2 basque rooms in Madrid we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Madrid | Basque across every city.

Basque cooking travels south to Madrid through the pintxo bar and the asador, where simple grilled fish and seafood do the talking. The selection here is small but pointed: Jurucha in Salamanca runs the classic standing pintxo counter, while El Zerain in the Barrio de las Letras keeps to the Basque grill tradition.

Jurucha ★ 4.4

Basque · €€

salamanca · Calle de Ayala 19, 28001 Madrid

Jurucha on Calle Ayala in Madrid's Barrio de Salamanca has run the same-family barra of more than 60 Donostiarra-style pinchos since 1962, with the gildas.

El Zerain ★ 4.4

Basque · €€

las-letras · Calle de la Cruz 21, 28012 Madrid

El Zerain on Calle de la Cruz in Madrid is the Basque sidreria with a coal grill at the back of the room, the chuleton de buey for two, tortilla de bacalao.