Pune drinking starts with Cobbler & Crew, No. 2 on 30 Best Bars India 2023, and the bench behind it runs deep: we list 7 active bars across the city. The 5 below are our pick of them. 5 of them hold verified international recognition, from the 50 Best lists to the Spirited Awards. Every listing below is verified by BarMagazine, with addresses, opening hours and the signature drinks worth ordering.
Cobbler & Crew is a cocktail bar in Kalyani Nagar with a global bar food program and a trivia night every Thursday.
Elephant & Co. is the Kalyani Nagar original of a group that has since added a second Pune room in Baner and one in Goa. It calls itself simply a neighbourhood bar.
Malaka Spice has served South East Asian cooking in Pune for close to three decades. This listing is the Koregaon Park original; the group also runs rooms in Kharadi and Baner.
Soy Como Soy is a Nikkei and izakaya room in Koregaon Park whose own line for its drinks is that cocktails are crafted, not poured. The kitchen sets Japanese technique against Peruvian flavour, and an open cold bar works sushi, ceviche and carpaccio in view of the room.
These 5 are the starting point. The full BarMagazine directory covers every listed bar in Pune, with a map, filters by bar type, and new openings as we verify them.
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