The owner of Boadas once lived in Havana where he managed the famously historical "Floridita" and "Bodeguita del Medio" back in the 30's. He later set up this traditional cocktail house on the Ramblas in Barcelona. The history of the bar is seen in the collection of artwork, illustrations, photography, and paintings on the walls of this small but powerful establishment. The bartenders, always dressed formally will flirt with you any chance they get or at least tell you a joke while preparing... Read more

Snooker is a neighborhood bar open since 1985, located in the middle of the Eixample. The simple and plush gentlemen’s club style interior design has won distinguished local awards. The main salon somehow brings to mind the kind of bar you would see on a cruise ship: lots of leather armchairs and small round cocktail tables. Cabinets full of whisky bottles decorate the walls alluding to their proud collection of whiskey, which includes several very high-end labels. In Catalonia, the name... Read more

Velvet is a surrealistic experience. Not because it has Gaudiesque architecture, although if you want to walk his greatest works are not that far. It's also not because it has trippy lighting or dark secluded inlets where peoples primal instincts might emerge. In fact the bathrooms are prominent and well lit and located at the front of the club, making even these oasis' off limits to too much debauchery. Velvet's surrealism comes from the fact that a Catalan club kid making the rounds at... Read more