Singapore's Jigger Pony wins The World's Best Bars 2022

The World's 50 Best Bars 2022 list was unveiled at an awards ceremony in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday October 4th. Singapore's Jigger Pony came 12th on the coveted list, while also claiming the title of Best Bar in Asia. Even though the popular bar at Amara Singapore dropped three spots this year and moved out of the top 10 list it was ninth in 2021 and remains the highest ranked bar in Asia.

This is the first time since 2017 that Singapore does not have a bar in the top 10 of the annual list. It had a healthy presence in the 51-100 World s Best Bars 2022 with eight, but it didn't have a healthy presence. Bangkok had new entries, including BKK Social Club 14th and Tropic City 24th Hong Kong s Coa, which took The Best Bar in Asia honors in 2021, along with new entry Argo at No 28. New Delhi's Sidecar rose an impressive 21 places to No 26 while Bar Benfiddich in Tokyo is No 48.

Barcelona sat at the top spot this year, making it both the world's best bar and Europe's best bar. It's the first time that this honour was granted on a bar outside the historic cocktail capitals of New York and London. The World's 50 Best Bars list, now in its 14th edition, features bars across 26 cities. It sounded as a definitive list of the world's best drinking venues, voted for by an academy of over 650 experts worldwide.

Mark Sansom, content director of The World's 50 Best Bars, said that their heartfelt congratulations goes out to each and every bar on the list and they are delighted to be able to showcase the amazing diversity of the global bar sector, from grand hotel bars and dive bars to rooftop bars and stunning rooftop spaces. The consumer appetite for quality cocktail bars keeps on growing, and the ability to introduce 14 new entries to help sate this and encourage travel plans couldn't make us happier. He said that this is the first time we have crowned a bar outside New York or London as The World's Best Bar. It is a testament to the huge achievements of Giacomo, Margarita and their team. It is an honour to name it The World's Best Bar and the win is credit to the outlandishly inventive cocktail programme, sustainable ethos, work in the global bar community and a brilliant sense of fun.