Best champagne bar in Mykonos Town
You don’t have to go far to find champagne in Mykonos Town, which is home to more than 200 restaurants and bars, many of which cater to affluent, well-heeled travellers. But only one of those establishments is specifically dedicated to the exquisite bubbly beverage — Bubblesgallery Champagne-Cocktail Bar.
Opened several years ago by Despina Kitsinis, Bubbles Gallery is situated next to Agios Vlassis church in a cozy cobblestone-paved square near the Mykonos harbourfront. Despina has arranged tables and chairs in front of her lounge so customers can savour Veuve Cliquot by the bottle or glass while watching the steady parade of people from around the globe strolling past. (If you’re not a fan of champagne, you can order from an extensive menu of exquisite cocktails instead.) Bubbles Gallery is an ideal spot for a drink either before or after dinner, but those who prefer having a bite to eat with their bubbly can get that here, too — Despina added a sushi bar this summer.
As of this week, Bubbles Gallery holds the #3 ranking on the TripAdvisor nightlife listing for Mykonos.
This photo from the Bubbles Gallery Facebook page shows the lounge’s outdoor seating in St Vlassis Square.
Best beach bars for champagne drinking
If your idea of an ultimate chill-out vacation is to sip fine champagne while lounging on a legendary Greek beach packed with gorgeous women, you’ll feel like you’re on holiday in heaven at Pinky Beach Mykonos.
The trendy club, which opened at Super Paradise in 2013, includes a restaurant and bar with dozens of comfortable sunbeds arranged in rows on the soft brown sand. With a menu of Italian and Greek cuisine, a bar specializing in champagne and cocktails, VIP treatment from the attractive staff, plus lounge tunes and occasional live entertainment by Greek saxophonist Sotiris Tatsis, Pinky Beach brought a level of sophistication and class to a beach that has for decades held a salacious reputation as one of the Mediterranean’s premier party destinations for young travellers.
The club frequently posts pictures and updates on its Facebook pages, most of which show smiling and curvaceous Pinky Beach staff posing beside buckets filled with ice, champagne flutes and bottles of Armand de Brignac. (When I scanned through the club’s photo albums on Facebook, I almost felt light-headed from seeing so much champagne — Pinky Beach posts more pictures of the beverage than any other venue on the island.)
In this photo from one of the Pinky Beach Facebook pages, an employee poses with champagne she’s delivering to customers on the club’s sunbeds
Another photo from Facebook shows two members of the Pinky Beach crew making a dramatic champagne delivery on the beach
Nammos Restaurant by the Sea is another top beach venue for vacationers who appreciate champagne and the finer things in life. The trendy club has been a fixture at Psarou beach for years, where its clientele includes some of the richest and most famous people in the world, many of whom arrive on sleek private yachts. Nammos is known for its gourmet dining and swish beach bar, as well as for its splashy special events and exclusive parties. The club made international headlines just two weeks ago when Latin singing superstar Julio Iglesias performed live with popular Greek entertainer Antonis Remos (see my July 25 2014 post for more on that). Amr Diab, the world’s best-selling Middle Eastern musical artist, headlined an event at Nammos on August 9.
Three glittering bottles of Armand de Brignac chill on ice in a shiny golden bucket at Nammos Restaurant by the Sea at Psarou beach. The image was posted on the Nammos Facebook page. From their luxurious sunbeds on the golden sand beach, or their seaview tables inside the chic restaurant, Nammos guests can savour their champagne while watching the world’s rich, famous and fabulous sail into Psarou Bay on luxurious yachts and sailboats …
… or they might just prefer to drink the champagne and dance on their tables, as this photo from the Nammos Facebook page illustrates. It appeared with the caption: “The usual #Nammos lovers Popping bottles and dancing on tables!!!”
Solymar Mykonos at Kalo Livadi is another upscale bar and restaurant where champagne lovers will enjoy sipping their favourite beverage in a classy environment with views of a beautiful beach and bay. Like Nammos, Solymar attracts an international well-to-do crowd, and each summer it throws at least a half dozen major beach parties featuring big-name DJs or musical groups.
This photo of a golden bottle of Armand de Brignac champagne was posted on the Solymar Mykonos Facebook page
Best beach bars for champagne spraying
In sharp contrast to Pinky Beach, where visitors actually drink their champagne, the young people partying next door at the Super Paradise Beach Club practically bathe in the bubbly stuff. When the afternoon parties reach full frenzy, don’t be surprised to hear corks pop and see champagne rain down on people as they dance in the club or on the sand out front. Sometimes the sparkling showers are the club’s main draw — earlier this summer, it hosted “the greatest champagne spraying even in Europe” (see the promotional image posted below).
Champagne spraying is a popular feature of the afternoon parties held at the Tropicana Club’s Tropicana bar and Guapaloca bar on Paradise beach, too.
This is one of numerous photos, from the Guapaloca bar Facebook page, that shows champagne spraying parties at the popular Paradise beach bar
A photo from the Tropicana bar Facebook page shows an employee posing with buckets of champagne for one of the club’s afternoon beach parties
Just another one of many champagne pics on Tropicana’s Facebook page
In this photo from Facebook, Tropicana bar emcee Sasà (in the thong, at left) prepares to uncork a huge bottle of Moët & Chandon at one of the club’s afternoon beach bashes
Another Facebook photo shows people spraying champagne at the crowd at Paradise beach’s Tropicana Club.
Super Paradise Beach Club held a special champagne party in June
Champagne shared on social media networks
Below are a few more champagne-themed photos recently posted on Facebook, followed by several videos with scenes from some of the champagne parties at Paradise and Super Paradise.
The Votsalaki Resort at Paradise beach posted to its Facebook page this photo of two guests enjoying the fabulous sea views from the resort’s infinity pool with a bottle of Armand de Brignac champagne. The photo caption read, in part: “being at the best place in Mykonos, with the best company, drinking the best champagne in the world. what else do you wish for?”
This photo showing a bottle of champagne on ice at sunset was shared on the Caprice of Mykonos Facebook page. The Caprice group operates hugely popular bars and restaurants in three superb seaside locations at Mykonos Town’s scenic Little Venice area — all excellent places for visitors to enjoy a wonderful sunset view while sipping champagne.
Champagne is a popular beverage at the family-oriented beaches on Mykonos, too. This photo of an ice bucket chilling three bottles of Moët & Chandon appeared on the Facebook page for Yefsi Restaurant at Platis Gialos beach.
Champagne has long been associated with romance, and one of the most romantic places to enjoy champagne on Mykonos is on the wonderful water’s edge terrace at Spilia Seaside Restaurant at Agia Anna/Kalafatis
Kalita Restaurant recently posted to its Facebook page this photograph of two champagne bottles. Located on Kalogera Street in Mykonos Town, Kalita is just one of many stylish drinking and dining spots where champagne afficionados gather to clink glasses. Other outstanding places to celebrate special occasions with champagne and fine food include Avra Garden Restaurant (also on Kalogera Street) Interni Restaurant on Malamatemia Street and, at the Little Venice seaside, the three Caprice of Mykonos establishments — Sea Satin Market, Aqua Taverna and the immensely popular Caprice Bar.
This photo, shared on Facebook this week, shows a woman posing on a pile of empty champagne bottles at Pinky Beach. The picture was captioned: “Finite le vacanze” (“Over the holidays.”)
That same heap of champagne bottles was shown in this image that hip hop recording artist Fabolous posted on Facebook August 7 with the caption: “When you celebrate LIFE there’s no such thing as too much champagne.”
If you enjoy people watching while you sip Dom Perignon, there’s no better place to do it than at Kazarma Storia e gusto, an all-day café-bar-restaurant situated on Akti Kambani, the busy harbourside promenade in Mykonos Town. This photo appeared on the Kazarma Facebook page.
A member of the team at Yefsi holds a 6L bottle of Veuve Cliquot for a photo posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page recently …
… but they were trumped by COOH Sunset Bar & Club in Mykonos Town, which posted this photo of a woman getting cozy with a massive 15L Moët
Two women pose with giant bottles of champagne at Kalua beach bar and restaurant at Paraga beach
George Lemmas created this film of a party at Super Paradise Beach Club. The champagne spraying starts around the 3:00 mark of the clip.
Prothema News posted this image in a recently-published lifestyle story, Money blowing through Mykonos. The image purportedly shows the prices that the Jackie O’ Beach Club at Super Paradise charged for champagne during the club’s July 26 concert celebrating singer Anna Vissi’s 40th anniversary in the music business. The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest winner, Conchita Wurst, joined Anna onstage for a duet performance of her 2006 hit song “Everything.”
The Protothema News report Money Blowing Through Mykonos also included this image of a €57,175 bill which the publication claims a group of Lebanese tourists racked up at Nammos Restaurant by the Sea back on July 10. According to Protothema, most of the tab was for hundreds of bottles of champagne, many of which were shaken and sprayed at other people. Click here to see the article, which includes a 1-minute videoclip of the champagne spraying.
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