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Londoners Should Be Proud, We Have Nearly 50% Of The UK's Top 50 Cocktail Bars

Published . By Katie Kirwan.

Have you been to them all?

Recently released, 2024's list of the UK's top 50 cocktail bars (put together by an expert panel) is a proud moment for London. 

With nearly 50% of them found across the city, 24 out of the list of 50 can be found across Soho, Shoreditch and beyond. Meaning that when it comes down to your hunt for an espresso martini, or a signature mix? There's no place quite like our city.

So who puts this list together? Sponsored by Franklin & Sons, it's a list put together by the industry itself, with over 200 experts, business owners, bartenders and influencers being trusted with the selection. 

Check out the top 50 list below, along with those in London, highlighted and or linked if you'd like to find out more about them:

  1. Schofield’s Bar – Manchester
  2. Satan’s Whiskers – London
  3. Passing Fancies – Birmingham
  4. Couch – Birmingham
  5. Hey Palu – Edinburgh
  6. Blinker – Manchester
  7. Swift Soho – London
  8. Amaro Bar – London
  9. Panda and Sons – Edinburgh
  10. Tayēr + Elementary – London
  11. Kwãnt –London
  12. Speak in Code – Manchester
  13. Three Sheets –London
  14. 🔶🟥🔵 – London
  15. Murder Inc – London
  16. Tabula Rasa – Leeds
  17. Lab 22 – Cardiff
  18. Filthy XIII – Bristol
  19. Crossroads – London
  20. The Connaught Bar – London
  21. Project Halcyon – Manchester
  22. SOMA – London
  23. Eve Bar – London
  24. Side Hustle – London
  25. The Hideout – Bath
  26. Little Mercies – London
  27. Below Stairs – Leeds
  28. Silverleaf – London
  29. Bar Termini – London
  30. Seed Library – London
  31. Charlie Brown’s – Glasgow
  32. Bramble Bar & Lounge – Edinburgh
  33. Scarfes Bar – London
  34. Happiness Forgets – London
  35. The Absent Ear – Glasgow
  36. 69 Colebrooke Row – London
  37. Artesian – London
  38. Callooh Callay – London
  39. Fox and Chance – Birmingham
  40. The Milk Thistle – Bristol
  41. Nauticus – Edinburgh
  42. Public – Sheffield
  43. The Gate – Glasgow
  44. Nightjar – London
  45. Ojo Rojo – Bournemouth
  46. The Wildcat – Edinburgh
  47. Lyaness – London
  48. Pennyroyal – Cardiff
  49. Bench – Sheffield
  50. The American Bar – Auchterarder

For more of the best cocktail bars in London, find them here. 

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