Top 50 Cocktail Bars 2026 list unveiled

Top 50 Cocktail Bars 2026 list revealed in alphabetical order
UK best: the top cocktail bars in the country are set to be unveiled (The Morning Advertiser)

This year’s Top 50 Cocktail Bars, sponsored by Franklin & Sons, is almost here and as we prepare to share who has taken the coveted top spot, we can now announce who is on the list.

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