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The world’s top bars to visit in 2017
The international bar scene is beautifully diverse and stunningly multifaceted – from the mixology metropolises of London, New York and Singapore to the up-and-coming innovators of Africa and the Middle East.
We reveal the bars to watch across the globe this coming year
One quality unites them: a desire for constant improvement, a commitment to pushing the boundaries of creativity and hospitality.
From all corners of the globe, whether green rule-breakers or established entertainers, the bars over the following pages represent teams of people united in their drive for advancement.
These are the bars set to light up the night – these are the Bars to Watch in 2017.
Click the links below to discover our top bars to watch by region:
Top European bars to visit in 2017
The ‘big three’ cocktail capitals – London, Paris and Amsterdam – are being challenged by bar openings in other cities around Europe as top mixologists are lured away to previously untapped markets.
Top Americas bars to visit in 2017
From Lima to Little Italy in Toronto, bars in the Americas are exploring the local and the indigenous to offer cocktail lovers something new.
Top Asia Pacific bars to visit in 2017
Asia’s unmissable cocktail bars are a satisfying mix of the established and the new – proof, if ever it was needed, that the continent’s impeccable bartenders are up and shaking.
Top Africa and Middle East bars to visit in 2017
The hospitality sector in general, and the bar scene in particular, is thriving at last across Africa and the Middle East – resulting in a growing number of excellent cocktail venues, from the sublime to the ‘cor blimey’.