SeafoodChef Marcos Granda€€€€€110Tue-Sat 13:30-17:00 and 20:30-24:00Book 2 weeks ahead
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.
MediterraneanChef Ricardo Sanz€€€€€165Sun 09:00-17:00Book 3 weeks ahead
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.
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.