Best Cocktail Bars and Speakeasies in Madrid

Argentine bartender Diego Cabrera opened Salmon Guru on Calle de Echegaray, in the Barrio de las Letras, in 2016. It closed for a full renovation in 2023 and reopened that May with a new look and a new list. It's on the World's 50 Best Bars at #37 in 2025 and #23 in 2024, and took #46 on the first Europe's 50 Best Bars in 2026. The drinks lean on technique and big flavours: a tangerine and rose oleo saccharum, a solera-aged serve, chipotle syrup scented with absinthe, and a sour built on mussels and tomato water. There's a non-alcoholic list too. It's walk-ins only, opens at 16:00 every day, and signature cocktails run mostly €14 to €18. It also holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol.

“Cocktail Bar with different areas and innovative cocktails created by Argentine bar tender Diego Cabrera.”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

Angelita is the Villalón brothers' project on Calle de la Reina, opened in 2016: a modern wine bistro upstairs and a classic cocktail bar below. The bar is No. 45 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 and sits on the World's 50 Best Bars extended list at #51 in 2025 and #65 in 2024. The cocktails are made without shakers or mixing vessels and measured by weight, leaning on flavoured dilutions and home-grown produce rather than commercial citrus. The house signature is a 'negroni powder' sbagliato. The wine list runs to more than 2,000 references, around 60 by the glass, and the kitchen sends out dishes such as vegetable pisto and oxtail cannelloni. The wine bar and dining room open Monday to Friday from 17:30, and it closes for August.

“a space designed as a 360 bar, where you can enjoy a glass of wine, a cocktail and gastronomy”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

Devil's Cut took over Casa Pueblo, a neighbourhood bar that opened on Calle del León in 1983, and kept the old room's charm. The takeover came in 2024. The angel-to-devil concept nods to Shingo Gokan's ten years as head bartender at Angel's Share in New York. In 2025 it won Best New International Cocktail Bar at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. The list is split into Angel's Classics and Devil's Signatures, with drinks such as Surf Ride, Cheek to Cheek, a Manchego Sour, a PX Highball and a Jamón Ibérico Fashioned. Food is a short list of Japanese-Spanish small plates, from edamame to okonomi tortilla. It's walk-ins only, opens at 18:00 every day, and closes at 02:00 Sunday to Thursday and 03:00 on Friday and Saturday.

“is Shingo Gokan's Madrid outpost, and the design alone justifies the visit.”— Europe Nightlife

1862 Dry Bar is on Calle del Pez in Malasaña, run by Alberto Martínez and Mª Teresa Esbri. The name comes from the building, which dates to 1862, the year Jerry Thomas published How to Mix Drinks, the book credited as the world's first cocktail manual. It won the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía's Premio a Bares y Tragos in 2023. The menu changes daily and pairs standards such as the Manhattan, Negroni, Old Fashioned and Mint Julep with the bar's own creations. The Mexicalzingo mixes tequila, Maraschino, Oloroso and sherry cream, and the Nola Sazerac layers whiskey, cognac, Peychaud Bitters, absinthe aroma and banana liqueur. It's under €25 per person, and it closes for a summer break in August, so confirm the dates.

“1862 Dry Bar es parada obligada para quienes buscan una coctelería de altura.”— Madrid es Noticia

Bad Company 1920 is a Prohibition-themed speakeasy on Calle Miguel Moya, in the Universidad barrio just north of Gran Vía. Getting in takes a password, published monthly on the bar's Instagram, and it's walk-ins only. Inside, the list is a gallery of luxury names, among them the Hugo Boss, Rolex, Diamante and Ferrari, most at €12, with alcohol-free versions, classics such as the Extintor, and a Global Winners section of cocktails the menu credits to competition wins. To eat there are fat chips, tequeños, fried chicken and Neapolitan pizza by the slice. It's closed on Monday, opens at 19:00 on most nights, and runs until 02:00, or 02:30 on Friday and Saturday.

“el speakeasy ambientado en la década de 1920, en plena Ley Seca en Chicago”— Time Out Madrid

Jack's Library is on Calle de Santo Tomé in Justicia, created by its Scottish owner, Murray MacDonald. The entrance is disguised as a flower shop, and you book ahead and are given a door code. Inside it's styled as an old British library, with wooden furniture, armchairs and shelves of old books, and the cocktails are mixed with house infusions and syrups and named after writers and artists. Phones and photos aren't allowed, and the room is low-lit and hushed. It's drinks-led rather than a kitchen. It opens at 19:00 Monday to Thursday, 18:00 on Friday and Sunday and 17:00 on Saturday, and it costs around €10 to €20 per person.

“Jack's Library parece una biblioteca, pero es una coctelería.”— Turium

Savas is a small cocktail bar on Calle de la Sombrerería in Lavapiés, run by its owners, and it says it has been open around seven years. Lithuanians Dovile Krauzaite and Gintautas Arlauskas opened it in 2019 and still run the room themselves. The room is pared back and minimalist, industrial and casual in feel, with personal service and the drinks at the centre: signature cocktails alongside classics such as the margarita, fizzes, the Tom Collins and the White Russian. For anyone not drinking there's a house lemonade of apple, lime and chai masala, and pretzels to snack on. It holds a Repsol Solete, comes in under €25 per person, takes cards and contactless, and is closed on Monday and Tuesday.

“It serves a stunning gin fizz.”— Secret Trips

Fernando del Diego opened this cocktail bar on Calle de la Reina in Chueca in 1992, after learning the trade under Perico Chicote. The room has what the bar itself calls a New York air, with service in black tie, and it won the Ayuntamiento de Madrid's interior-design prize. The drinks are classic cocktail-bar work rather than anything experimental: the list runs from the gin and tonic, the gimlet, the piña colada, the cosmopolitan and the pisco sour through mojitos and daiquiris. Croquetas and Iberian ham come alongside. It holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol, opens evenings only from 19:00 and is closed on Sunday.

“Opened in 1992 by renowned bartender Fernando del Diego, it’s one of Madrid’s most respected joints”— Secret Trips

Santamaría Coctelería is on Calle de la Ballesta, on the Gran Vía side of Malasaña. Its own site publishes the cocktail carta in three versions: classic, reworked and non-alcoholic. The Bloody Mary, made with Grey Goose vodka, organic tomato juice and the bar's own secret sauce, is billed on the menu as the best cocktail in the Comunidad de Madrid for 2024, and the list also runs to an espresso martini and gin and tonics. Most cocktails on the carta run €13 to €15. There's no food menu, though crisps and sweets come with the drinks. It doesn't take reservations, opens every night from 19:00, and from 16:00 on Friday and Saturday.

“this bar in Malasaña mixes up some of the best cocktails and has a truly special atmosphere”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

Momus is on Calle San Bartolomé in Justicia, run by bartender Alberto Fernández and his team. The bar describes it as a return to origins: the best of their earlier cocktail ideas, rethought for the present, with the cocktail at the centre. Its own site lists awards including Mejor Carta de Cócteles España 2022. The carta splits into Tiny Cocktails at 50 ml (€7 each, such as a Dry Martini or a Boulevardier), full-size Cocktails and Momus Classics (€11 to €18), and an alcohol-free section. The room is cosy and modern with soft background music, service is warm and personal, and it's evenings only, from 19:00. You book online through its own site or by phone.

“outstanding classic signature cocktails made with flowers and avant-garde techniques”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

MACERA Taller Bar opened in 2015 on Calle de San Mateo, on the Malasaña and Chueca border, built on reviving maceración: the team buys alcohol in bulk and macerates it on site with fresh fruit and spices, independent of commercial brands. It pours around twenty house-made spirits, from rum with cinnamon and orange to herb-infused gin, alongside artisan soft drinks made on site and classic cocktails. The list includes a cinnamon rum and a paloma. The room is industrial and unfussy, set up for groups, and the bar runs workshops on maceration and cocktail-making. There are sandwiches, cakes and pastries too, and it's around €10 to €20 per person.

“Taller means workshop, which is fitting for this lively bar as it hand-makes its own alcohol.”— Secret Trips

El Coleccionista is a gastronomic cocktail bar from Grupo Dani García on Paseo de la Castellana in Salamanca, linked to BiBo Madrid at the same address. It bills itself as a place where technology and research sit alongside creativity, and the drinks are meant to be collected like art. The list is arranged into collections, with drinks named for artists such as Robert Capa, Damien Hirst and Alexander Calder, plus a Private Collection and a Modern Classics group that includes an Oyster Dry Martini and a Brioche Espresso Martini. A short snacks menu carries group signatures: oysters, the BiBo-style guacamole and a Bull burger. It's intimate and a little hidden, in the manner of a speakeasy. It opens evenings, Tuesday to Saturday, and costs roughly €26 to €50 per person.

“El Coleccionista es el bar de cócteles oculto dentro de BiBo, creado por el renombrado chef Dani García.”— DondeGo

Harrison 1933 is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar on Calle de Recoletos in Salamanca, named after the 1933 Cullen-Harrison Act that legalised alcohol sales in the US after Prohibition. It's run by GLH Singular Restaurants, formerly Grupo Larrumba. The signature list is now on Volume III, inspired by figures who shaped Spain, and some drinks are themed by autonomous community: Galicia mixes rum with seaweed, Albariño syrup and Padrón peppers, and Extremadura pairs white rum with tomato water and Casar cheese snow. Signature cocktails run around €12 to €14. To eat there are Spanish snacks, from gilda and cecina to acorn-fed jamón. There's live music, and it stays open until 04:00, or 05:00 on Friday and Saturday.

“bar de cócteles ya consolidado en la peatonalizada calle Recoletos”— Time Out Madrid

Fat Cats Cocktail House is on Calle del Infante in Cortes, between the Congreso de los Diputados and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, and it describes itself as a 1970s-inspired speakeasy. The room reads elegant and classic but feels lively, with a curated playlist rather than a DJ. Signature cocktails run €13 to €17: the Gilda has gin, dry vermouth, olives, piparra and anchovies, and Smoke & Vice mixes mezcal, amaro, bacon and BBQ tea. There's a build-your-own martini from €12, plus a small-bites menu of oysters, a charcuterie board and a cheese board, and popcorn comes with the drinks. It's open every night until 02:00, or 02:30 on Friday and Saturday, and you book through OpenTable.

“A clandestine cocktail bar in the Literary Quarter set in the luxury of the 1970s serving elaborate signature cocktails.”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

Museo Chicote opened on Gran Vía in 1931 and bills itself as the first cocktail bar in Spain. Its founder, Pedro 'Perico' Chicote, had trained as a barman at the Hotel Ritz, and he commissioned the Art Deco interior, still intact, from the architect Luis Gutiérrez Soto. The walls are lined with photographs of famous regulars, and the house recalls Ava Gardner's iced gin and Buñuel's dry martinis. Cocktails, classics and house creations, are the point, with tapas and a dinner carta from 19:00 and a brunch at weekends. It opens every evening from 18:00 and runs until 03:00, or 03:30 on Friday and Saturday. Reservations are by phone.

“to offer customers the best combinations in distinguished and renovated surroundings”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

Viva Madrid is a taberna and cocktail bar in the Barrio de las Letras that dates to 1856, per its own branding, Viva Madrid 1856. Bartender Diego Cabrera led a 2018 reopening that revived its aperitivo traditions, working from the same building and its original tile work, glazed ceramic tiles and a coffered ceiling included. The list runs through signature pours such as La Gilda del Viva, an Espresso Martini, a Bloody Mary and La Pareja Perfecta, plus Unusual Cocktails grouped by style and an alcohol-free section. Most cocktails run €13 to €14, and small plates blend in international technique. It's open daily from noon, walk-ins only, has a terrace, and is under €25 per person.

“Historic tavern converted into a cocktail bar specialising in classic cocktails”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

Santos y Desamparados is named after the street it stands on, the Costanilla de los Desamparados, in the Cortes corner of the Barrio de las Letras. It's the creation of Madrid bartender Alberto Villarroel, who spent three years behind the bar at 1862 Dry Bar, whose owner Alberto Martínez is his equal partner here. The look is unapologetically dark: illuminated crosses, an iron-and-wood confessional, old portraits and nooks for hiding away, with Tool, Placebo and Van Morrison on the stereo. The list runs from classic cocktails to house signatures, built around spirits, liqueurs and seasonal twists, and there's no food menu. It holds a Repsol Solete, comes in under €25 per person, takes cards and contactless, and is dog-friendly. It opens evenings from 19:00 and runs until 03:00, or 03:30 on Saturday. There's no official website, so Instagram is the main channel.

“Cocktail bar located in Huertas with an extensive range of proposals.”— Turismo Madrid (esMadrid)

Tiki Volcano is the latest Madrid tiki bar from Miguel, who previously ran The Kona Lei (2013 to 2015) and the Tiki Chateau (2016 to 2022) in the city. It's a small room on Calle de Manuela Malasaña, intimate and cosy, more hideaway than party bar. The drinks are rum-forward classic tiki, made in the Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber tradition, Mai Tai included. There are alcohol-free cocktails too, and you can tell the bartender what you like and let them steer. It's open Tuesday to Saturday, 19:00 to 02:30, closed Sunday and Monday, dog-friendly, and around €26 to €50 per person. Instagram and the phone are the direct lines.