The Global Drinker — World Bar Guide
Swift
London, UK
Dual-level Soho bar opened in 2016 by Mia Johansson and Bobby Hiddleston, backed by Nightjar and Oriole founders Rosie Stimpson and Edmund Weil, on the former LAB bar site. Bright walk-in aperitivo bar upstairs; darker, reservation-led lounge below. Famed for its Irish Coffee and affordable, classic-leaning signatures; now joined by Borough and Shoreditch branches.
12 Old Compton Street, Soho, London W1D 4TQ · $$
Awards & Rankings
- Top 500 Bars 2025 — #133
- Top 500 Bars 2024 — #52
- World's 50 Best Bars 2023 — #76
- World's 50 Best Bars 2022 — #30
- World's 50 Best Bars 2021 — #57
- World's 50 Best Bars 2020 — #33
- World's 50 Best Bars 2019 — #41
- World's 50 Best Bars 2018 — #46
- World's 50 Best Bars 2017 — #95