We’ve had the World’s 50 Best Bars, a list compiled annually since 2009 by UK-based business media company William Reed. Now – for the first time – Europe’s 50 Best Bars have been revealed... and Greece is doing very well in the watering hole department.
The inaugural list was revealed yesterday in Amsterdam at a live awards ceremony. It was the result of the vote of more than 300 drinks experts from across the region.
While London still had the most entries in the Top 50 with a total of seven bars, followed by Barcelona with six and Paris with five, it was a good night for Athens, as the Greek capital took both the top spot with Line and second place with The Bar in Front of the Bar. Which is a corking name.
Fellow Athenian bars Barro Negro, Baba au Rum and The Clumsies followed at No.13, No.14 and No.30 respectively, while Thessaloniki-based Gorilla took the No.33 spot.
Check out the Top 50 here and here are the top 10 European bars for 2026:
