Celso y Manolo is a madrileno taberna restaurant in Chueca, Madrid.
Editorially verified September 15, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
2 hours
Learn to make authentic Spanish tortilla de patatas in a relaxed, social setting. Enjoy traditional vermouth and tapas, then sit down together to taste the tortilla yo...
Guided tour · 3h 30m
Enjoy incredible local tapas and a fun, informative, private or shared walking tour of Madrid’s historic city center. Discover how the city’s food and history go together.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Enjoy a delicious initiation to Spanish cuisine at the small, family-owned eateries Madrid locals know and love best.
Address: Calle de la Libertad 1, 28004 Madrid
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.
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.
Bar La Ideal off Plaza Mayor in Madrid is one of the bocadillo de calamares counters that built the local lunch tradition, with battered squid rings.
OrderBocadillo de calamares (5.50 euros) with a slice of lemon and a cana. Order at the counter to save time.
TipWalk-in only; the bar gets busy at 13:00. Cash strongly preferred at the bar; the dining room takes card.
