Refreshingly unpretentious, Los Jiménez was serving no-frills food long before Chueca became the gay capital of Spain. Ghastly fluorescent lights overhead,...
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Its name is Latin for Madrid, but Matritum has a great selection of tapas and wine from other regions of Spain, most notably Catalonia. Try gambas all...
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Galician in origin, this one's for seafood lovers. Heaped platters of prawns, crab, goose-necked barnacles, lobster and other sea creatures make it the...
C/Santa Brígida 1Every inch of this old classic is crammed with bullfighting memorabilia. You'll find good traditional fare - lentil soup, revueltos (concoctions with...
C/Barbieri 12Named after the village where the famed Barcelona restaurateur Santi Santamaria was born, and run by his protégé Oscar Velasco, the Santceloni was anointed...
Hotel Hesperia MadridOn a street crammed with high-priced eateries, this is where the cool, young, and more frugal set comes to eat. There are three lunch menús to choose from,...
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This restaurant's popular name comes from its role as a lefty meeting point years ago, under Franco (but Tienda de Vinos is all you'll see above the door)....
C/Augusto Figueroa 35Walking through the old red linen curtains that frame the entrance of Viuda de Vacas is rather like entering a Spanish movie set; in fact, Pedro Almodóvar...
C/Cava Alta 23With the TV blaring and some half-hearted nautical decor, this is a rather strange setting for some of the best seafood in Madrid. But the Galician patrons...
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