SINGAPORE – Six Singapore bars are on this yr’s World’s 50 Greatest Bars listing – probably the most for any metropolis – however the Republic not holds the honour of getting The Greatest Bar in Asia.
Atlas at Parkview Sq. – which held The Greatest Bar in Asia title for the previous two years and was ranked No. 4 final yr – slipped 12 spots to No. 16.
The Greatest Bar in Asia accolade went to Hong Kong’s Coa, which climbed one spot to No. 7. Additionally it is the highest bar on this yr’s Asia’s 50 Greatest Bars listing.
Jigger & Pony at Amara Singapore retained its No. 9 place from final yr, and is the one Singapore bar within the prime 10 on this yr’s World’s 50 Greatest listing, which was introduced in a dwell award ceremony on Tuesday (Dec 7) in London.
The thirteenth version of the annual awards noticed two London bars snagging prime spots.
Connaught Bar retains its No. 1 crown, and is The Greatest Bar in Europe for the second yr operating, whereas Tayer + Elementary rose three spots to No. 2.
Rounding out the highest 5 are Paradiso from Barcelona, Spain, leaping from No. 19 final yr to 3rd place; The Clumsies from Athens, Greece, down one spot to No. 4, and Floreria Atlantico from Buenos Aires, Argentina up two notches to fifth place.
Different Singapore bars on the listing are Manhattan at Regent Singapore, which dropped a notch to No. 15, and two new entries – No Sleep Membership in Keong Saik Highway at No. 26, and MO Bar at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore at No. 36.
Tippling Membership in Tanjong Pagar made a comeback at No. 43. It was final within the prime 50 in 2017 at No. 31. Final yr, it was ranked No. 64.
Dropping off the highest 50 listing is Native in Amoy Road, which was ranked No. 18 final yr.
Within the listing of 51 to 100 bars, launched earlier on Dec 2, Singapore’s representatives comprised Sago Home in Sago Road at No. 63; 28 HongKong Road in Hongkong Road at No. 71, up from No. 86 final yr; and Barbary Coast in North Canal Highway at No. 81.
Different awards went to Hanky Panky in Mexico Metropolis, which acquired the Highest New Entry award for getting into the listing at No. 12; and Presidente in Buenos Aires, which claimed the Highest Climber title, for catapulting 29 spots from No. 50 final yr to No. 21.
Re in Sydney, Australia, – a brand new entry at No. 46 – acquired the Sustainable Bar Award for offering a sustainable consuming expertise the place each a part of the bar is influenced by decreasing waste.
The listing – owned and organised by British media firm William Reed Enterprise Media – is created by a voting panel comprising greater than 600 unbiased authorities together with famend bartenders, educators, drinks writers and cocktail specialists.
For this yr’s version, in gentle of the pandemic and journey restrictions, the voting interval ran from March final yr to September this yr.
Mr Mark Sansom, content material editor for The World’s 50 Greatest Bars, says: “It has been one other extremely robust yr for hospitality and the business’s resilience and togetherness by way of these challenges is humbling. We hope that the optimistic tales across the bars’ success within the awards will assist to drive very important enterprise within the weeks and months to come back.”
Prime 10 bars in The World’s 50 Greatest Bars 2021
1. Connaught Bar – London, Britain
2. Tayer + Elementary – London, Britain
3. Paradiso – Barcelona, Spain
4. The Clumsies – Athens, Greece
5. Floreria Atlantico – Buenos Aires, Argentina
6. Licoreria Limantour – Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
7. Coa – Hong Kong, China
8. El Copitas – St. Petersburg, Russia
9. Jigger & Pony – Singapore
10. Katana Kitten – New York, United States
For the complete listing, go to the World’s 50 Greatest Bars’ web site.