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Best Restaurants in Madrid

Best restaurants in Madrid, from tapas counters and market tortillas to modern Spanish rooms, wine-led Chueca dining, and destination tasting menus.

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Best Restaurants in Madrid

Guide: Tapas Streets, Markets, and Modern Rooms

Madrid's restaurants range from market-stall tortilla and old-capital dining rooms to eight-seat counters and high-budget tasting menus. Market lunches and old taverns rarely require a long booking, while the smallest modern rooms and internationally recognized fine dining demand advance reservations and more time.

  • Casa DaniCasa Dani is the busy Mercado de la Paz counter for tortilla de patatas, croquetas, and straightforward Madrid market cooking, served from early morning through the market day.
  • La MalontinaLa Malontina is a small Barrio de las Letras dining room serving seasonal Spanish and Mediterranean plates, with an intimate scale that suits a quiet lunch or dinner.
  • AngelitaAngelita pairs a produce-led restaurant with an unusually deep wine program near Chueca. Seasonal plates and serious bottles make the dining room more than an annex to the cocktail bar downstairs.
  • Playing SoloPlaying Solo is an eight-seat, kitchen-facing tasting-menu restaurant in Malasana. The tiny counter puts modern Madrid cooking and direct contact with the kitchen ahead of grand-room fine-dining ceremony.
  • LhardyLhardy preserves an old-capital dining room near Puerta del Sol, serving croquetas, consomme, and formal Madrid history with unapologetic ceremony.
  • DiverXODabiz Muñoz's DiverXO serves a long, theatrical tasting menu that moves between Spanish, Asian, and global references in a surreal dining room near Castellana.
  • Smoked RoomSmoked Room is an intimate counter restaurant inside Hyatt Regency Hesperia Madrid, building its tasting menu around fire, smoke, charcoal, and closely watched grill work.
  • Sala de DespieceSala de Despiece moved its original Chamberi restaurant to Alonso Cano in 2024, keeping the butcher-room design, long counter, and precise plates built around seasonal vegetables, fish, and meat.
  • La TasqueriaJavi Estevez treats Madrid's offal tradition as modern fine dining at La Tasqueria, where tasting menus turn cheeks, trotters, tripe, and lesser-used cuts into carefully judged courses.
  • Casa LucioCasa Lucio occupies a centuries-old Cava Baja dining room and remains a reference for traditional Madrid cooking, especially huevos rotos, roasts, fish, and old-school table service.
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