If you ever have a hankering to lay down some serious dough for a single cocktail, you've got a few options. For some time now, clubs all over the world have been trying to outdo each other with expensive, high-end cocktails. Some come with jewelry which ups the price tag, obviously. But some are simply made with really expensive liquor. It depends on the drinkers preference as to which uber-expensive cocktail will quench their thirst.If you'd like to save a little money before dropping it all on your chosen poison, travel to the the Blue Bar at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. When you step up to this bar, you can order a $10,000 martini. Well, you actually have to order this cocktail in advance. The reason the price tag is so high is because you're not only getting a quality drink, you're also getting a big honking diamond. If you decide to sip this cocktail, you better take a jeweler with you -- make sure that diamond doesn't have any flaws.A few other stateside bars with pricey drinks include: Tryst in Las Vegas serves a $3,000 Ménage a Trois complete with a real ruby; order the High Roller Martini at a Capital Grille for $1,000 and half the price goes to charity; or order the $57 margarita at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess and you'll feel like you saved money.
If you're headed overseas and you've got pocket change, The Bar at the Merchant Hotel in Belfast. This bar has just about everyone beat in the extreme expense for a drink market and they don't even need jewelry to sweeten the deal. A bottle of 17-year-old rum makes their Mai Tai £750 which evens out to about $1,400 for those of us with dollars.
If you're headed elsewhere in Europe, try the Ritz Side Car at the Bar Hemingway in the Hotel Ritz for $515 or visit the Umbaba in London and order up the Magie Noir.
