Contemporary Spanish restaurants in Europe
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Restaurante Tragabuches
Ronda’s best and most famous restaurant is a 180-degree-turn away from the ubiquitous ‘rustic’ look and cuisine. Michelin-starred in 1998, Tragabuches is modern and sleek with an innovative menu to match. Choose from three set menus. People flock here from miles away to taste the food, prepared by its creative chef.
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La Tasquita de Enfrente
To succeed on the international stage, Spain’s celebrity chefs have to take experimentation to new levels, but to succeed at home they usually have to maintain a greater fidelity to traditional bases before heading off in new directions. And therein lies the success of Chef Juanjo López: it’s difficult to overstate how popular this place is among people in the know in Madrid’s food scene. His seasonal menu never ceases to surprise but also combines simple Spanish staples to stunning effect. His menu degustación (tasting menu; €48) and menú de Juanjo (€65) would be our choice if this is your first time. Reservations are essential.
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Sula Madrid
A gastronomic temple that combines stellar cooking with clean-lined sophistication, Sula Madrid – a superstylish tapas bar, top-notch restaurant and ham-and-champagne tasting centre all rolled into one – is one of our favourite top-end restaurants in Madrid and we're not the only one - when master chef Ferran Adrià was asked to nominate his favourite restaurant, he chose Sula. The kitchen, its seasonal menu and the extensive wine list is overseen by wunderkind Quique Dacosta (voted Spain’s best chef in 2005) and there's a leaning towards Navarran cuisine, the finest jamón (ham) and creative twists on old staples. Design touches added by Amaya Arzuaga help to make…
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Sergi Arola Gastro
Sergi Arola, a stellar Catalan acolyte of the world-renowned chef Ferran Adrià, runs this highly personalised temple to all that’s innovative in Spanish gastronomy. The menus change with the seasons – a recent sample included smoked beetroot raviolis with celery consommé, or Jerusalem artichoke soft cream, truffled poultry mousse, mascarpone cheese and fine herbs. You pay for the privilege of eating here. But this is culinary indulgence at its finest, the sort of place where creativity, presentation and taste are everything. And oh, what tastes…With just 26 seats, booking well in advance is necessary.
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La Terraza del Casino
Perched atop the landmark Casino de Madrid building, this temple of haute cuisine is overseen, albeit from afar, by Ferran Adrià (Spain’s premier celebrity chef), but is mostly in the hands of his acolyte Paco Roncero. It’s all about culinary experimentation and a menu that changes with each new idea that emerges from the laboratory and into the kitchen. Other celebrity chefs occasionally make an appearance. You may not eat here often, but doing so just once will leave you in raptures.
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Bazaar
Bazaar’s popularity among the well heeled and famous shows no sign of abating. Its pristine white interior design, with theatre-style lighting and wall-length windows, may draw a crowd that looks like it stepped out of the pages of Hola! magazine, but the food is extremely well priced and innovative and the atmosphere is casual. For years we’ve been recommending the carpaccio de gambas con vinagreta de setas (prawn carpaccio with mushroom vinaigrette) and see no reason to stop doing so. It doesn’t take reservations, so get there early or be prepared to wait, regardless of whether you’re famous or not.
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Restaurante Zuloaga
Located in the vaults of an early-20th-century palace, this sophisticated place has a well-stocked cellar and a classy adventurous menu – the Icelandic cod confit on a bed of deboned pig's trotters is typical of what was on offer we visited.
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Robles Laredo
This small Italianate cafe-restaurant is fairly dwarfed by its two huge chandeliers and a vast collection of delicate desserts displayed in glass cases. The tapas are equally refined. Try the foie gras, beef burgers with truffle sauce, or oysters and whitebait.
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Restaurante Egaña Oriza
Say Basque and you've got a byword for fine dining these days, so it's not surprising that Basque-run Egaňa Oriza is regarded as one of the city's stand-out restaurants. Situated close to the Prado de San Sebastián bus station, this could be your first (and best) culinary treat in Seville. There's an equally posh tapas spot on the ground floor.
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Casa Cuesta
Something about the carefully buffed wooden bar and gleaming beer pumps gives a sense that the owners are proud of Casa Cuesta. Indeed they should be; it’s a real find for food and wine lovers alike.
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