Ojala in Madrid's Malasana is the daytime brunch and evening cocktail bar with the basement Ojala Beach (sand floor and palm trees), serving brunch plates upstairs and the palm-shaded basement downstairs.
Must order: Avocado toast with poached egg and pulled jamon
Tip: Walk-in only; the basement Ojala Beach with sand floor is the seat to ask for. The smashed-avocado plate runs 14 euros.
Address: Calle de San Andres 1, 28004 Madrid
Toma Cafe in Madrid's Malasana is the city's pioneer specialty third-wave room since 2011, with house-roasted single-origin coffees, a focused brunch carte and a flat-white-plus-avocado-toast Madrid morning.
Order: Smashed avocado on house sourdough toast
Tip: Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills up by 11:00. Flat white runs 3.50; brunch sets 12 to 16 euros.
HanSo Cafe in Madrid's Malasana is the Korean-Spanish specialty third-wave brunch room since 2015, with matcha lattes, Korean-toasted-egg plates and a focused weekend brunch carte.
Order: Korean egg toast with matcha latte
Tip: Closed Mondays. Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills up by 11:00. Korean-egg toast plus matcha runs 14 euros.
La Bicicleta Cafe on Plaza de San Ildefonso in Madrid is the laptop-and-flat-white coworking brunch room since 2009, with a sofa-strewn back room, brunch counter and a Mahou tap on weekends.
Order: Smashed avocado on toast with poached eggs
Tip: Walk-in only. The back-room sofas are the laptop seats; the front terrace is for the social-brunch crowd.
Toma Cafe in Madrid's Malasana is the city's pioneer specialty third-wave room since 2011, with house-roasted single-origin coffees, a focused brunch carte and a flat-white-plus-avocado-toast Madrid morning.
Order: Smashed avocado on house sourdough toast
Tip: Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills up by 11:00. Flat white runs 3.50; brunch sets 12 to 16 euros.
HanSo Cafe in Madrid's Malasana is the Korean-Spanish specialty third-wave brunch room since 2015, with matcha lattes, Korean-toasted-egg plates and a focused weekend brunch carte.
Order: Korean egg toast with matcha latte
Tip: Closed Mondays. Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills up by 11:00. Korean-egg toast plus matcha runs 14 euros.
Panaderia Mision in Madrid's Conde Duque is the bakery-and-brunch room by the Mision Cafe team since 2020, with house-baked sourdough toasts, daily-changing brunch plates and the focused coffee counter.
Order: House sourdough toast with Iberico jamon and tomato
Tip: Walk-in only. The sourdough-and-jamon toast plus cortado runs 10 euros; whole loaves to take home from 5 euros.
Loft 39 in Madrid's Salamanca is the design-led specialty brunch room since 2014, with white-marble counters, a focused brunch carte and a Sunday brunch buffet that fills up by 11:30.
Order: Eggs Florentine on house brioche
Tip: The brunch buffet (24 euros all-you-can-eat) Sundays only is the headline; carte brunch 15 to 22 euros daily.
La Bicicleta Cafe on Plaza de San Ildefonso in Madrid is the laptop-and-flat-white coworking brunch room since 2009, with a sofa-strewn back room, brunch counter and a Mahou tap on weekends.
Order: Smashed avocado on toast with poached eggs
Tip: Walk-in only. The back-room sofas are the laptop seats; the front terrace is for the social-brunch crowd.
Federal Cafe on Plaza de las Comendadoras in Madrid's Conde Duque is the Australian-style all-day brunch room since 2014, with avocado toast, smashed-egg plates and a focused specialty coffee bar.
Order: Smashed avocado on sourdough toast with poached eggs
Tip: Walk-in only; the weekend brunch fills up by 11:30. The Sunday breakfast set with bottomless filter coffee runs 18 euros.
