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If you know what sort of things you want from a bar, or the area you'd like to go to, then use the Tags shown to home in on the best places for you to visit.

In each review, you can click on the bar's address to get a map, and any of the metro symbols to see that line's details.

We give each bar a to star rating, which gives a general overall idea of whether we thought the place was any good or not.

The to euro rating gives you a rough guide to how expensive the bar is.

We now also have a 'Top 10' of our favourite bars which are not necessarily our highest rated, but our current faves!

Glossary

Feeling brave (or sufficiently inebriated) and fancy having a go at the local lingo? Look no further than the drinkBarcelona glossary of all things related to eating, drinking and being merry in Barcelona…

Drinks
una bebida – a drink
una copa de vino tinto – a glass of red wine
una copa de vino blanco – a glass of white wine
una copa de vino rosado – a glass of rosé
una botella de vino - a bottle of wine
vino de la casa – house wine
una cerveza – a beer
una mediana – a bottle of Spanish lager (invariably Estrella, if you fancy a darker, stronger beer try a Voll Damn)
una clara – a shandy (literally, "a light")
una caña – a small draught beer
una pinta – a pint
una jarra – a large german-style tankard of beer
un cubata – a spirit plus mixer (word of warning/top tip – one of these babies is about four times as strong as its English counterpart!)
un chupito – a shot (literally, "a little suck")
un mojito - a popular cocktail made from rum, ice and stinging nettles
una caipirinha – the special brew of the mojito family
un café con leche – a white coffee
un café solo – an espresso
un cortado – an espresso topped up with milk
un café americano – a black coffee
un café descafeinado – a decaf coffee
leche de soja – soy milk (good luck finding this anywhere outside of Starbucks)

Food
el menú del dia – excellent value set lunch menu available in all restaurants and most bars, typically includes a starter, main course, pudding, bread, coffee and wine for around 8-10 euros
un plato combinado – an English-style meal with everything on one plate, cheaper than a menú del dia but doesn’t include drinks, bread, etc, usually costs around 4 to 8 euros, depending on the area, doesn’t get you as stuffed as a menu del dia, but is usually plenty
tapas – small snacky dishes available in most bars, but, unlike in some other parts of Spain, here they do not come free with your beer

Places
un bar – a bar, obviously, but also a coffee shop or café
una discoteca – a club
una fiesta – a party (not necessarily a house party by any means, also refers to street festivals, bank holidays, raves, etc)
un concierto – a gig
un chiringuito – a beach bar

People
un portero – a bouncer
un camarero – a barman

Phrases
la cuenta – the bill
nos cobras? – a cooler, more colloquial way of asking for the bill (literally, "will you charge us?")
me cobras? – the lonely drinker’s version of nos cobras?
te apetece ir a tomar algo? – fancy going for a drink?
se puede fumar? – can you smoke in here?