The official placements of each bar will be unveiled on Tuesday 10 February at the Underglobe in London with a rundown on our Instagram happening at the same time, but for now, we’re revealing the A to Z of who is featured.
The event will also reveal the 2026 One To Watch, sponsored by St Germain, and this year’s finalists are:
- TBC, Chester
- Cocktail Geeks, Edinburgh
- The Domino, Leeds
Moreover, we’ll also announce who is our Rising Star, sponsored by Fords Gin, with five incredible bartenders in the running. They are:
- Jelena Bulatovskaja (Sexy Fish)
- Gracie Goggins (The Last Word)
- James Brown (Mother Mercy)
- Will Amphlett (tbc)
- Euan Ronaldson (Tabula Rasa)
The glittering event will also see the winner of the Sustainable Bar of the Year crowned. This year’s shortlist is:
- Bittersweet, Leith
- Tom Thumb, Newquay
- Kiki Lounge, Douglas, Isle of Man
- Eve Bar, Covent Garden, London
- Below Stairs, Leeds
- The American Bar Gleneagles, Auchterader, Scotland
Next month (February)’s prestigious ceremony will also see us reveal this year’s Best Bar Team.
Ed Bedington, editor of The Morning Advertiser, the power behind Top 50 Cocktail Bars, said: “We’re delighted to be revealing this year’s Top 50 Cocktail Bar list, and it’s great to see some new names, and some familiar ones on the list, which represents some of the most dynamic and innovative businesses in the sector.
“I look forward to February when we’ll be revealing exactly where each of those bars has placed on the list and celebrating the success of the sector.”
The bars on the list, in alphabetical order, are:
A Bar with Shapes for a Name, Hackney, London
Amaro Bar, Kensington, London
Archive & Myth, Leicester Square, London
Bar Glue, Liverpool
Bar Kinky, Fitzrovia, London
Bar Termini, Soho, London
Below Stairs, Leeds
Blinker, Manchester
Couch, Stirchley, Birmingham
Daddy Marmalades, Glasgow
Disrepute, Soho, London
Dram, Soho, London
Equal Part, Hackney
Filthy XIII, Bristol
Happiness Forgets, Hoxton, London
Hey Palu, Edinburgh
Kiki Lounge, Isle of Man
Kwãnt Mayfair, London
Lab 22, Cardiff
Low Key, Cardiff
Lyaness, South Bank, London
Murder Inc, Soho, London
Nauticus, Edinburgh
Opium Soho, London
Over & Above, Harrogate
Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
Passing Fancies, Birmingham
Pearl at Parkhill, Sheffield
Satan’s Whiskers, Bethnal Green, London
Scarfes Bar, Holborn, London
Schofield’s Bar, Manchester
Side Hustle, Covent Garden, London
Sister Ray, Liverpool
Slow Pour, Liverpool
Soma Soho, Soho, London
Speak in Code, Manchester
Swift, Soho, London
Tabula Rasa, Leeds
Tayēr + Elementary, Shoreditch, London
The American Bar at Gleneagles, Auchterarder
The Brain Jar, Hull
The Connaught Bar, Mayfair, London
The Hideout, Bath
The Milk Thistle, Bristol
The Morris, Manchester
The Spy Bar, Whitehall, London
Three Sheets Dalston, London
Three Sheets Soho, London
Viajante 87, Notting Hill, London
Waltz, Shoreditch, London
