Jaime Hayon's art deco cocktail room inside the Torre de Madrid, where a six meter backlit bottle wall watches over fino and tomato Bloodys.
Garra Bar is the cocktail room of the Barcelo Torre de Madrid hotel on Plaza de Espana, designed end to end by Jaime Hayon. Time Out Madrid points to the gilt, the careful lighting, and a bar wrapped around a champagne showcase column.
The six meter backlit bottle rack is the focal point, and esmadrid notes the high ceilings give it a New York scale rare in the city centre. Jazz, live sets, and DJs run Thursday through Saturday.
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Designer sofas, brocade tones, and that glowing bottle wall running toward the ceiling. Topcomunicacion covered it as a design destination first and a bar second, which is roughly how the room presents itself at 8pm.
The list leans local in clever ways. The Special Bloody swaps vodka for fino sherry against tomato, the Sake by Garra runs sake into cider, and the Power Girl pairs rum with peach, all around 14 euro.
Order the Special Bloody with the Cantabrian anchovies or croquettes. Skip the standard classics here; the house creations are the reason the room exists.
Torre de Madrid guests, pre theatre couples, and a local crowd that books for the Thursday to Saturday jazz and DJ sessions. Google reviews average 4.2 with the bartending repeatedly praised by name.