Dive bar night
Dive bar night in Madrid
Cheap, unpretentious, locals-first.
Example nights
Real Madrid venues, put together by our planner. Refreshed Oct 19.
Games at Maloney's in Chamberí, then dinner at 87 Millas Sport Bar.
- 01Maloney'sChamberí · $
- 0287 Millas Sport BarChamberí · $
Drinks at Al Vicente. Copas in Centro, then dinner at Bar La Miguelusa.
- 01Al Vicente. CopasCentro · $$
- 02Bar La MiguelusaCentro · $
Drinks at Rowland in Salamanca, then dinner at Bar Restaurante Universo in Chamartín.
- 01RowlandSalamanca · $
- 02Bar Restaurante UniversoChamartín · $
Top 12 venues
01
Maloney's
Chamberí · $
One small room, beer pong table, shots that hit different. Young locals, bartenders who know how to pour — cheap, actual fun.
02
Bar Memory Rock
Villa de Vallecas · $
Rock bar run by two brothers — 70s/80s/90s on the speakers, brutally cold beers, darts and foosball. Thirty-year regulars call it home.
03
Al Vicente. Copas
Centro · $$
Free tapas with every drink, flamenco videos, draft beer — four decades of the same owner, locals who want to stay quiet about it.
04
Bar Restaurante El Camba
Chamberí · $
05
Picasso Bar
Barajas · $
Local neighborhood bar near the airport—cold beer, jamón, cheap tapas, open late. Staff named Nacho and Marie remember you.
06
Rowland
Salamanca · $
Red walls, rock icons, unchanged for four decades. Good prices, genuine crowd, the kind of place that defines a neighborhood.
07
Restaurante Avenida 13
San Blas-Canillejas · $
08
Bar La Esquina de Piquer
Latina · $
09
Laberinto Bar Music
Centro · $$$
10
La Vía Láctea
Centro · $$
Upbeat lounge offering drinks & dancing in a cozy space with a pool table & a vintage vibe.
11
Bar Akelarre
San Blas-Canillejas · $
12
Casa Camacho
Centro · $
Standing-room vermouth bar where locals drink yayos—gin, red vermouth, casera—with olives and pickles. Small, old-school, dangerous in the best way.