Chueca
This place is a Madrid landmark, complete with its 1930s-era interior, and its founder is said to have invented more than 100 cocktails, which the likes…
Must-see nightlife in Chueca
Chueca
One of the most important hubs of barrio life in Chueca, this cafe-bar has become to modern Chueca what the grand literary cafes were to another age. It’s…
Chueca
Café Belén is cool in all the right places – lounge and chill-out music, dim lighting, a great range of drinks and a low…
Chueca
This bar defies labels – literally. Macera’s crew distils all of their own spirits, which makes for both an impressive cocktail list and a striking…
Chueca
This graceful old cafe has been serving coffee and meals since 1888 and has long been favoured by Madrid’s literati for a drink or a meal – all of Spain’s…
Chueca
Once a haunt of writers and intellectuals, this architectural gem blends Modernista and art-deco styles, and its interior could well overwhelm you with…
Chueca
A happy Madrid crowd packs this place out on weekends. The food's good, but it's the designer cocktails that make the bar stand out. If you get here any…
Chueca
This historic old taberna (tavern) is the antithesis of modern Chueca chic – it has hardly changed since it opened in 1917. As Spaniards like to say, the…
Chueca
The ultimate lounge bar by day (cushions, chill-out music and dark secluded corners where you can hear yourself talk or even snog quietly), this place is…
Chueca
Underground, narrow and packed with bodies, gay-friendly Why Not? is the sort of place where nothing’s left to the imagination (the gay and straight crowd…
Chueca
With a name like this, Bar Cock could go either way, but it’s definitely cock as in ‘rooster’. The decor evokes an old gentlemen’s club and the feeling is…
Chueca
A few steps up the hill from Plaza de Chueca, this longtime centrepiece of gay Madrid – a huge statue of a nude male angel guards the doorway – is an…
Chueca
A gay meeting place, this cafe-bar has a laid-back ambience by day and a romantic (never sleazy) air by night. You can get breakfast, yummy pastries and…
Chueca
Del Diego is one of the city’s most celebrated cocktail bars. The decor blends old-world cafe with New York style, and it’s the sort of place where the…
Chueca
Just back from Gran Vía, Angelita has one of the best wine lists of any bar in Madrid, with more than 20 choices by the glass and nearly 500 different…
Chueca
Modelled on the famous New York club Studio 54, this nightclub draws a predominantly gay crowd, but its target market is more upmarket than many in the…
Chueca
One of Madrid's stunning rooftop terraces, this chilled space atop Hotel Óscar, with gorgeous skyline views and a small swimming pool, has become…
Chueca
As you'd expect, it's all about gin here, with more than 40 different types available including gin with coffee (El Gin Coffee). There's a bar to sit at…
Chueca
The name may not be Madrid’s most evocative but this terrific old taberna is friendly, invariably packed and wins the vote of at least one Lonely Planet…
