Las Palmas has the kind of bar scene that makes the city. Walk five blocks back from Las Canteras on a Friday night and you can drift between an Irish pub pouring proper pints, a rock bar with a live blues band, a vinyl shop that doubles as a cultural venue, and a rooftop with DJs above one of the most photographed parks in the city. The crowd is a mix of locals, expats, digital nomads, and tourists, and the energy lasts well past midnight in most places.
This guide covers nine bars that consistently come up when people in Las Palmas talk about where to actually go for a lively night out. Different formats, different neighbourhoods, all of them busy when it counts.
Where to find them
Most of these bars cluster across two areas of Las Palmas:
- Around Las Canteras and Guanarteme, where the streets running back from the beach (Galileo, Fernando Guanarteme, Numancia, Sagasta) are dense with pubs, sports bars, and live music spots.
- Around Parque Santa Catalina, where bars and rooftops spread out around the central square, from cocktail terraces to weekend restaurant-bars.
Most of these are within a 15-minute walk of each other along the beachfront, so a single night can easily cover two or three different vibes.
Lively Bars in Las Palmas
The Irish Rover
Address: Calle Galileo, 3, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The Irish Rover is the closest thing Las Palmas has to a proper Dublin pub. Dark wood, dim lighting, Guinness on tap alongside Stella, Kilkenny, and Hop House 13, and the kind of mix of locals, expats, and tourists that keeps the place busy almost every night of the week. It stays open until around 3:30 on weekdays and 4:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, which makes it the natural last stop on a longer pub crawl. The location near Las Canteras puts it within walking distance of half the bars on this list.
Best for: A classic Irish pub session, late nights, or starting a longer night out.
Bar San Remo
Address: Calle Secretario Artiles, 42, 35007 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
San Remo is the activity bar of Las Palmas. Finnish-owned, located near Parque Santa Catalina, and built around things to actually do while you drink: pool tables, foosball, darts, sports screens, and a regular schedule of weekly events including pool tournaments and a "Digital Nomad Night" that has become something of a fixture for the remote-work community. It draws a mix of locals, internationals, and the digital nomad scene, and the format makes it easy to walk in alone and end up in a pool game.
Best for: Going out alone and ending up in a pool tournament. Strong choice for nomads looking for a casual, social spot.
Lambada Records Bar
Address: C. Joaquín Costa, 5, 35007 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The most unusual entry on this list. Lambada Records is a record store, cultural space, and bar in one, with a serious vinyl collection alongside a rotating programme of exhibitions, workshops, and music events. The crowd skews creative and the energy on event nights is high. Worth pairing with another bar in the area for a fuller night, since the format leans more cultural-hangout than late-night pub.
Best for: Music heads, culture nights, and anyone who wants a bar that does not feel like a bar.
Mumbai Sunset Bar
Address: Calle Sagunto, 7, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Mumbai sits at the southern tip of Las Canteras, right opposite the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, and the location does most of the work. Indoor lounge seating and a generous terrace, both pointed at the ocean, make it one of the city's prime sunset spots. The drinks lean cocktails (the Macaronesian gin and tonic, made with local botanicals, is the house specialty), the food is tapas-format, and live music on Saturdays adds a real night-out element to the sunset framing.
Best for: Sunset cocktails with a view. Saturday live music. Date-night-friendly.
La Catalina
Address: C. Portugal, 68, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
A restaurant by day, a bar that gets seriously busy on weekend nights. Fusion cuisine on the food side, cocktails and wine on the drinks side, and a steady weekend crowd that tilts local. The energy on Friday and Saturday nights is the reason it is on this list rather than a pure restaurants guide. Combines naturally with the El Tendedero rooftop nearby for a dinner-then-drinks evening in the Santa Catalina area.
Best for: Weekend nights with a meal and a busy bar buzz before kicking on.
Paddy's Anchor
Address: C/ Sagasta, 66, 35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The other Irish pub on this list, with a very different character. Paddy's Anchor sits right on the seafront in La Isleta, the working-port end of Las Palmas. It runs as an Irish-owned, air-conditioned sports bar with billiards, darts, karaoke, regular live music, and pub grub. The crowd skews more local-and-expat than tourist, and the beachfront location adds a casual, slightly weather-beaten feel that is hard to find further inland.
Best for: Sports nights, karaoke, and a more relaxed beachfront pint.
NYC Taxi RockBar
Address: Calle Numancia, 25, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
NYC Taxi is the rock and blues bar of Las Palmas. Themed decor (drum-set lights, taxi memorabilia), occasional live music nights (less frequent than they used to be, mostly on Saturdays when they happen), and an American food menu of burgers, wings, and salads. The tagline is la casa del rock y el buen rollo (the house of rock and good vibes), and the regulars say the staff treat returning customers like family. Even on quieter nights, the rock-themed atmosphere makes it a different kind of beer stop from the rest of the list.
Best for: Rock-themed atmosphere, the occasional live music night, and an American-style bar break from the Irish pubs.
The Captain 13 Bar
Address: Calle Fernando Guanarteme, 63, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Captain 13 sits on the corner of Fernando Guanarteme and Galileo, just back from Las Canteras. It is a sports bar that has been pulled in a more polished direction, with elegant decor, Instagram-friendly corners, and a programme that includes monthly wine pairing dinners alongside live music nights. The crowd tilts toward locals during sporting events and a more mixed bar-and-cocktail crowd outside them.
Best for: Sports nights with a step up from the typical pub interior. Live music midweek.
El Tendedero de Catalina
Address: Calle del General Vives, 76, 35007 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
A rooftop bar four floors up on top of Hotel Bed&Chic, looking out over Parque Santa Catalina and the port. Open weekend nights with live DJs, a tight cocktail menu of around ten well-made options, beers, and snacks. The vibe is urban-modern, the dress code is casual, and the crowd is a mix of tourists and locals enjoying the rooftop format. Easy to combine with La Catalina earlier in the evening, since both sit in the Santa Catalina area within a short walk.
Best for: Rooftop weekend nights, DJs under the stars, the Santa Catalina view.
What kind of night are you after?
| You want… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Classic Irish pub session | The Irish Rover |
| Pool, foosball, and Digital Nomad Night | Bar San Remo |
| Vinyl, art, and music heads | Lambada Records Bar |
| Sunset cocktails with an ocean view | Mumbai Sunset Bar |
| Weekend dinner that turns into a night | La Catalina |
| Karaoke and a beachfront pint | Paddy's Anchor |
| Rock-themed bar atmosphere | NYC Taxi RockBar |
| Sports and live music with a polished room | The Captain 13 Bar |
| Rooftop, DJs, weekend nights | El Tendedero de Catalina |
Practical notes
- Timing. Bar nights in Las Palmas start late by northern European standards. Most places fill up between 22:00 and 00:00, and stay busy until 02:00 or 03:00 depending on the venue. Heading out before 22:00 means a seat but missing the energy.
- Cover charges. Most of these are free entry, with the expectation that you order drinks. Live music nights at Captain 13 or NYC Taxi may have a small cover; check ahead on their Instagram.
- Dress code. Casual everywhere, including the rooftops. Las Palmas is not a strict-dress-code city.
- Getting around. All nine of these bars are within a 15-minute walk of each other along the beachfront and inland one or two blocks. Cabs are cheap if you decide to skip a stretch.
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Find events and bar nights in Las Palmas
The bars on this list are open most nights, but the best nights, the DJ sets, live bands, themed events, and pool tournaments, are scattered across their Instagram feeds and word of mouth. Las Palmas nightlife moves week to week, and the people who get the most out of it are the ones who keep an eye on what's coming up.
