The best restaurants in Madrid
These are the latest restaurant openings in Madrid to attract the foodie crowds. Unlike the backstreet tapas spots that can be sniffed out on a late evening walk, a visit to many of these Madrid restaurants requires some tactical planning.
What's the best neighbourhood for food in Madrid?
Madrileños are flocking to the Almagro neighbourhood, home to restaurants such as Narciso Brasserie, Israeli-Argentinian Fayer, two-Michelin-starred Coque and Casa Sr Ito, a cross between an izakaya and a typical Spanish bar. Trafalgar is where millennials and Peter Pan over-40s want to live and work: it’s home to the Alma Nomad Bakery, the best in the city, and buzzy spots such as the Ostras Pedrín oyster bar and a new outpost of Hermanos Vinagre (pictured above), a charismatic modern tavern with kitsch interiors and plentiful vermouth. Elsewhere in Chamberí, Calle Ponzano’s bar-crawl potential spawned its own verb, #ponzaning, thanks to its density of bars that offer everything from well-drawn draught beers at unpretentious bar El Doble to superlative shellfish at Fide. Salesas, a sliver between Paseo de la Castellana and Chueca, is an upscale den of young millionaires, with Mexican and Venezuelan influences. Boutiques and concept stores sit shoulder to shoulder with hotspots such as Los 33, the darkly cool restaurant at the epicentre of young, monied Madrid.