UPDATE ON CURRENT SITUATION 6 August 2023
Discrimination, abuse, deep corruption, hate and flooding
The attempted destruction of a proud gay bar
As everyone is aware we are closed for a while through no fault of our own. Finally at 3am on 7 December we caught the 67 day unfixable leak being secretly fixed before finally the detailed inspection we have pushed for so hard happens early on 9th. We have detailed video and pictures that prove it was intentional!
Closed for Pride due to License revoked by fake documents
News
May 2023 - We came within 2 days of being open for Pride and meeting all our friends again and being part an event the Bar back in 2001 was instrumental in creating.
Incorrect documents appeared in our licensing file that never existed before showing me as owner the year before I bought the bar when Phil retied
About Us
The Bar and the staff
The Bar and the staff
The Bar and the staff
Bar Diamonds is celebrating the 26th year of being a landmark gay owned and run business in C.C. Yumbo, come and experience the quality of our regular live shows and freshness of our drinks, our friendly comfortable sunny terrace is the perfect place to just relax, catch up with friends and watch the world go by until after dark when at least twice a week we transform into as show bar as we have been doing since 1996.
We still don’t hold back on the famously large measures and the original Bar Diamonds fresh strawberry daiquiri , XXL long drinks and trifle shot never disappoint, they are often imitated but no-one has ever come close.
As has always been the case, every ne is very welcome at Bar Diamonds, labels are for drink bottles not people.
Our fresh handmade cocktails, generous measures and amazing staff Ailyn, Billy, Jesus, Kai, Lukasz, Scott and if you're lucky Miss Beverly Hills are just some of the things that have kept Diamonds sparkling for 25 years
The drinks
The Bar and the staff
The Bar and the staff
Bar Diamonds prides itself for its broad but very carefully selected range of drinks and cocktails. Every cocktail, every spirit, every mixer, every single drink that we serve has been tested, tasted, the recipes tweaked until they are just so, temperatures checked to be cool enough to refresh but not hide the flavours, shaken or gently stirred until the end result we hand serve you is definitely the best of best.
Huge amounts of time and experience have been lavished upon every detail to bring you the ultimate sensory experience.
Be warned though, all our drinks have very generous quantities of alcohol, some are even better endowed and a couple are exceptionally strong and have been helping our amazing customers make great choices since 1996!
Please don't ask us to prepare a cocktail off menu as mixology is an art form and Bar Diamonds does not want to serve you a generic google search recipe that would never meet our or your expectations.
A Preview of some of our delicious cocktails
Purple Ice
Strawberry Mojito & Baby Frog
Strawberry Mojito & Baby Frog
Strawberry Mojito & Baby Frog
Strawberry Mojito & Baby Frog
Strawberry Mojito & Baby Frog
Diamonds Pina Colada
Strawberry Mojito & Baby Frog
Cherry Cola & Blue Storm
Cherry Cola & Blue Storm
Cherry Cola & Blue Storm
Cherry Cola & Blue Storm
STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI
Cherry Cola & Blue Storm
STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI
SINGAPORE SLING
Cherry Cola & Blue Storm
STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI
Diamonds Espresso Martini
Diamonds Espresso Martini
Diamonds Espresso Martini
Love Me Colada
Diamonds Espresso Martini
Diamonds Espresso Martini
Moscow mule
Diamonds Espresso Martini
Moscow mule
Call a Taxi
Diamonds Trifle Shots
Moscow mule
Diamonds Trifle Shots
Diamonds Trifle Shots
Diamonds Trifle Shots
BubbleGum
Diamonds Trifle Shots
Diamonds Trifle Shots
The first appearance of the L,XL and XXL long drinks that Bar Diamonds has become so famous for was in 2011 for Maspalomas Pride. The idea was to give a decent quality drink, not the cheapest roughest spirits available that give a guaranteed hangover the next morning, and sell them in Diamonds generously sized measures for a decent price.
It started off as the €3, €4, €5 offer and was such a success at the first Pride it became a standard part of the menu. In 10 years it has only had two price increases and our Large at €5 tastes better and and has a more generous measure than the €7+ sold at the pop up bars during any of the events.
The XXL and Bar Diamonds are now forever linked and form the basis of many many stories that start "I was in Diamonds with my first XXL of the day and......."
Welcome to Bar Diamonds, help us make our 26th year the best ever!
How it all began in 1996
Batalla de Reinonas (Drag Cockfight) final night Feb ‘22
Beverly with regulars from the UK, Andy and John
One of our star studded events to remind everyone that they should never have to tolerate homophobia
One of our regulars Kristy and her amazing dancers bringing the modern and camp classic to life. You can never beat live performances !
The highly emotional finale to the first Batella de Reinonas
Lucia Sinatra stars every weekend andat the end of an outstanding show of mega pop hits she gave us a taste of her classically trained voice, blown away!
Grace is another of our regulars singers and is guaranteed to put slime on everyones face!
The mirror ball features in a star studded performance back in 1997
The original Yumbo mirror ball, still spinning today as it has for the last 24 years
Pride 2015 we are in there somewhere honest! Those days will return again we promise