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Updated: 12/10/2012 08:45 | By Craig Butcher, senior editor, MSN Food
World's 50 Best Bars - the top 10

The World's 50 Best Bars have been revealed and many are in the UK. Here are the top 10.

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Last night the great and the good of the drinks industry converged on London to award the World's 50 Best Bars 2012 and MSN Food was there! Decided by 150 judges from 40 countries around the world, the awards highlight the best places to have an extraordinary drink. The good news is that 6 of the top 10 are in the UK!

Discover which UK bars made the top 10 best bars in the world, which was crowned the world's best and what the judges said about them.

The World's 50 Best Bars: 11-50

11 Employees Only, New York
12 Happiness Forgets, London
13 Drink, Boston
14 The Varnish, Los Angeles
15 Zetter Townhouse, London
16 Mutis, Barcelona
17 Black Pearl, Melbourne
18 Clover Club, New York
19 Dry Martini, Barcelona
20 La Capilla, Mexico
21 Palmer & Co, Sydney
22 High Five, Tokyo
23 Le Lion, Hamburg
24 Smuggler's Cove, San Francisco
25 Eau De Vie, Sydney
26 Experimental Cocktail Club, New York
27 Portobello Star, London
28 Schumann's, Munich
29 Tippling Club, Singapore
30 Lebensstern, Berlin
31 Goldene Bar, Munich
32 Pegu Club, New York
33 Worhship Street Whistling Shop, London
34 Angel's Share, New York
35 Dutch Kills, New York
36 Frank's, Buenos Aires
37 Beaufort Bar, Savoy Hotel, London
38 Hemingway Bar Prague, Prague
39 Meat, Kentucky
40 Milk & Honey, London
41 Nottingham Forest, Milan
42 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore
43 Boutiq' Bar, Budapest
44 Chainaya. Tea & Cocktails, Moscow
45 Candelaria, Paris
46 Salvatore at Playboy, London
47 Ruby, Copenhagen
48 Stagger Lee, Berlin
49 Le Bar du Plaza Athénée, Paris
50 Asoka, Cape Town

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david richardson
11/10/2012 19:06
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Is the author getting a back-hander to list these, been to four of the top ten bars listed and they were "ok", been to loads better though, and not all in captial cities!

Sharne Hawkins (diamond on a landmine)
11/10/2012 22:31
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What about some bars that aren't in capital/major cities???
d m (HAHALIES)
11/10/2012 20:40
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the only judge worthy to judge a best bar is a rampaging globe trotting alcoholic
Zoe anna (Queenofsheba)
12/10/2012 17:43
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How come MSN have not covered bars in every city in the uk instead of just London, Berlin, New York, Paris, Moscow, etc...     I have been to many great bars in Belfast where the atmosphere and decor blow all these away with a tiny fart....  and that go's to other bars in  Australia, Spain,Germany, Amsterdam, England and Scotland yet none of them gets a mention..here.   As usual MSN is only relying on their employee's experience and not the common public.. They even have the cheek to say 'Worlds 50 best.'..  They really are on another planet,,, pompous a holes.  But then again MSN is reknown for their lies....If they were real in researching pubs throughout the world it would take them at least 20yrs and counting to be precise....to visit every single pub in the world.... Now that would be one really good job...infact the best job in the world...
matthew mills
11/10/2012 20:50
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These bars look like the worst place to have a drink. Who thought of white and purple for decor. (they should be shot). A place for a drink is where you get a warm welcome and a great beer, wine or sprit. Enjoyment with good conversation or by yourself. But these judges nether went to a third of the bars in the world and got back handers for the publicity. Try Bangers bar on wilson street by liverpool street station and come down to the real world.
Joe Murphy (Joe G Murphy)
11/10/2012 19:40
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A Bar is a Bar were men chill out!!!!!!!!!!

 NOT A **** TAIL were puffs meet.

A real Bar is found in the working classes Pubs not a puff house as on this list

 

Thorp John
11/10/2012 23:45
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none of the judges has heard of the Square and Compass

suits us
Peter Hudson
11/10/2012 22:23
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Absolute ROT.... All the best bars in England in London??? I don't think so.

The north of England has all the best bars (and all the best people in them) FACT!!!

yseult M
12/10/2012 01:48
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A GOOD BAR :

-Good cold drinks!

-Don't have to wait too long to get serve!

 

Gordon Smith (Lepeta)
11/10/2012 19:54
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what ever happened to Dirty Dicks and the gyppo queen in strada stretta Malta they were bars with character.
mark macknight
11/10/2012 19:58
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I live in edinburgh and have been to bramble in edinburgh and it is very over rated. very dark and very cramped with unisex bogs. The 5th floor bar at harvey nicks has better cocktails in my opinion but has went slightly downhill of late.
Mick Scott (Nemsis2016)
19/10/2012 10:19
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The world's best bar is the Pirate Bar in Arundel, West Sussex

 

But Pirates only, Aargghhh! Shiver me timbers

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ome MSN have not covered bars in every city in the uk instead of just London, Berlin, New York, Paris, Moscow, etc...     I have been to many great bars in Belfast where the atmosphere and decor blow all these away with a tiny fart....  and that go's to other bars in  Australia, Spain,Germany, Amsterdam, England and Scotland yet none of them gets a mention..here.   As usual MSN is only relying on their employee's experience and not the common public.. They even have the cheek to say 'Worlds 50 best.'..  They really are on another planet,,, pompous a holes.  But then again MSN is reknown for their lies....If they were real in researching pubs throughout the world it would take them at least 20yrs and counting to be precise....to visit every single pub in the world.... Now that would be one really good job...infact the best



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