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The 11 Best Bars in Zurich

Zurich pairs grand hotel bars with the late rooms of the Langstrasse. The best bars in Zurich sit in the Old Town and by Bellevue, along the lakeshore and in Kreis 4, with hotel bars on the Adlisberg and at the airport. Late Bloomers, opened in November 2022 by three Greek bartenders in the Langstrasse quarter, is No. 44 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 and The Best Bar in Switzerland, and its Papara mixes retsina, mezcal, tomato and feta. Kronenhalle Bar has poured since 1965 beneath works by Miró, Picasso and Klee, with no music. Widder Bar holds more than 650 whiskies in a hotel built from nine medieval townhouses, and Old Crow keeps over 1,700 spirits in the Old Town. Bar am Wasser, co-owned by Dirk Hany, was Bar of the Year for Switzerland at the Mixology Bar Awards 2023, Dr. Zhivago mixes with its own spirits, and Bar 63 pours its own 63 percent rum. Bar am Wasser and Widder Bar take no reservations, so walk in. These are the eleven we would start with.

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  1. Late Bloomers
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    Late Bloomers

    Late Bloomers is a contemporary cocktail bar on Dienerstrasse in Kreis 4, off the Langstrasse, opened in November 2022 by Aineias Chilas, Stylianos Kalemis and Vangelis Dimitris, three bartenders from Greece. It aims to be a second or third home, a safe and welcoming room for open-minded, international guests, and serves modern cocktails and high-quality coffee. The drinks lean Mediterranean; the Papara mixes retsina, tequila and mezcal with tomato, cucumber and feta. Local DJs play funk, soul and new disco on weekends, and the team offers private events, bar catering and bartender training. It holds No. 44 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 and The Best Bar in Switzerland title.

    Dienerstrasse 20, 8004 ZürichTue–Thu 18:00–00:00, Fri–Sat 18:00–02:00
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  2. Bar am Wasser
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    Bar am Wasser

    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.

    Stadthausquai 1, 8001 ZürichTue–Wed 16:00–00:00, Thu 16:00–00:30, Fri–Sat 16:00–01:30
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  3. Tales Bar
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    Tales Bar

    Tales Bar calls itself Das Cocktail-Wohnzimmer, Zurich's cocktail living room: a late-night bar on the Selnaustrasse run by hosts Michel, Mark, Adam and Wolfgang, now in its second decade. The menu reads like a book in five chapters: Classics à la Tales; low-alcohol drinks built only from ingredients of 20% ABV or less; tiki under Welcome to Paradise; zero-proof cocktails; and Our Holy Cows, house favorites such as the Coppersmith Negroni and Lee Loo that have stayed on the list for years. Several signatures are sold bottled to take home, reservations are taken by phone, and the team runs a bar catering service, Rolling Tales.

    Selnaustrasse 29, 8001 ZürichThu–Sat 20:00–03:00
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  4. Bar 63
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    Bar 63

    Bar 63 is a rum bar on the Rolandstrasse in Zurich's Kreis 4, behind the Langstrasse, on the Zinistrasse corner where the room once traded as Chez Sylvia. The back bar holds more than 70 rums, and the house pours its own rum at 63% ABV, the base of the signature Punch 63. The cocktail menu changes with the seasons, and past editions have been built around tiki, mezcal and the 1980s. The same team runs J.B. Labat, a spirits shop a short walk away. Bar 63 takes no reservations.

    Rolandstrasse 19, 8004 Zurich
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  5. Bar Iris
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    Bar Iris

    Bar Iris is the mixology bar of the Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport The Circle, in The Circle, the development beside Zurich airport. It sits in the wing linking the hotel to The Circle Convention Center, with Swiss design touches and a view over the main square, and the hotel says its wide drinks list takes its cue from Swiss ingredients. The menu runs in playful chapters, from spritzes such as the Mountain Mist with Mount Rigi, St-Germain, prosecco and cucumber to Smoky Business, where the Black Magic Truffle mixes mezcal, Campari, vermouth, black truffle and strawberries. Bar Iris is a finalist for Best Bar Menu at the Swiss Bar Awards 2026.

    The Circle 41, 8058 Zurich
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  1. Canvas Bar & Lounge
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    Canvas Bar & Lounge

    Canvas Bar & Lounge is the lobby bar of The Dolder Grand, the 1899 hotel on the Adlisberg above Zurich, with views over the city, the lake and the Alps. Küchel Architects redesigned the room for the hotel's 125th anniversary, tying it to the house art collection, and the work was shortlisted at the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2025. Head bartender Matthieu Doucet, who learned his craft in London, has led the bar since January 2022; signatures include the Dolder Negroni with strawberry-infused Campari and a Grand Espresso Martini made with the hotel's own coffee liqueur. A DJ plays in the evenings, and seating is first come, first served. Canvas was named Best Hotel Bar at the Swiss Bar Awards 2023.

    Kurhausstrasse 65, 8032 Zurich
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  2. Dr. Zhivago
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    Dr. Zhivago

    Dr. Zhivago is a cocktail lounge on the Bärengasse, off the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich's financial district, built around its own Swiss spirits label, Dr. Zhivago Spirits. The house range runs from vodka, yuzu vodka, gin and rum to breadwine and cherry, pear and raspberry spirits, and the signature cocktails start from them, such as the clarified Velvet Curtain with breadwine, blackberry, poppyseed and Szechuan pepper, or the Tokyo Sidecar with yuzu vodka and sake. The bar admits guests aged 21 and over and asks them to keep their phones away.

    Bärengasse 29, 8001 Zurich
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  3. Eden Bar
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    Eden Bar

    Eden Bar is the bar of La Réserve Eden au Lac on the Utoquai, the lakeside hotel that Philippe Starck reworked as an imaginary yacht club. Its menu follows a 50/50 concept: half cocktails, half mocktails, with every cocktail given a zero-proof counterpart made with the same care. The drinks reinterpret classics by era, from the Mint Julep and Gimlet of the early 1800s to the Champagne Cocktail and Americano, using house-made ingredients and modern techniques, and a three-course drinks tasting comes with or without alcohol. Rosé from Château La Mascaronne in Provence is on the list, and DJs play in the evenings.

    Utoquai 45, 8008 Zurich
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  4. Kronenhalle Bar
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    Kronenhalle Bar

    A legendary classic opened in 1965 next to the storied Kronenhalle restaurant, designed by Robert Haussmann with green morocco leather, a mahogany-panelled ceiling and lighting by Diego Giacometti, surrounded by original works by Miró, Picasso and Klee. Head bartender Christian Heiss keeps a decades-long archive of regulars' cocktail preferences, and drinks are served with no music under the house motto Sans pareil.

    Rämistrasse 4, 8001 ZürichOpen daily
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  5. Old Crow
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    Old Crow

    Old Crow is a spirits bar on the Schwanengasse in Zurich's old town, run by Markus Blattner, with more than 1,700 bottles on its shelves and a particular focus on whiskey. Its motto is to offer not something for every guest but a great deal for a few, and service is tailored to each one. The cocktail list is arranged by base spirit, from aperitifs and Champagne drinks to sake, pairing classics such as the Martinez and Corpse Reviver No. 2 with rare and forgotten recipes and house creations like the Nachtvogel with Islay whisky, port and Champagne. The bar keeps exclusive bottlings, among them a 2007 Caol Ila from a PX sherry cask. It takes no reservations.

    Schwanengasse 4, 8001 ZürichTue–Sat 17:00–00:30
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  6. Widder Bar
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    Widder Bar

    Widder Bar is the bar of the five-star Widder Hotel on the Rennweg in Zurich's old town, nine medieval townhouses that architect Tilla Theus joined into one hotel in 1995. The bar has its own street entrance and sits among ancient wooden beams, red leather seats and a lapis lazuli wall. It holds more than 650 whiskies among some 1,200 spirits, poured as rare drams or in custom-crafted cocktails, and live piano carries on a long jazz tradition; reservations are not accepted. The hotel says the bar ranks No. 1 in the DACH region on the Top 500 Bars list. It won Best Hotel Bar (2022) and Best Longseller Bar (2023) at the Swiss Bar Awards and is a 2026 Best Hotel Bar finalist.

    Widder Hotel, Rennweg 7, 8001 ZürichMon–Thu 12:00–01:00, Fri–Sat 12:00–02:00, Sun 12:00–00:00
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