NORTH AMERICA

Broken Shaker at Freehand Miami

Miami

A hostel that’s about good times and award-winning, hand-crafted cocktails. Freehands are really “poshtels”, but price points are still brilliantly accessible. Close to South Beach, the Miami original is set in a 1930 art deco building, but the best of the highly praised bar is enjoyed in the courtyard outside. Service is great and designed for locals with a love of liquor.

Lean into the tropical surroundings with the Luckiest (£15), made with Appleton signature rum, Martini Fiero sweet orange vermouth, Coppalli Cacao rum, amaro, orange oleo, strawberry and lime.

Dorm beds from £31; doubles from £98 (001 786 476 7011; freehandhotels.com).

Hey Love at the Jupiter Next

Portland

Countercultural, trend-setting Portland in Oregon is a food and drink hotspot and this hip boutique hotel (pictured below) is nicely central to the dining action. Co-founder Emily Mistell was keen to open a standalone cocktail space, rather than a “hotel bar”, but this didn’t stop it picking up Best Hotel Bar at America’s prestigious Tales of the Cocktails Spirited Awards this year. Its lush and lively decor is eye-catching and reflected in a thoughtful but fun cocktail menu.

Secret Life of Plants (£11), a salty mango oolong twist on a Mai Tai.

Doubles from £88 ( jupiterhotel. com).

Silver Lyan at Riggs DC

Washington DC

DC’s food and drink scene has evolved rapidly in the last decade and these days it’s an exciting city for bars and restaurants. No surprise, then, that this hotel set in an old bank courted Ryan Chetiyawardana (him again), who has cracked his ice in America with this subterranean bar in the building’s old vault. The menu is inventive, paying homage to the spices, flavours and traditions that make up America’s diverse cultural heritage.

A Salmon Cannon – made with Porter’s Tropical Old Tom gin, birchwood booch, douglas fir and “pink” tea, it has all the flavours of America’s wild frontier (£15).

Doubles from £195 (001 202 638 1800; riggsdc.com).

The Spare Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt

Los Angeles

Hollywood Boulevard hasn’t always been the most salubrious of locations, but the Roosevelt’s glimpse of oldschool glamour provides a safe haven from hackneyed tourist hysteria. The bar refers to itself as a “gaming parlour” and the cocktails here are simple but well crafted and seasonally selected. Meanwhile, there’s the bonus of a vintage reclaimed bowling alley, generating a markedly different hotel bar buzz to anywhere else.

Diamonds to Dust (£15) is a punch bowl with an irresistible name reflecting the dreams scattered along Hollywood Boulevard.

Doubles from £210 (001 323 856 1970; thehollywoodroosevelt.com).

Bemelmans at the Carlyle

New York

Manhattan boasts several splendid hotel bars, new and old, but Bemelmans at the Carlyle has become a tourist must-see. Opened in 1930, the hotel has helped guests celebrate and commiserate New York’s ups and downs – John F Kennedy was once a long-term resident. Its Bemelmans bar is a fine establishment – sink into a leather seat and admire the murals that have helped make it so famous.