Great Whisky Bars

If you’re traveling to a new city and want to find a good whisky bar, start here. If you’ve discovered one that isn’t on the list, let us know about it and we’ll add it. 

NORTH AMERICA

• Jack Rose Dining Saloon (Washington, DC)
• Brandy Library (New York City)
• Reserve 101 (Houston)
• The Flatiron Room (New York City)
• Keens Steakhouse (New York City)
• Monk’s Cafe (Philadelphia)
• Old Seelbach Bar (Louisville)
• The Feathers (Toronto)
• Bourbon’s Bistro (Louisville)
• Jockey Silks (Louisville)
• Bar & Books (New York)
• The Dam Pub (Thornbury, Ontario)
• Delilah’s (Chicago)
• Proof on Main (Louisville)
• The Century (Dayton, Ohio)
• Seven Grand (Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Denver)
• Mac McGee Irish Pub (Decatur, Georgia)
• The Scottish Arms (St. Louis)
• The Daily Pint (Santa Monica, California)
• Bourbon (Washington, DC)
• Nihon (San Francisco)
• Highlands (New York City)
• West End Tavern (Boulder, Colorado)
• One Barrel Bar (New York City)
• Pint’s Pub (Denver)
• Benjamin Steak House (New York City)
• Paddy’s (Portland, Oregon)
• The Franklin (Philadelphia)
• MacNiven’s (Indianapolis)
• Dive Bar (New York City)
• Anvil Bar & Refuge (Houston)
• Poison Girl (Houston)
• Caledonia Scottish Pub (New York City)
• The Lunar Rogue (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
• Amherst Coffee (Amherst, Massachusetts)
• American Whiskey (New York City)
• Trinity Hall (Dallas)
• Piper’s Pub (Pittsburgh)
• Local Whiskey (State College, Pennsylvania)
• Village Whiskey (Philadelphia)
• Boyd’s Jig & Reel Pub (Knoxville, Tennessee)
• Multnomah Whiskey Library (Portland)
• The Half Barrel Bar & Kitchen (Rochester, Minnesota)
• Lloyd (Philadelphia)
• The Ball & Biscuit (Indianapolis)
• The Dam Pub (Thornbury, Ontario)
• Cascades Whiskey Bar at the Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colorado)
• Bourbon (Columbia, South Carolina)
• Rough Draught Whiskey Bar (College Station, Texas)
• Bar 1919 (San Antonio, Texas)
• Barnett’s Public House (Waco, Texas)
• Whiskey Bear (Lexington, Kentucky)
• Silver Dollar (Louisville, Kentucky)
• The Churchill (Victoria, British Columbia)
• The Whiskey House (San Diego, California)
• The Speakeasy at Quintana’s Barber & Dream Spa (Cleveland, Ohio)
• Death & Taxes (Reno, Nevada)

SCOTLAND

• Bon Accord (Glasgow)
• The Pot Still (Glasgow)
• The Highlander Inn (Speyside)
• Craigellachie Hotel (Speyside)
• The Grill (Aberdeen)
• The Mash Tun (Aberlour, Speyside)
• Whiski Bar & Restaurant (Edinburgh)
• The Fiddler’s Inn (Drumnadrochit)
• Dornoch Castle Hotel (Dornoch)
• Oran Mor (Glasgow)
• Duffie’s at the Lochide Inn (Islay)
• The Caley Bar (Edinburgh)
• The Bon Vivant (Edinburgh)
• Lynnfield Hotel & Restaurant (Orkney)
• Bramble Bar (Edinburgh)
• CASC (Aberdeen)
• The Malt Room (Inverness)

IRELAND

• The Brian Boru (Dublin)
• Dingle Whiskey Bar (Dublin)
• Dick Mack’s Pub (Dingle)
• The Long Hall Pub (Dublin)

ENGLAND

• Athenaeum Hotel Whisky Bar (London)
• Mizuwari at Bincho (London)
• John Bull Inn (Alnwick, Northumbria)

EUROPE

• Harry’s New York Bar (Paris)
• Bar & Books (Prague)
• Wallace Bar (Lyon, France)
• Villa Konthor (Limburg, Germany)
• Rubens Bar-Bistro (The Hague)
• Whisky Cafe L&B (Amsterdam)
• Akkurat (Stockholm)
• Saddle & Sabre (Stockholm)
• Dom Whisky (Jastrzębia Góra, Poland)
• King & Mouse Whisky Bar & Shop (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• J.D. William’s Whisky Bar (Amsterdam)
• Whiskeria (Prague)
• La Whiskeria (Barcelona)

ASIA-PACIFIC

• Malt Vault (Singapore)
• Bar High Society (Tokyo)
• Zoetrope (Shinjuku, Japan)
• Bar High Five (Tokyo)
• Malt Whisky Bar (Hong Kong)