The 2024 list, which was unveiled last night (22 October) at an awards ceremony in Madrid, Spain, features bars from 28 cities across the globe, including 16 new entries.
Alex Kratena and Monica Berg’s Tayēr + Elementary in London’s Shoreditch is the UK’s highest entry, jumping from its eighth place ranking in 2023 to come in at number four on this year’s list.
Berg also received the Roku Industry Icon award.
Other London bars to make the 2024 list include The Connaught Bar, which dropped from fifth on the list to number 13 this year; Satan’s Whiskers, which fell one place from last year to come in at 29; and Scarfes Bar, which climbed four places to 37.
Edinburgh’s Panda & Sons also featured once again, climbing from 39 to 30 on this year’s list.
Additionally, Ryan Chetiyawardana’s Lyaness in London took home the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award.
Located in the Colonia Juárez neighbourhood, Handshake Speakeasy is hidden behind a secret door and stocks with an array of vintage spirits.
Bar director Eric Van Beek is described as ‘effortlessly melding tradition and innovation, elevating the classics through cutting-edge technique developed in the on-site lab, and revolutionising familiar recipes with unexpected flavours’.
“It is with immense pride that we announce Handshake Speakeasy as The World’s Best Bar 2024, sponsored by Perrier,” says Emma Sleight, head of content for The World’s 50 Best Bars.
“To be the first ever number one from Mexico is an outstanding achievement, of which Eric Van Beek and his team are hugely deserving.
“We extend our heartfelt congratulations to each bar on this year’s list, which continues to operate as a beacon for cocktail lovers the world over.”
The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024
1: Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
2: Bar Leone, Hong Kong
3 : Sips, Barcelona
4: Tayēr + Elementary, London
5: Jigger & Pony, Singapore
6: Line, Athens
7: Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
8: Alquímico, 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
15: Overstory, New York
16: Lady Bee, Lima
17: Baba au Rum, Athens
18: Coa, Hong Kong
19: The Cambridge Public House, Paris
20: Tlecān, Mexico City
21: Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
22: CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
23: Salmon Guru, Madrid
24: Martiny’s, New York
25: Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
26: Maybe Sammy, Sydney
27: Superbueno, New York
28: Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
29: Satan’s Whiskers, London
30: Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
31: Tan Tan, São Paulo
32: Licorería 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: Virtù, Tokyo
43: Atlas, Singapore
44: La Sala de Laura, Bogotá
45: Röda Huset, Stockholm
46: Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
47: Analogue Initiative, Singapore
48: El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara
49: Danico, Paris
50: 1930, Milan
