It’s a list that keeps growing, Madrid’s Michelin-starred restaurants are putting the capital in the spotlight of world gastronomy. It is not surprising that food has more and more weight among the reasons why tourists visit Madrid.
Although it is also difficult to resist Madrid’s charm, the city’s well-known Michelin-starred restaurants such as DiverXo, Coque or DSTaGE have laid the foundations for a very attractive and ever-growing gastronomic scene.
1. Yugo the Bunker⭐
The symbiosis of experience and product quality can only result in one thing: one of the best gastronomic evenings whatever your gastronomic background. Yugo the Bunker replicates the experience of eating in a Japanese bunker and brings together some of the best cuts of fish that can be found in Spain: the sea bass belly nigiri or the ora king salmon usuzukuri are likely to generate a full-fledged stendhalazo in the diner.
Location: Calle San Blas, 4 (Las Letras)
💶 Tasting menu from 145€.
2. DSTaGE ⭐⭐
The urban and casual image of this restaurant perfectly portrays its chef, Diego Guerrero. His desire to achieve a closeness with the customer is evident in the setting, where what happens in the kitchen is in full view of the diners. The acronym that gives it its name is a reflection of its pretension: Days to smell, taste, amaze, grow & enjoy. That same essence is also materialized in its gastronomic offer that, free of ties, combines elements of Spanish, Mexican and Japanese cuisine. It offers the tasting of its dishes in two types of menu: the Dstage, composed of 15 elaborations, and the Denjoy, with 18. Only 8 months after opening its doors to the public in 2014, DSTAgE became one of the Michelin-starred restaurants in Madrid.
Location: calle Regueros, 8 (Chueca)
💶 Tasting menus between 185€ and 220€ per person.
3. Deessa ⭐⭐
Quique Dacosta’s first restaurant in Madrid, whose cuisine is captained by Ricard Tobella, has not been without success. It received its first Michelin star at the last edition of the awards. Its setting could not be better. Located in the Alfonso XIII room, Deessa is in charge of the gastronomic offer of one of the most iconic hotels in Madrid, the Mandarin Oriental Ritz and overlooks its gardens. However, the greatest privilege is to sit at her private table for 10 people, the ‘Hidden Table’, which implies a privileged view of the hustle and bustle of the kitchen and the opportunity to meet the chef. Its offer is based on two tasting menus, both impregnated with the essence of the Mediterranean. On the one hand, there is the Quique Dacosta Historical Menu, which compiles his most emblematic dishes, and on the other, the QDRitz Contemporary Menu, which is composed of a list specially designed for this establishment.
Location: Plaza de la Lealtad, 5 (Retiro)
💶 Tasting menu from €280 per person
4. Paco Roncero Restaurant ⭐⭐
Its previous name, La Terraza del Casino, referred to its spectacular location, the highest floor of the Casino de Madrid. In fact, from its terrace you can enjoy some of the best panoramic views of the city. However, its interior dining room is not far behind either, with a colorful and geometric decoration that has nothing to envy to the exterior. They describe their gastronomic offer as a sensory experience, captivating for the quality of its raw material and for its fusion of some of the great classics of international cuisine. Its dishes can be tasted in two menus: the Affirmation or the Vindication. Considered one of the best in Spain, Paco Roncero also has his own cooking school in the city.
Location: calle de Alcalá, 15 (Centro)
💶 Menus between 95€ and 210€ per person
5. Smoked Room ⭐⭐
With six months of life and won two Michelin stars. That is the background of Smoked Room, the latest project of Malaga chef Dani García. Coated in elitism and with seating for only fourteen people, Smoked Room (located in the Hyatt Hesperia hotel) is surrounded by an aura of exclusivity. Not in vain, the place where it is located was previously occupied by Santceloni: as if there were something in the ether that facilitates the attainment of excellence.
Location: paseo de la Castellana, 57 (Río Rosas)
💶 Tasting menu from €195 per person
6. Quimbaya by Edwin Rodriguez ⭐
One of the last lucky ones to receive the Michelin star is Quimbaya. We were able to visit it as soon as it opened and we already warned that it was going to be something to talk about. The prediction fell short and the cuisine of Colombian chef Edwin Rodriguez is tinged with the golden color that stars in the decoration of the restaurant and gives its name to the concept of its cuisine. Quimbaya’s decoration is a tribute, a recognition to one of the most important indigenous civilizations in America. We also include it in a list of the best international restaurants in Madrid.
Location: calle de Zurbano, 63 (Almagro)
💶 Tasting menu from €140 per person
7. Gofio ⭐
Having gone to Gofio before it received the Michelin star is a bit like listening to C. Tangana when he was Crema: a sense of pride and yoyalodije matched by few other life scenarios. Gofio’s cuisine is changeable and in its name hides a key and the category that synthesizes its concept. Yes, Gofio is a Canarian restaurant and yes, (sorry for the cliché) it is much more than that.
Location: Calle Lope de Vega, 9 (Las Letras)
💶 Tasting menu from €95 per person
8. DiverXO ⭐⭐⭐
The recognitions to Dabiz Muñoz go beyond his three Michelin stars. In fact, he was voted the best chef in the world twice by The Best Chef Awards. His originality is probably the main key to his success, as his conception of cuisine is far from being confined to any corset. And DiverXO is the living reflection of this, a culinary journey through the imagination of his chef in which everything is possible. The spectacle he offers goes beyond taste. His dishes, inspired by Asian cuisine , are served in phases, composing a picture before the diner’s eyes.
Location: Calle del Padre Damián, 23 (Cuzco)
💶 Tasting menu for 450€ per person
9. A Barra ⭐
A’Barra, which has been fighting for more than seven years in the gastronomic world and only six months less in the Michelin universe (it only needed six months to become one more of the Michelin-starred restaurants in Madrid), hardly needs any introduction. But just in case an introduction is needed: reader, here is one of the best restaurants in Madrid. Sergio Manzano is the chef who leads A’Barra, a restaurant with very specific flags: the extremes, the strong flavors, the power of the umami are almost the common note behind each dish.
Location: Calle del Pinar, 15 (El Viso)
💶 Tasting menu: 158€ per person
10. RavioXO ⭐
Six months after its opening RavioXO, Dabiz Muñóz’s latest restaurant, won its first Michelin star. The chef from Madrid explores pasta in all its forms and temperatures in this restaurant. With his characteristic intention of trying to create his own language, this time through pasta, he brings Italian cuisine closer to Chinese cuisine -something Marco Polo would have supported- although he does not forget Spanish gastronomy either. RavioXO is an affordable option to discover the XO universe.
Location: inside Gourmet Experience ECI, Plaza de Manuel Gómez-Moreno, 5A.
💶 Tasting menu: 150 € per person
11. Chirón ⭐
If you had been scrolling for a while until you got to an accessible tasting menu: prize. Chirón’s menu is the cheapest Michelin menu in Madrid. Nobody gives you so much (in quality and quantity) for so little. Chirón, commanded by the Muñoz Bargueño brothers (Iván is the chef and Raúl the sommelier), has held the Michelin star since 2013 and revalidates it year after year. It does so through two tasting menus: the Tajo (120 €) and the special nights (58 €).
Location: calle Alarcón, 27 (Valdemoro)
Menu of the day for €39,90 per person
12. Saddle ⭐
Saddle landed in Madrid in 2019 and only needed a year to debut in the firmament of Michelin-starred restaurants in Madrid. Due to its commitment to seasonal products, its menu is as variable as it is surprising. At the time of writing these lines, the star product of its gastronomic offer is the truffle, integrated in dishes such as tocinillo de cielo with almond soup and black truffle.
Location: calle de Amador de los Ríos, 6 (Chamberí)
💶 Tasting menu from €175 per person
13. Corral de la Morería ⭐
In Corral de la Morería art is not only on the stage: it is also found in the kitchen. At the helm is chef David García, trained with great figures of gastronomy such as Martín Berasategui, who before moving to Madrid developed his work at Nerua, the Michelin-starred restaurant of the Guggenheim in Bilbao. A distinction he has achieved for Corral de la Morería, which also has two Repsol Suns.
Location: Calle de la Morería, 17 (Downtown).
💶 Tasting menu from 69,90 € (show not included) per person
14. The Greenhouse ⭐
Rodrigo de la Calle is responsible for this gastronomic proposal that can be summarized as “green haute cuisine”. A definition supported by a Michelin Star (for “haute”) and a Michelin Green Star (for “green”). At El Invernadero the protagonist ingredients of the dishes are roots, mushrooms, fungi or stems, while meat or fish function as accompaniment. And it offers options for everyone: omnivores, vegans, vegetarians and also celiacs and diabetics.
Location: Calle Ponzano, 85 (Chamberí)
💶 Menus from 158 € per person
15. La Tasqueria ⭐
To discover that two concepts as apparently antagonistic as casquería and haute cuisine are not only combinable, but also very compatible. Tripe, pig’s trotters, feet, snout, tail are served in La Tasqueria reinventing traditional recipes, making them attractive both for those who have the palate accustomed to these flavors and for those who do not discover this type of product.
Location: calle de Duque de Sesto, 48 (Goya)
💶 Menus between 83 € and 150 € per person
16. Gaytán ⭐
From Gaytán, chef Javier’s restaurant, they define themselves as follows:“Gaytán is like a surprise, something you don’t expect and suddenly comes up to make you feel good“. And we can’t say that it’s not true: with a quality proposal and at the same time close, the diners’ experience of seeing live how the dishes are prepared is almost as pleasant as the fact of tasting them.
Location: Calle Príncipe de Vergara, 205 (Right side) (Chamberí)
💶 Tasting menus: between 140 € and 190 € per person.
17. Coque ⭐⭐
Mario, Rafael and Diego Sandoval are the third generation of chefs at the helm of Coque, a space of 1,100 square meters with four distinct spaces (cocktail bar, wine cellar, kitchen and dining room) in which everything is thought out in detail for an experience that well justifies its two Michelin Stars. In the words of its ideologists: “You will need not only to smell and taste, but also to touch, feel, imagine and even recreate flavors that perhaps you have never had in your mouth“.
Location: calle de Marqués del Riscal, 11 (Almagro)
💶 Tasting menu: 365€ per person
18. Clos Madrid ⭐
Clos customers are not diners, they are guests. That is the premise behind this restaurant owned by Marcos Granda, also owner of Skina in Marbella. Thus, he opens the doors of his house in Madrid to offer an intimate and personalized atmosphere in which service is of great importance. Also the raw material, of high quality, through which he shows his commitment to small national producers. As for its dishes, there is no shortage of references to traditional recipes. Its name is a reference to its other protagonist, wine, of which the chef is passionate.
Location: calle Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, 28 (Cuatro Caminos)
💶 Tasting menu lunch: 89 € 89, night: 134 € 134 per person
19. Ricardo Sanz Wellington ⭐
The Mediterranean has never been so close to Japan as in the cuisine of this Madrid restaurant. The Wellington Hotel entrusted master chef Ricardo Sanz with the task of creating a meeting point between the two culinary traditions, and the rest is success. Considered one of the best places to eat sushi in the city, this formula has earned it a place on the list of Michelin-starred restaurants in Madrid. As for the space, it has a sushi bar from which you can see how the chef works. The aforementioned international coexistence is also evident in its drinks menu, which offers, among others, both wines and sakes.
Location: calle Velázquez, 6 (Salamanca neighborhood)
💶 Menus from 140€ per person
20. Montia⭐
This restaurant already had a Michelin star, but in 2021 after the fire the place had to close. Now it is reborn with the same strength and culinary spirit, letting its cuisine soak in the environment of San Lorenzo del Escorial. The rustic brought to the XXI century is noticeable in its menu that changes with the seasons, but always maintains a “wild” side.
Location: Calle Juan de Austria, 7 in San Lorenzo del Escorial.
💶 Menu from 115 € per person
21. Ugo Chan⭐
Ugo Chan was of one of the great openings of 2021 for gastronomic expert Eric Vernacci in his interview with Madrid Secreto, and the Michelin guide agrees with his criteria. Chef Hugo Muñoz seeks constant change in his cuisine with a Japanese soul, flexibility is one of the keys to this cuisine. So much so that his Omakase menu is prepared on the spot, taking into account the tastes of the client, as if it were tailor-made.
Location: calle de Félix Boix, 6 (Chamartín)
💶 Tasting menu from 200 € per person
22. Pabú⭐
In the vicinity of the Bernabéu, Pabú has become a benchmark for micro-seasonal cuisine. Chef Coco Montes designs tasting menus that change daily according to the fresh produce he picks or buys that very morning. Here, vegetables are the absolute protagonists, with textures and flavors that rival meat and fish. All this in an intimate space for only 35 diners.
Location: calle Panamá, 4 (Chamartín)
💶 Tasting menu: the Bubú 110 € and the Pate 150 € per person
23. VelascoAbellá⭐
With a warm and close proposal, this restaurant with a Michelin star is the personal project of Óscar Velasco and Montse Abellà: he is in charge of the salty dishes and she is in charge of the sweet ones. Among their creations, they still keep some dishes from their former restaurant, Santceloni, such as ravioli with caviar, and they stand out for their mix of very expensive products with other more common ones, such as chicken wings with lobster and spinach. In addition, they offer a flexible menu with half portions and off-menu dishes that vary according to the season.
Location: calle Víctor Andrés Belaunde, 25 (Chamartín)
💶 Tasting menu: €125 per person
24. CEBO⭐
In the heart of Madrid, CEBO bets on the essence of the product. Chefs Javier Sanz and Juan Sahuquillo present two tasting menus: Clásicos (€160) and Temporada (€220), both designed to highlight the quality and origin of the ingredients. Diving razor clams with marsh frost, mallard duck with Pyrenean morel mushroom and chocolate with Levantine tiger nut stand out among the dishes. Its minimalist approach allows each ingredient to shine without artifice.
Location: carrera de S. Jerónimo, 34 (Centro)
💶 Tasting menu from 160 €.
25. Sen Omakase⭐
This Japanese restaurant takes the Japanese culinary experience to another level with its Omakase menu, where each dish is a ritual in itself and it is the chef who chooses what you eat. Chef Steven Wu combines traditional Japanese techniques with select ingredients such as aged lemon fish nigiris or grilled eel temaki. The experience includes a tea ceremony at the end of the service and a liquid menu with more than 200 references, including 30 exclusive sakes.
Location: calle de Sta. María Magdalena, 14 (Chamartín)
💶 Tasting menu. 220€ per person
26. Chispa Bistró⭐
Inspired by traditional recipes reinterpreted with modern techniques, Chispa Bistró offers a 15-pass tasting menu that changes monthly to adapt to seasonal ingredients. The ember is the protagonist in dishes such as pigeon in three turnovers or fabes with cheeks and trumpet of death. For desserts, innovative creations such as red chard ice cream with caviar stand out. With only eight tables, it is an intimate space where every detail counts.
Location: calle del Barquillo, 8 (Centro)
💶 Tasting menu: €120 per person
27. Osa⭐
On the banks of the Manzanares, OSA redefines Madrid haute cuisine with a wild and minimalist approach. Its tasting menu is constantly changing to take advantage of the best of each season. From homemade charcuterie to dishes such as mullet cured in shio koji or salsify with goat butter. Desserts are not far behind, highlighting the blood orange kakigori or Madrid Brest with praline almond praline.
Location: Calle de la Ribera del Manzanares, 123 (Moncloa – Aravaca).
💶Tasting menu: €180 per person
28. Santerra⭐
Known as the temple of the croquette, Santerra elevates La Mancha cuisine to new heights under the direction of chef Miguel Carretero. Its Monte Bajo tasting menu includes appetizers such as artisanal Iberian ham croquettes and main courses such as caprese-style rabbit rice or roasted roe deer loin. In addition, its menu allows you to enjoy tapas at the bar or make a personalized menu in half portions.
Location: Calle del Gral. Pardiñas, 56 (Salamanca)
💶 Tasting menu: 98 € per person
29. Toki⭐
Toki is the most exclusive corner of Japanese cuisine in Madrid. With only six diners per service, this restaurant led by chef Tadayoshi Motoa, manages to create a careful atmosphere where every detail counts. Its tasting menu changes weekly to adapt to the best seasonal products. Among its dishes are the sea bream sashimi with white asparagus, Galician clam chawanmushi and unique nigiris such as baby squid with lime. All this in a minimalist space designed to enjoy the “moment”, as its name indicates in Japanese.
📍Location: Sagasta street, 28 (Downtown).
💶 Tasting menu: 249€.
If what you like about starred restaurants is the idea of trying a packaged tasting menu, you can always take a look at this other article of tasting menus. It is a highly recommended plan to get to know Madrid.
This article has been written by Alberto del Castillo, Selene García Torreiro, Isabel Nieto and Elena Francés.