At an event in Madrid yesterday, World’s 50 Best announced their list of bars from around the world, including two Bangkok Bars.

 

BKK Social Club at the Four Seasons rose to No.12 from No.13 in 2023. BKK Social Club spans the globe, drawing inspiration from Buenos Aires, a city bar manager bar manager Philip Bischoff believes is a distant sister to Bangkok. 

 

Bar Us, which was BK’s pick for Best Cocktail Bar at the BAD Awards earlier this year, came in at No.41. The dimly lit bar is famed for structuring around a tasting menu concept. The minds behind this bar recently moved their equally popular Messengerservice Bar to Chinatown. 

 

Two other bars made the World’s 50 Best Bars 51-100 for 2024 and were announced two weeks ago. Just barely edged out of the top 50 list this year is Mahaniyom at No.57, coming to Bangkok from Ronnaporn “Neung” Kanivichaporn and the crew from Thonglor’s Backstage. Last year, the bar came in at 19. Vesper ranked at No.85, dropping from No.55 last year.

 

The top ranked bar on the World’s 50 Best 1-50 was Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City, followed by the highest ranking Asia entry on the list, Bar Leone in Hong Kong.