The American Bar, London's Savoy Hotel: best bar 2017

The American Bar in London’s Savoy Hotel has been awarded the title of ‘the best bar in the world’. The iconic London bar dethroned New York City’s The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog in the World’s 50 Best Bars 2017 competition.

Thirteen of the winners in the competition top 50 are bars located in the United States, eight are in the UK. The runner-up of this year’s bar competition is Singapore, with six bars in the top 50.

This is the top 10 of the competition, as listed by Forbes:

1. American Bar, Savoy Hotel, London

2. Dandelyan Bar, The Mondrian, London

3. The Nomad, Nomad Hotel, New York

4. Connaught Bar, London

5. The Dead Rabbit, New York

6. The Clumsies, Athens

7. Manhattan, Singapore

8.  Attaboy, New York

9. Bar Termini, London

10. Speak Low, Shanghai

Further reading on forbes.com

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