Keep in mind these are rated overall as venues, so not exclusively the standard of cocktails, but cocktail bars that offer something distinctive or that go above and beyond the usual standard. That could be their interior design, format, spectacle or novelty, it could be the sense of ease or fun to the experience.

This is not an exhaustive list of all bars that sell cocktails, just the ones we’ve been to we can recommend for various different, sometimes conflicting reasons.

Albania 🇦🇱

Shkodër – Eko Club

Tirana – Hemingway, Komiteti, Radio Bar

Austria 🇦🇹

Graz – The Churchill

Klagenfurt – Wohnzimmer, Vertigo

Vienna – Jazzland, Loos American Bar, Tanzcafe Jenseits

Belgium 🇧🇪

Antwerp – Tram 3

Bruges – Retsins Lucifernum

Brussels – Goupil Le Fol, Le Cirio

Ghent – Café Rococo, De Alchemist

Liège – La Maison du Pekets

Mechelen – De Gouden Vis

Bosnia 🇧🇦

Sarajevo – Birtija, Zlatna Ribica

Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Plovdiv – Baba Yaga, Inside Jazz, Klub Maria Louisa, Nylon

Sofia – K.E.B.A

Croatia 🇭🇷

Šibenik – Azimut

Split – La Linea, Marvlvs Library Jazz Bar, Paloma, Sistema

Zagreb – Bacchus Jazz Bar, Jazz Café, Orient Express, Swanky Monkey Garden

Czechia 🇨🇿

Brno – Air Café, Desert, Super Panda Circus, U Jelena

Český Krumlov – Apotheke, Zapa

Frydek-Mistek – Vagon Bar

Pardubice – Café Bajer

Prague – Bukowski’s, Café Bar U Pilotu, Decentni Dyne, Klub Ujezd, Mtrva Ryba, NAPA Gallery, Green Devil’s Absinth Bar

Denmark 🇩🇰

Copenhagen – Café Intime, Floss, Tjili Pop,

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Falmouth – The Chintz

Leeds – Blind Tyger, Smokestack

Liverpool – Botanical Garden

London – God’s Own Junkyard, Gordon’s Wine Bar, Nightjar, The Troubadour, Viktor Wynd, H J Aris Antiques & Café

Nottingham – The Pillar Box

Norwich – Arboretum

Whitley Bay – Baba Yagas

York – Vahe Bar

Finland 🇫🇮

Helsinki – Bar Petiit

Tampere – Tiima

France 🇫🇷

Lille – A la Sarthe, L’Atomic, La Biche et La Renard, La Ressourcerie

Lyon – Bar de Bon Secours

Paris – Harry’s New York Bar, L’Art Brut

Reims – L’AXO, Le Clos

Rennes – Cour des Miracles, L’atelier de l’artiste, La Cite d’Ys, Origines

Strasbourg – Code, Aedaen Speakeasy

St. Malo – La Java Café

Toulouse – DAda, l’Echanson

Troyes – Juvenal

Germany 🇩🇪

Aachen – Grotesque Absinthe Bar

Augsburg – Damenhof, Neruda Kultur Café

Berlin – Dschungel, E&M Leydicke, Fuk;s

Bremen – Chameleon Jazz Bar

Cologne – Papa Joe’s Jazzlokal, Weisser Holunder

Düsseldorf – Et Kabuffke

Frankfurt – Balalaika, Rote Bar

Hamburg – Le Fonque

Munich – Alter Ofen, Pusser’s, Salon Irkutsk, Valentin Stuberl

Nuremberg – Tante Betty, Freudenpark

Hungary 🇭🇺

Budapest – Szimpla Kert, Hintaló Iszoda

Italy 🇮🇹

Bari – Chat Noir

Florence – Rasputin

Milan – Backdoor43, Nottingham Forest

Trieste – Antico Caffe Torinese

Verona – La Segreteria

Latvia 🇱🇻

Riga – K.K.C, Clayton McNamara’s Drinking Emporium

Lithuania 🇱🇹

Vilnius – Salionas, Who Hit John

Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Luxembourg City – Konrad

Montenegro 🇲🇪

Kotor – Evergreen Jazz

Podgorica – BIRO, Itaka Library Bar, Konoba Avlija

Netherlands 🇳🇱

Amsterdam – Café De Dokter, Het Elfde Gebod

North Macedonia 🇲🇰

Skopje – Speakeasy

Ohrid – Jazz Inn

Northern Ireland

Belfast – The Spaniard

Poland 🇵🇱

Gdańsk – Café Lamus, Red Light

Kraków – Alchemia, Café Szafe, Eszeweria, Jazz Club u Muniaka, Les Couleurs Café, Mleczarnia, Singer, The Artist, Trelkovsky Café

Poznań – Za Kulisami

Warsaw – Armand, Aura, Chmury, BackRoom Bar, Skład Butelek, W Oparach Absurdu.

Wrocław – Art Café Kalambur, Mleczarnia, Swing Bar

Portugal 🇵🇹

Foz do Douro – Bonaparte Foz

Funchal – Madeira Rum House

Lisbon – Associação Loucos e Sonhadores, Casa Independente, Foxtrot, Janela da Atalaia,
Pavilhão Chinês, Procópio

Porto – Bonaparte Baixa, Galeria De Paris

Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪

Cork – Arthur Mayne’s Pharmacy

Dublin – Mary’s Bar & Hardware

Romania 🇷🇴

Bucharest – Frank, Teoria

Cluj-Napoca – Insomnia

Iași – Café Retro, Dead Soldier Speakeasy

Sibiu – Geea Caffe

Timișoara – Scârț

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Edinburgh – St. Bernard’s Bar, Brief Encounter

Leith – Nauticus

Serbia 🇷🇸

Belgrade – KC Grad, Riddle, Strogi Centar

Novi Sad – Foxtrot, Graffiti

Niš – Tramvaj

Slovenia 🇸🇮

Ptuj – Kavarna Bodi, Muzikafe

Spain 🇪🇸

Barcelona – Casa Almirall, El Bosc De Les Fades, La Confiteria, Marsella, Pastis, Pipa Club, Les Gens Que J’aime, La Capitana

Bilbao – Residence Kafetegia, La Barmacia

Cádiz – La Casapuerta

Cordoba – Jazz Café

Girona – Sunset Jazz Bar

Granada – Bohemia Jazz Café, Mementomori

Santiago De Compostela – Modus Vivendi, Pub Momo

Seville – Bicicleteria, Clan Sibaritas, El Chiringuito

Valencia – Café de las Horas, Café Infanta, Café Sant Jaume, L’Ermita, La Vitti

Zaragoza – El Sol, Ragtime

Sweden 🇸🇪

Stockholm – Erlands, Galdrs Krypta

Switzerland 🇨🇭

Basel – Flore, Schluggstube

Geneva – Le Catalpe

Ukraine 🇺🇦

Lviv – Gas Lamp, Masoch Café