Bikini lost some muscle in recent years, with the big-name stars it once booked replaced by little-knowns and ageing rockers. In 2010, however, programming...
Avda Diagonal 547Maybe 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...
C/Ramón Trias Fargas s/nWith an interior designed by local tastemaker Silvia Prada, a fashionable postcode and a menu of delicate finger foods, Mix attracts a professional, stylish...
C/Comerç 21
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...
C/Marquès de l'Argentera 27
Distrito Diagonal attracts a slightly older crowd with an easygoing atmosphere. The venue is bathed in red light, sounds run from from nu jazz to deep...
Avda Diagonal 442
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...
Plaça Pau Vilà (Palau del Mar)
Formerly a strip club, this place was reborn a few years ago as the city's hottest, biggest, newest, most over-hyped nightspot. Its former incarnation...
C/Bailen 22This lovingly renovated old music hall, garnished with chandeliers and classical friezes, is a mainstay on the live music scene and is one classy joint. In...
C/Muntaner 246
Grown-up clubbers were thrilled when the popular Marula Café in Madrid announced it was opening a sister club in Barcelona, and it hasn't disappointed. The...
C/Escudellers 49
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,...
C/Fontrodona 35Otto 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,...
C/Lincoln 15
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...
C/Almogàvers 122
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...
C/Nou de la Rambla 111-113If 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...
Avda Carrilet 301