Bar am Wasser

Zurich, Switzerland

Awarded 1 Pin by The Pinnacle Guide in 2025.

Bar am Wasser sits on the Stadthausquai in central Zurich, overlooking the Limmat near the lake. Host and co-owner Dirk Hany opened it in 2018 around the idea of fine drinking: every guest is seated, there is no standing room, and the evening opens with an amuse cocktail before a three-course tasting menu of starter, main and dessert drinks, in High, Low or No volume. Single cocktails are there too, and the menus change every season. Behind the bar sits a 25-square-meter lab with rotary evaporators and centrifuges. It holds one Pin in The Pinnacle Guide and was named Switzerland's Bar of the Year at the Mixology Bar Awards 2023. It is walk-in only.