Barcelona
With over 80 varieties, this whitewashed stone-walled bar is a haven for gin lovers, and arguably Barcelona's top spot for a perfectly mixed, artfully…
Must-see nightlife in Barcelona
El Raval
This evocative tile-covered cocktail hang-out is a trip back to the 19th century. Until the 1980s it was a confectioner’s shop, and though the original…
L'Eixample
At this rhapsody to wine, the digital menu details over 3000 international varieties searchable by origin, year or grape, with 50 selections available by…
La Rambla & Barri Gòtic
From the welcoming team behind the terrific Formatgeria La Seu (next door) comes this teensy, intimate, cavern-like bar where Catalan (Penedès, Empordà)…
El Raval
Originally a wandering pop-up bar, seriously edgy yet refreshingly unpretentious Swedish-run Two Schmucks has become one of Barcelona's (and Europe's)…
Barcelona
Barcelona is spoilt for choice with craft breweries, and this bright, buzzing space is one of the best. There are 40 of its own beers rotating on the taps…
L'Eixample
Atmospheric and intimate, this basement relic of the 1960s follows a deceptively simple formula: chilled jazz music in the background, minimal lighting…
Barcelona
The effort of getting to what is, for all intents and purposes, a simple xiringuito (summer snack bar) perched atop Montjuïc's seaward slopes, is worth it…
La Rambla & Barri Gòtic
Centuries of heavenly Spanish gastronomic tradition collide at this exquisite medieval space in the heart of the city, which stocks sweets made by nuns…
Barcelona
Since opening in 2017, this fabulous wine spot has been jam-packed with barcelonins and visitors. Jabugo hams hang from the ceiling, vermouth barrels sit…
L'Eixample
Waiters make expert cocktail suggestions, but the house drink, taken at the gleaming wooden bar or on one of the plush green banquettes, is always a good…
El Raval
Bar Marsella has been in business since 1820, and has served the likes of Dalí, Picasso, Gaudí and Hemingway. The latter was known to slump here over an…
Barcelona
There's an old-fashioned jauntiness to this vintage-style cocktail den in El Poblenou, marked by its original-period exterior with tiles and gin bottles…
L'Eixample
One of the original craft-beer bars to pop up in Barcelona, Garage brews its own in a space at the bar and at its out-of-town brewery, and offers around…
L'Eixample
Travel back to the 19th century at this charmingly old-world cafe, in business since 1873. The mahogany bar extends down the right side as you enter,…
El Raval
This fun and minuscule club is a standing favourite with the downtown crowd. In the main dance area DJs dish out house, techno and electro, while upstairs…
L'Eixample
There's often a queue out the door for a table at this intimate, speakeasy-style basement cocktail den with a tiny front terrace. International whiskies,…
Barcelona
Inspired by its owner's time in Berlin, this charmingly stylish former carpenters' workshop is Barcelona's original plants-and-coffee concept cafe (much…
El Raval
This long-running bar is dedicated to ground-breaking 20th-century actress Sara Montiel: the walls groan with more than 250 photos of the sultry star…
Barcelona
La Cigale is a very civilised place for a cocktail, with oil paintings on the walls, gilded mirrors and leatherbound volumes scattered about. Prop up the…
El Raval
The golden hues of this backlit bar and restaurant beckon seductively through the glass facade. There are various spaces, adorned in equally sumptuous…
Barcelona
With DJs spinning salsa beats, occasional live music and a covered back patio, El Rabi is a celebratory space. Silent films play, red-washed walls are…
El Raval
A seasonal roster of roasted-in-Barcelona beans combine with the latest caffeine tech at El Raval's branch of super-successful Nømad, founded by rockstar…
L'Eixample
Set on a pedestrian strip just behind the university, this cool cafe/cultural space has bicycles hanging from high, white walls and bright splashy murals,…
Barcelona
Zingy homemade lemonade, Barcelona-roasted beans by Nømad (coffees €1.50 to €4), and divine cakes and pastries sourced from renowned bakeries around town…
L'Eixample
The latest cocktail-wizardry offering from the team behind Gràcia's Old Fashioned and L'Eixample's Hemingway, this NYC-inspired bolthole throws homemade…
Barcelona
Barcelona's first brewhouse opened in 2014 inside the 19th-century Palau de Mar. Its taps feature 16 house-made brews, including saisons, double IPAs and…
Barcelona
A succession of nooks and crannies, dotted with flea-market finds and dimly lit in violets, reds and yellows, makes Tinta Roja an intimate spot for a…
El Raval
Peer through the glass walls of this lively LGBTQI-friendly hangout inside the Filmoteca de Catalunya, and you'll spot long wooden tables, rickety chairs,…
La Rambla & Barri Gòtic
All ocean-blue walls, pounding beats and punk-inspired style, Satan's is firmly about the coffee (no wi-fi, no prams!) Local small-scale roaster Right…
La Rambla & Barri Gòtic
Super 'tropicocktails' (€6 to €10) are the thing from the team behind Barcelona's original Venezuelan good-time bar, a zingily patterned space in the…
L'Eixample
Popular with a hot young crowd, Arena Madre is one of the top LGBTQI+ clubs in town (though these days it can be quite mixed). Mainly pop, dance and house…
Barcelona
Hang out at communal tables over single-origin flat whites and cortados (espressos with a dribble of milk) inside the cavernous Espacio 88, an innovative…
Barcelona
With red-brick walls and marble tables, elegant La Mari Ollero brings a buzzy contemporary spin and a jolly Andalucian touch to the classic Catalan…
Barcelona
In a history-steeped, stone-floored 1840 building, this atmospheric little jewel recreates an old-style neighbourhood bodega with tins of sardines,…
L'Eixample
Subtly signed from street level, this gem of hidden Barcelona nightlife is a subterranean old-school cocktail bar with red-velvet banquettes and glass…
La Rambla & Barri Gòtic
The 'Forest of the Fairies' is popular with tourists but offers a whimsical retreat from the busy Rambla nearby and has a wonderfully kitsch charm. Lounge…
Barcelona
This lofty double-name cava bar has long been run on a winning formula: its own super-affordable bubbly rosé, served in elegant little glasses and…
Barcelona
Cuban cocktails (including Cuba libres and el presidentes) and beers (Mayabe, Tinima and Cacique) are served alongside authentic snacks such as pasteles …
Barcelona
Local professionals and students pop into this sprawling minimalist-design space, with shared standing tables and a circular counter, for matcha lattes,…
