Terracing is a custom rooted in our way of life, and we practice it with fervor and devotion. Any place with shade and cool drinks is fine, but when it comes to having a drink, it’s better to do it in the best terraces in Madrid .
1. Café del Nuncio
The Café del Nuncio is one of those charming places in the city La Latina that reconciles you with Madrid. Its two-story terrace, reminiscent of a French bistro, has been occupying the passageway that gives its name to the café since 1980. To add to the romanticism, the interior has maintained the original aesthetics with classic metal columns and a piano. It’s the perfect place to spend the afternoon as soon as the good weather arrives.
📍 Tr.ª del Nuncio, 2 (La Latina)
2. Café del Rio
This restaurant on the banks of the Manzanares River offers one of the most unique views of the city. The terrace of Café del Rio gives a north-south perspective of Madrid’s skyline: from the Moncloa lighthouse to the Almudena Cathedral, passing by the Tower of Spain and the Royal Palace. The space has an outdoor terrace in the heart of Madrid Río, a modern and open-plan lounge and a viewpoint. Café del Rio’s gastronomic offer ranges from breakfasts to lunches and dinners and has a daily menu for 14€.
av. de Portugal, 1 (Puerta del ángel)
3. Sweden House
The spectacular rooftop terrace of the NH Collection Madrid Casa Suecia hotel celebrates the good weather in style. With a carefully decorated and stunning views, this terrace in the heart of the city always has a fresh gastronomic offer that makes us long teeth.
📍 Calle del Marqués de Casa Riera, 4 (Hotel NH Collection Casa Suecia, Centro)
4. Ginkgo Sky Bar
One of the trendiest sky bars. It has all kinds of luxuries and 360º views of the city. In addition, they hold an immersive show in which you will feel like you are on a private jet and you will be able to enjoy a select menu of themed cocktails and live music.
📍 Plaza de España, 3 (downtown)
5. Hotel Riu Plaza de España
In the Gran Vía is located this vertigo terrace with a glass walkway that triggers adrenaline because it is located 28 floors high, which is equivalent to a total of 117 meters. These panoramic views of Madrid are unparalleled: they are a spectacle in themselves.
📍 Gran Vía Street, 84 (Plaza de España)
6. Filandón Restaurant
Filandón is a restaurant in El Pardo -a good excuse to walk around and get to know the area- with a large semi-covered garden and lots of charm. They have a grill, and many of the dishes on the menu are grilled: octopus, prawns and T-bone steak, among others. They also make paellas that are more than just rice and stuff.
📍 Crta. Fuencarral-El Pardo (M-612) Km. 1
7. La Catorce
La Catorce is the former Osadía but is still a hot spot among the terraces with views of Madrid. Located at the top of Gran Via, they have everything from morning brunch to evening drinks and cocktail plans. In between, and almost at any time, their tapas of croquettes and truffled Iberian bikinis accompany the well-drawn beers.
📍 Gran Vía Street, 14 (downtown)
8. La Azotea del Círculo
It is one of the best rooftops in Madrid. Its panoramic views are breathtaking and one of our top plans is to spend the hours on one of its sun loungers with a good glass of wine cocktail to refresh ourselves.
📍 Calle de Alcalá, 42 (Círculo de Bellas Artes, Downtown)
9. Florida Park
Double combo of enjoyment: terrace and park. Because yes, this terrace is in the middle of the Retiro, so this plan is an appointment with both vermouth time and nature. You can’t ask more from life.
📍 Paseo República de Panamá, 1 (Parque del Retiro)
10. La Terraza del Santo Domingo
At the top of the Santo Domingo hotel there is a rooftop terrace that fascinates everyone who steps on it. It has fantastic views of the Casa de Campo and downtown. A few steps down is the restaurant, also overlooking a vertical garden full of colors. The sofas by the window almost force you to chain one cocktail with another, although you don’t go hungry either: croquettes, prawn salad, calamari with aioli… The usual tapas, refined and in the heights of the center of Madrid.
📍 Calle de San Bernardo, 1 (Hotel Santo Doming)
11. Bocanegra
One of the most spacious and cozy terraces in the center of Madrid. Your only concern will be to choose which menu you want to try. The decoration and ambiance of this terrace will leave you speechless.
📍 Marqués de Casa Riera Street, 1 (center)
12.Le Tavernier
Le Tavernier is located in the heart of Madrid, on the rooftop of the INNSiDE by Meliá Madrid Gran Vía hotel, the views of the skyline are unbeatable. Its more than 500 meters of terrace with a seafaring soul and Galician flavor are an oasis where you can have the best cocktails and share a portion with friends. The perfect plan for the good weather.
📍 Gran VíaStreet , 34 (downtown)
13. Bosco de Lobos
The Colegio de Arquitectos de Madrid hides an interior garden with a terrace where time flies between beers and good Italian cuisine. This site is a fetish of architecture lovers, always thrilled at the modern sculptures in the courtyard, and a green haven hidden in plain sight.
📍 Calle de Hortaleza, 63 (Colegio de Arquitectos de Madrid, Chueca)
14. Picalagartos
From the ninth floor of the NH Gran Vía Collection hotel, it feels like you could touch the legendary Telefónica Building just by reaching out your hand. The saying “From Madrid to Heaven” is materialized in this high-altitude oasis where you can look into the eyes of the statues that watch over the Madrid artery from the rooftops.
📍 Gran Vía Street, 21 (Downtown)
15. Raimunda
The courtyard of the Linares Palace has a woman’s name. This terrace looks like something out of your best dreams: a large palm tree provides shade and shelter, the cocktails are like a monument and the food, a fusion between the Mediterráneo and Latin America, is delicious.
📍 Paseo de Recoletos, 2 (Casa de América, Center)
16. Rubaiyat
Madrid’s top Brazilian corner offers delicacies such as feijoada and meats from Brazil. Verde is the predominant color in this island to take a break from the financial area of the capital. Time flies by.
📍 Calle de Juan Ramón Jiménez, 37 (Chamartín)
17. Torcuato
On the fourth floor of the ABC Serrano shopping center is Torcuato, a restaurant designed by interior designer Pepe Leal, which has an outdoor terrace and indoor spaces. In its menu, as eclectic as its decoration, you will find Japanese touches, such as nigiris; Spanish cuisine classics such as gazpacho and also lamb tahine and cous cous.
📍 Calle Serrano, 61 (Salamanca district)
18. Doñaluz
Erected as one of the most beautiful rooftops in the capital, with a privileged position from which you can see how the streets of downtown pulsate like nowhere else. It is essential to stay as long as it takes to watch the sunset from this terrace in Madrid.
📍 Calle Montera 10-12 (B& B Hotel Madrid Centro Puerta del Sol, downtown).
19. [A]Brasa
The grill sizzles and the breeze rushes across the terrace of this contemporary steakhouse where it’s best to wear pants with an elastic waistband. Grilled meat, chicken and fish in a luxurious environment from which you leave more than satisfied. Undoubtedly this is one of the terraces in Madrid glazed and jungle that can not miss on the list.
📍 Calle de la Estafeta, 2 (La Moraleja) and camino de la Zarzuela, 23 (Aravaca)
20. Ella Sky Bar
The meters that separate Ella Sky Bar from the sky let us see how the iconic and anonymous buildings of Madrid are piled up as in a family photo. This is one of the best terraces in Madrid to have a drink without giving up the views. Ella’s menu is modern, but without stridency, tasty and fresh: boletus risotto with foie, sea ceviche with tiger’s milk, veal cheek with mashed potato, Iberian secret… and desserts of the sweetest.
📍 Gran VíaStreet , 42 (downtown)
21. The Arzábal Garden
The Arzábal Garden is located next to the Reina Sofia Museum and its terrace is one of the most appealing in Madrid both in winter, because it is partly covered, and in summer, to escape the heat. Their menu adapts to the seasons, they define themselves as “market cuisine and product cult”, although their Iberian ham and sheep’s milk croquettes are perennial.
📍 Calle Santa Isabel, 52 (Atocha)
22. The Atocha Courtyard
The Patio de Atocha is located inside the Hotel CoolRooms Palacio de Atocha, it surrounds the swimming pool and is decorated by a fountain that adds romanticism to this space surrounded by plants. One of the advantages of this terrace in Madrid is that they close it with folding glass, so it is a good place to take refuge from the extreme temperatures that sometimes exist in the capital.
📍 Calle Atocha, 34 (downtown)
23. The Orfila Garden
El Jardín de Orfila is a good place to surprise someone, first because it is inside a palace in Madrid and second, because of its terrace, which is at the end of the restaurant and you do not expect how beautiful it is. It is so obviously romantic that it has a special menu for lovers all year round. You can also go for tea or brunch.
📍 Orfila Street, 6 (Almagro)
24. Benares
Benares, which takes its name from a sacred city in India, combines seasonal local products and current techniques with classic elements and traditional Indian recipes, resulting in asian haute cuisine. This restaurant came to the district of Chamberí after his success in London, where he has a Michelin star. Among its spaces, the inner courtyard terrace stands out , with a pond surrounded by Verde that is pure calm.
📍 Calle Zurbano, 5 (Chamberí)
25. La Bientirada Terraza
La Bientirada Terraza del Parque de Berlín is one of those spaces where the concepts of “in or out” are diluted. They serve Mediterranean cuisine with a twist by grilling it over coals and charcoal. The must-try dishes are: the roasted potatoes stuffed with creamy guanciale and parmesan, the grilled artichokes confit or the braised entrecote with frites and padrons.
📍 Berlin Park (Chamartín)
The terraces of Madrid are at their peak, there is always a new one to discover, a new dish to try and a different trendy drink. In the European capital with more hours of sunshine per year, having a drink on a terrace is not just a plan, it is local culture.