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Best Cocktail Bars in Zurich for Classic Drinks, Art and Skyline Views

Ten Zurich cocktail bars with verified hours, from Old Crow and Tales to historic art rooms, jazz, neighborhood aperitifs, luxury lounges and Prime Tower views.

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Best Cocktail Bars in Zurich for Classic Drinks, Art and Skyline Views

Guide: Cocktail Craft, Art Rooms & Skyline Drinks

Zurich's cocktail range is unusually broad for its size: spirit libraries, bartender-led late rooms, art-filled institutions, neighborhood aperitif bars and a Prime Tower panorama. These ten distinguish drink quality from view, history and hotel service.

  • Old CrowOld Crow is a spirit library disguised as a small old-town bar, with deep whisky shelves and bartenders comfortable moving between classics and precise custom drinks. Seats are scarce and the room rewards an early arrival.
  • Widder BarWidder Bar combines a vast spirits collection, technically exact classics and nightly live jazz inside the historic hotel complex. Prices reflect the setting, but the music and depth of the back bar make it more than a generic hotel lounge.
  • Kronenhalle BarRobert Haussmann's sculptural interior and original works by Picasso and Miró turn Kronenhalle Bar into a design and art stop with serious classic cocktails. Summer hours shift to an evening start, so do not assume the dining room's noon opening applies.
  • Bar am WasserBar am Wasser uses a bright riverside room for polished cocktails, Champagne and a daytime coffee-to-aperitif transition. Its early opening is unusual for a serious bar, while Sunday remains a firm closure.
  • Tales BarTales is a bartender-led room near Selnau where focused menus and custom recommendations take precedence over spectacle. The 3 AM close makes it a rare serious late option, but the bar is closed Sunday and Monday.
  • Bar SacchiSacchi runs from morning espresso to late cocktails in a warm neighborhood room near Lochergut. The all-day identity is the point: arrive for an aperitivo and stay if the room shifts into a Friday or Saturday night.
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