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Can get busy on Sundays after gay beach day or random nights in the week. Zal Si Puedes: This is a smaller drag bar and drag show spot with an older crowd. Come for Karaoke or the chill local atmosphere. Tia Marias: One of the oldest continuous gay bars. XSteamWorks: the only gay bathhouse in Puerto Rico Watch your wallet and cell phone in the dark room! SX, the club: Gay bar with gogo boys, gay strippers and a dark room. (opening in July 2021)Įl PURGATORIO: Gay club, bar and restaurant. It is very near where Circo bar used to be located. Kweens: This is soon to be the biggest Gay LGBTQ dance club in Puerto Rico. This is near the University of Rio Piedras. They also offer vegetarian food and reasonably priced drinks. LOVERBAR: Our favorite drag show place and a must during your stay. *This still can be a dangerous area (ie a tourist was killed and set on fire in 2021) but as long as you are respectful and use common sense, you should not have any problem. Many cool small bars and street parties with a very mixed crowd and a lively street crowd. Now, it is a hotspot both for gays and partiers in general. This is a neighborhood previously known to be dangerous and best to avoid. Owner is a great supporter of LGBTQ community. Ostra Cosa: Gay owned restaurant with bar. La Sombrilla Rosa Rosa, the owner, is a big supporter of the LGBTQ community. Mix of tourists and locals.Įl Techo: Chic and stylish rooftop bar. LA PLACITA DEL MERCADO (really part of Santurce, but its own thing)Ĭhueca: Open street side drinks and tapas with a small and fabulous bar inside. La Cantina: Local gay Karaoke bar and restaurant. Pal Frente: Local gay bar on the strip of local bars. HATO REY: This area has more local bars and tends to be a younger crowdĪmigos del Jangueo: Local gay bar on the strip of gay bars with dance area and pool tableĮl Cojo: Local gay bar and small gay dance club on the strip of local bars. We highly recommend getting around to see the variety of bars and clubs.
We have the bars and clubs broken down by neighborhood areas, as there is not anyone “gayborhood” in San Juan. LIST OF GAY BARS IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
See below for further info on Puerto Rico pride events, gay bars in San Juan, LGBTQ support groups and LGBTQ beaches in Puerto Rico.
All try to make everyone feel like family. We support special events for Gay, Lesbian and or LGBTQ+ crowds and we welcome ALL guests. From Old San Juan, to Santurce, to Rio Piedras, Condado, Ocean Park or Miramar and Hato Rey.Ĭoqui del Mar is gay owned and gay managed. We have a scattering of gay bars and gay businesses throughout San Juan. Some ask us, where is the gayborhood in San Juan? Well….We do not have ONE. It has one of only two queer chamber of commerces in the Caribbean with LGBTQ+ members, and San Juan Puerto Rico has a list of gay bars and clubs. Puerto Rico boasts the most gay and LGBTQ+ businesses of any Caribbean island. A third one was started in 2019 in Ponce, and in December, since 2019 as well, there is Winter Pride Fest, the biggest LGBTQ Winter Pride in the Americas, featuring several days of parties and Puerto Rican culture. There are two large LGBTQ pride parades in June: one in a beach side western town, Cabo Rojo, and one in the capital, San Juan. Same sex marriage has been legal since 2015. With 3.4 million people in Puerto Rico, it is also one of the most populated Caribbean islands. And Coqui del Mar Guest House is the gayest of them all. Puerto Rico is the most progressive island in the entire Caribbean, and San Juan, the most gay and LGBTQIA-friendly within Puerto Rico. Gay Guide to Bars and Clubs in San Juan, Puerto Rico