The best French cuisine restaurants Madrid

Its azulejo-clad walls give it an air of another time, as if you were entering the Madrid of another time... The large windows and a few mirrors here and there make the place bright. The warm and friendly welcome doesn't spoil anything. In the restaurant, you can dine on the great classics of Madrid cuisine, or enjoy a coffee with a pastry or tapas in the brasserie. Gran Café El Espejo, with its Art Deco terrace and kiosk on the Paseo de Recoletos, has no competition. Not to be missed!

This typical bar in Madrid castizo, celebrated its 70 years. It's not uncommon to find toreros, this brewery is truly a madrilène hotel. His specialty, you will have understood: excellent snails cooked at mild fire. Tradition requires soaking bread in the sauce to leave nothing of this wonderful sauce. You will also find typical raciones like French fries.

This Madrid restaurant offers carefully prepared cuisine. But much more than just a restaurant, you're in for a real sensory, human and social experience. Immersed in the dark, a blind waiter accompanies you into a room to seat you at your table. To help you rediscover your senses of smell, taste and touch, the carefully crafted menus won't be revealed until the end of the experience, so you'll be in for a real surprise! It's up to you to guess... Please note that the restaurant has a terrace.

Taste lechona cabrito (kid in the oven). Crisp on the surface and based inside: a wonder.

Teo Tavern is a beautiful traditional bodega, which offers a wide variety of tapas, raciones and preserves. There are also some well-packed dishes, delicious desserts (we really liked the tiramisu) and homemade hamburgers and fries that are very popular. The welcome is rather warm, the local products on offer are of high quality and you can sit on the terrace as soon as the sun comes out. This is enough to take a nice gourmet break in the spring before heading back to the capital.

A pleasant village bar, which offers combined dishes, and very rich hamburgers.

This restaurant, with its charming rustic atmosphere and beautiful enclosed terrace, offers the specialities of the sierra, high quality meat, roasted or grilled, excellent suckling pig, Burgos blood sausage and perfectly cooked lamb. In any case, it is one of the best places in the area to eat after a long day of walking. And whether it's under the blazing summer sun or under the snow in winter, the welcome is always absolutely charming. A beautiful gourmet address.

Reference chef Paco Roncero, a disciple of Ferrán Adriá, concocts original gourmet cuisine, with 2 Michelin stars, on the top floor of Madrid's casino. This historic building dating from 1910 is simply magnificent. And it's on the top floor that you can enjoy Roncero's highly creative cuisine. Decorated in pastel tones to give it a contemporary, elegant touch, the dining room is already a delight. And what about the terrace, open in summer to admire Madrid from its rooftops? Breathtaking!

Estado Puro offers top-notch tapas by Paco Roncero, a favourite disciple of Ferrán Adría, who also has a star in his Madrid restaurant La Terraza del Casino. Here the chef reappropriates the great Spanish classics such as the patatas bravas that he lines up like menhirs or his "21st century" tortilla that he dismembers squarely for a result that is always brilliant and fine. This tapas bar, which looks like a Hispanic dinner, is an excellent stopover after visiting the Prado and the capital's major museums.