Artesian at the Langham
The Langham hotel’s opulent bar has been voted “World’s Best Bar” on Drinks International’s list four times running, and it’s not hard to see why. A ton of thought goes into the cocktails here, and enjoying one is an event in its own right, with innovative drinks arriving at the table in smoking wooden boxes, foot-tall metal sculptures, and other over-the-top custom vessels. The menu is full of classics, house specials (like the Artesian punch, a blend of rum, calvados, pear eau-de-vie, and pineapple), a wide selection of rum drinks, several gin and tonic variations, and a new “surrealism” list where you’ll find cocktails with ingredients like oak smoke and dulse.