Michelin Guide recognition is the pinnacle of excellence in the culinary world; we all know that. But what about the bar world?
There is, of course, the likes of World’s 50 Best, a coveted annual list that’s been seeking out the best bars on the planet for a good 15 years now. (In fact, they just this week dropped their 2025 longlist – check out the highly commended bars here).
But the Pinnacle Guide, launched in spring 2024, seeks to bring the concept of the Michelin star into the world of drinking. Last May, the guide awarded its first ‘pins’ to 37 bars (you can read about those here). Since then, it has regularly updated its list of pinned bars, with help from anonymous reviewers who have been tasked with secretly sipping and providing feedback.
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A further 61 bars have just been added to the guide, taking the total number of ‘pinned’ bars up to 146. There are 43 with 1 pin and 18 with 2 pins – meaning that Lyaness in London is the only bar with 3 pins, aka the highest possible award.
Among the newly 2-pinned bars, there’s everything from Mexican-themed Mirate in Los Angeles and hotel bar Dover Yard in London to cocktail lounge The Clumsies in Athens. Read on for the full list of 2-pinned and 1-pinned bars.
Newly-pinned 2 PIN bars
Bar 1661, Dublin, Ireland
Bekeb, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico
Caaa By Pietro Catalano, Lucerne, Switzerland
Dover Yard, London, UK
Fo+Ma, Mexico City, Mexico
Gentlemen 1919, Paris, France
Mirate, Los Angeles, USA
Murder Inc., London, UK
N/5 The Bar, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Papercut, Austin, USA
Press Club, Washington, DC, USA
Prophecy, Vancouver, Canada
Realm Of The 52 Remedies, San Diego, USA
Standby, Detroit, USA
The Clumsies, Athens, Greece
The Court, Rome, Italy
The Lobby Bar, Montalcino, Italy
The Manor Bar, Montecito, USA
Newly-pinned 1 PIN Bars
1920 Speakeasy, Dubai, UAE
1930 Cocktail Bar, Milan, Italy
Aguardiente, Marina Di Ravenna, Italy
Arts Bar, Venice, Italy
Bagheera, Vancouver, Canada
Bar Am Wasser, Zurich, Switzerland
Bar Dali, Dubai, UAE
Bar Pompette, Toronto, Canada
Castalia, Detroit, USA
Cloakroom Bar, Montreal, Canada
Cortiletto, Marzamemi, Italy
Dean & Nancy On 22, Sydney, Australia
Eve Bar, London, UK
Florattica Rooftop, London, UK
Galaxy Bar, Dubai, UAE
Giacosa 1815, Florence, Italy
La Petite Maison, Dubai, UAE
Library Bar, Toronto, Canada
Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provisions,
Vancouver, Canada
Night Hawk, Singapore, Singapore
Panamericano Bar, Miami, USA
Pig’s Lane, Kerry, Ireland
Purovoku Project, Thessaloniki, Greece
Rayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Red Nose Bar, Volos, Greece
Rumore Bar Americano, Milan, Italy
Salmon Guru, Dubai, UAE
Santa Cocktail Club, Florence, Italy
Scales, London, UK
Sexy Fish, Dubai, UAE
Soma Canary Wharf, London, UK
Soma Soho, London, UK
Sugar Monk, New York, USA
Suite 115, Toronto, Canada
The Aubrey, Hong Kong
The Cocktail Trading Company, London, UK
The Fountain Inn, Washington, DC, USA
The Hideout, Bath, UK
The Pisco Bar At Coya Mayfair, London, UK
The Roosevelt Room, Austin, USA
The Royal Cocktail Exchange, London, UK
The Sidecar, Dublin, Ireland
Tom Thumb Cocktail Bar, Newquay, UK
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