La Latina & Lavapiés
Casa Lucio is a Madrid classic and has been wowing madrileños since 1974 with its light touch, quality ingredients and home-style local cooking such as…
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La Latina & Lavapiés
Juana La Loca does a range of creative tapas with tempting options lined up along the bar, and more on the menu that they prepare to order. But we love it…
La Latina & Lavapiés
This pintxos (Basque tapas) bar is a great little discovery just down from the main La Latina tapas circuit. Wonderful wines, gorgeous pinchos (the…
La Latina & Lavapiés
This wonderfully restored 17th-century posada (inn) is something of a local landmark. The atmosphere is formal, the decoration sombre and traditional …
La Latina & Lavapiés
There’s no tradition of kebab shops for midnight attacks of the munchies, but there’s always Bar Melo’s. One of those Spanish bars that you’d normally…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Almendro 13 is a charming taberna (tavern) for traditional Spanish tapas with an emphasis on quality rather than frilly elaborations. Cured meats, cheeses…
La Latina & Lavapiés
If you want to see madrileños (residents of Madrid) enjoying their favourite local food, this is one of the best places to do so. The clamour of…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Behind the lavishly tiled facade, La Chata looks for all the world like a neglected outpost of the past. The decor may be run-down and the bullfighting…
La Latina & Lavapiés
The restaurant of the stunning Posada del Dragón retains some features of the original inn, including exposed wooden beams and heavy stonework. There are…
La Latina & Lavapiés
The stunning restoration work that brought to life the Posada del León de Oro also bequeathed to La Latina a fine bar-restaurant. The emphasis is on…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Laid-back La Musa Latina has an ever-popular dining area and food that’s designed to bring a smile to your face. The outdoor tables are lovely when the…
La Latina & Lavapiés
It doesn't come much more traditional in La Latina than this tiled space with a marble bar and tostas (toasts; with bacalao, for example), raciones (such…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Around since 1942, this fine old Madrid bar is famous for its snails, served in a broth rich in garlic, chorizo, morcilla (blood sausage) and pimentón …
La Latina & Lavapiés
Basque-Navarran cuisine is treated with respect at this classy place that's popular with celebrities and well regarded by food critics. There are only…
La Latina & Lavapiés
An icon of 1980s Madrid, La Bobia has been updated for the 21st century, but is still the authentic Asturian cider house that lies at the secret of its…
La Latina & Lavapiés
This famous old taberna (tavern) has been in the Oliveros family since 1921 and nothing seems to have changed much since it opened. It’s a tiny, warm,…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Receiving plaudits from food critics and ordinary punters alike, Casa Lucas takes a sideways glance at traditional Spanish tapas and heads off in new…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Behind one of the best-preserved old taberna facades in Madrid hides this gem of a traditional tapas bar famous for its Madrid specialities – tortilla de…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Around halfway down the Lavapiés hill, La Caleta is Andalucian down to its white-walled, flower-strewn dining area. The food is all about Cádiz, where…
La Latina & Lavapiés
A well-regarded bastion of local cooking, this place does fabulous croquetas de jamón, and has a more varied menu than most old taverns, ranging from…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Taberna Txakolina calls its pintxos ‘high cuisine in miniature’. If ordering tapas makes you nervous, it couldn’t be easier here – they’re lined up on the…
La Latina & Lavapiés
The seafood-dominated cooking of the Andalucian province of Cádiz is what this place is all about, with every imaginable sea creature (usually lightly…
La Latina & Lavapiés
La Buga del Lobo has been one of the ‘in’ places in cool and gritty Lavapiés for years now and it’s still hard to get a table. The atmosphere is bohemian…
La Latina & Lavapiés
This fine Andalucian bar serves tasty salted prawns from Huelva and all manner of other dishes from Spain's south – the emphasis is on seafood, but there…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Naïa has a real buzz about it, with modern Spanish cuisine, a chill-out lounge downstairs and outdoor tables on lovely Plaza de la Paja. The emphasis…
La Latina & Lavapiés
A delightful spot for crêpes, veggie burgers and other vegetarian specialities, El Estragón is one of downtown Madrid’s better vegetarian restaurants,…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Casa María combines professional service with memorable traditional cooking – its stews are especially well loved, including the cocido (€19.90), and it…
La Latina & Lavapiés
This bar with outlets all across the city serves up no fewer than 100 different varieties of mini-bocadillos (montaditos, or small filled rolls) that span…
La Latina & Lavapiés
This basic bar is famous for its sardinas a la plancha (sardines cooked on the grill) and pimientos de padrón (fiery green peppers). It's wildly popular…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Viva Burger does veggie burgers of the highest order – the patties are made from soya beans, nuts and fruit, and come with all manner of options, from…
La Latina & Lavapiés
This purveyor of some of the finest embutidos (cured meats) is perfectly at home on one of Madrid’s most important culinary streets. The jamón (ham) comes…
La Latina & Lavapiés
Another casual La Latina tapas bar, Lamiak is filled to the rafters on Sunday and busy at other times, thanks to its contemporary exhibitions, laid-back…
