Casa Lucas is a spanish tapas restaurant in La Latina, Madrid.
Editorially verified May 30, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Day trip · 10 hours
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Juana La Loca on Plaza Puerta de Moros in Madrid's La Latina serves the city's most-talked-about tortilla de patata with caramelized onion, plus modern tapas.
OrderThe tortilla de patata caramelizada (pincho 4 euros, racion 14).
TipWalk-in for the bar; the dining room books three days ahead. The tortilla is sliced at the counter for the bar crowd.
Celso y Manolo in Madrid's Chueca is the 1928-revived taberna by the Carlos Zamora group, with a vermut barrel, tortilla de patatas and croquetas at counter.
OrderA vermut de grifo (3 euros) at the bar, the croquetas (3 euros each) and the tortilla de patatas.
TipWalk-in only at the bar; the dining room takes reservations. The terrace on Calle Libertad fills up by 13:00.
Juana La Loca on Plaza Puerta de Moros in Madrid's La Latina serves the city's most-talked-about tortilla de patata with caramelized onion, plus modern tapas.
OrderThe tortilla de patata caramelizada (pincho 4 euros, racion 14).
TipWalk-in for the bar; the dining room books three days ahead. The tortilla is sliced at the counter for the bar crowd.
Casa Toni near Sol in Madrid's Centro is the old-Madrid taberna for the offal canon: callos, oreja, mollejas and zarajos served from the formica counter.
OrderOreja a la plancha (6 euros), callos a la madrilena (8 euros) and a cana. A glass of vermut to start.
TipWalk-in only; the bar fills up at 13:00. Cash strongly preferred; the formica counter has no card terminal until 2024.
El Tigre in Madrid's Chueca pours large jars of cana and serves free heaped plates of patatas bravas, croquetas, jamon and bocadillos with every drink.
OrderA jarra of cana (5 euros) which arrives with a free plate of bravas, croquetas, oreja and jamon.
TipCash only. The original bar at number 23 is the loudest; the satellite at number 30 is calmer. No table service.
Casa Camacho in Madrid's Malasana has poured the yayo (vermut with gin and seltzer, served from height) since 1928. Kitchen leans madrileno taberna.
OrderA yayo cocktail (3 euros) at the bar, boquerones en vinagre and a tortilla pincho. Round of cana.
TipCash only. Walk-in only. Closed Sundays. The bar is tiny; arrive before 13:30 or after 21:30 to find space.
Casa Amadeo Los Caracoles on Plaza Cascorro in Madrid's Lavapies has cooked the caracoles (snails in spicy chorizo broth) for a Sunday rastro crowd.
OrderA racion of caracoles a la madrilena (12 euros) eaten with bread, and a glass of vermut.
TipWalk-in only Sundays during the rastro market; very busy after 12:00. Closed Mondays. Cash preferred at the bar.
