Restaurants in Madrid
Madrid offers authentic Spanish cuisine from Valencian paella at La Barraca or Galician seafood at Ribeira Do Miño in Chueca to Castilian roast suckling pig at Botin in the Old Town. Gourmet tapas in La Latina and new-wave restaurants in Chueca and Salamanca bring new flavours to old classics. Locals have dinner around 10pm and a tip of around 5% is usually sufficient.
La Broche
Catalan-inspired recipes
Catalan celebrity chef Sergi Arola was the brains behind La Broche, an
elegant restaurant in the Hotel Miguel Angel by the Paseo de la Castellana.
Now run by head chef Ángel Palacios, La Broche continues to serve a changing
menu of creative dishes, known for their surprising ingredient
combinations.
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Opening Hours
Tue-Fri 2pm-3.30pm; Mon-Sat 9pm-11.15pm
Address
29-31, Calle Miguel Ángel, Madrid 28010
Telephone
+34 91 399 3437
El Cenador del Prado
Creative Spanish cuisine
A pioneer in enhancing Spanish cuisine with international influences, several
dishes have now become old favourites, such as somillo sobre hojaldre a
la pera, veal on a bed of pastry with sweet pear sauce. The
innovation extends to the décor, including the conservatory style main
dining room. It's located just off the Plaza Santa Ana.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Sat 1.45pm-5pm & 8.45pm-12am
Address
4, Calle del Prado, Madrid 28014
Telephone
+34 91 429 1561
Goya Restaurant
Reinvented Spanish classic cuisine
Located at Hotel Ritz Madrid, Goya Restaurant is an elegant restaurant with
upholstered chairs, long curtains and silver candlesticks on the tables. The
outdoor terrace looks onto the Prado. The menu offers reinvented classic
Spanish dishes with French and Basque influences, and made from fresh
seasonal ingredients. There are set lunch menus and a Sunday brunch
buffet.
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Opening Hours
Daily 1.30pm-3.30pm & 8.30pm-11.15pm
Address
Hotel Ritz, 5, Plaza de la Lealtad, Madrid 28014
Telephone
+34 91 701 6767
Botin
World's oldest restaurant
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Botin is the world's oldest
continuously operating restaurant, and was also a favourite with Ernest
Hemingway. Located in Madrid's Old Town, the surroundings are as vintage as
its menu with classic Spanish dishes such as roast suckling pig
(cochinillo) that offer the same taste and quality every
time.
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Opening Hours
Daily 1pm-4pm & 8pm-12am
Address
17, Calle Cuchilleros, Madrid 28005
Telephone
+34 91 366 4217
Ribeira Do Miño
Taste of the sea
This Galician restaurant has the relaxed atmosphere of a seaside restaurant
despite its Chueca location. Noted for the bargain mixed seafood platter for
two, the succulent cod is also worth trying, while the caldo gallego
(Galician broth) makes an ideal starter in cooler months. The crispy
Galician white wine matches seafood very well.
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Opening Hours
Tue-Sun 1pm-4pm & 8pm-11.30pm. Closed August
Address
1, Calle Santa Brígida, Madrid 28004
Telephone
+34 91 521 9854
La Bardemcilla
Connections with actor Bardem
La Bardemcilla is a popular Chueca restaurant run by actor Javier Bardem's
family. The tapas menu includes croquetas "Jamón Jamón", named after
the film that helped propel him to stardom, along with co-star Penelope
Cruz. His family are also actors, reflected in the memorabilia on display.
The lamb dishes are particularly popular.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Fri 1.30pm-4pm; Mon-Sat 8.30pm-1am
Address
47, Calle Augusto Figueroa, Madrid 28004
Telephone
+34 91 521 4256
La Bola
Classic Madrid recipes
With its bright red facade and preserved 19th-century interior, La Bola
recalls Madrid restaurants of yesteryear. It is famous for its cocido
madrileño, a classic chickpea-and-meat stew cooked in traditional
earthenware pots over a wood-burning fire. The Castilian roast lamb is also
a popular choice.
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Opening Hours
Daily 1pm-4pm; Mon-Sat 8:30pm-11pm
Address
5, Calle Bola, Madrid 28013
Telephone
+34 915 476 930
La Barraca
Speciality Valencian paella
La Barraca brings Valencia's famous paella dish and colourful ceramics to its
back-street restaurant between Gran Vía and Chueca. It serves a range of
paellas, including traditional Valencian, which is cooked with meat rather
than seafood. The mixed paella of squid, mussels, halibut, prawns, chicken
and pork offers the best of both worlds.
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Opening Hours
Daily 1.30pm-4.30pm & 8.30pm-12am
Address
29-31, Calle Reina, Madrid 28004
Telephone
+34 91 532 7154
El Bocaíto
Andalusian tapas restaurant
Although there's a dining room at this Chueca neighbourhood favourite, it's
more fun to stand with the regulars at the bar and see what they're
ordering. Adorned with bullfighting posters, El Bocaíto serves
Andalusian-style fried fish, but also cooks gourmet creations such as salt
cod pâté with caviar.
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Opening Hours
Mon-Fri 1pm-4.30pm; Mon-Sat 8.30pm-12am
Address
6, Calle Libertad, Madrid 28004
Telephone
+34 91 532 1219
La Panza es Primero
Authentic modern Mexican
Tired of seeing their beloved cuisine misrepresented beyond their country's
borders, a fully Mexican team brings "Mex Mex" cuisine to the heart of the
Chueca neighbourhood. The concept includes their own modern takes on Mexican
classics. The décor is both contemporary and full of Mexican colour, just
like the food.
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Opening Hours
Daily 1pm-1am
Address
33, Calle Libertad, Madrid 28004
Telephone
+34 91 521 7640
Casa Labra
Famous cod croquettes
Most people come into Casa Labra for the tapas, especially the freshly
battered cod croquettes made from the same recipe since before the Spanish
Socialist Party (PSOE) was formed here in 1879. Located just off the busy
shopping street of Preciados, it makes for an ideal break and also has a
sit-down restaurant.
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Opening Hours
Daily 9:30am-3.30pm & 5.30pm-11pm
Address
12, Calle Tetuán, Madrid 28013
Telephone
+34 91 531 0081
Casa Mingo
Regional cuisine from Asturias
An atmospheric cider hall located by San Antonio de la Florida Hermitage in
Paseo de la Florida, Casa Mingo is piled high with pungent cider barrels. It
also excels in traditional regional cuisine from Asturias, such as chicken
and chorizo roast in cider. Waiters pour cider at arm's length to splash
life into it.
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Opening Hours
Daily 11am-12am
Address
34, Paseo de la Florida, Madrid 28008
Telephone
+34 91 547 7918
Transport
Principe Pío metro
El Brillante
Fast and reliable tapas
Fast and noisy as only a Madrid bar-restaurant can be, El Brillante's
traditional tapas menu attracts locals of all ages. It's particularly
renowned for bocadillo de calamares a la romana (deep-fried
squid-ring sandwich). This long, walk-through bar has exits that pass almost
into both the Reina Sofia Museum and Atocha station.
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Opening Hours
Daily 6.30am-2.30am
Address
8, Glorieta del Emperador Carlos V, Madrid 28012
Telephone
+34 91 528 6966
Transport
Atocha metro
La Casa del Abuelo
Prawns on the grill
Open for over a hundred years and still run by the same family, La Casa del
Abuelo specialises in prawns, grilled or cooked in garlic and prepared in
front of diners. There's standing room only in this colourfully tiled
classic restaurant near Puerta del Sol. It's also known for its full-bodied
sweet house red wine.
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Opening Hours
Daily 11am-12am (until 1am Fri & Sat)
Address
12, Calle Victoria, Madrid 28012
Telephone
+34 91 521 2319
La Finca de Susana
Creative Mediterranean lunch menus
Modern La Finca de Susana is popular with the business crowd who come here
for creative Mediterranean cuisine at unbeatable prices. No reservations are
taken so it pays to arrive here at opening time for the high-quality daily
set menu. There's also a sister restaurant, La Gloria de Montera, on Calle
Cabellero de Gracia.
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Opening Hours
Daily 1pm-3.45pm & 8.30pm-11.45pm
Address
4, Calle Arlabán, Madrid 28014
Telephone
+34 91 369 3557
