Sky Bar at Hotel Cuba, Santa Catalina
€€ | Rooftop, DJs
A sunset cocktail spot, with a later finish than you’d expect. Small, busy and set above Santa Catalina, Sky Bar at Hotel Cuba looks out over the port and Palma rooftops below. It’s an easy first stop for a night that wants to start well: cocktails, golden-hour light, a DJ on the terrace and just enough atmosphere to make one drink feel optimistic. It won’t turn into a club, but with a 1.30am close, it can easily become the entire night. Come for sunset, stay for the DJ, and do not attempt it without a reservation.
Good to know: Book ahead, especially for sunset. Without a reservation, don’t chance it. There’s no entrance fee, so drinks are a little more expensive than other bars nearby.
Door 13, Old Town
€€ | Speakeasy, cocktails, live music
Another option that isn’t a club: Door 13 is Palma’s secret-code speakeasy, tucked behind an easy-to-miss entrance in the Old Town. Book ahead to get a code for the door, and step into a small, candlelit room of stone walls, dripping wax and just enough theatre to make it feel like more than another cocktail bar. It’s moody rather than glossy, with cocktails, local vermouth and live jazz in a room that fills up quickly. Not a dancefloor stop, but a very good late drink if the group wants something a bit less obvious.
Good to know: Book ahead via their social media for the entry code. Go for cocktails, live music and atmosphere; not dancing on tables.
Social Club Mallorca, Paseo Maritimo
€€€ | DJs, late licence
Social Club Mallorca is the one to watch for summer 2026. Set to reopen as a more polished, luxury late-night spot on Paseo Marítimo, it’s expected to bring something Palma doesn’t have loads of: a bigger, DJ-led room with a proper dancefloor and enough scale for the night to stay in one place. Before closing, it was already one of the city’s more reliable after-dark options — good atmosphere, strong music, entry around €16-€20 with a drink included, and a crowd that was there for a big night. If the new version keeps the table-dancing, late-licence energy but adds a more elevated finish, it could become one of Palma’s key out-out options. Time will tell…
Good to know: Reopening is expected in summer 2026, so check before planning around it.
Skynudos, Old Town
€€ | DJs, late bar
Skynudos is not the place you end the night. It is, however, a very good place to lose track of the first half of it. Set in the Old Town, it’s easy to walk into and easier to stay: bar at the front, DJs later on, people dancing further in, and a room that manages to feel lively without turning into a full club. It’s relaxed, good-looking, and just unstructured enough for one drink to become three. The cocktails are the point here. Specifically, the daiquiri — which may be the best in Palma, and possibly grounds for cancelling whatever sensible plan came next.
Good to know: It’s only open until midnight, so treat it as a strong early stop rather than the whole night. Service can be slow, which is not ideal, but also maybe how the daiquiri becomes everyone’s personality for an hour.
Lio Mallorca, Marina
€€€€ | Dinner, show, late-night
Lío Mallorca brings the Ibiza original to Palma’s marina: dinner, cabaret, DJs, performers, water views and a room full of people who are also out-out. It’s expensive, highly produced and not remotely casual, which is exactly why it works for a night you want to feel like the main event. Come for dinner if you’re making a full evening of it, or arrive later if the show-club part is the point. Either way, this is not a “see where the night goes” option. It’s the one you book, dress for and build the night around.
Good to know: Book ahead, not the night for low effort.
Shamrock, Paseo Marítimo
€€ | Live music, late bar
Shamrock is exactly what it says it is on the tin: an Irish bar on the Paseo Marítimo with live bands, late drinks and zero interest in being polished. After rooftops, cocktail rooms and dressed-up dinners, there is something about a good old trusty Irish bar. It’s loud, easy and much less effort than the rest of Palma after dark; which, depending on the hour, might be the point. The crowd is a mix of locals and visitors, so even when it’s packed, it doesn’t feel completely like a tourist-trap.
Good to know: Best when the group wants a proper singalong rather than another round of pretty cocktails.
Luna Palma, Old Town
€€ | Disco, DJs, late bar
Luna is the Old Town bar that turns into a proper disco. It starts polished ; ow lighting, good cocktails, a crowd that has made an effort; but this is not just a pretty post-dinner stop. Later on, the DJ takes over, the room gets louder and it becomes one of the better options in Palma for a night that actually wants dancing. Good drinks, good lighting, disco energy and no need to pretend you’re only staying for one.
Good to know: Go later if dancing is the plan. Earlier is cocktails; later is the point.
