Best Sports Bars in Madrid

The pre-match ritual for Real Madrid fans. Giant screens cover every surface, 40 beers on tap, and a kitchen that serves until 2am on match nights. Book ahead for El Clasico.

18 screens, live coverage of Premier League and Champions League. The kitchen stays open until midnight and the nachos are legitimately good. Attracts a mix of expats and Madrileños.

Cocktails alongside the football. High stools, projection screens for the big games, and a craft beer list that punches above a sports bar's usual weight.

Every Atletico de Madrid scarf and shirt in existence seems to live here. Local Atletico supporters bar with an atmosphere that gets electric on derby nights.

Named more for the music than the football club, though they show every game. Frequented by British expats and visiting tourists who want familiar surroundings.

Quieter and more civilised than most sports bars. Six screens, good gin and tonics, and they show Six Nations rugby alongside the football.

The most authentic Irish pub in Madrid. They show GAA and rugby alongside football. Roast on Sundays, live music on Saturdays.

Neighbourhood sports bar a few stops from Wanda Metropolitano. The locals here take football seriously. Show up before 9pm for a seat.

A tapas bar that takes the screening seriously. Half the menu changes depending on which game is on. Gets very noisy after a goal.

Dead centre of Madrid, stays open until 3am. All screens, all sports. The sangria is suspiciously good.

Tiny neighbourhood spot with big personality. Three screens, counter service, and the cheapest beer near the stadium.

Upmarket Irish pub. Six Nations, Champions League, and Formula 1 all get equal treatment. Good whiskey selection.

LGBT-friendly sports bar that screens everything from football to tennis. One of the more welcoming spaces in the city for visiting fans.

Standing room on big match nights. No frills, cold beer, three screens. It is exactly what it needs to be.

Birra Bernabeu sits beside the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, a bar and restaurant pouring Mahou on tap where Real Madrid fans gather before and after matches.

Canas y Tapas runs giant screens for LaLiga, Champions League and Copa del Rey across its central Madrid sites, with a free tapa on every cana.

Collin's Irish Tavern keeps Guinness and Murphys on tap near Alonso Martinez, with big screens for the football and Celtic and folk sessions through the week.

La Cerveceria Deportiva fills its screens on match days from Costanilla de los Angeles, a central beer house known for tapas and a well-poured cana.

La Fontana de Oro trades on a 19th-century name near Puerta del Sol and now runs as an official Guinness Irish pub with sport on the screens and live music.

O'Brian spreads an Irish pub over two floors in central Madrid, with cold beer in good condition and televisions for football and other sport.

S10BAR shows football and rugby across six screens in Chamberi, home to the Deportivo de la Coruna supporters' club and a 350-gram house burger.

The Dubliners sits on Calle Espoz y Mina off Sol, an Irish pub with big screens that fills like a stand on big match nights.

The Irish Corner runs two floors near Concha Espina with two giant screens and several televisions for rugby, football and basketball across Spanish, English and American competitions.