Featuring cosy, mismatched-on-purpose furniture and bold-coloured walls, this small haunt would be unremarkable if not for one thing - silence. Just a stone's throw from the...

By day dogs chase kids through table legs while their parents chat over mugs of herbal tea. By night the hip hop and jazz DJs attract a different crowd, young and animated, who...

This den of cool is located at a strategic crosssroads, with bigger-than-average cocktails that make up for the aloof staff. Watch the real world stroll by outside or gaze at...

Despite the address, De 1911 actually sits on the tiny pedestrian street C/Coloreros, on which it has tables. It is indeed from 1911, but is a curious mix of belle époque and...

A quiet, relaxed café-bar in the heart of Lavapiés. Worth a visit if you're in the area, though it rarely gets busy. There are cards and board games for those with a...

Spacious, friendly and soothingly decorated, this is an oasis of calm in the desert storm of Madrid's nightlife. With a café-style air, the easygoing crowd partake of whatever...

Just down from the Palacio Real, this terraza offers the finest sunsets in Madrid, with a magnificent location looking out over the Casa del Campo and all the way to the...

Oliveros is the genuine article, and although it was closed for years, it has been miraculously preserved in its original mid 19th-century bare-bricked state, complete with...

The piña coladas here are said to be the best in town, but otherwise there are good fruit juices and (during the day, at least) a little garden in this stylish Huertas...

Slick design (zebra-print stools and glitter balls) and piles of style mags cater to a young and cooler-than-thou crowd. With downtempo and chillout hotting up with the arrival...

It has a good stab at looking traditional with tiles, nautically uniformed waiters and exposed brickwork, but this taberna is in fact quite new. There are plenty of tables...