# Best Restaurants in Chueca

> Sixteen restaurants in Madrid's Chueca and Justicia, from Diego Guerrero's two-Michelin-star DSTAgE to a Repsol Solete hummus counter and a Georgian bistrot.

- **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/best-chueca
- **City:** Madrid, Spain
- **Published:** 2026-09-27
- **Updated:** 2026-10-04
- **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder
- **Reading time:** 16 min

## Introduction

Diego Guerrero's DSTAgE holds two Michelin stars on Calle Regueros, and across Chueca and neighbouring Justicia the range runs from a Georgian bistrot built around khachapuri to a Repsol Solete hummus counter and a hand-pulled noodle bar. Sixteen restaurants across the area make this list, covering the streets around Plaza de Chueca, Calle de Hortaleza, Calle de Augusto Figueroa, Calle de Barquillo, Calle de San Marcos, Calle de Pelayo and the Salesas edge toward Mercado de San Antón.

## Key picks at a glance

- **Best splurge** — [DSTAgE](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/dstage): Diego Guerrero's two-Michelin-star tasting menu on Calle Regueros.
- **Best Michelin-starred bistro** — [Chispa Bistró](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/chispa-bistro): Juan D'Onofrio's grill-led one-star kitchen on Calle del Barquillo.
- **Best wine and cocktail bar** — [Angelita](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/angelita): the Villalón brothers' bar, No. 45 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026.
- **Best cheap eat** — [Biang Biang Bar](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/biang-biang-bar): hand-pulled Xi'an noodles stretched fresh every morning, from €13.90.
- **Best traditional taberna** — [Casa Salvador](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-salvador): callos a la madrileña in a room hung with bullfighting photos since 1941.
- **Best Peruvian** — [Tampu](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tampu): Miguel Ángel Valdiviezo's narrative-chaptered Peruvian menu on Calle de Prim.

## A guide to Chueca in Madrid

### Where is Chueca?

Chueca is a ward of Madrid's central Justicia district, centred on Plaza de Chueca, and it runs into the streets of Justicia proper, Calle de Hortaleza, Calle de Augusto Figueroa, Calle de Barquillo and the Salesas area toward Mercado de San Antón. Restaurants on this list sit in Chueca or the immediately surrounding Justicia streets.

### What kind of dining does Chueca have?

Chueca is the neighbourhood at the heart of Madrid's LGBTQ+ life, and its restaurant scene has grown up alongside that identity, mixing long-running tabernas and casas de comidas with a newer wave of internationally minded kitchens, wine bars and Michelin-recognised tasting menus, often within sight of each other on the same block.

### What do Michelin Selected and Repsol Sol mean?

A restaurant 'Selected' or 'recommended' in the Michelin Guide is listed by the guide without holding a star. A Repsol Sol is the main quality distinction in Spain's Guía Repsol, awarded from one to three Soles; a Repsol Solete is a separate, starter-level distinction for good, affordable cooking.

### What's a taberna taurina?

A taberna taurina is a traditional Spanish tavern decorated around bullfighting history and imagery, often with paintings and photographs of matadors on the walls. Casa Salvador, on Calle de Barbieri, has run as one since 1941.

> "Chueca's restaurant scene runs from Diego Guerrero's two-Michelin-star DSTAgE to a Repsol Solete noodle bar."

## How we built this list

We built this list starting from the Chueca and Justicia restaurants we've profiled, then checked it against a Madrid food blog and independent Chueca dining guides to see which of our restaurants got cited and which real gaps we were missing. Every entry here has an address inside Chueca or the streets of Justicia immediately around it, not just a citywide reputation. A few restaurants named repeatedly by outside sources, including Comparte Bistró, aren't currently among the Madrid restaurants we've profiled, and a couple of others we do have on file, Hermanos Vinagre and Cannibal Raw Bar, are staged rather than published yet, so none of the three appear here. Where we couldn't verify a claim against a restaurant's own listing or a source we could quote directly, we left it out rather than guess.

## The 16 best Restaurants in Chueca, compared

| # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [DSTAgE](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/dstage) | Chueca | €€€€ | Michelin 2-Star · Repsol 3 Soles | Beso de carabinero a la sal |
| 2 | [Chispa Bistró](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/chispa-bistro) | Justicia | €€€€ | Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 1 Sol | Pichón en 3 vuelcos (squab, three ways) |
| 3 | [La Llorería](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-lloreria) | Justicia | €€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Coliflor - Bacon I.B. - Puntillas |
| 4 | [Kuoco](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kuoco-360o) | Chueca | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | La Spéciale oysters with smoked calamansi ponzu |
| 5 | [Gioia](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gioia) | Justicia | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Tagliolini with 40 egg yolks and fresh truffle |
| 6 | [Tampu](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tampu) | Justicia | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Mussels in mojito granita with sweet potato threads |
| 7 | [Angelita](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/angelita) | Chueca | €€ | Repsol Recomendado | Pisto with rosemary-infused alioli |
| 8 | [Nunuka - Bistrot Georgia](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/nunuka-bistrot-georgia) | Justicia | €€ | Michelin Selected | Khachapuri |
| 9 | [Casa Salvador](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-salvador) | Chueca / Justicia | €€ | Repsol Recomendado | Callos a la madrileña |
| 10 | [Roostiq](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/roostiq) | Chueca | €€€ | Repsol Recomendado | Roostiq torreznos, lightly smoked in the oven |
| 11 | [Biang Biang Bar](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/biang-biang-bar) | Justicia | € | Repsol Solete | Biang biang noodles with Iberian pork and black truffle |
| 12 | [La Hummuseria](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-hummuseria) | Chueca | € | Repsol Solete | Classic hummus |
| 13 | [Fiera](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/fiera) | Chueca | €€ | Repsol Solete | Corn, cheese and basil empanada |
| 14 | [El Cisne Azul](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-cisne-azul) | Chueca | €€ | Repsol Solete | Zucchini flowers, gorgonzola cheese and truffle powder |
| 15 | [Hot Now](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/hot-now) | Chueca | €€ | — | Nuestra Burrata |
| 16 | [Propaganda 12](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/propaganda-12) | Chueca | €€ | — | Caponata alla Siciliana |

## The 16 best Restaurants in Chueca in Madrid

### 1. DSTAgE

*Diego Guerrero's two-Michelin-star tasting menu, since 2014*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Calle Regueros, 8, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 2-Star · Repsol 3 Soles
- **Website:** https://dstageconcept.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/dstage

DSTAgE is chef Diego Guerrero's two-Michelin-star restaurant on Calle Regueros, in the Salesas corner of Chueca. Guerrero built two stars at El Club Allard before opening his own place in July 2014, and DSTAgE has held two stars of its own since the 2017 guide; it also carries three Repsol Soles and added a Michelin Green Star in 2025. The room is a two-floor industrial loft with no sign outside, built around an open kitchen. Three tasting menus run here, Dtaste at 16 courses, DSTAgE at 18 and Denjoy at 22, with dishes like a shrimp served on a pink salt stone, a crispy pork bun called Pepe, and a corn dessert called Maíz meant to be eaten by hand. Reservations open 120 days out, and it's closed Sunday and Monday.

**Order:**
- Beso de carabinero a la sal
- Pepe (crispy pork bun)
- Maíz (corn dessert)

### 2. Chispa Bistró

*Argentine chef Juan D'Onofrio's Michelin-starred grill on Barquillo*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** C. del Barquillo, 8, 28004 Madrid, España
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://chispabistro.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/chispa-bistro

Chispa Bistró is Argentine chef Juan D'Onofrio's Michelin-starred restaurant on Calle del Barquillo, in Justicia. D'Onofrio, born in Buenos Aires in 1997, trained at Mina in Bilbao and the two-Michelin-star Santceloni before opening here in 2022 with a team of eight; the restaurant won its star at the November 2024 gala. The cooking is international and grill-led, with Japanese touches like dashi, ikura and yuzu worked into market vegetables and fish. The signature is pichón, squab served several ways at once, alongside dishes like cogollo a la brasa with green curry and yogurt and sweetbreads with polenta purée and huitlacoche cream. The Fuego Loco tasting menu runs €135, with a wine list of more than 400 references chosen by sommelier Ismael Álvarez. It's closed Sunday to Tuesday.

**Order:**
- Pichón en 3 vuelcos (squab, three ways)
- Cogollo a la brasa with green curry and yogurt
- Sweetbreads with polenta purée and huitlacoche cream

> "alta cocina «sin etiquetas» para compartir en el barrio de Chueca" — Con El Morro Fino

### 3. La Llorería

*A four-table chalkboard menu from two chef friends*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** Calle de San Lorenzo, 4. 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://lalloreriarestaurante.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-lloreria

La Llorería is a tiny Justicia restaurant on Calle de San Lorenzo, just four tables and eight bar stools around an open kitchen, run by Carmen Alti and José Certucha, who met working together in a Madrid kitchen and opened it out of that friendship. It opened in spring 2022. The chalkboard menu runs in small and half portions built for sharing, with dishes like cauliflower with Iberian bacon and baby squid, corvina with yellow chili and pak choi, and duck cannelloni with chamomile. It's listed in the Michelin Guide and holds one Repsol Sol. Reservations are essential, and the kitchen keeps weekday-only hours, closed Saturday and Sunday.

**Order:**
- Coliflor - Bacon I.B. - Puntillas
- Corvina - Ají Amarillo - Pak Choi
- Canelón - Pato - Manzanilla

### 4. Kuoco

*Borderless Asian-Latin-Spanish fusion, now on Barquillo*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Calle del Barquillo, 30, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** http://www.kuoco.es
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kuoco-360o

Kuoco is chef Rafa Bergamo and Andrés Correa's fusion restaurant, now on Calle del Barquillo after moving from its original Calle de San Bartolomé address in 2025, eight years after the two Venezuelans opened it as Kuoco 360º. The kitchen calls its cooking timeless, crossing Asia, Latin America and Spain rather than picking one lane: small bites include La Spéciale oysters with smoked calamansi ponzu and a Tom Yam croquette with warm red prawn, and the carta runs to robata-grilled corvina and a Bresse pigeon in a Franco-Nikkei curry. The Attraverso tasting menu costs €89. Kuoco holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol and is recommended in the Michelin Guide. It's closed Sunday and Monday.

**Order:**
- La Spéciale oysters with smoked calamansi ponzu
- Tom Yam croquette with warm red prawn
- Bresse pigeon in Franco-Nikkei curry

> "Kuoco 360 Food ofrece una cocina fusión sin fronteras en el corazón de Chueca" — GastroMadrid

### 5. Gioia

*Davide Bonato's handmade Italian pasta and tasting menus*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** C. San Bartolomé 23, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://www.esgioia.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gioia

Gioia is chef Davide Bonato's Italian restaurant on Calle San Bartolomé in Justicia, listed in the Michelin Guide. Chef Davide Bonato opened it in 2015. Everything that leaves the kitchen, from the pasta to the bread and desserts, is made in-house in the restaurant's own atelier, working Italian technique across produce from both Italy and Spain. The carta runs to dishes like tagliolini with 40 egg yolks and seasonal fresh truffle, mezzemaniche carbonara with a charcoal crumble, and a Milanese-style risotto finished with edible gold leaf, alongside tasting menus called Essentia and NESSO. The room reads romantic and a little trendy, service is attentive, and it's closed Mondays and Tuesdays, running to half past midnight the rest of the week.

**Order:**
- Tagliolini with 40 egg yolks and fresh truffle
- Mezzemaniche carbonara
- Milanese-style risotto with edible gold leaf

> "Bajo la batuta del chef Davide Bonato, ofrece una experiencia italiana moderna en el corazón de Chueca" — GastroMadrid

### 6. Tampu

*Miguel Ángel Valdiviezo's narrative-chaptered Peruvian menu*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** Calle de Prim, 13, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://tampurestaurante.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tampu

Tampu is chef Miguel Ángel Valdiviezo's Peruvian restaurant on Calle de Prim in Justicia, after starting more modestly in the Prosperidad neighbourhood. Chef Miguel Ángel Valdiviezo opened it in 2011. Valdiviezo trained in the first cohort of Le Cordon Bleu in Lima, and the menu is written in narrative chapters that follow his approach to Peruvian cooking rather than a standard starters-and-mains layout. Dishes include mussels in a mojito granita with sweet potato threads, ceviche offered in four variations, and a tamal carabinero. The room runs to a bar area, three private rooms and a main salon in wicker, wood and warm gold. Tampu is Michelin Selected and holds a Repsol Recomendado listing, and it's open Tuesday to Sunday.

**Order:**
- Mussels in mojito granita with sweet potato threads
- Ceviche (four variations)
- Tamal carabinero

> "Dirigido por el chef Miguel Valdiviezo, trae la esencia de la cocina peruana a Chueca con platos creativos inspirados en la tradición" — GastroMadrid

### 7. Angelita

*Villalón-brothers wine and cocktail bar, Europe's 50 Best Bars*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** C. de la Reina, 4, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://madrid-angelita.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/angelita

Angelita is brothers David and Mario Villalón's wine bar, cocktail bar and restaurant on Calle de la Reina, spread over two floors: a wine bistro upstairs, a cocktail bar below. Opened in 2016, it's become one of Madrid's benchmark wine bars, sitting at No. 45 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 and appearing on the World's 50 Best Bars extended list. The kitchen is seasonal and produce-led, much of it grown in the family's own garden: pisto arrives with a rosemary-infused alioli, and a bull's tail stew is reworked as cannelloni. At the bar, cocktails are made without shakers or mixing vessels, measured by weight instead, and the house signature is the 'negroni powder' sbagliato. The wine list runs to more than 2,000 references.

**Order:**
- Pisto with rosemary-infused alioli
- Bull's tail stew reworked as cannelloni
- 'Negroni powder' sbagliato

> "Angelita Madrid es un imprescindible en el barrio de Chueca" — GastroMadrid

### 8. Nunuka - Bistrot Georgia

*A Georgian bistrot built around khachapuri*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** Calle de la Libertad, 13, 28004, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected
- **Website:** https://nunukamadrid.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/nunuka-bistrot-georgia

Nunuka is a Georgian bistrot on Calle de la Libertad in Justicia, named for a little Georgian girl raised on her grandmother's cooking and pitched as her own house in Madrid. The kitchen centres on khachapuri, the cheese-filled bread that's still a rare find in this city, built around three generations' worth of family recipes down to the version a grandmother, Nunu Bebo, once baked in Batumi. It's listed in the Michelin Guide, and the room reads warm, earthy and busy. Georgian cooking doesn't show up often on a Madrid restaurant list, which makes Nunuka's spot here worth noting on its own. It's closed Monday, with dinner Tuesday to Friday and both lunch and dinner at weekends, and the carta runs roughly €30 to €40 per person.

**Order:**
- Khachapuri

### 9. Casa Salvador

*A 1941 taberna taurina serving callos a la madrileña*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca / Justicia
- **Address:** Calle de Barbieri, 12, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://casasalvadormadrid.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-salvador

Casa Salvador has served traditional Madrid cooking on Calle de Barbieri, on the seam between Chueca and Justicia, since 1941, when it started as a small taberna taurina. The walls still carry bullfighting paintings and photographs, and the room stays classic and rustic. The kitchen is known for callos a la madrileña, estofado de rabo de toro and Lenten potajes, alongside Iberian charcuterie, soups, salads and fresh fish. It's listed in the Guía Repsol. Casa Salvador closes for the whole of August, and hours otherwise run Monday lunch only, then Tuesday to Saturday for both lunch and dinner, closed Sunday.

**Order:**
- Callos a la madrileña
- Estofado de rabo de toro
- Lenten potajes

### 10. Roostiq

*Organic Mood: own-farm produce cooked over fire, plus wood-oven pizzas*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Augusto Figueroa, 47, 28004, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://roostiq.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/roostiq

Roostiq Madrid, on Calle Augusto Figueroa in Chueca, is the city flagship of the Roostiq brand, whose other addresses are a restaurant in Marbella and Roostiq Bar, a separate wine-and-cocktail bar on Calle del Barquillo. Its idea is 'Organic Mood': the group raises its own free-range chickens and acorn-fed pigs and grows its own vegetables, and the kitchen cooks them over fire, embers and smoke. The carta runs from lightly smoked torreznos, bellota charcuterie and red-tuna tartare to eleven wood-oven pizzas, free-range chicken and grilled beef, including 1.2 kg chops, a T-bone and picanha. It's listed in the Guía Repsol.

**Order:**
- Roostiq torreznos, lightly smoked in the oven
- Roostiq bellota ham pizza with burrata and truffle
- 1.2 kg beef chop from the grill

> "torreznos, pizzas y productazo (de huerta propia) en Chueca" — Con El Morro Fino

### 11. Biang Biang Bar

*Hand-pulled Xi'an noodles stretched fresh every morning*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** Calle de Pelayo, 8, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://biangbiangbar.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/biang-biang-bar

Biang Biang Bar is Óscar Ling's Chinese restaurant on Calle de Pelayo, opened in July 2019, specialising in hand-pulled biang biang noodles from Xi'an, stretched fresh every morning. Ling trained at Madrid's School of Hospitality and travelled to deepen his understanding of the style before opening, and calls it the only version of this ancestral noodle he's found in Spain. The wide, belt-like noodles come with pork, lamb, mushroom or vegetarian toppings, and the menu also runs to fried cauliflower with spicy mayo, a duck spring roll and homemade jiaozi. Signature noodles start from €13.90. Biang Biang Bar holds a Repsol Solete, and it's closed Tuesdays.

**Order:**
- Biang biang noodles with Iberian pork and black truffle
- Cheeky duck spring roll
- Homemade jiaozi

> "enormes (en todos los sentidos) tallarines chinos en Chueca" — Con El Morro Fino

### 12. La Hummuseria

*A Repsol Solete Jewish and vegetarian hummus counter*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** C. de Hernán Cortés, 8, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://www.lahummuseria.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-hummuseria

La Hummuseria is a Jewish and vegetarian kitchen on Calle de Hernán Cortés in Chueca, built around hummus and holding a Repsol Solete. The Guía Repsol lists it under Fast Good, its casual, quick-service category. The menu runs from classic hummus to versions with mushrooms, pine nuts and almonds, or matbuja, alongside dishes like spicy watermelon, roasted eggplant and a Middle Eastern market plate. It's open every day from midday to 11pm, with online booking available. It's a straightforward pick for a vegetarian meal in an area where most of the other kitchens on this list build their menus around meat and fish.

**Order:**
- Classic hummus
- Hummus with matbuja
- Spicy watermelon

### 13. Fiera

*Latin American street food from breakfast through dinner*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Costanilla de Capuchinos, 3, Centro, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://fieracocina.com
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/fiera

Fiera is a Latin American restaurant on Costanilla de Capuchinos in Chueca, holding a Repsol Solete and pitching itself as a street-food tour across the region, fused with local, quality produce. It opened in September 2021. The menu runs to a corn, cheese and basil empanada, a skirt-steak anticucho with egg yolk and crispy coconut, tequeños, and a range of tostadas topped with tuna, seabass or octopus, alongside sanguches, tacos and a chaufa fried rice. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus pop-ups, delivery, takeaway and catering. It's closed Monday.

**Order:**
- Corn, cheese and basil empanada
- Skirt-steak anticucho with egg yolk and crispy coconut
- Tequeños

> "street food latino (y muy sabrosón) en el barrio de Chueca" — Con El Morro Fino

### 14. El Cisne Azul

*A wild-mushroom tavern going roughly 40 years*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Gravina, 19, 28004, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://www.elcisneazul.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-cisne-azul

El Cisne Azul is a wild-mushroom tavern on Calle de Gravina in Chueca, holding a Repsol Solete after roughly 40 years built around setas silvestres, meats and cheeses. It runs across two rooms: the original taberna at number 19, first-come first-served, and a larger restaurant at number 27 that takes bookings. The carta opens with zucchini flowers, gorgonzola and truffle powder, and runs to Santoña anchovies, black rock octopus with alioli, scallops in curry and mango sauce, and Garrucha red prawn served boiled or griddled. It's closed Mondays, with Sunday lunch only.

**Order:**
- Zucchini flowers, gorgonzola cheese and truffle powder
- Santoña anchovies
- Black rock octopus with alioli

### 15. Hot Now

*A daily, walk-in-friendly pizzeria on Barbieri*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Calle de Barbieri, 14, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.hotnow.es
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/hot-now

Hot Now is a pizzeria on Calle de Barbieri in Chueca, open every day for both lunch and dinner. It has been open since 2018. The room is casual, modern and walk-in friendly, working for friends, a date or a family meal alike. Burratas open the menu, including a classic version and a pesto rosso, alongside starters like hummus, provolone and vitello tonnato, then pizzas such as the T.N.T., a Margarita, a Pistacho and a Caprese 2.0. There are vegetarian options throughout. Hot Now keeps to a mid-range carta and reads fair value for the neighbourhood.

**Order:**
- Nuestra Burrata
- T.N.T. pizza
- Vitello Tonnato

> "nace una brutal pizzería en Chueca" — Con El Morro Fino

### 16. Propaganda 12

*An Italian-accented vinoteca with 365-plus wines*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Calle de la Libertad, 12, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.propaganda12.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/propaganda-12

Propaganda 12 is an Italian-accented vinoteca on Calle de la Libertad in Chueca, built around a list of more than 365 wines, 30 of them rotating by the glass, with trained 'vinateros' guiding guests through the selection. A visible wine cellar doubles as a retail shop. The charcuterie board runs to Mortadella Trufada di Bologna and Bresaola della Valtellina alongside dishes like Caponata alla Siciliana, confit artichokes with Parmesan fondue, and a cauliflower steak in cacio e pepe sauce. The venue runs monthly themed wine tastings with visiting winery representatives, plus a Sunday champagne brunch.

**Order:**
- Caponata alla Siciliana
- Bistecca di Cavolfiore Cacio e Pepe
- Truffled Mortadella

> "Propaganda 12 es una vinoteca moderna y cosmopolita con un toque italiano que destaca en Chueca" — GastroMadrid

## Honourable mentions

- **[Ático](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/atico)** (Justicia) — The rooftop restaurant and terrace of The Principal Madrid hotel on Marqués de Valdeiglesias, creative Spanish and Mediterranean cooking with a view, recommended in the Guía Repsol.
- **[Casa Felisa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-felisa)** (Justicia) — Classic Spanish cooking with a few eccentric touches on Calle de la Beneficencia, built on produce from Mercado Barceló, recommended in the Guía Repsol.
- **[Quincé](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/quince)** (Justicia) — A contemporary Spanish bistro on Calle Barquillo with a menu that changes often around seasonal product, listed in the Michelin Guide.
- **[El Bierzo](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-bierzo)** (Chueca) — A home-style casa de comidas on Calle de Barbieri known for acelgas al ajoarriero and riñones al jerez, holding a Repsol Solete.

## The Chueca scene in Madrid

Chueca and Justicia pack a lot of range into a small grid of streets. DSTAgE and Chispa Bistró sit at the Michelin end, and Kuoco, Gioia and Tampu each run a different kind of international fine-casual cooking, Asian-Latin-Spanish fusion, handmade Italian and narrative-chapter Peruvian. Wine and cocktails have their own strand too, from Angelita's benchmark bar to Propaganda 12's Italian-leaning vinoteca. On the cheaper end, Biang Biang Bar, La Hummuseria, Fiera and Hot Now all sit at or under €30 a head, and Casa Salvador and El Cisne Azul carry the neighbourhood's older, tavern-style cooking, callos and wild mushrooms respectively, into the present.

## Know before you go

### 1.

DSTAgE's booking calendar opens 120 days ahead. Plan ahead if you have a specific night in mind.

### 2.

Casa Salvador closes for the whole of August. Confirm a venue's current hours before you go.

### 3.

Several restaurants here sit right on the seam between Chueca and Justicia rather than neatly inside one or the other. Calle de Barquillo, Calle de Barbieri and Calle de San Bartolomé each carry more than one restaurant on this list.

### 4.

Price ranges swing wide, from Biang Biang Bar's noodles starting at €13.90 up to DSTAgE's tasting menus at €195 to €230, so there's room to eat well here on very different budgets.

### 5.

Kuoco books online through TheFork from its own site, and several of the smaller kitchens, including La Llorería, don't take reservations by email, so check each restaurant's own booking method.

## Glossary

- **Repsol Solete** — A starter-level distinction in Spain's Guía Repsol, a step below a full Sol, for good, affordable cooking.
- **Vinoteca** — A wine-focused bar or shop, often serving food alongside bottles and glasses by the pour.
- **Taberna taurina** — A traditional Spanish tavern decorated around bullfighting history and imagery.
- **Khachapuri** — Georgian cheese-filled bread, baked in regional variations across the country.
- **Parrilla** — An open, wood- or charcoal-fired grill used across South American cooking.

## Frequently asked questions

### Where should I eat in Chueca, Madrid?

It depends on the night. For a splurge, DSTAgE holds two Michelin stars on Calle Regueros. For something traditional, Casa Salvador has served callos a la madrileña since 1941. For a cheap, quick meal, Biang Biang Bar's hand-pulled noodles start from €13.90.

### Is there a Michelin-starred restaurant in Chueca?

Yes, two. DSTAgE, chef Diego Guerrero's restaurant on Calle Regueros, holds two Michelin stars, and Chispa Bistró, on Calle del Barquillo in Justicia, holds one.

### Where can I get cheap eats in Chueca?

Biang Biang Bar's hand-pulled Xi'an noodles start from €13.90, La Hummuseria holds a Repsol Solete for its hummus menu, and Fiera runs Latin American street food, all priced under €25 a head.

### Is there Georgian food in Chueca?

Yes. Nunuka - Bistrot Georgia, on Calle de la Libertad in Justicia, builds its menu around khachapuri, the Georgian cheese-filled bread, and is listed in the Michelin Guide.

### What's a good wine bar in Chueca?

Angelita, the Villalón brothers' wine and cocktail bar, sits at No. 45 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026. Propaganda 12 is an Italian-accented vinoteca on Calle de la Libertad with more than 365 wines.

### What's a traditional taberna in Chueca?

Casa Salvador, a taberna taurina on Calle de Barbieri, has served traditional Madrid cooking since 1941. El Cisne Azul, on Calle de Gravina, has built its menu around wild mushrooms for roughly 40 years.

### Where can I get Peruvian food in Chueca?

Tampu, on Calle de Prim in Justicia, is chef Miguel Ángel Valdiviezo's Peruvian restaurant, with a menu written in narrative chapters. It's Michelin Selected and holds a Repsol Recomendado listing.

### Is there good pizza in Chueca?

Hot Now, on Calle de Barbieri, is a daily, walk-in-friendly pizzeria with a mid-range carta and vegetarian options.

## About the author

**Justin Mota** — Guidavera founder

Justin Mota is the founder of Guidavera. He has lived in Spain for over 10 years and runs a native AI agency alongside building this platform. Food has always been the way Justin connects with friends, and Guidavera started as the list he kept sending to everyone visiting Barcelona. He built it for himself and his friends first, and now hopes it can transform the way people discover great food experiences everywhere.

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