According to the newly launched Pinnacle Guide, the world’s best cocktail bar is in London. It was just awarded three pins, the highest rating, and as it stands is the only venue worldwide with the accolade. You might have heard of it? Lyaness, launched by cocktail maestro Ryan Chetiyawardana in 2019, where some cocktails are barely over a tenner and others are billed at £30 a go.
Lyaness isn’t short of prestige — it does not have regulars but disciples. It is at Lyaness where “double diamond” vodka, made with rye sourced from a single field in Poland, is blended with Champagne and Canadian maple syrup to make a new-age martini, known as the Score and only available on the special editions menu (£30). Or try the Atom, where butternut squash, its “friendly bacteria” in tow, is fermented to become a distillate of vegetal notes, citrus and nectarine flavours before being wed to the humming punch of small batch tequila. They’re asking for £27, steep regardless of skill.
