Estado Puro is a modern tapas restaurant in Centro, Madrid.
Editorially verified June 2, 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...
Day trip · 10 hours
Discover the historic city of Toledo on a day trip from Madrid. Enjoy a wine tasting at a local winery, savor a tapas lunch, and explore the city with a guide.
Guided tour · 3h 30m
Get early access into the world's oldest restaurant before it opens, plus two historic taverns, all in one guided Madrid evening.
Address: Plaza Canovas del Castillo 4, 28014 Madrid
Taberneros in Madrid's Centro is the modern taberna by chef Estanislao Carenzo, with a market-led carte of tartares, croquetas and tortilla.
OrderThe steak tartare prepared at the table and the tortilla de patatas. A bottle of Mencia.
TipBook three days ahead for weekend dinner. The downstairs dining room is the original cellar; ask when reserving.
El Pescador on Calle Jose Ortega y Gasset in Madrid's Salamanca has cooked Galician seafood since 1976, with a live tank of shellfish and the rape (monkfish).
OrderPulpo a la gallega (24 euros), almejas a la marinera and a half-bottle of Albarino from Rias Baixas.
TipBook five days ahead for weekend dinner. The marble counter seats 8; the dining room is wood-panelled and formal.
El Doble on Calle Ponzano in Madrid is the cana doble (double-pour beer in tall glasses) headline counter, with sharp Mahou and short-cellar wines.
OrderA cana doble (3.50 euros) at the bar with boquerones en vinagre and a pincho de tortilla.
TipWalk-in only. Standing room at the bar. Cash strongly preferred. The terrace is on weekends only.
Casa Gonzalez on Calle del Leon in Madrid's Barrio de las Letras is the 1931-founded ultramarinos (deli-and-wine-bar), with 30 by-the-glass wines and tablas.
OrderA tabla de quesos (12 euros), a plate of jamon iberico de bellota and three by-the-glass wines.
TipWalk-in only; the marble tables fill up by 13:30. Closed Sundays. The deli sells the same products to take away.
La Castela near El Retiro in Madrid is the family-run taberna behind a zinc bar, with croquetas de bacalao, pisto manchego and the daily-changing pizarra.
OrderThe croquetas de bacalao, the pisto manchego with fried egg, and a tartar de atun. Cana de Mahou.
TipBook two days ahead for weekday lunch. The bar serves the same pizarra menu standing for half the dining room price.
Bodegas Rosell near Atocha in Madrid has poured the vermut de grifo from oak barrels since 1920, with a marble counter, formica tables and bocadillos.
OrderA vermut de grifo (2.50 euros) and a bocadillo de calamares. A pincho de tortilla on the side.
TipWalk-in only; the counter fills up at 13:00. Cash strongly preferred at the bar. The terrace is on weekends only.
