Ojalá Bar / Fusion Restaurant / Lounge

Malasaña / Chueca, Madrid –

It has often been said that Madrid, which is located right smack in the middle of the country, would be the perfect city if only it had a beach. Enter Ojalá ("I wish"), a hip bar and restaurant that has provided a partial solution to this fatal flaw by throwing a generous six inches of sand on the basement room floor.

While the upstairs area features a small bar, a restaurant serving an excellent variety of fusion dishes, and a cheerful ambiance vividly lit in primary colors, it is definitely the two cozy rooms on the lower level that attract the most attention.

Keenly aware of the obvious lack of an ocean, the venue has compensated with projections of undulating waves and sparkling reflections of light on water, creating a truly relaxing and original experience.

Scattered with low tables and pillows, the beach rooms are a popular getaway for the trendy yet sociable young patrons who show up to lounge on cushions, chat, watch muted movies on the enormous widescreen wall projection, or just kick off their shoes and dig their toes in the sand and say, "Ojalá I didn't have to work tomorrow!"