Porta Bar

About this place Porta Bar

Porta Bar occupies the function in the Mykonos Town social circuit that the best central bars always occupy: it is where the evening begins, where you run into people you met at Super Paradise that afternoon, and where you plan the rest of the night over a drink that takes longer to finish than you intended because the conversation is too good to interrupt. The bar is set in the maze of Chora's central alleys, and its position in the old town gives it a character distinct from the beach clubs further along the coast — here the whitewashed walls, the flower-draped passages, and the general aesthetic of one of the world's most beautiful small towns provide the backdrop rather than the Aegean sea. Porta is mixed in the best sense — gay men, lesbians, and the range of non-binary and queer visitors that Mykonos attracts — and serves its function as a welcoming, sociable, and conveniently located starting point for an evening in Chora with consistent quality.