, at the No. 39 spot.

Keep reading for the full list of the world’s top bars, according to 50 Best.

Rank
Bar Name
Location

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

 

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