SpanishChef Inaki Bretal€€€€€95Mon-Wed 12:00-17:00 and 19:30-24:00; Thu 12:00-19:00 and 19:30-24:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-17:00 and 19:30-24:00; Sun closedBook 2 weeks ahead
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.
Spanish tapasChef Julian Marmol€€€€€165Tue-Sat 13:30-15:15 and 20:30-22:30; Sun 13:30-15:15Book 3 weeks ahead
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.
SpanishChef Ramon Freixa€€€€€225Wed-Sat 20:30-00:30Book 4 weeks ahead
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.
SpanishChef Rodrigo de la Calle€€€€€145Tue-Sat 14:00-15:30 and 19:00-22:30Book 3 weeks ahead
El Invernadero on Calle Ponzano in Madrid is Rodrigo de la Calle's one-Michelin-star vegetable-only room, the canonical Spanish gastrobotanica tasting.
Order: Choose the 9 or 14-course vegetable-only tasting.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The chef's table by the open kitchen seats 4 and is the seat to ask for when booking.
Tasting menuChef David Munoz€€€€€365Sun 09:00-17:00Book 8 weeks ahead
DiverXO at NH Eurobuilding hotel in Madrid is David Munoz's three-Michelin-star room. Tasting menu €365. Book 8 weeks ahead. At Calle de Padre Damian 23.
Order: The full 14-canvas tasting menu only; no carte.
Tip: Bookings open exactly two months ahead at midnight CET on the website. Set an alarm; the first 30 seconds sell out.
Tasting menuChef Mario Sandoval€€€€€215Mon-Fri 14:00-18:00 and 20:00-23:30; Sat 20:00-23:30; Sun closedBook 4 weeks ahead
Coque in Madrid's Chamberi is the Sandoval brothers' two-Michelin-star room, with the tasting menu staged across five spaces: cellar, kitchen, sacristy.
Order: The full Caminos del Coque tasting (5 spaces, around 18 dishes) only. The roast suckling pig is the signature.
Tip: Allow 4 hours for the full experience; arrive on time as the journey through spaces is choreographed start to finish.