Deessa is a tasting menu fine-dining restaurant in Madrid.
Deessa inside the Four Seasons Madrid is Quique Dacosta's two-Michelin-star Madrid outpost, running the Universos and DNA tasting menus that brought him.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Choose Universos (12 dishes, €235) or DNA (16 dishes, €280); both run the Dacosta canon.
Tip: Book through the hotel concierge or guide.michelin.com link. The dining room overlooks the Centro Canalejas; ask for window.
Address: Calle de Sevilla 3, 28014 Madrid
Saddle in Madrid's Almagro district is the modern grand-bistro by chef Adolfo Santos, the 2018 Michelin-starred room with a tortilla cart, French-Spanish.
Order: The truffle tortilla finished table-side from the silver cart.
Tip: Closed Sunday; bookings via website or directly. The truffle tortilla supplement runs 28 euros and is worth the spend.
Clos Madrid in the Chamberi district is the one-Michelin-star room by sommelier-chef Marcos Granda, with a market-led carte and a wine list of 700 references.
Order: The 8-course tasting (€110) with the wine pairing (€65).
Tip: The cellar dining room downstairs seats 6 for private dinners. Ask for the wine pairing; the cellar is the room's headline asset.
Kabuki Wellington at the Wellington hotel in Madrid's Salamanca is Ricardo Sanz's one-Michelin-star room, the canonical Mediterranean-Japanese fusion: nigiri.
Order: The tasting omakase (€165) or carte highlights: huevo Kabuki, nigiri de pez mantequilla, usuzukuri de toro.
Tip: Closed Sunday; the counter seats 8 facing chef Sanz and is the room to book. Book three weeks ahead for weekend dinner.
Alabaster in Madrid's Retiro is Inaki Bretal's one-Michelin-star Galician seafood room, with daily-changing fish landed in the Bretal family's Pontevedra.
Order: The tasting (€95) with the seafood that lands that morning.
Tip: Closed Sunday; ask for the corner table near the window. The owner-chef circulates between courses to talk fish.
Yugo The Bunker in Madrid's Las Letras is Julian Marmol's one-Michelin-star sushi-and-tapas room, with the public dining counter upstairs and the private.
Order: Yugo tasting omakase (€165) upstairs. The signatures are the nigiri de bonito and the toro tartare.
Tip: Closed Sunday; the upstairs counter seats 12. The downstairs bunker is members-only but the upstairs experience is the public one.
Ramon Freixa Atelier on Calle de Velazquez 24 in Madrid's Salamanca is the Catalan chef's new ten-seat counter (opened July 2025, awarded 2 Michelin stars.
Order: The Atelier tasting menu (225 euros).
Tip: Book four weeks ahead; Wed-Sat dinner only, ten seats per service. The companion Tradicion room next door does the day-and-evening carte.
