Best restaurants in Madrid for fine dining
Wogaboo-Gravina
If you need a break from Spanish food, go to Wogaboo in the heart of Chueca. Part of a respected Madrid restaurant chain, Wogaboo offers a modern and creative cuisine. Specialising in fresh pasta, they combine Mediterran...more
Taberna Almendro 13
Almendro 13 is far from undiscovered - but that's part of its allure. Vying for a spot at one of the overturned barrels that serve as tables in the small dining room is a city sport.
Seven & Six Gastrobar
Seven & Six, popular with the after-work crowed, has instigated a new trend in Madrid, pairing well-executed cocktails with raciones, or large orders of tapas. Lamb chops with crispy pistachio, lobster ceviche with sea u...more
Ramon Freixa Madrid
Michelin-starred Catalan chef Ramon Freixa is one of the leading lights of modern Mediterranean cuisine and he’s already won two Michelin stars here, even though the restaurant only opened in 2009. With an a la carte and...more
Mercado de la Reina
Sleek, modern and friendly, Mercado de la Reina is a rambling bar and restaurant that includes a long tapas counter, a sit down restaurant and - in a trend popular across Spain - a gin club serving premium gins and cockt...more
La Tasquita de Enfrente
This small, humble-looking restaurant looks like such a locals-only dining spot that opening its menu can come as a surprise. Instead of the usual tapas, there are ambitious, occasionally Asian-influenced small plates, w...more
La Casa del Abuelo
The smell of delicious grilled gambas and langostinos wafting through the air leads you to Casa del Abuelo. This traditional tavern is still in business after more than 100 years, and still run by the original family.
Estado Puro
Michelin-starred chef Paco Roncero is behind this super-sleek gastro bar at the NH Paseo de Prado hotel. His innovative take on tapas reinvents classics such as patatas bravas, which is served with a layer of alioli on t...more
El Tempranillo
In a totally unpretentious setting, El Tempranillo serves an impressive range of labels from almost every wine-producing region in Spain. The deliriously long menu lists about 200 Spanish wines - and all at very reasonab...more
El Sobrino de Botín
The Guinness Book of Records decreed Botín to be the world's oldest restaurant. It was established in 1725, and Hemingway called it 'the best' and waxed lovingly about it in his 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises'.
El Deseo de Maria
El Deseo de Maria is set in an exquisite place - in a centuries-old stone cellar that used to be part of a horse stable. Underneath an arched ceiling with walls lighted to perfection, you'll dine on fine white linen and ...more
Casa Revuelta
Just off Plaza Mayor, Casa Revuelta is acclaimed as being the home of the best bacalao tapas in Madrid. Each day, the owner personally hand-picks every bone from the fish. He then serves the succulent batter-fried fish t...more
Casa Lucio
Located just off Plaza Mayor, the venerable Casa Lucio has played host to numerous luminaries over the years - it's a popular haunt for those in film and politics. Even the monarchy have been known to dine here.
Casa Carola
Casa Carola has two locations. The original is on Calle de Padilla and is known and loved throughout the city for preparing possibly the best cocido in town. Though typically a winter specialty, their hearty cocido is se...more
Bar Tomate
Bar Tomate will take you through the day, from breakfast to cocktails, and its location means that it’s popular with everyone from businessmen, politicos, media types, fashionistas and ladies-who-lunch.
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