{"id":759891,"date":"2026-02-12T16:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/759891\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:56:14","slug":"the-uks-best-cocktail-bars-have-just-been-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/759891\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK&#8217;s best cocktail bars have just been revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design-37-1024x536.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"a split screen image showing a flaming drink and a cocktail bar's liquor selection presented behind the bar\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTop 50 Cocktail Bars &#8211; Satan&#8217;s Whiskers (l); AMARO BAR (r)<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>Here at <strong>Secret London<\/strong>, we sure do love having a good old rummage through our treasure trove of a <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">capital city<\/a>, scoping out the very best spots, and then telling you all about them. But look, sometimes it\u2019s pretty darn delightful when somebody else does the hard work for us \u2013 and the lovely lot over at the <strong>Top 50 Cocktail Bars<\/strong> have done exactly that. Their trusty team of cocktail connoisseurs have recently bar-crawled their way across the country in search of \u2013 you guessed it, folks \u2013 <strong>the 50 best cocktail bars<\/strong>. And they\u2019ve recently released a handy list of the spots that they think are the best of the bunch.<\/p>\n<p> The top 50 cocktail bars <\/p>\n<p>The list was carefully compiled by the voting academy; a hand-picked selection of <strong>200 industry experts<\/strong>, ranging from bartenders and suppliers to writers and influencers. The academy is dotted across the country to ensure that all bases are covered and to avoid geographical bias. And look, I really don\u2019t mean to brag but out of the 50 <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-cocktail-bars-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-cocktail-bars-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">cocktail bars<\/a> that earnt themselves a coveted spot on the list; <strong>25 of them are here in London<\/strong>. Not bad, hey?<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176678 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Satans-Whiskers-interior.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of the Satan's Whiskers cocktail bar, a visit of which is one of the best things to do in Bethnal Green\" width=\"954\" height=\"537\"  \/>Photo: Top 50 Cocktail Bars \/ Satan\u2019s Whiskers <\/p>\n<p><strong>Satan\u2019s Whiskers<\/strong> over in Bethnal Green bagged itself the highest spot of all the London bars, claiming the third position on the list. Satan\u2019s Whiskers was actually crowned the <strong>best bar in Britain<\/strong> last year, praised for its daily-changing menu and exceptional cocktails. <strong>Waltz<\/strong> in Shoreditch nabbed the fifth place on this year\u2019s list, and <strong>Amaro Bar<\/strong> over in Kensington was sat comfortably at spot number 7.<\/p>\n<p> The top 10 cocktail bars in London, as voted for by industry experts: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-top-50-cocktail-bars\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-top-50-cocktail-bars\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Satan\u2019s Whiskers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-bethnal-green\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-bethnal-green\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Bethnal Green<\/a> (#3)<\/li>\n<li>Waltz, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-shoreditch\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-shoreditch\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Shoreditch<\/a> (#5)<\/li>\n<li>Amaro Bar, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-kensington\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-in-kensington\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Kensington<\/a> (#7)<\/li>\n<li>Bar Termini, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-soho\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-soho\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_6\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Soho<\/a> (#8)<\/li>\n<li>Tayer + Elementary, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-shoreditch-bars\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-shoreditch-bars\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_7\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Shoreditch<\/a> (#10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/three-sheets-soho-cocktail-bar\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/three-sheets-soho-cocktail-bar\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_8\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Three Sheets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-soho-bars-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-soho-bars-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_9\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Soho<\/a> (#11)<\/li>\n<li>Side Hustle, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-covent-garden-bars\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-covent-garden-bars\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_10\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Covent Garden<\/a> (#12)<\/li>\n<li>Swift, Soho (#15)<\/li>\n<li>Archive &amp; Myth, Leicester Square (#18)<\/li>\n<li>Kw\u00e3nt, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-mayfair\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-mayfair\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_11\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Mayfair<\/a> (#19)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can peruse the full list of the UK\u2019s top cocktail bars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top50cocktailbars.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.top50cocktailbars.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_12\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top 50 Cocktail Bars &#8211; Satan&#8217;s Whiskers (l); AMARO BAR (r) Save Here at Secret London, we sure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,13201,393,4884,257,34386,16,15],"class_list":["post-759891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-cocktails","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-social-drinking","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116058717213689724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}