Spirited Awards names top 10 regional nominees

The Tales of the co*cktail Foundation (TOTFC) has revealed the regional top 10 honourees for the 2024 Spirited Awards.

Established in 2007, the Spirited Awards is now in its 18th year. The Spirited Awards aims to celebrate the best of the on-trade around the world, from bars to bartenders, bar teams and co*cktail menus.

The 2024 winners will be named during the 2024 Spirited Awards ceremony, which will take place during the Tales of the co*cktail conference in New Orleans, US, from 21-26 July.

Symphony Loo, Spirited Awards Asia Pacific co-chair, commented: “The Spirited Awards is crucial to our industry, not only as an award but also as an appreciation for every regional top 10 honouree’s hard work and effort, which eventually motivates them to reach higher.”

The list of regional honourees is divided into geographical regions: Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and Africa, US Central, East and US West.

Below are the regional top 10 honourees for the Spirited Awards 2024. Where more than 10 finalists have been shortlisted, this is due to a tie.

Best International Bar Teampresented by Tales of the co*cktail Foundation

Best International Bar Team – Asia Pacific (APAC)

Argo at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
Atlas — Singapore
Caretaker’s Cottage — Melbourne, Australia
Dean & Nancy on 22 at the A by Adina Hotel — Sydney, Australia
Double Deuce Lounge — Sydney, Australia
Hope & Sesame Guangzhou — Guangzhou, China
Jigger & Pony at the Amara Hotel — Singapore
Native — Singapore
Night Hawk — Singapore
Nutmeg & Clove — Singapore

Best International Bar Team – Canada

Atwater co*cktail Club — Montréal, QC, Canada
Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Civil Liberties — Toronto, ON, Canada
Cry Baby Gallery — Toronto, ON, Canada
Dear Friend — Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Laowai — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Library Bar at Fairmont Royal York — Toronto, ON, Canada
Published on Main — Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Cloakroom Bar — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Coldroom — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Keefer Bar — Vancouver, BC, Canada

Best International Bar Team – Europe

1930 co*cktail Bar — Milan, Italy
Bar 1661 — Dublin, Ireland
Cinquanta Spirito Italiano — Pagani, Italy
Mirror co*cktail Bar at Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel — Bratislava, Slovakia
Panda & Sons — Edinburgh, Scotland
Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
Satan’s Whiskers — London, UK
Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK
The Cambridge Public House — Paris, France
The Clumsies — Athens, Greece

Best International Bar Team – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)

Best International co*cktail Bar presented by Patrón Tequila

Best International co*cktail Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)

Above Board — Melbourne, Australia
Byrdi — Melbourne, Australia
Caretaker’s Cottage — Melbourne, Australia
Coa — Hong Kong, China
Hope & Sesame Guangzhou — Guangzhou, China
Maybe Sammy — Sydney, Australia
Nutmeg & Clove — Singapore
The Bellwood — Tokyo, Japan
The co*cktail Club — Jakarta, Indonesia
Zest — Seoul, South Korea

Best International co*cktail Bar – Canada

Atwater co*cktail Club — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bar Mordecai — Toronto, ON, Canada
Bar Pompette — Toronto, ON, Canada
Civil Liberties — Toronto, ON, Canada
co*cktail Bar — Toronto, ON, Canada
Dear Friend Bar — Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Laowai — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Milky Way co*cktail Bar — Montréal, Quebec, Canada
The Cloakroom Bar — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Keefer Bar — Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Raven Room — Whistler, BC, Canada

Best International co*cktail Bar – Europe

A Bar with Shapes for a Name — London, UK
Drink Kong — Rome, Italy
Himkok — Oslo, Norway
Kwãnt — London, UK
Line Athens — Athens, Greece
Panda & Sons — Edinburgh, Scotland
Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
Röda Huset — Stockholm, Sweden
Satan’s Whiskers — London, UK
Three Sheets Bar — London, UK

Best International co*cktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)

Alquímico — Cartagena des Indias, Colombia
Bon Vivants — Nassau, Bahamas
Carnaval Bar — Lima, Peru
El Barón Cafe & co*cktail Bar — Cartagena, Colombia
Handshake Speakeasy — Mexico City, Mexico
La Factoría — San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Uat — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oh No! Lulu — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rayo co*cktail Bar — Mexico City, Mexico
The Liquor Store — São Paulo, Brazil
Tres Monos — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Best International co*cktail Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Cause | Effect co*cktail Kitchen — Cape Town, South Africa
Dead End Paradise — Beirut, Lebanon
Front/Back Accra — Accra, Ghana
Galaxy Bar — Dubai, UAE
Honeycomb Hi-Fi — Dubai, UAE
Salmon Guru Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Shinkō — Cairo, Egypt
Sin + Tax — Johannesburg, South Africa
The Drinkery — Cape Town, South Africa
The House of Machines — Cape Town, South Africa

Best International Hotel Bar presented by Ford’s Gin

Best International Hotel Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)

Argo at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
Bar Trigona at Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BKK Social Club at Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok — Bangkok, Thailand
Charles H at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul — Seoul, South Korea
DarkSide at Rosewood Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
Dean & Nancy on 22 at the A by Adina Hotel — Sydney, Australia
Origin Bar at the Shangri-La Hotel — Singapore
The Bamboo Bar at the Mandarin Oriental — Bangkok, Thailand
Virtù at Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo Otemachi — Tokyo, Japan
Writers Bar at Raffles Singapore Hotel — Singapore

Best International Hotel Bar – Canada

Bar 1608 at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac — Quebec City, QC, Canada
Bar George at Le Mount Stephen Hotel — Montréal, QC, Canada
Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Clive’s Classic Lounge at Chateau Victoria Hotel & Suites — Victoria, BC, Canada
Clockwork Champagne & co*cktails at Fairmont Royal York Hotel — Toronto, ON, Canada
Library Bar at Fairmont Royal York — Toronto, ON, Canada
Marcus Lounge and Bar at Four Seasons Hotel Montréal — Montréal, QC, Canada
Nacarat at Fairmont Queen Elizabeth — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Lobby Lounge and RawBar at Fairmont Pacific Rim — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Writers Room Bar at Park Hyatt — Toronto, ON, Canada

Best International Hotel Bar – Europe

Atrium Bar at Four Seasons Hotel Firenze — Florence, Italy
Avra Bar at Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens — Athens, Greece
Bar Les Ambassadeurs at Hôtel de Crillon — Paris, France
Mirror co*cktail Bar at Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel — Bratislava, Slovakia
Punch Room at The Madrid Edition — Madrid, Spain
Seed Library at One Hundred Shoreditch hotel — London, UK
Side Hustle at The NoMad hotel London — London, UK
Super Lyan at Kimpton De Witt — Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Court at Palazzo Manfredi — Rome, Italy
The Donovan Bar at Brown’s Hotel — London, UK
Velvet by Salvatore Calabrese at Corinthia London — London, UK

Best International Hotel Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)

Bekeb at Hotel Casa Hoyos — San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Carlotta Reforma at The Ritz-Carlton, Mexico City — Mexico City, Mexico
Fifty Mils atFour Seasons Hotel Mexico City — Mexico City, Mexico
Hotel B at Relais & Châteaux — Lima, Peru
King Cole Bar at The St Regis Mexico City — Mexico City, Mexico
La Botica at Las Ventanas al Paraiso — Los Cabos, Mexico
Library by the Sea at Kimpton Seafire Resort — Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands
Nkiru Bar at 45 by Director Hotel — Santiago, Chile
Rabo di Galo at Rosewood São Paulo — São Paulo, Brazil
Zapote Bar at Rosewood Mayakoba — Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Best International Hotel Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Blind Tiger at Jumeirah Al Naseem — Dubai, UAE
Electric Pawn Shop at the Dubai Hotel — Dubai, UAE
Flashback Speakeasy Bar & Lounge at Paramount Hotel Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Gigi Rooftop Restaurant & Bar at the Gorgeous George Hotel — Cape Town, South Africa
Hero at Trademark Hotel — Nairobi, Kenya
Jiko Restaurant at Tribe Hotel — Nairobi, Kenya
Library Bar at The Abu Dhabi Edition — Abu Dhabi, UAE
Monkey Bar at 25hours Hotel — Dubai, UAE
Smoke & Mirrors at SLS Dubai — Dubai, UAE
The Bulgari Bar at the The Bulgari Resort Dubai — Dubai, UAE
The Leopard Bar at the Twelve Apostles Hotel — Cape Town, South Africa

Best International Restaurant Bar presented by Gin Mare

Best International Restaurant Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)

Alba Bar & Deli — Brisbane, Australia
Burnt Ends — Singapore
Caffe Fernet — Singapore
Gimlet at Cavendish House — Melbourne, Australia
Neon Pigeon — Singapore
Pantja — Jakarta, Indonesia
Ralph’s Bar — Chengdu, China
SG Low — Tokyo, Japan
Sugarhall — Singapore
Vender Bar — Taichung City, Taiwan

Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada

Bar Kismet — Halifax, NS, Canada
Honō Izakaya — Quebec City, QC, Canada
Le Majestique — Montréal, QC, Canada
Major Tom — Calgary, AB, Canada
Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provision — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Published on Main — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Quetzal — Toronto, ON, Canada
Restaurant Pompette — Toronto, ON, Canada
Rouge Gorge — Montréal, QC, Canada
Suyo — Vancouver, BC, Canada

Best International Restaurant Bar – Europe

Angelita — Madrid, Spain
Bar Lupo — Zurich, Switzerland
Carico Milano — Milan, Italy
Danico — Paris, France
Galileo — Barcelona, Spain
Gucci Giardino 25 — Florence, Italy
Hakkasan — London, UK
Le Mary Celeste — Paris, France
Locale Firenze — Firenze, Italy
Sins of Sal — Amsterdam, Netherlands

Best International Restaurant Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)

ARCA Tulum — Tulum, Mexico
Aruba Day Drink Bar — Tijuana, Mexico
Bar Carmen Medellín — Medellín, Colombia
Casa Prunes — Mexico City, Mexico
CoChinChina — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jardín Tragos y Pasteles — Bogotá, Colombia
Lady Bee — Lima, Peru
Mamba Negra — Medellín, Colombia
Niño Gordo — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tan Tan — São Paulo, Brazil

Best International Restaurant Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA)

Amelia Restaurant & Lounge — Dubai, UAE
Asoka — Cape Town, South Africa
Bôndai Restaurant & Bar — Accra, Ghana
Coya Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Funky Monkey — Diani, Kenya
LPM Restaurant & Bar Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Mimi Kakushi — Dubai, UAE
Roka Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Upper Union — Cape Town, South Africa
Zuma Dubai — Dubai, UAE

Best New International co*cktail Bar presented by Diageo Bar Academy

Best New International co*cktail Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)

Apollo Inn — Melbourne, Australia
Bar Leone — Hong Kong, China
Bar Us — Bangkok, Thailand
Cat Bite Club — Singapore
El Primo Sanchez — Sydney, Australia
Fura — Singapore
Puffy Bois Pizza — Singapore
The Savory Project — Hong Kong, China
The Waratah — Sydney, Australia
Tokyo Confidential — Tokyo, Japan

Best New International co*cktail Bar – Canada

Bar Bello — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bar Bisou Bisou — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bar Dominion — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bon Délire — Montréal, QC, Canada
Charlie’s Watch Repair — Calgary, AB, Canada
Electric Bill Bar — Toronto, ON, Canada
Humboldt Bar at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites — Victoria, BC, Canada
Le Tigre — Toronto, ON, Canada
Must be the Place — Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Overpressure Club — Toronto, ON, Canada

Best New International co*cktail Bar – Europe

Abstract Bistrot — Lyon, France
Bar Llama — Madrid, Spain
Bar Nouveau — Paris, France
Dram Bar — London, UK
Equal Parts — London, UK
Groovy Fluids — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rumore — Milan, Italy
Savoy Brasserie & Bar at Mandarin Oriental Savoy — Zurich, Switzerland
The Honey Moon — Paris, France
Twice Shy — London, UK
Vesper Bar at The Dorchester — London, UK
Viajante87 — London, UK
Wacky Wombat — London, UK

Best New International co*cktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)

1929 co*cktail Bar — Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Alofah Tiki Bar — Mexico City, Mexico
Bijou Drinkery Room — Mexico City, Mexico
Booze The Bar Room — Lima, Peru
Cielo Bar — La Paz, Bolivia
co*cktail & Bites — Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Hoja Santa — Aguascalientes, Mexico
Sofá – un bar — Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Dilly Club — Nassau, Bahamas
The M Bar at Nobu Hotel Los Cabos — Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Best New International co*cktail Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA)

7 Tales at Grosvenor House — Dubai, UAE
Kōzo Kigali — Kigali, Rwanda
Ling Ling atAtlantis The Royal — Dubai, UAE
Mii-Yao — Beirut, Lebanon
Moonshine — Dubai, UAE
19 Accra — Accra, Ghana
SOON Izakaya — Dubai, UAE
Soul Kitchen Dubai — Dubai, UAE
The Smiths — Lagos, Nigeria
Uchi DIFC — Dubai, UAE

Best US Bar Team presented by William Grant & Sons

Best US Bar Team – US Central

Anna’s — New Orleans, LA
Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 — New Orleans, LA
Best Intentions — Chicago, IL
DrinkWell — Austin, TX
Grey Ghost — Detroit, MI
Jewel of the South — New Orleans, LA
Meteor — Minneapolis, MN
Nickel City — Austin, TX
Sportsman’s Club — Chicago, IL
Three Dots and a Dash — Chicago, IL

Best US Bar Team – US East

Allegory DC — Washington, D.C.
Bar Belly — New York, NY
Bar Goto — New York, NY
Martiny’s — New York, NY
Milady’s — New York, NY
Mister Paradise — New York, NY
Old Glory — Nashville, TN
Overstory — New York, NY
Proof — Charleston, SC
Service Bar — Washington, D.C.

Best US Bar Team – US West

Accomplice Bar — Los Angeles, CA
Century Grand — Phoenix, AZ
Employees Only Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA
Highball co*cktail Bar — Phoenix, AZ
Navy Strength — Seattle, WA
Pacific co*cktail Haven — San Francisco, CA
Strong Water Anaheim — Anaheim, CA
Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA
True Laurel — San Francisco, CA
Yacht Club — Denver, CO

Best US co*cktail Bar presented by Del Maguey Mezcal

Best US co*cktail Bar – US Central

Adiõs Bar — Birmingham, AL
Bar Tonique — New Orleans, LA
Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 — New Orleans, LA
Best Intentions — Chicago, IL
DrinkWell — Austin, TX
Here Nor There — Austin, TX
Julep — Houston, TX
Kiesling — Detroit, MI
Meadowlark — Chicago, IL
Moneygun — Chicago, IL
Sparrow — Chicago, IL
Standby — Detroit, MI

Best US co*cktail Bar – US East

Bar Belly — New York, NY
Bar Goto — New York, NY
Barmini by José Andrés — Washington, D.C.
Dear Irving Gramercy — New York, NY
Double Chicken Please — New York, NY
Martiny’s — New York, NY
Milady’s — New York, NY
Mister Paradise — New York, NY
Overstory — New York, NY
Service Bar — Washington, D.C.

Best US co*cktail Bar – US West

Baby Gee — Long Beach, CA
Capri Club — Los Angeles, CA
Foreign National — Seattle, WA
Happy Accidents — Albuquerque, NM
Highball co*cktail Bar — Phoenix, AZ
The Doctor’s Office — Seattle, WA
Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA
Trick Dog — San Francisco, CA
True Laurel — San Francisco, CA
Yacht Club — Denver, CO

Best US Hotel Bar presented by Grey Goose

Best US Hotel Bar – US Central

Catbird at Thompson Dallas Hotel — Dallas, TX
Chandelier Bar at Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans — New Orleans, LA
Dovetail Bar at The Schaeffer Hotel — New Orleans, LA
Lazy Bird at The Hoxton — Chicago, IL
Midnight Rambler at The Joule — Dallas, TX
Milk Room at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel — Chicago, IL
Otoko x Watertrade at South Congress Hotel — Austin, TX
The Elysian Bar at Hotel Peter and Paul — New Orleans, LA
The Sazerac Bar at The Roosevelt New Orleans — New Orleans, LA
39 at The Kimpton Gray Hotel — Chicago, IL

Best US Hotel Bar – US East

27 Restaurant at Freehand Miami — Miami Beach, FL
Allegory DC — Washington, D.C.
Champagne Bar at Four Seasons at The Surf Club — Miami, FL
Dear Irving on Hudson at Aliz Hotel — New York, NY
Frannie & The Fox at Emeline — Charleston, SC
Lobby Bar at The Hotel Chelsea — New York, NY
Matador Bar at The Miami Beach Edition — Miami Beach, FL
Nubeluz at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad — New York, NY
Raines Law Room at The William — New York, NY
White Limozeen at The Graduate Nashville — Nashville, TN

Best US Hotel Bar – US West

Ardor at The West Hollywood Edition — West Hollywood, CA
Little Rituals at the Residence Inn/Courtyard by Marriott — Phoenix, AZ
Mountaineering Club at Graduate Seattle Hotel — Seattle, WA
Pacific Standard at Kex Portland — Portland, OR
Pint + Jigger at the Ala Moana Hotel — Honolulu, HI
Rise Over Run at the Line Hotel — San Francisco, CA
Rudolph’s Bar & Tea at Freehand LA — Los Angeles, CA
The Manor Bar atRosewood Miramar Beach — Montecito, CA
The Maybourne Bar at The Maybourne Hotel Beverly Hills — Beverly Hills, CA
The Ski Lodge at Superfrico at The Cosmopolitan — Las Vegas, NV

Best US Restaurant Bar presented by Tales of the co*cktail Foundation

Best US Restaurant Bar – US Central

Bar Pigalle — Detroit, MI
Brennan’s Restaurant — New Orleans, LA
Coquette — New Orleans, LA
Daisies — Chicago, IL
Espiritu Mezcaleria — New Orleans, LA
Grey Ghost — Detroit, MI
Kumiko — Chicago, IL
Maple & Ash — Chicago, IL
Rose Mary — Chicago, IL
Spoon and Stable — Minneapolis, MN
The Loyalist — Chicago, IL

Best US Restaurant Bar – US East

Amazonia — Washington D.C.
Blossom Bar — Brookline, MA
Bresca — Washington, DC
Cosme — New York, NY
Cote Korean Steakhouse — New York, NY
Crown Shy — New York, NY
Gramercy Tavern — New York, NY
Jaguar Sun — Miami, FL
Macchialina — Miami, FL
The Grey — Savannah, GA

Best US Restaurant Bar – US West

Accomplice Bar — Los Angeles, CA
Bar Cecil — Palm Springs, CA
Cleaver — Butchered Meats, Seafood & Classic co*cktails — Las Vegas, NV
L’Oursin — Seattle, WA
Lolo — San Francisco, CA
Palomar — Portland, OR
République — Los Angeles, CA
Strong Water Anaheim — Anaheim, CA
Valentine — Phoenix, AZ
Viridian — Oakland, CA

Best New US co*cktail Bar presented by Diageo Bar Academy

Best New US co*cktail Bar – US Central

Cobra — Columbus, OH
Daydreamer — Austin, TX
Equipment Room — Austin, TX
Good Night John Boy — Chicago, IL
Jolie — New Orleans, LA
Lemon — Chicago, IL
Murray’s Tavern — Austin, TX
Saint Valentine — Dallas, TX
The Eastman — Rochester, MI
Wild Child — Kansas City, MO

Best New US co*cktail Bar – US East

Bartley Dunne’s — New York, NY
Curean — Greenville, SC
Equal Measure — Boston, MA
Jac’s On Bond — New York, NY
Medium Cool — Miami Beach, FL
Papi Portland — Portland, ME
Paradise Lost — New York, NY
Pretty Decent — Louisville, KY
Superbueno — New York, NY
The Portrait Bar at The Fifth Avenue Hotel — New York, NY

Best New US co*cktail Bar – US West

Aphotic — San Francisco, CA
Bar Next Door — Los Angeles, CA
Cavaña at LumaHotel — San Francisco, CA
Dark Room — Seattle, WA
Dirty Pretty — Portland, OR
Donna’s — Los Angeles, CA
FYPM — Phoenix, AZ
Hey Kiddo — Denver, CO
Ok Yeah — Denver, CO
Stoa — San Francisco, CA

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