The Global Drinker — World Bar Guide
Scarfes Bar
London, UK
Jazz-age bar serving consummate charm, inside Rosewood London on High Holborn. Named after artist Gerald Scarfe, whose caricatures cover the walls of a plush drawing-room space with an open fire, velvet sofas and book-lined shelves. Inventive cocktails using house syrups and distillates, with live jazz six nights a week; a regular in the World
252 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EN, UK · $$$$
Awards & Rankings
- Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 — #47
- Top 500 Bars 2025 — #21
- World's 50 Best Bars 2025 — #31
- Top 500 Bars 2024 — #27
- World's 50 Best Bars 2024 — #37
- World's 50 Best Bars 2023 — #41
- World's 50 Best Bars 2020 — #54
- World's 50 Best Bars 2019 — #55
- World's 50 Best Bars 2026 — #77
- UK Top 50 Cocktail Bars 2026 — #35
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