Restaurants cuisine d'Europe Madrid

Just a stone's throw from the Plaza de Colón, here's a warm, designer spot. The decor is raw wood, with a few industrial touches, the kitchen is open, and the waiters wear aprons... Food presentation and service are impeccable. It's chic and sober, but you'll often have to book at peak times. Unless you opt for the all-day tapas menu. You can also enjoy a drink, with DJs playing Friday and Saturday until 2am. Finally, the Saturday and Sunday morning brunch (10.30am-1pm) is a great success.

Public offers a cozy setting with wooded tones, ideal at the time to sit down to eat. The atmosphere is calm and chic and the dishes are always very well prepared. Millefeuilles of beef fillets and foie gras, grilled prawns or tuna fillets with romesco sauce, everything is really good and rather original. To appreciate these pleasurable menus, you have to queue a little on weekends because there is no reservation possible here. And, every lunchtime during the week, the menu del dia is an excellent plan with a really unbeatable quality-price ratio.

Located in the heart of Calle Arenal, this address is especially appreciated for its ham. The ham, cut with a knife and vacuum-packed, is ready to be eaten on the spot as a sandwich or to take away. The best product in the shop is the Iberian ham, but you can also buy chorizo, sausages, meat, manchego cheese and other typical Spanish cheeses such as cabrales, Torta del Casar, Idiazába...

With its Swiss chalet frontage, this restaurant is impossible to miss. A single dining room with woodwork and warm lights, where the welcome is warm. The two chefs, in their impeccable white outfits, are busy in the kitchen, which can be seen through the large pass-through. A fondue specialist, they offer numerous variations such as Savoyard, Burgundian and Chinese fondues, raclettes, but also filet mignon with rösti, confit or duck breast. And for dessert, there is chocolate fondue. Quite original in Madrid!

You'll hardly find more royalty in the coffee category! Located just outside the Teatro Real (Opera House) and opposite the Royal Palace, you are truly in the heart of the emblematic monuments of the Spanish monarchy. Moreover, on the Plaza Oriente, statues of Spanish kings make us review the family tree of royalty. At the Cafe de Oriente, you will have lunch on a large terrace or in an interior, early 20th century atmosphere. A little more expensive than elsewhere, though. But the incredible view of the Royal Palace comes at a price

Despite its chic, stuffy look, Gloria de Montera is a favorite with Madrid's trendy youth. As soon as it's time for dinner, people flock here to sample the excellent Mediterranean cuisine. Above all, prices are surprisingly reasonable for a rather elaborate menu (we really enjoyed the 4-cheese risotto with asparagus) and a well-stocked wine cellar. The place is always packed, but reservations are impossible, so bear with us. The lunch menu is an excellent value option.