By day a quiet, mixed haven to duck into and catch your breath: curl up with a book and sample one of the teas. After sundown, sip a cocktail, sink into a...
C/Gravina 10Featuring cosy, mismatched-on-purpose furniture and bold-coloured walls, this small haunt would be unremarkable if not for one thing - silence. Just a...
C/Hortaleza 4By 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,...
C/Pez 18
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...
Plazuela de San Ginés 5This 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...
C/Gravina 5A 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...
C/Salitre 43Spacious, 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...
C/Minas 1
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...
C/Bailén 14Oliveros is the genuine article, and although it was closed for years, it has been miraculously preserved in its original mid 19th-century bare-bricked...
C/San Millán 4The 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...
C/Fúcar 6Slick 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...
C/Hortaleza 96It 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...
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