Where to eat good tapas in Madrid, and more

Go

• Bodegas Ricla, for its old-school, genuine appeal, and great prices for a proper selection of wines, and tasty anchovy tapas.

• Casa Toni, for the wide range of choice and overall quality of the pinchos on the menu: if you only have time for one bar, Casa Toni will not disappoint.

• La Casa del Abuelo, for the best shrimps you will have in your life (unless you don’t like garlic).

Try

• Triciclo, if you are looking for a fancier place to eat: prices are fancier too, but what is on the plates is delicious.

• La Taberna Errante, if you want to spend some quality time in a bar that is neither too old-timey, neither too hip, and far enough from tourists.¹

• La Duquesita, if you miss sweet food after the tapas galore and are ready to fall in love with cremadillos de crema y manzana.

Avoid

• Mercado de San Ildefonso, unless you are starving and cannot find any taberna open around you.

• Museo del Jamon, unless you are short on money and still hungry after the first round of tapas.

• Patatas bravas, unless you really want potatoes: there are far better options taste-wise when you are in Madrid (if you crave potatoes, you can never go wrong with a tortilla). Same story for

sangria: "ask waiters which Spanish wine to try.²"

Extras

• Plenti, because who knew tomato purée would taste so good on breakfast toasts?

• Toni 2, because the night is young, and you want a joyful and unique cabaret experience.

• La Venencia, because you never really tried Sherry and cecina before.

• Retiro park, because you need to take a break from eating.

• Mercado de La Paz, because I read The Guardian’s pretty good list of food markets to visit and this is the one I would recommend.³

You can find all the locations of these fantastic places to eat in Madrid on this Apple Maps collection📍.