The 9 Best Bars in Madrid

Angelita

The Villalón brothers' two-level Calle de la Reina address pairs a street-level wine bar of more than a thousand references with a basement cocktail lounge, where the 'Bebidas Vivas' menu turns plants into twenty gastro-cocktails built on local flavor and sustainability. No.45 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best International Restaurant Bar at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. The bar holds No. 50 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, after No. 51 on the 51-100 list in 2025.

Salmon Guru

Diego Cabrera's Salmon Guru has anchored Calle de Echegaray since 2017, 'storytellers with animal instinct' whose mantra holds that only dead fish go with the flow. A 2023 renovation dialled up the neon and comic-book murals; the list runs from the Pantera Jackson milk punch (pisco, mango water, fish sauce) to the Salmon Guru Airways travel serves. No. 66 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026, after No. 37 in 2025, with sister bars in Dubai and Milan. No reservations, join the queue. It sits at No. 46 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.

Devil's Cut

Shingo Gokan's first Madrid venture opened in 2024 in the premises of Casa Pueblo, a forty-year-old neighborhood sherry bar, keeping its curving counter. The list crosses Japanese bartending with Spanish sherry (see the Devil's Bamboo: fino, dry vermouth, tomato), a whole section revives classics from Gokan's Angel's Share days in New York, and the snacks run to dashi olives and miso-marinated anchovies. It won Best New International Cocktail Bar at the 2025 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.

1862 Dry Bar

Alberto Martínez's Malasaña bar takes its name from 1862, the year Jerry Thomas published the first cocktail book, and the room honors that lineage with a subtle speakeasy feel, minimalist decor, an intimate downstairs and one of the city's deep spirits collections. The Cantaloupe Gibson, pisco, cantaloupe, manzanilla, grapefruit bitters, rose water, shows the range.

Savas Bar

A minimalist neighborhood cocktail bar in Lavapiés run by a Lithuanian couple with long bar-industry mileage, Savas keeps its pitch to three words, 'We make cocktails', and delivers classics with quiet twists, like a Negroni Nordico of cranberry vodka, akvavit and Campari.

Isa Restaurant & Cocktail Bar

The Four Seasons Hotel Madrid's cocktail flagship blends Asian street-food gastronomy with Mediterranean produce, run by Camille Sirault with head bartender Miguel Pérez. The trophy shelf is crowded: a Spirited Awards Top 10 honor for Best New International Cocktail Bar (2022), Condé Nast Traveler's Best Hotel Cocktail Bar in Spain & Portugal (2024) and FIBAR's Best Hotel Cocktail Bar (2024 and 2025).

Bad Company 1920

Bar Cock

A classic cocktail bar off the Gran Vía, open since 1921 and long a haunt of Madrid's film and design crowd. Wood panelling, low light and a list of classics.

La Santoría Cocktail Bar