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Seoul, South Korea
Named to the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list, Cobbler operates from a modern hanok in Seoul's Jongno District, where classic cocktail technique meets Korean ingredient sensibility. Robin Yoo's bar sits within a broader Seoul scene that has moved decisively toward localism and craft precision. For visitors arriving from abroad, Jongno's historical density makes Cobbler a natural anchor point for an evening in the old city.
New York City, United States
Dante West Village, at 551 Hudson Street, is a bar that ranks among North America's 50 Best Bars — placing 60th in 2025 — and holds a 4.5 Google rating across more than 1,000 reviews. The address puts it in the quieter, residential stretch of the West Village, where the pace sits well outside midtown theatrics. It draws a crowd that knows what it wants and books accordingly.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
French 42 is Almaty's specialist gin bar, stocking dozens of gins alongside a classic-led cocktail programme in a space designed around the mood of Casablanca. Named in Tatler Asia-Pacific's Best Bars 2025, it occupies a distinct position in Kazakhstan's emerging bar scene — a room built around a single spirit category and the cinematic atmosphere that surrounds it.
Seoul, South Korea
Named to Tatler Asia-Pacific's Best Bars 2025 list, Gong-Gan occupies a restored hanok in Seoul's Jongno district, where Korean heritage architecture frames a bar program built on modern mixology. The address, in Anguk-dong near Gyeongbokgung Palace, situates it inside one of the city's most culturally weighted neighbourhoods. It is one of the more considered arguments Seoul makes for indigenous cocktail culture on the regional stage.
Taichung, Taiwan
Named to Tatler Asia's Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list, Goût Bar occupies a quiet stretch of Cunzhong Street in Taichung's West District. The French name translates simply as 'taste,' and the bar's approach to curation and spirits depth aligns with that spare ambition. For Taichung's bar scene, the recognition signals a programme worth taking seriously.
Taipei, Taiwan
Named in the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list, Hiboru occupies a quiet lane off Jianguo North Road in Zhongshan District, where Taipei's bar scene plays between nostalgia and craft. The venue positions itself somewhere between bar and restaurant, drawing a crowd that values atmosphere as much as the glass in front of them. It is a useful address for anyone mapping the city's more considered drinking options.
Beijing, China
Listed in Tatler's Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025, Hide & Seek occupies a garden setting inside Lido Park in Chaoyang District, operating as a cocktail bar and café hybrid that draws on Chinese ingredients and an unhurried, oasis-style atmosphere. It sits at the more concept-driven end of Beijing's bar scene, where ingredient narrative and setting carry as much weight as the drink itself.
Goa, India
Ranked #94 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025, Hideaway in Vagator has placed Goa's bar scene on a global map that previously overlooked it. Holding a 4.6 Google rating across more than 1,300 reviews, the bar operates in the North Goa pocket between Chapora and Anjuna — a setting that shapes its mood as much as its drinks program does.
Phoenix, United States
Ranked #97 on North America's Best Bars 2025, Highball operates out of a 7th Avenue address in Phoenix's Melrose corridor and earns its place through consistent craft rather than novelty. Open from mid-afternoon into the early hours most days, it represents the serious end of Phoenix's cocktail scene, drawing a crowd that knows the difference between a well-built drink and a dressed-up one.
Tokyo, Japan
A Tatler Asia-Pacific Best Bars 2025 listing in Shibuya's basement circuit, Ishinohana operates in the quieter register that defines Tokyo's most serious drinking culture. The bar occupies a below-street-level space in the Yagi Building on 3 Chome, where seasonal cocktails anchor a program built on precision rather than spectacle. For those working through Tokyo's independent bar tier, it belongs on the itinerary alongside Ginza's counter institutions.
Osaka, Japan
A Tatler Asia-Pacific Best Bars 2025 listing in Osaka's Chuo Ward, Ista Coffee Element occupies the intersection of barista competition and cocktail craft. The menu fuses coffee-bar precision with bar-program technique, placing it in a small category of hybrid venues where espresso training and spirits knowledge operate at the same level. Located at 2-6-1 Kitakyuhoujimachi, it draws a crowd that takes both sides of that equation seriously.
Taipei, Taiwan
A 13-seat cocktail bar tucked into Da'an District's residential backstreets, Kashoku brings Japanese-style bar craftsmanship to Taipei in a format that rewards patience over impulse. Named to Tatler Asia-Pacific's Best Bars list for 2025, it operates in the intimate, vinyl-soundtracked register that defines the city's most considered drinking spaces.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Koda operates on a Dealer's Choice format inside a quietly appointed bar off Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, where the bartender builds your drink from a declared base spirit, mood, and style rather than a fixed menu. Seasonal cocktails draw on local Indonesian ingredients, and the room's warm wood tones and banquette seating make it one of Jakarta's more considered spots for an unhurried evening at the bar.
Chicago, United States
Ranked #62 on North America's Best Bars 2025, Lemon occupies a West Town address at 1600 W Grand Ave that draws serious cocktail attention without the marquee visibility of Chicago's downtown circuit. A Google rating of 4.8 across 122 reviews signals consistent execution rather than novelty hype. For anyone tracking the city's cocktail geography, it belongs on the itinerary alongside the neighborhood's more established names.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Ranked #75 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 list, Maltail is one of Kaohsiung's most decorated drinking destinations, sitting on Zhonghua 4th Road in the Qianjin District. With a Google rating of 4.8 from early reviewers, it occupies a tier of Taiwanese bar culture that punches well above its city's international profile — making it a reference point for anyone serious about cocktails in southern Taiwan.
New York City, United States
Paradise Lost on 2nd Avenue in the East Village is a tiki bar that landed at #95 on North America's Best Bars 2025, a recognition that places it in the upper tier of New York's cocktail conversation. With a Google rating of 4.4 across 359 reviews, it holds consistent standing as a destination bar in a neighbourhood that rewards specificity. The format is tiki, the address is deeply local, and the credentialing is now global.
Seoul, South Korea
Named to the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list, Pomme sits in Seoul's Tongin-dong neighbourhood and centres its entire program on the apple — fermented, distilled, and worked into modern Korean cocktails by Roy Kim. The bar occupies a first-floor space in Jongno District, where the concept functions less as a novelty act and more as a serious argument for single-ingredient depth in contemporary mixology.
Tokyo, Japan
Positioned against Tokyo's serious craft-cocktail bars, Punch Room at The Tokyo Edition, Ginza takes a different route: a hotel bar built around the punch bowl tradition, reinterpreted through Japanese botanicals and seasonal ingredients. Named to the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list, it sits on the second floor of one of Ginza's newer luxury addresses, offering a quieter alternative to the neighbourhood's counter-focused drinking culture.
Tokyo, Japan
On the 45th floor of Tokyo Midtown, The Bar at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo sits among Asia-Pacific's recognized hotel bar programs, earning a place on the Tatler Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list. Bartender Kentaro Wada's signature approach to classic cocktails gives the program a distinct identity within the crowded field of Tokyo luxury hotel bars. The elevation, the city panorama, and the precision behind the counter make this a serious address.
Seattle, United States
Ranked #76 on North America's Best Bars 2025 by World's 50 Best, The Doctor's Office on Capitol Hill operates in Seattle's upper tier of craft cocktail bars. The medical-themed concept and address on East Olive Way place it in a neighborhood with genuine bar density, where design and format discipline matter as much as what's in the glass.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Ranked #98 in Asia's Best Bars 2025, The Golden Tooth operates in Kebayoran Baru, one of South Jakarta's most established drinking neighbourhoods. It sits within a Jakarta bar scene that has moved steadily toward recognition on the Asia Pacific circuit, placing it alongside a small cohort of the city's most seriously regarded cocktail venues.
New York City, United States
A Brooklyn neighborhood bar on Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill that ranked #64 on North America's Best Bars 2025, The Long Island Bar trades in the kind of unfussy, well-made drinks that have kept the room full since its revival. Open Tuesday through Sunday from the afternoon into the night, it holds a 4.4 Google rating across 633 reviews — consistency that speaks louder than any single visit.
Mexico City, Mexico
Ranked 82nd on the World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars list for 2025, Ticuchi operates at the serious end of Polanco's cocktail scene. The bar sits on Petrarca in Chapultepec Morales, drawing a crowd that treats drinking as a considered activity rather than a preamble. With a 4.3 Google rating across nearly 1,000 reviews, its reputation holds across a wide range of visitors.
Seoul, South Korea
Named to Tatler Asia's Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025, Villa Records operates from a basement space in Gangnam where molecular technique meets Korean flavour in a Space Age interior. The bar sits in a tier of Seoul concept cocktail venues that prioritise technical ambition over volume, making it a reference point for the city's shift away from conventional cocktail programming.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Workshop14 sits in Hanoi's Tây Hồ district and holds a place at number 83 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 list, placing it among a small tier of Vietnamese bars with international recognition. With a Google rating of 4.8 from over 200 reviews, it draws a consistent audience to the quieter residential edge of West Lake, away from the Old Quarter's louder circuit.
Bangalore, India
Ranked #38 on Asia's Best Bars 2023, Copitas is one of Bangalore's most decorated cocktail addresses, operating evenings Tuesday through Sunday from a venue on Bellary Road in Ganganagar. The bar holds a 4.6 Google rating across 466 reviews, placing it among the city's most consistently rated drinking destinations. For the India bar circuit, it is a reference point.
Taipei, Taiwan
Aha Saloon has appeared in Asia's 50 Best Bars four consecutive years, reaching #10 in 2020, which places it among a small group of Taipei bars with sustained continental recognition. Located in Da'an District on Fuxing South Road, it operates in the tier of technically serious cocktail programmes that have shifted Taiwan's bar scene into the regional conversation.
Sydney, Australia
Matt Whiley's revolutionary Re transforms waste into wonder through zero-waste cocktails like the signature Bone Dust Martini, served in a striking brutalist space crafted from recycled materials. This World's Best Bar proves sustainability and luxury create the perfect blend.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
A basement cocktail bar in Soho's Staunton Street, The Wise King has held a position inside Asia's 50 Best Bars for four consecutive years, peaking at #18 in both 2019 and 2020. The bar operates in Hong Kong's mid-tier Soho corridor, where low ceilings and close quarters set the register for serious drinking rather than spectacle. It earns its place in the city's ranked cocktail tier through consistency and craft.
Paris, France
On Rue Beaubourg in the 3rd arrondissement, Alex Le Bienhereux has earned Star Wine List recognition for 2026, placing it among a selective tier of Paris addresses where the wine program carries as much editorial weight as the food. The bar sits in the Marais, a neighbourhood whose drinking scene has shifted decisively toward wine-led formats over the past decade.
Helsinki, Finland
On Eteläesplanadi, Helsinki's main esplanade boulevard, Alexanderplats holds a Star Wine List award (2026) that places it among Finland's more serious wine-focused addresses. The bar draws on a considered bottle selection to anchor an experience that sits closer to the specialist end of Helsinki's drinking scene than the casual wine-bar middle ground.
Antwerp, Belgium
On Antwerp's Vlaamsekaai, Bar Burbure translates more than three decades of Michelin-starred sommelier experience into a focused, wine-led bar programme. Created by Jurgen Lijcops, it occupies a quieter register than the city's louder cocktail venues, where the depth of the drinks list does the talking. The address has become a reference point for anyone serious about what's in the glass.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bar du Champagne on Rokin brings a specialist champagne focus to Amsterdam's central drinking corridor, earning a 2026 Star Wine List award that places it in the city's serious wine bar tier. The address at Rokin 91a puts it within walking distance of several of Amsterdam's recognised cocktail rooms, making it a natural anchor for an evening that moves between formats.
Daylesford, Australia
Bar Merenda occupies a quiet address on Vincent Street in Daylesford, Victoria's spa-country hub, where its 2026 Star Wine List recognition places it in a small peer group of regional Australian bars taken seriously for their beverage programs. The format skews intimate rather than high-volume, positioning it as the kind of stop that rewards visitors who come specifically for what's in the glass.
Bilbao, Spain
Baste Taberna sits in the Areeta district of greater Bilbao, earning Star Wine List recognition in 2026 for a wine and drinks programme that places it in serious company across northern Spain. The address in Las Arenas positions it away from the old-town tourist circuit, giving the room a more local, deliberate character that rewards visitors who cross the estuary for it.
Newport, Australia
Bert's Bar & Brasserie occupies a corner position on Kalinya Street in Newport, one of Sydney's Northern Beaches suburbs with a well-established reputation for waterside dining. A 2026 Star Wine List recognition signals a drinks programme that punches above the typical brasserie tier, making it a reference point for food-and-wine pairing on the Northern Beaches circuit.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Recognised by Star Wine List 2026, Bibendum on Nansensgade 45 occupies a serious position within Copenhagen's wine-bar tier. The address places it in the city's inner lakes neighbourhood, where a quieter, more deliberate drinking culture has taken hold alongside the louder restaurant scene further east. For visitors whose priority is the glass rather than the plate, it belongs on the short list.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Binnenvisser on Bilderdijkstraat has earned Star Wine List recognition for 2026, placing it among a select tier of Amsterdam venues where the wine program is the primary editorial subject rather than a supporting act. Located in the Oud-West district, it draws a crowd that takes glass selection seriously. For anyone tracing the city's most credible wine-led addresses, this is a reference point worth knowing.
Osaka, Japan
Bistro Champagne occupies the third floor of a Sonezakishinchi address in Osaka's Kita Ward, positioning itself within one of the city's most concentrated pockets of after-dark drinking culture. Recognised by Star Wine List in 2026, the venue draws attention for its wine program in a neighbourhood where whisky bars and cocktail counters dominate. A considered stop for wine-forward evenings in central Osaka.
London, United Kingdom
Bistro Freddie on Luke Street in Shoreditch sits at the quieter, more considered end of East London's bar and dining scene, with a wine programme recognised by Star Wine List in 2026. The room reads European bistro in character, and the drinks list earns its own attention rather than playing support act to the food.