DIY-stylish, low-lit and cheap. Aurora's regulars chat over cañas during the week and bounce around the wee dancefloor downstairs at weekends. The smiling, chatty bar staff...
C/Aurora 7The watchword is moody (not least among the waiting staff) in this stark, monochrome space, with punky artwork from celebrated graffiti artists. It comes alive with DJs and...
C/Pintor Fortuny 3At the back of a beautiful old building converted into a health-food shop is this cosy little bar, where everything from the wine and beer to the milk used in the fair-trade...
C/Valldonzella 25Set up in 1933 by Miguel Boadas, born to Catalan parents in Havana (where he became the first barman at the legendary La Floridita), this classic cocktail bar has changed...
C/Tallers 1After an overhaul in the kitchen, the delightful Cafè de les Delicies is now serving breakfast, along with tapas and light dishes in its dining room at the back. Off the...
Rambla del Raval 47For a club on La Rambla, Fellini draws a remarkably mixed and local crowd to its two floors of tech-house and the Red Room, where you might find rock, '80s or hip hop. The...
La Rambla 27Papered with posters of vintage Spanish sexpot Sara Montiel and filled with hookah smoke and the sounds of Bollywood balladry, La Concha is a gem of dusty fabulousness that...
C/Guàrdia 14Las Guindas is a long narrow bar with a crimson-hued retro look, deeply funky mural and DJs fighting for turntable space to show off their acquisitions of vinyl from the '50s...
C/Sant Pau 126Since it had its live music licence revoked, this beloved classic, smoky old bar has had to rely on the pool table or the occasional football match to entertain its patrons....
C/Nou de la Rambla 34Opened in 1820 by a native of Marseilles, who may just have changed the course of Barcelona's artistic history by introducing absinthe, still a mainstay of the bar's delights....
C/Sant Pau 65Moog's an odd club: long, narrow and enclosed, with the air conditioner pumping, it's a bit like partying on an aeroplane. The two floors are rather hilariously divided along...
C/Arc del Teatre 3One of the first and best of the city's many Oirish pubs, the Quiet Man's a peaceful place with wooden floors and stalls that mostly eschews the beautiful game for occasional...
C/Marqués de Barberà 11