The longlist of bars ranked 51-100 by the World’s 50 Best Bars in 2024 has been announced ahead of an awards ceremony later this month in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
The top five bars on the 2024 Asia’s 50 Best list – Bar Leone (Hong Kong), Zest (Seoul), Jigger & Pony (Singapore), Coa (Hong Kong) and Bar Benfiddich (Tokyo) – are not on the longlist, indicating they may be among the World’s 50 Best to be announced on October 22.
Three Singapore bars make the longlist, two of them new entries: Cat Bite Club is ranked 56th, while Nighthawk, which received the World’s 50 Best award for best bar design in 2o23, ranks 74th.
They are among 12 new entries on the longlist. Notable among these is Smoke & Bitters in Hiriketiya, which is 29th on the 2024 Asia’s 50 Best Bars list and is the first bar from Sri Lanka to make the World’s 50 Best longlist.
In all, 13 Asian bars feature on the longlist, including Hope & Sesame in Guangzhou, China.