BarCo
One of Malasaña's most popular nightclubs, for both its live shows (funk, jazz, and more) and late-night DJ sets, BarCo is a guaranteed good time. Acoustics here are a rung above the competition's.
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One of Malasaña's most popular nightclubs, for both its live shows (funk, jazz, and more) and late-night DJ sets, BarCo is a guaranteed good time. Acoustics here are a rung above the competition's.
One of Madrid's swankiest and most skilled coctelerías, 1862 Dry Bar shakes and stirs immaculately prepared cocktails that incorporate sherries and unconventional aromatics. The only snag? On busy nights, drinks take forever to arrive.
There are four different spaces in this divey local favorite: a bar in front, a music venue for intimate concerts (pop, rock, electronic, hip-hop), a chill-out room in the back, and a café in the center room.
This feel-good nightclub with a bar, chill-out area, and medium-size dance floor draws a mixed-age, LGBTQ+-friendly crowd with live performances and DJ sets that rage until 6 am.
An essential Malasaña experience is gulping down a few ice-cold "yayos"—vermouth, gin, seltzer, lemon slice—at the tin bar alongside free no-nonsense tapas like olives and stewed chickpeas.
You may as well be in Williamsburg or Kreuzberg at this popular and un-campy (mostly) gay bar where an artsy clientele sips cañas (half-pints) and dangerously cheap cocktails before heading out to the discoteca.
A snug, casual wine bar in the quieter Conde Duque area of Malasaña, De Vinos pours hard-to-find wines from regions like Bierzo, Somontano, and—of course—Madrid. Cured sausages and Spanish cheeses make fine accompaniments.
At Madrid's only city-center brewpub, you can taste fun and funky beers that a zany French brewmaster ferments in his “beer lab” a few feet from your barstool.
Not for the faint of heart, the booze-fueled pop and techno parties here are a favorite of the younger set and peak at 4 am. Arrive before 1 am to avoid slow, snaking lines.
This cocktail bar mixes vintage design with artsy touches and caters to a laid-back bohemian crowd. Choose from a variety of not-too-fussy cocktails including one bearing the club's name, made with mixed-berry juice and vodka or gin.
A small, under-the-radar club that brings in local electronic DJs and a mostly Madrileño crowd, Siroco is a fun place to end a night of Malasaña mischief.
Throw on a graphic tee and a pair of ripped jeans and fist-pump the night away at this alternative rock and indie bar that blasts throwback cult classics till 3 am daily.