Also: Bars in Malaga
Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Málaga for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Málaga for grown-ups.
La Terraza de la Alcazaba is a rooftop cocktail bar atop a Málaga hotel, mixing award-winning drinks over floodlit views of the Alcazaba and Gibralfaro.
Signature drink: Award-winning cocktails with a view of the Alcazaba
Puerta Oscura is a Málaga cocktail bar of 19th-century velvet and classical music near the cathedral, a hushed room for slow, well-made drinks.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails to a soundtrack of classical music
Chester & Punk is one of Andalusia's top cocktail bars, a playful central Málaga room off Calle Larios pouring inventive, competition-grade drinks.
Signature drink: Inventive signature cocktails from a top-guide bar
La Terraza de Valeria crowns the Room Mate Valeria hotel in Málaga's Soho, a mosaic-tiled rooftop bar with cocktails and long views over the port and skyline.
Signature drink: Cocktails over the port and skyline
La Terraza de Larios sits atop Hotel Larios on Málaga's Marqués de Larios, a rooftop bar with retractable roof and cocktails over the cathedral rooftops.
Signature drink: A cocktail over the cathedral rooftops
Renard Cocktail Club is an intimate central Málaga cocktail bar off Calle Larios, a low-lit room of classic and signature drinks made with real care.
Signature drink: Classic and signature cocktails made with care
La Destilería is a Málaga cocktail bar on Calle Beatas making drinks with its own distillates and live music, running late into the early hours.
Signature drink: Cocktails made with the bar's own distillates
The Pharmacy is a hidden Málaga speakeasy dressed as an old apothecary, its bar mixing precise cocktails from vintage bottles behind an unmarked door.
Signature drink: Precise cocktails from vintage apothecary bottles
La Terraza Molina Lario is an eighth-floor rooftop bar in central Málaga, cocktails and a pool deck with front-row views of the cathedral and the port.
Signature drink: A cocktail beside the cathedral view