Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024 - three from Taiwan

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Bars in Taiwan made the list:

  1. Vender (Taichung, Taiwan)

  2. Bar Mood (Taipei)

  3. The Public House (Taipei)

Has anyone been to these bars in Taiwan?

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Never heard of them.

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bar mood very big disappointment.

Sad not to see Aha Saloon on the list anymore, I really like that.

Public House is good, but I wouldn’t put it at par with Aha Saloon or Indulge Bistro.

Never been to Vender, will go next time I’ll be in Taichung.

The #1 and #4 r my close friends in HK (Bar Leone and COA). Bar Leone is amazing, really deserved award.

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The public House is a xxxx, once and never again

Edit, to not upset the owners too much :rofl:

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Hope & Sesame (Guangzhou)

What a wack name.

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To the extent that these don’t have fake sit up bars that you are not allowed to sit at, I will accept their definition as ‘bars’ for now.

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Now expanded to world’s best bars.

The world’s 50 best bars for 2024

Another newcomer landed in second place. Hong Kong’s Italian-style Bar Leone, which aims to propagate the concept of “cocktail populari” or “cocktail for the people,” was crowned the best bar in Asia.

Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
Bar Leone, Hong Kong
Sips, Barcelona
Tayer + Elementary, London
Jigger & Pony, Singapore
Line, Athens
Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
Alquimico, Cartagena
Zest, Seoul
Paradiso, Barcelona
Himkok, Oslo
BKK Social Club, Bangkok
Connaught Bar, London
Double Chicken Please, New York City
Overstory, New York City
Lady Bee, Lima
Baba au Rum, Athens
Coa, Hong Kong
The Cambridge Public House, Paris
Tlecan, Mexico City
Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
Salmon Guru, Madrid
Martiny’s, New York City
Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
Maybe Sammy, Sydney
Superbueno, New York City
Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
Satan’s Whiskers, London
Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
Tan Tan, Sao Paulo
Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City
Drink Kong, Rome
Jewel of the South, New Orleans
Byrdi, Melbourne
Locale Firenze, Florence
Scarfes Bar, London
Moebius Milano, Milan
Bar Nouveau, Paris
Mimi Kakushi, Dubai
Bar Us, Bangkok
Virtu, Tokyo
Atlas, Singapore
La Sala de Laura, Bogota
Roda Huset, Stockholm
Floreria Atlantico, Buenos Aires
Analogue Initiative, Singapore
El Gallo Altenero, Guadalajara
Danico, Paris
1930, Milan

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And not a single bar in Taiwan on that list! That list is wrong. The #1 bar in Hong Kong is the 7-11 down the street from Chungking Mansions, across from Tsim Sha Tsui station. You meet more interesting folks than those hoity toity upscale cocktail bars. Scroungy backpackers, African gangsta-be’s, Indian prostitutes, Pakistani hash dealers…these are my people.

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club 7 is good, but man Bar Leone IS DA SHIT! My man Lorenzo really made it this time.

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How is the Brass Monkey not on that list?

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