Best bars Sheffield: Bench named among top 50 UK cocktail bars again, with happy hour drinks for £5

An acclaimed restaurant and bar in Sheffield has again been named as one of the top 50 cocktail bars in the UK.

Bench, on Nether Edge Road, Nether Edge, revealed it had made the latest edition of the exclusive list compiled annually by Franklin & Sons.

It will have to wait until February to find out where it has placed in the Top 50 Cocktail Bars 2024, having just made it onto the 2023 list in 50th place.

Announcing the news, it reminded people that all its cocktails are available for just £5 Wednesday to Friday, between 4pm and 6pm. Its bottled cocktails are also available to buy in the shop.

Bench's inventive cocktails include the Spritz, made with Isle of Wight tomatoes, white chocolate, lovage, orange wine and soda; the Whisky Pear, comprising of fermented pear, Aberfeldy Whisky and Soda; and the Old Fashioned, which contains Talisker 10, cacao husks and spent coffee-infused mascarpone.

Bench is not just acclaimed for its drinks. Last month it was named as one of the 100 best restaurants in the UK, as voted for by diners, with an average rating of 4.8 stars out of five.

Pearl, the new bar at Park Hill, from the team behind Bench, announced this week that it had been shortlisted as ‘one to watch’ in the UK top 50 cocktail bars list for 2024.

Public, in the old gents' toilets beneath Sheffield Town Hall, on Surrey Street, came in 39th place in the 2023 list of best cocktail bars.

It's not yet known whether they have made the top 50 for 2024 or whether any other Sheffield bars are included this time around.