Secret Comedy Club

The short answer

Secret Comedy Club is a small comedian-run room under a restaurant at Carrer de la Junta de Comerç 28, in El Raval. Its English-language night is Thorny Thursday, a free try-out night that starts at 22:00. The club's own site also lists Fringe shows in English, and its longer runs on Atrápalo are in Spanish.

Go if you want a rough, close and cheap night. Think twice if you need a fixed weekly programme beyond Thursday, or step-free access. Neither is published.

This room is place 5 in the Top 10 comedy clubs in Barcelona, with a review score of 51. It has a good English night but publishes little, and the sections below show where the points went.

At a glance. Address: Carrer de la Junta de Comerç, 28, 08001 Barcelona, El Raval. English night: Thursdays, 22:00 to 23:30. Fringe show on 6 November at 20:00 for €5. Spanish runs from €12 and €15. 74 seats according to an older festival listing. Official site: secretcomedyclubbarcelona.com.

Source: Meetup event page for Thorny Thursday and the Atrápalo listing, seen 2 November 2026.

Where it is

The address is Carrer de la Junta de Comerç, 28, 08001 Barcelona. The barrio is El Raval, in Ciutat Vella, on the old-town side of the Ramblas. Two sources agree on the street and the number: the Meetup event page and the Atrápalo listing.

An older expat directory gives a different street, Carrer de Sant Pau 11B. We did not re-fetch that page and treat it as out of date. If your ticket says something else, trust the ticket.

One Atrápalo show page names Metro Liceo under how to get there. Plan the trip on TMB, which gives the metro, bus and night bus for any address.

Open in Google Maps to see the street before you go. The room is under a restaurant, so look for the restaurant door rather than a club sign. We have not seen a sign, and the club's site only calls the entrance hidden.

Source: the Meetup event page, the Atrápalo listing and our research file, seen 2 November 2026.

What the room is like

The data describes a comedian-run room under a restaurant. The Meetup text mentions a Chilean restaurant upstairs that serves empanadas and drinks. That is the only description of the building we could find, and it comes from an event listing, not from the club.

A 2025 festival listing gave 74 seats in the main space. We did not re-check that number this time, so read it as a rough size and not as a promise. For comparison, the club says nothing about seats on any page we read.

A room with 74 seats sits close to the stage. Expect to be near the act, and expect the act to notice you. In a room this size, a heckle, a phone or a late arrival is heard by everyone. Sit near the back if you would rather watch than be watched.

We found no information on air conditioning, the toilets or the stairs. We found no accessibility notes either. If anyone in your group has limited mobility, ask the organiser before you book. A room under a restaurant often means a stair, but no source says so here, and we do not guess.

The restaurant upstairs

The Meetup text says there is food and drink upstairs. It does not say when the kitchen closes, whether you can bring food down, or whether a drink is required. The Atrápalo pages do not say either. Treat the restaurant as an option for before the show and ask on the night.

Source: Meetup event page and the Barcelona Fringe venue page, seen 2 November 2026.

What is on, and what is not known

The schedule is the weak point. The club's own site lists dated shows but no fixed week, apart from Thursday. The table below shows four listings from the club's site, Meetup and Atrápalo, and what is missing from each.

In short, only one night has a known day and time that repeats. The two Atrápalo runs have start and end dates, but the listing gives no weekday and no clock time. We do not list a time we could not read.

The Barcelona Fringe site lists 12 shows at Secret Comedy for the festival, which runs from 6 to 15 November. We read only one of them, Dead Parent Society. The other eleven may include more English shows. Check the festival site before you plan around the table above.

One more listing needs a note. Fever carries a show called Addicts to Comedy that points to this room. When we looked, its page said no tickets were available. An earlier visit to that page had shown a rating of 4.0 from one review, which was not visible any more. We count neither.

Source: the Meetup event page, the Atrápalo listing, Barcelona Fringe and the Fever page, seen 2 November 2026.

Thorny Thursday in detail

Thorny Thursday is the night most English-speaking visitors will want. The Meetup page calls it a relaxed weekly comedy night where comedians try out new, fresh material. It adds a second part: the audience submits its weekly highs and lows, and they are read out.

In plain terms, this is a try-out night. Some acts will be new, some will be working on a few minutes, and some jokes will not land. That is the point of the format. Do not expect the pacing of a showcase with a fixed running order.

An October 2025 listing on Accrue called the night "THE weekly open mic". That is a promoter's line, not a review, but it shows the night has run before the current listing. The Meetup page says it runs weekly until 17 December 2026.

The slot is late: 22:00 to 23:30. That suits a second stop after dinner. It suits a first stop less well, because the room is under a restaurant and you will want to eat before the show starts.

The night is free. The page says to reserve your seat in advance or try the door on the night. Our English stand-up and open mics guide lists the other open mic nights in the city with prices where we have them.

Source: Meetup event page and an Accrue listing of 9 October 2025, seen 2 November 2026.

The Fringe show and the Spanish runs

Dead Parent Society is a solo show listed on the Barcelona Fringe site for Friday 6 November at 20:00 for €5. The Fringe blurb calls it "a dark, movingly funny solo show" about grief, loss and finding laughter. That is the festival's own wording. It is also the cheapest dated ticket we have for this room.

The two Spanish runs are listed on Atrápalo only. The monologue run lasts about 90 minutes and starts at €12. The spiritual comedy show lasts about 45 minutes and starts at €15. Both are in Spanish, so they suit you only if you follow the language at speed.

Dead Parent Society makes our list of one-off shows, which you can read on the one-off shows page. The Top 10 comedy shows in Barcelona ranks the weekly and festival headliners separately, and shows how the lists are built.

Source: Barcelona Fringe event page and the Atrápalo listing, seen 2 November 2026.

What it costs

Three prices exist in our data: €5, €12 and €15. The median of the three is €12. The Thursday night is free and is not in that median.

Atrápalo says "from" for both runs, which means the lowest ticket and not the only price. A better seat, a group or a drink bundle could cost more. The platform may also add a booking fee at checkout. We did not go through checkout.

The cheapest way to see the room is the Fringe show at €5. The next step up is the Spanish monologue run at €12. For comparison, a Wednesday Night Comedy ticket at the Laietana room is €8 online, and the open mics there are free. Secret is cheap, but it is not the cheapest night in the city.

Source: the Atrápalo listing, the Fringe event page and our scorecard, seen 2 November 2026.

Who Secret suits

A second night, once you know the scene

If you have already been to a Clubhouse show, Secret is a good contrast. The room is smaller, the acts are rougher and the evening is later. You see the same scene from a different angle.

A date night

It can work, with a plan. Eat upstairs first, book ahead and sit toward the back. The Thursday try-out format means you may laugh a lot or very little. Our date night guide lists safer fixed-time shows if you cannot risk a flat evening.

A group of friends

Small rooms fill fast. We found no group price and no group booking page. If you are four or more, message the organiser through the Meetup event before you turn up. Our group night out guide covers rooms that publish a group rate.

Alone, or new in town

The Thursday night is listed under the English Comedy in Barcelona Meetup group, which scores 4.6 across 732 ratings on our read of 2 November 2026. That number rates the group and says nothing about the room itself. It does show the night is promoted to an English-speaking audience in the city.

If you speak little Spanish

Stick to Thorny Thursday and the Fringe show. The two Atrápalo runs are in Spanish and are not a good fit. The Meetup text says stand-up in English and Spanish, so even an English night can include some Spanish. The English nights out guide is the place to look for fully English options.

Source: Meetup group page and the event page, seen 2 November 2026.

Booking and house rules

The club sells English shows through its own site, where each event page has a ticket button. The Spanish runs also sell through Atrápalo, and the Fringe show through the festival site.

We found no general age rule, refund rule, dress code or dog rule; age limits are set per show. The club lists the email secretcomedyclubbcn@gmail.com and the phone +34 618 610 883. Use them, or the Meetup event page, for any question.

The order we suggest is simple. Check the dated listing, confirm the language, book through the platform where one exists, and keep a screen shot of the confirmation. For a Spanish run sold through a ticket platform, that screen shot is your proof.

Source: the Meetup event page and the Atrápalo listing, seen 2 November 2026.

How Secret compares

Against the Clubhouse, Secret loses on information. The Laietana review and the Canvis Nous review rest on the club's own pages, with dated shows on every day of the window. Secret has four dated listings from three sites.

Where it wins is character. It is a small single room, not part of a two-room operation with a kitchen and a festival programme. If you want to see where English-language comics try out new jokes, a Thursday here is the nearest thing to that in our data.

Against the Spanish-language clubs in the Top 10, Secret lists an English night and they do not. Teatre Muntaner is a larger comedy theatre with shows in Spanish and Catalan. Neither lists English shows.

Source: our scorecard and the venue pages behind it, seen 2 November 2026.

How we scored the room

Secret scores 51 points out of 100. Its score was 38 on the main show file alone, and rose to 51 after we added the Thursday night and the Fringe show.

The public ratings need a careful reading. The three Atrápalo ratings are for three shows at the room. Red Flags has 9.9 from 33 votes. El Asado Stand Up has 8.8 from 40. La hora de Sergio Alamar has 7.8 from 55. Weighted by votes they come to 4.3 out of 5. They rate shows, not the room, and not Thursday's night.

The total of 51 puts the room in place 5, just behind Teatre Muntaner and La Sala by LastCrit. The hub page lists every club in score order. A published weekly schedule would lift the show and reliability points first.

Source: our scorecard, the Atrápalo listing and the Meetup group page, seen 2 November 2026.

What we could not source

• The room's owner or operator. No page we read names one, and we say nothing about it.
• A fixed weekly programme beyond Thorny Thursday, which is listed until 17 December 2026.
• An age rule that applies to every show.
• The weekdays and times of the two Atrápalo runs.
• The seat count this year, and any accessibility facts.
• What the other eleven Fringe shows at the room are.

We have not been to the room for this page, and nothing here describes a visit. A first-hand write-up and photos will be added when someone has been and the rights are cleared.

Source: our research file and venue data, seen 2 November 2026.

What public reviews say

The quotes below are word for word, in the language written, each with a translation line. The first two are Google reviews that the club shows on its own home page, so read them as colour and not as a rating. The third is a verified buyer on an Atrápalo show page.

Laura Osuna (Lauslau), Google review, no date shown: “El sitio es muy guay para stand up comedy.”

Translation: the place is very good for stand-up comedy.

joan gatnau i florensa, Google review, no date shown: “Excepcional emplaçament per gaudir de genuïna comèdia en un ambient autèntic i únic”

Translation: an exceptional place to enjoy genuine comedy in an authentic and unique setting.

FRANCISCO JAVIER, Atrápalo, 7 June 2026, on the Spanish show El Asado: “Todos los monologuistas y el presentador fantásticos uno de los mejores monólogos que he asistido estuvo increíble.”

Translation: all the comedians and the host were fantastic, one of the finest monologue shows I have attended, astonishing.

Source: the club's own English Shows, Thorny Thursday and private events pages on secretcomedyclubbarcelona.com, and the Atrápalo venue page, seen 2 November 2026.

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