Bars, Cafés & Cocktails

Anti Café
Union, 2 (Metro: Opera)
An establishment where you can have tea, a drink or listen to poetry, music and drama.  Live Jazz features on Sundays, and unique djs abound.
Open daily: 4pm-3am
Tel. 91559 4163

Areia
Hortaleza, 92 (Metro: Alonso Martinez)
You'll have to fight for them, but if you manage to get one of the sofa-beds that are dotted around Areia, chances are you won't leave until they are throwing you out. The best chill-out bar in the city.
Open: every day: 12noon to 3am
Tel. 91 3100307

Bar & Co.
Barco, 34 (Metro: Gran Via)
Local bands play weekly, and the opening hours simply can't be beaten: Bar & Co. is the place to go after 3am if you don't feel like clubbing.
Open: Tues-Sun: 8pm-5:30am

Campus Bar
Paseo Juan XXIII, 22 (Metro: Metropolitano)
Top student hangout in town. Best of Spanish Music.
Every Thursday first drink free from 11pm to 1am.
Open every day from 6pm to 6am

La Colonia de San Lorenzo
Salitre, 38 (Metro: Lavapies)
Very Lavapies: mix-match bohemian furniture, a bubbly fish tank and artfully designed bathrooms.  Prince look-alike owner is often seen wearing dresses at the bar.
Open daily: 5pm-2:30am

Delic
Plazade la Paja, s/n (Metro: La Latina)
Wait staff pour out the best mojitos this side of the Caribbean, and when the weather heats up, the fun spills out onto the plaza.A great place to see and be seen.
Mon-Sat: 11am-2am.  Sun: 11am-midnight
Tel. 91 364 5450

Demode
Ballestas, 7 (Metro: Gran Via)
This bar used to be a brothel, while the neighboring bars are still very much brothels. A nice and seedy place for a pre-club drink and a bit of a dance.
Open: Wednesday to Saturday: 11pm-3:30am

Excessive Happiness
Estrella, 3 (Metro: Callao)
Cozy yet modern design, delicious cocktails and friendly multi-lingual staff. The bar is on 2 floors and hosts a varied array of acts including comedy, magic, storytelling, blues and jazz plus salsa classes and Cuban music
Open Sunday-Thursday from 12noon to 2am
Fridays & Saturdays from 12noon to 3:30am

La Ida
Colon, 11 (Metro: Tribunal)
This tiny little cñas bar fills up afternoon and evening with hip Mercado de Fuencarral crowd.  The view from a window seat is like watching the barrio on a big screen TV.
Open daily: 1pm-2am
Tel. 91 522 9107

Gaia
Amnistia, 5 (Metro: Opera)
Every hour is cocktail hour at Gaia, where you can chill out with a Cosmopolitan like Carrie, or enjoy their very own invention: the Velvet Mactor.
Open: Tues-Thurs: 8pm-2:30am / Fri-Sat: until 3am.

El Juglar
Lavapies, 37 (Metro: Lavapies)
There are three great reasons to go to El Juglar: 1). The excellent Djs, who spin funk and soul from yesteryear. 2). The flamenco on Sunday night. 3). The curry houses opposite - the cheapest and best in the city.

Luke soy tu padre
San Bartolome, 14 (Metro: Chueca)
Worth a "luke" just for the name alone, which translates as that very famous phrase from a certain film set in a galaxy far, far away.

Manhattan Martini Bar
Moratín, 5 (Metro: Antón Martín)
Cool Music & Original Cocktails. Jazz, Soul, R&B, Classic Rock, 70/80s Funk. Wed & Sun 2x1.
Open 7 nights a week

Stromboli Cafe
Hortaleza, 96 (Metro: Chueca / Tribunal)
Dj weekend sessions & x-tra sessions during the week. Coffees, teas & fresh cocktails.
Open from 4pm to 3:30am

Syvarya
Avda. de Brazil, 19 (Metro: Cuzco)
Bar, tapas & cocktails
Monday-Saturday
Tel. 915-980-252

Taqué
Lavapies, 11 (Metro: Lavapies)
The clientele as well as the bar have a dark, urban, graffitti-esque feel, and no one's too clear on the closing time...which probably means there isn't one.
Mon-Thurs: 9pm-3am.  Fri-Sat: 9pm-3:30am.  Sun: 5pm-3am