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Six brilliant bars for your 2025 celebrations, hot off the Wallpaper* travel deskWallpaper’s most-read bar reviews of the year can't be wrong: here’s inspiration for your festive and new year plans, from a swanky Las Vegas lounge to a minimalist London drinking den
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Singapore bar and lounge Baia revives the opulence of Ancient RomeDaven Wu samples Baia’s bacchanalian cocktails and louche slouching spots that are drawing the crowds in Singapore
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First look at Maison 3, an eclectic new Parisian bar for sleepless nightsMaison 3 is an enigmatic space with a sensual atmosphere brought to life by the French studio Les Beaux Jours Architectures
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London bar Bauhaus Warehaus is a factory by day, drinking den by nightMixologist of the moment Remy Savage shakes up the world of cocktail-making with a hardworking sibling to A Bar with Shapes for a Name, his Bauhaus-inspired bar enterprise in east London
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Odem, Singapore’s first craft Makgeolli bar has arrivedAn extensive collection of Makgeolli, also known as Korean rice wine, can be enjoyed at this new bijou bar and restaurant in Singapore
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First look at Soma 2.0: a new nighttime highlight in east LondonFresh from its Soho roots, this newly opened London bar is set to redefine Canary Wharf’s nightlife – not least with its Indian-flavour-twist cocktails, as Neil Ridley discovers
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Fall in New York? Artist Francesco Clemente and chef Daniel Humm have designed a destination bar worth making the trip forFrancesco Clemente has created a suite of magical friezes for the Clemente Bar, which opens at Daniel Humm’s Eleven Madison Park restaurant in New York this week
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Kanpai! Discover the best bars to drink sake in LondonDiscover the best London bars in which to celebrate the ancient delight of sake
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So & So’s Piano Bar is Hell’s Kitchen’s new best-kept secretSo & So’s Piano Bar in New York City provides a seductive backdrop for nightly live music performances that celebrate the ‘high-low’
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Cabaret, martinis and Yorkshire puddings: The Cockatoo by Bistrotheque has it allThe Cockatoo, a bar, restaurant and performance space designed by Nice Projects, adds spice and rhythm to storied east London venue Bistrotheque
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Simple pleasures are the order of the day at El Minutito café-bar in Mexico CityEl Minutito is a fast and friendly pit-stop for coffee, conviviality and more, designed by Lucas Cantú, of Mexican studio Tezontle
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Madrid bars: a local’s guide to sipping in styleDiscover the best design-led Madrid bars, as sampled by local travel and culture writer Agnish Ray
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Step inside this rare Shiro Kuramata-designed cocktail bar in JapanShiro Kuramata designed hundreds of bars in his lifetime, but few remain intact. Now fans are making a pilgrimage to Comblé Bar in Shizuoka
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Inside Two Fifteen, Ian Schrager and Nur Khan’s New York barTwo Fifteen at New York’s Public hotel captivates with sultry boudoir interiors and a four-stage cocktail menu
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Ama Bar, in Vancouver, is sexy and a little disorientingAma Bar features ‘Blade Runner 2049’-inspired interiors by &Daughters
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Get groovy at The Pinky Ring, Las Vegas, a 1970s cocktail lounge shaking up the cityThe Pinky Ring is a Las Vegas cocktail and live music venue designed by Yabu Pushelberg for Bruno Mars
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Kinsman cocktail bar shakes up Hong Kong scene with Cantonese spiritsKinsman is a Cantonese cocktail bar in Hong Kong that celebrates traditional spirits while also creating innovative concoctions for the future
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Silencio New York opens with an enigmatic, Harry Nuriev-designed interiorSilencio New York is the new chapter of the original David Lynch-envisioned Parisian nightclub
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Bar Magritte in Brussels is the world’s only bar dedicated to the Belgian Surrealist artistBar Magritte, located inside Hotel Amigo in Brussels, offers expert mixology and René Magritte’s inimitable quirkiness
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Death & Co DC is the new cool kid on Washington, DC’s Blagden AlleyCocktail bar Death & Co DC takes over the former Columbia Room on Blagden Alley, with intimate interiors designed by AAmp Studio
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St Ali & The Queen elevates Melbourne’s coffee culture with modern brews and brutalismSt Ali & The Queen is a Fiona Lynch Office-designed café and cocktail bar in Melbourne’s revitalised Queen Victoria Market
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Talea West Village wins Best Bar at the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024Talea West Village by Alda Ly Architecture is a haven for women and LGBTQ+ communities
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Hamburg’s Central Congress Bar is all about 1960s smoky boardroom glamourCentral Congress Bar in Hamburg offers an unconventional and retro respite from the working week
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Casa Dragones' new Obsidian Bar is an atmospheric venue for tequila tastingsObsidian Bar offers Casa Dragones' exquisite tequila blends inside a 17th-century manse in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
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Intervals Bar in Hong Kong International Airport focuses on the journey before the destinationIntervals Bar is a first-of-its-kind cocktail concept designed to enhance the pre-flight experience of global travellers
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This subterranean Negroni bar in Manhattan will lure you to return for moreSotto is a newly opened Negroni bar in Manhattan giving the traditional speakeasy experience a modern feel
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Raffles Boston inaugurates The Long Bar, offering design and memories to last a lifetimeRaffles Boston's Long Bar, designed by Studio Paolo Ferrari, is a must-visit for all-day dining
