Cocktail Bars in Geneva
Geneva's cocktail bars range from a hotel bar on the Rhône to clarified Prohibition recipes. The best cocktail bars in Geneva include MO Bar at the Mandarin Oriental, where the signatures use herbal infusions and teas from India and Asia, inspired by the Silk Road. L'Apothicaire Cocktail Club renews its menu with the seasons, and La Distillerie Bar adds natural wines and local products. Le Verre à Monique suggests a Cucumber Martini or a Bangkok Mule, Little Eminente Barrel has teamed up with the Cuban rum Eminente, and Moon updates 1930s recipes with clarification and infusion. Le Verre à Monique takes online bookings until 4:30pm; after that, call the bar. These are the six we would start with.
Hotel BarMO Bar
MO Bar is the cocktail bar of Mandarin Oriental, Geneva, on Quai Turrettini by the Rhône. Head bartender Christophe Pinto writes the cocktail and mocktail list, whose current edition is framed as a travel journal of flavors gathered across continents. The room is dressed in smoky brown and turquoise, the bar also serves tapas and classic drinks, and the terrace stays open until midnight.
Quai Turrettini 1, 1201 Geneva, SwitzerlandMon-Fri 10:30-00:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-00:00Full profile- L'Apothicaire Cocktail ClubCocktail Bar
L'Apothicaire Cocktail Club
L'Apothicaire calls itself the reference in Genevese mixology for over ten years, and runs on a house creed of good vibes only. The signature list is renewed with the seasons, with drinks such as Bad Trip, Desperados, Gaijin and Birdy priced around eighteen to nineteen francs, and the bartenders, drawn from bars around the world, will also build a cocktail to a guest's personality rather than the menu. It sits on Boulevard Georges-Favon in Plainpalais and opens from five in the evening, Tuesday to Saturday.
Boulevard Georges-Favon 16, 1204 GenevaTue-Wed 17:00-00:00, Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri 17:00-02:00, Sat 18:00-02:00, Sun-Mon closedFull profile - La Distillerie BarCocktail Bar
La Distillerie Bar
La Distillerie describes its offer as handcrafted cocktails, natural wines and locally sourced products, in that order. It is a neighborhood room on Boulevard Carl-Vogt rather than a destination lounge, open early in the week for a short evening and late on Friday and Saturday, with Monday off.
Boulevard Carl-Vogt 77, 1205 GenevaTue-Wed 17:00-22:00, Thu 17:00-00:00, Fri 17:00-02:00, Sat 18:00-02:00, Mon closedFull profile - Le Verre à MoniqueCocktail Bar
Le Verre à Monique
A cocktail bar in the Plainpalais quarter, away from the lake and the banks, on a street of small shops and restaurants.
Rue des Savoises 19, 1205 GenevaFull profile - Little Eminente BarrelSpeakeasy
Little Eminente Barrel
Little Eminente Barrel is a rum bar in Eaux-Vives that describes itself as an intimate speakeasy, and the shelf is the point: a collection of nearly 140 rums, from the Antilles to Latin America and on through Asia, poured neat or worked into signature cocktails. The room holds up to fifty for private tastings and evenings, which is how the bar prefers to be used, as a place to sit down with a bottle rather than pass through. It opens at six, Tuesday to Saturday, and closes on Sunday and Monday.
Rue du Lac 15, 1207 GenevaTue-Thu 18:00-00:30, Fri-Sat 18:00-01:30, Sun-Mon closedFull profile
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