Les Gens Que J'Aime is a decades-old basement cocktail den with red velvet seating, eclectic art & prebooked tarot readings in Barcelona.

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Les Gens Que J'Aime

Top choice in L'Eixample


Atmospheric and intimate, this basement relic of the 1960s follows a deceptively simple formula: chilled jazz music in the background, minimal lighting from an assortment of flea-market lamps, classic cocktails, and a cosy, cramped scattering of red-velvet-backed loungers around tiny dark tables. Tarot readings are also thrown into the mix.


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