Located inside Mercado de la Reina on Gran Via 12, Gin Club is a single-spirit sanctuary with more than sixty gins arranged behind the bar like a botanical library. London drys, Old Toms, contemporary styles, Spanish micro-distillery bottles, and international rarities most bars have never stocked. The format is the bespoke gin-tonic: choose the gin or describe your preferences, and the bartender selects tonic, garnish, glassware, and ice to match. The room has the aesthetic of a gentleman's club — leather, dark wood, low light — and the atmosphere of a place where gin is not a casual order but a subject of study.
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Gran Via, Madrid
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A bespoke gin-tonic — describe your flavour preferences (citrus, botanical, juniper-heavy, floral) and let the bartender build. A tasting flight of three gins to explore the range from London dry to contemporary Spanish. If you know your gin, name it and watch the pairing process. Go deeper than Hendrick's.
Evening from 9pm when the townhouse atmosphere is most intimate and the gentleman's club lighting justifies the setting. Weeknights for a calmer room and more bartender education. Gran Via is a block away but Calle de la Reina is a different world.
Gran Via 12, inside Mercado de la Reina. Gran Via metro (Lines 1, 5). Gin-tonics EUR 14-18, flights EUR 20-25. Reservations recommended for groups. The collection of sixty-plus gins is genuine and the staff know every bottle. Cards accepted.