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Restaurants
Madrid’s best restaurants: our trendy addresses
Tapas transcended, wood-fired, tropical jungle or butcher’s bistro revisited in avant-garde mode: the Madrid scene is orchestrating a gastronomic revolution as discreet as it is tenacious. Here are the best restaurants in Madrid, those that sum up the capital’s culinary effervescence, from the Gran Vía to the more confidential streets of Chamberí.
1. Brach Madrid, Gran Vía
This is the address that shook the Madrid gastro scene when it opened. Located at number 20 on the mythical Gran Vía, in a 1922 building, this Madrid hotel is not a simple replica of its cult elder brother in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, but a sovereign reinterpretation, rooted in the Spanish soul and masterfully piloted by Philippe Starck. The designer has created an inhabited, narrative décor, halfway between 1920s nostalgia and a raw modernity that seeks not to seduce but to move. Terracotta-paved lobbies, woven-leather ceilings, glazed-earth mirrors, baroque seahorse lamps and warm woods everywhere: every object seems to have a story to tell. You feel less in a hotel than in the home of a well-traveled cosmopolitan friend.
On the kitchen side, chef Adam Bentalha deploys a Mediterranean and sunny menu around an imposing Josper oven visible from the dining room - that Spanish brand of coal-fired ovens that makes the difference in the texture of the cooking. We like to start with the "para picar": velvety hummus, Josper-smoked babaganoush, langostinos crujientes served with basil mayonnaise or the croquetas de cecina, winners of the Hotel Tapa Tour 2025.
The raw bar follows with some fine moments: crispy rice and tuna tartare with spicy mayonnaise, roasted octopus aguachile with Josper, crispy sea bass tacos with guacamole. Among the dishes, oven-roasted whole cauliflower with tahini sauce remains the essential vegetable signature; on the seafood side, bacalao confit in its bouillabaisse jus or lomo de lubina with verdinas and wild setas confirm the mastery of gentle cooking. For meat lovers, the black angus carrillera with jus and confit leek or the chulétón de vaca madurada à la béarnaise (to share, price 98 euros) are in the top league. To round things off, Fabien Emery's patisserie - available from the integrated boutique - brings a sweet French touch to sunny Madrid.
The Sunday brunch (price 77 euros) has quickly become an institution for Madrid's golden youth. The cocktail bar, with its folkloric tap bottles, attracts a select crowd in the late afternoon. Reservations several weeks in advance are essential.
Brach Madrid
Gran Vía, 20, Centro, Madrid
Open every day
Official website
The cocktail bar, with its folkloric tap bottles, attracts a select crowd in the late afternoon
2. Amazónico, Barrio de Salamanca
Arguably Madrid's most famous and Instagrammed restaurant. On Calle Jorge Juan, the exuberant decor - tropical jungle, hanging plants, golden lights - sets the scene for an electric address where the mood never lets up. The cuisine travels from Brazil to Japan via Argentina, with wood-grilled meats and a popular sushi bar. Underneath is the Jungle Jazz Club, an ultra-exclusive club where you can dine to the sound of live concerts. The place to see and be seen. Book several weeks in advance.
Amazónico
C. de Jorge Juan, 20, Salamanca, Madrid
Open daily, lunch and dinner service
Official website
3. Sala de Despiece, Chamberí/ Gran Vía
Forget white tablecloths. Designed by Javier Bonet, the décor deliberately imitates a slaughterhouse or wholesale market: ceiling hooks, immaculate walls, steel tables. Service here is a performance in itself - the chefs finalize the dishes in front of you, in a precise, theatrical ballet. On the plate, it's a celebration of sublimely raw produce, with the utmost attention paid to seasonal sourcing. The cult bite: the "Rolex", a combination of pancetta, foie gras and truffle. The address for Madrid's foodies and creative types, resolutely unconventional.
Sala de Despiece
C. de Ponzano, 11, Chamberí, Madrid
Tuesday to Saturday, lunch and dinner
Official website
The cult bite: the "Rolex", a combination of pancetta, foie gras and truffle
4. Desde 1911, Cuatro Caminos
Madrid is often referred to as "the best port in Spain". Desde 1911 is the most convincing proof of this. Voted best new restaurant in Europe when it opened, and housed in a former industrial estate transformed into a minimalist loft with Nordic accents, the address keeps its promise every day: the menu changes with the catch, in a cuisine of the living that sublimates whole grilled fish and exceptional shellfish. Less glitzy than Amazónico, it attracts a discerning international clientele and food critics from around the world. A "luxury underground" address for purists.
Desde 1911
C. de Alenza, 1, Cuatro Caminos, Madrid
Monday to Saturday, lunch and dinner
Official website
The menu changes according to the catch, in a cuisine based on living ingredients that sublimates whole grilled fish and exceptional shellfish
5. Lana, Chamberí
Madrid's finest meat in a resolutely trendy setting: the Narvaiz brothers have succeeded in their gamble with this elegant Argentine asador, all wood and subdued lighting, where a permanent quebracho wood fire crackles. Pieces of beef aged between 150 and 350 days are tasted with unrivalled precision, while revisited empanadas and flan with sheep's milk jam are must-try classics. The wine list - with over 1,000 references - rivals that of the great gourmet restaurants. Ranked among the best steakhouses in the world.
Lana
C. de Zurbano, 63, Chamberí, Madrid
Tuesday to Sunday, lunch and dinner
Official website
Beef aged between 150 and 350 days is enjoyed with unrivalled precision
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