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.
Tips
Saturdays and Sundays are the busiest, arrive before 12am to guarantee a table
Last Word
Popular nightclub offers dinner and dancing for Barcelona's celebrity-set.
