🍽️ Where to Eat in Madrid
Markets, street food and local institutions — with a map link for each.
Our pick of 5 places to eat and drink in Madrid — from buzzing food markets to long-standing local favourites.
Mercado de San Miguel
€€A beautiful early-1900s market hall turned gourmet tapas destination beside Plaza Mayor.
🍴 Try: Gourmet tapas under iron-and-glass
📍 View on MapsSobrino de Botín
€€€Recognised as the world's oldest restaurant (1725), famous for its wood-oven suckling pig.
🍴 Try: Cochinillo (roast suckling pig)
📍 View on MapsChocolatería San Ginés
€An 1894 institution serving churros with thick hot chocolate — a Madrid rite of passage, day or night.
🍴 Try: Churros con chocolate
📍 View on MapsCasa Lucio
€€€A beloved traditional tavern famous for its deceptively simple broken eggs with potatoes.
🍴 Try: Huevos rotos (broken eggs)
📍 View on MapsLa Latina tapas streets
€€Madrid's classic tapas-crawl neighbourhood, buzzing especially on Sundays around Cava Baja.
🍴 Try: Sunday-vermouth tapas crawl
📍 View on MapsPlaces and opening hours change — always double-check on the map before you go.