Collin's Irish Tavern keeps a corner of Calle de Sagasta, a two-minute walk from Alonso Martínez metro, where the city slips from grand boulevards into a quieter run of bars. Read it through the taps: imported stout and ale, Celtic music low under the talk, and a screen that switches to the match when the fixture matters.
The tavern reads as a neighbourhood Irish pub rather than a tourist stop. Tripadvisor and Restaurant Guru describe a laid-back room where Celtic music and imported beers do the heavy lifting, and the regular crowd treats it as a local.
The room is small and wood-warm, the kind of pub that fills shoulder to shoulder on a concert or a derby night and empties into easy conversation the rest of the week. The Sagasta address keeps it a step removed from the Sol crush.
What to order starts with the imported draught. A pint of stout poured slow is the house move, with an Irish red or a guest tap for the second round. The pub leans on drink over a full kitchen, so come for the beer and the room rather than a sit-down meal.
On the sport, the screens carry the bigger football and rugby nights, and the tavern doubles as a small live-music venue, with gig listings turning up on concert sites such as Jacksonlive. That mix of match and music is the draw on a Friday.
Who is it for. Drinkers who want a genuine pub a short walk north of the centre, fans after a relaxed match-night room without a wall of televisions, and anyone pairing a pint with a live set. Skip it if you need food first; this is a tavern that puts the glass before the plate.
Best time to go is a weekend evening when the music is on and a fixture lines up earlier in the day. The Alonso Martínez stop sits two minutes away, so it slots into a wider Chueca or Malasaña night without a long walk.
The setting is part of the appeal. Calle de Sagasta runs broad and leafy, and Collin's holds a ground-floor corner that feels lived-in rather than staged. It is a pub for regulars first and visitors second, which is exactly why visitors like it.
One tip ties it together. Treat Collin's as a first or last stop on a northbound night rather than a destination dinner. Order the stout, settle in for whatever match or set is running, then push on into Chueca; the tavern is built for the easy middle of an evening, not the whole of it.
The crowd is the Alonso Martínez regular plus whoever the night's gig pulls in. On a concert evening the room runs full and loud; on a quiet weeknight it loosens into the kind of pub where a stranger's question about the match gets a real answer. Either way the welcome is the draw.
One practical note. Hours here flex around the live calendar rather than a fixed schedule, so a quick check before setting out saves a wasted walk. Treat a confirmed gig or a posted fixture as the cue, then build the evening around it and push on into Chueca afterward.
For more of the city's screens, our best sports bars in Madrid guide ranks the Irish options together, and the Madrid bar guide maps the wider night. Plan a match day with our guide to watching the game in Madrid, or compare cities in the global sports bars collection.
Sources: Collin's Irish Tavern on Tripadvisor (Attraction Review d15351073, 2026); Restaurant Guru Madrid listing, Calle de Sagasta 26; Jacksonlive Madrid concert listings.
