Marmalade Barcelona dance spot mimics ‘20s Havana

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  • Marmalade

  • Carrer de la Riera Alta 4 08001 Barcelona Spain (34) 934 423 966
reviewed by
Ann Vine Editorial Review Author
  • hours
    5pm-4am, daily
  • From the owner of Barcelona's hip Milk Bar, Marmalade is a sultry and sexy space divided into a small dining room and warehouse-style lounge with billiards bar. Visitors arrive to a tinted-glass entrance leading to a long galley-style dining room with edgy design elements that mix terracotta tiles with exposed rafter ceiling and Catalonian antiques. In the rear of the space is an antique billiard table opposite a massive bar and lounge with tufted sofas, copper clad walls and art deco bar that lends a Havana-meets-Harlem in the 20s vibe.

    Once a well-known furniture in the La Rambla del Raval, the nightspot begins the night as a popular happy hour romp from a hip crowd of office workers before transitioning into a tapas-style restaurant in the late-evening. By 11pm the space turns to stillness before revving back to life around 1am with an influx of leggy local in leather mini-skirts and unshaven boyfriends in hipster hats that dance the night away with rock and pop anthems by Barcelona's top DJ talent.

  • Last Word

    Popular nightclub offers dinner and dancing for Barcelona's celebrity-set.

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