World’s 50 Best Bars 2023 – co-founder of No 1 bar, Sips in Barcelona, shares his recipe for success; 10 Asian bars ranked
- Sips in Barcelona is named No 1 in the World’s Best Bar 2023 ranks at an awards ceremony in Singapore, a year after it received the award for highest climber
- Simone Caporale emphasised the importance of continually striving for excellence as he accepted the award. 10 of the 50 bars ranked are in East Asian cities
Hong Kong may have hosted the Asia’s 50 Best Bars awards earlier this July, but it was in Singapore that the globe’s leading bartenders congregated this week for the main event.
The 15th edition of the World’s 50 Best Bars awards was held on Tuesday at Pasir Panjang Power Station. It was the first time the announcement of the global ranking of bars had been hosted in Asia.
The list is compiled through voting by a panel of more than 650 industry players from around the world and is related to the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Both brands are owned by digital, high-value data and events business William Reed.
In a similar format to years past, the ceremony featured a countdown of the 50 best bars with a number of special awards scattered between.
This year’s ranking featured bars from 28 cities, and 11 new entries.
It was a roll-call that began with Galaxy Bar in Dubai garnering 50th spot – a fall from its ranking of 45th in 2022 – and ended with a new Spanish champion knocking the first-placed bar in 2022 down three places.
