Maybe it's the name or maybe it's the location, but most of the Catwalk queue seems to think they're headed straight for the VIP room - that's crisp white collars and gold for...

With an interior designed by local tastemaker Silvia Prada, a fashionable postcode and a menu of delicate finger foods, Mix attracts a professional, stylish crowd who enjoy...

The basement of a Greek restaurant is the unlikely setting for this cosy and wildly popular club. There's no plate-throwing but instead, from Thursday through Saturday nights,...

Distrito Diagonal attracts a slightly older crowd with an easygoing atmosphere. The venue's bathed in red light, there are sounds from nu jazz to deep house and plenty of...

A white awning over terrace tables heralds the entrance to this decidedly louche bar behind the Palau de Mar. Inside, a North African harem look seduces a young and up-for-it...

Formerly a strip club, this place was recently reborn as the city's hottest, biggest, newest, most over-hyped nightspot. Its former incarnation hasn't been forgotten - the...

This lovingly renovated old music hall, garnished with chandeliers and classical friezes, is a mainstay on the live music scene and one classy joint. In between visits from...

Ring the bell by the anonymous grey door. In practice, out-of-towners are rarely charged membership, but the card gets some good discounts for cinemas, clubs and so on. Inside,...

Otto Zutz should have been great. Located away from the maddening crowds of the old quarter in a three-floor former textile factory that oozes character, the potential was...

This monstrous club's five distinct spaces form the night-time playground of seemingly all young Barcelona. There's indie rock in Razz Club, tech-house in The Loft, techno pop...

More good news for those missing the legendary Café Royale: DJ Fred Guzzo is the man in charge at this stylish bar, blending funk, latin and rare groove for a mix of music...

Sala Apolo, one of Barcelona's most popular clubs, is a 1940s dancehall, with all that implies for atmosphere (good) and acoustics (bad). Live acts range from Toots & the...

Sessions in this packed, eclectic club run from soul and funk to world and house music, and the crowd varies according to the music: Thursday's is young and beer-swilling...

If you're willing to travel 30 minutes on the metro to L'Hospitalet, do it for a night at this 500-person, venue-cum-nightclub, which regularly hosts the best local artists,...