Nightlife
10 addresses in Paris and Madrid
Bar des Clos: push the right door by the restrooms
Michel Puech's first cocktail room hides behind his new Faubourg Saint-Honoré bistro — 40 square metres of cherry red in an old antique dealer's premises.
164 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008
Book the restaurant on 01 88 61 31 12
Esotérica: say the password at the shop counter
A cocktail bar behind an occult-goods shop on calle del Pez, run by mentalist Pablo Raijenstein with Hugo Boscovich and Tomás García — the bar and Margaret Modlin's canvases upstairs, a cabinet of curiosities downstairs.
Calle del Pez, 30, 28004
Password at the counter · bell if the shop is shut
Vega: Lagasca 88, by committee and by sponsorship
Íñigo Onieva's private club opened on the Milla de Oro in March, in the old Elena Benarroch premises, with Mabel Hospitality and Cristiano Ronaldo behind it.
Calle de Lagasca 88, 28001
Members only, capped at 500 · Casa Vega, Vega and Totó
Utopic: Anne-Sophie Pic's first bar has its own street door
Twenty-two drinks inside the Fondation Cartier's new building, at the corner of rue de Marengo and rue de Rivoli. The exhibition ticket will not get you in.
1 rue de Marengo, 75001
Own entrance on rue de Marengo · daily from 17h
Bar De Vie: eleven seats in a cellar, and no ice in the house
Alex Francis and Barney O'Kane took the 2026 sustainable bar award and No.34 in Europe with a limestone basement where sub-zero drinks arrive without a cube.
22-24 rue Saint-Sauveur, 75002
Walk-in at the bar · reservations upstairs only
Bar Nouveau: the best bar in France is two flights of stairs
The Art Nouveau room co-founded by Rémy Savage, Sara and Hadrien Moudoulaud and Marc Puzzuoli took the French title and No.5 at Europe's 50 Best Bars. A diminutive space; no reservations upstairs, set menu on OpenTable.
5 rue des Haudriettes, 75003
Walk-in · busier from early evening, especially weekends
Club Metrópolis: a real door under Madrid's most famous dome
More than 6,000 m² inside the Edificio Metrópolis opened as a members' club on 21 January 2026, with a hotel, restaurants, a dress code, and no images taken or shared without prior authorisation.
Calle de Alcalá 39, 28014
Membership by application · calls only in the designated areas
Jack's Club: a piano bar in a vanished church
Under the Thompson on Plaza del Carmen, a British-minded speakeasy built into the remains of San Luis Obispo, where the cocktail list is written as chapters.
Plaza del Carmen s/n, 28013
In the hotel basement · from 7:00 PM · no photos or videos
Silencio: the door only opens after midnight
David Lynch's members' club under the old presses of L'Aurore — gold-leaf walls, a 24-seat cinema, and one hour of the night when the public gets in.
142 rue Montmartre, 75002
Members before midnight · Tue–Sat until 6am
Salmon Guru
Diego Cabrera's green-ceilinged cocktail den behind Huertas — speakeasy back room, mezcal list, and Madrid's best-known bar crowd.
Calle de Echegaray 21, 28014
No reservations for the front bar
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