Restaurants and bars in Madrid
After cocktails in all-night Huertas district bars, indulge yourself with hot chocolate at Madrid's sunny pavement cafes in Plaza Mayor square. Enjoy late lunches at fashionable Madrid restaurants in the Salamanca area, before tucking into tapas in old-world Latina district bars. Dine on modern Madrid cuisine and drink till the early hours in the laidback Malasaña district.
Madrid restaurant districts
Head to wood-panelled restaurants in the Huertas, Sol and Latina districts for hearty Spanish homecooking. Try cocido madrileño meat, vegetable and bean stew, Madrid's winter staple. Sample new, experimental cuisine with a young Madrid crowd in trendy Malasaña or Chueca's candlelit restaurants. Enjoy international flavours in restaurants in Madrid's Lavapiés district. Hunt down Madrid's star chefs in areas like limousine-dotted Retiro and celebrity hangout Salamanca.
Madrid restaurant tips
Madrileños rarely eat lunch before 2pm or dinner before 10pm. Book a table at sit-down restaurants in Madrid on Friday and Saturday nights. Most Madrid restaurants close on Sunday evening and Monday, and for at least a fortnight in August. Many of Madrid's more expensive restaurants offer good-value degustación fixed-price taster menus for trying out different flavours. Tapas snacks are usually cheaper if you eat at the bar.
Madrid bars
Watch Madrid pass by in Plaza Mayor's cobblestone-terraced bars. Join Madrid locals for Sunday vermouth and merrymaking in the medieval Latina district's labyrinthine network of bars. Try Madrid's speciality snails and cod tapas at charming Plaza Santa Ana bars, washed down with a glass of Rioja wine. Join late-night Madrid bar-hoppers for mojito cocktails in the Huertas party district or sip manzanilla dry sherry in upmarket Salamanca's glitzy bars.
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