Tayēr + Elementary

London, United Kingdom

No. 5 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025 and No. 12 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.

Two bars separated by a single door, each operating under a radically different philosophy. Elementary runs cocktails on tap through floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Old Street; behind it, Tayēr delivers a chef's-table intensity where the menu changes daily based on what co-founders Alex Kratena and Monica Berg source that morning. Kratena's technical precision, rotary evaporation, acid adjustment, clarification, serves flavor rather than spectacle. No other bar in London balances accessibility and avant-garde ambition this cleanly.