The Best Hotel Bars in the World (with Video)

by Carrie Coolidge (RSS feed)
Nov 4th 2010 at 9:31AM

The Plaza Hotel's Oak Bar wins the Luxist Awards readers' choice award for best hotel bar.

Luxist readers nominated the hotel bars that they believe to be the best in the world, from New York to London, Paris and Hong Kong. Here are their top five favorites, in no specific order:

The Oak Bar (The Plaza Hotel, New York)
Located on the first floor of New York's fabled landmark, The Plaza Hotel, The Oak Bar (seen above) is one o

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dickschr Nov 4th 2010 3:55PM

Unfortunately, the best hotel bar in the world closed a few years ago. It was the Compass Rose Room in the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. High tea in the afternoon, jazz at night, expensive artwork throughout and if you were lucky you might get a table looking out on Union Square. My wife and I enjoyed several hours with that view on our honeymoon during the Democratic national convention in 1984 and returned several times later.

maya Nov 25th 2010 4:05PM

GOOD FOR YOU! IM WISHING I HAD A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT NOW TO VISIT THE WORLDS GREATEST BARS HOWEVER, THAT IS JUST A WISH..IBUT I DO REMEMBER A FAVORITE BAR I VISITED FREQUENTLY IN SUNNYVALE CA. WHICH SADLY HAS DIED.. IT WAS THE EASTCOAST STYLE,DINNERHOUSE BAR,COMPLETE WITH SEASONED BARTENDERS,AND AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF EARLY AMERICAN WESTERN ART REMMINGTONS AND RUSSELS COVERED THE WALLS,BE IT REPOS,BUT STILL! I MISS THIS PLACE.. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU
MAYA