# Best Huevos Rotos in Madrid > Eight Madrid restaurants worth booking for huevos rotos, from Casa Lucio's original huevos estrellados since 1974 to a truffled version at GastroVía 61. - **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/best-huevos-rotos - **City:** Madrid, Spain - **Published:** 2026-09-29 - **Updated:** 2026-10-04 - **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder - **Reading time:** 12 min ## Introduction Casa Lucio has been breaking eggs over potatoes on Cava Baja since 1974, and its huevos estrellados are still on the carta today. Eight Madrid restaurants make this list, from that Cava Baja tavern to a Michelin-recommended dining room, a Japanese-Spanish fusion kitchen, and neighbourhood tabernas in Chamberí, Justicia and Malasaña. All of them put their own spin on the same basic idea: fried eggs, broken yolks, and something crisp underneath. ## Key picks at a glance - **Best original** — [Casa Lucio](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-lucio): Lucio Blázquez's huevos estrellados on Cava Baja since 1974, still on the carta at €16.50. - **Best fine-dining version** — [Ramón Freixa Tradición](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/ramon-freixa-tradicion): chef Ramón Freixa's carabinero-topped broken eggs at a Michelin-recommended restaurant. - **Best truffle version** — [GastroVía 61](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gastrovia-61): layered potatoes with boletus, foie and grated truffle, a step up from the classic. - **Best budget pick** — [Casa Mundi](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-mundi): homemade broken eggs at €12.90 in a fair-priced Chamberí neighbourhood room. ## A guide to Huevos Rotos in Madrid ### What are huevos rotos? Huevos rotos, literally "broken eggs", are fried eggs cracked open over a bed of crisp fried potatoes, so the yolk runs into the fries once the plate hits the table. Most versions add a topping like jamón, chistorra or morcilla, though seafood and truffle versions turn up on more upscale cartas. ### Huevos rotos vs huevos estrellados The two names describe the same dish. "Estrellados" (starred, or shattered) and "rotos" (broken) both refer to the way the yolk breaks over the potatoes at the table. Which term a kitchen uses is mostly a matter of house style rather than a different recipe. ### Where to find the original in Madrid Casa Lucio, on Cava Baja in La Latina, has served its huevos estrellados since Lucio Blázquez opened the doors in November 1974. ### How toppings vary Beyond the classic ham, kitchens across Madrid top huevos rotos with chistorra, morcilla, cecina, prawns, tuna or truffle, layering the dish well past its rustic origins. > "Huevos rotos runs from a €12.90 plate of homemade broken eggs at a Chamberí neighbourhood room to a carabinero-prawn version at a Michelin-recommended restaurant, and Madrid orders it at every price in between." ## How we built this list We built this list by reading through the editorial coverage that Madrid's own food press has written about huevos rotos, then cross-checking every restaurant named against our own records to confirm the dish is a genuine part of what that kitchen actually serves, not just a stray mention. Casa Lucio came up across multiple independent articles and made the cut easily. Beyond it, we prioritised restaurants whose own menus name the dish specifically, with prices and descriptions, over ones where it appears only in passing. A few well-known names that Madrid's food press cites for huevos rotos, including Arzábal and Taberna Pedraza, don't show up in this list because neither restaurant's own menu or editorial material currently names the dish, so we couldn't confirm the connection independently. We also held back a well-known Chueca address that several sources named for the dish, because it's not yet part of our published restaurant coverage. ## The 8 best huevos rotos, compared | # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [Casa Lucio](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-lucio) | La Latina | €€€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Huevos estrellados | | 2 | [Casa Ponzano](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-ponzano) | Ríos Rosas | €€ | — | Huevos rotos with garlic prawns | | 3 | [Kyoshi Las Cortes](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kyoshi-las-cortes) | Cortes | €€€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Huevos rotos with tuna | | 4 | [Ramón Freixa Tradición](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/ramon-freixa-tradicion) | Recoletos | €€€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Carabinero with broken eggs | | 5 | [GastroVía 61](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gastrovia-61) | Palacio | €€€ | — | Huevos Rotos Our Way | | 6 | [Casa Mundi](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-mundi) | Arapiles | €€ | — | Homemade broken eggs | | 7 | [Casa Orellana](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-orellana) | Justicia | €€ | — | Broken eggs with tartare | | 8 | [Tilda Neotaberna Castiza](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tilda-neotaberna-castiza) | Centro | €€ | — | — | ## The 8 best huevos rotos in Madrid ### 1. Casa Lucio *Where Lucio Blázquez made huevos rotos famous since 1974* - **Neighbourhood:** La Latina - **Address:** Cava Baja 35, 28005 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://casalucio.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-lucio Casa Lucio has served its huevos estrellados, fried eggs broken over potatoes, on Cava Baja in La Latina since Lucio Blázquez opened the doors in November 1974. The building itself has held a tavern since 1720, when it was the Posada de San Pedro, a haunt of Madrid writers. Blázquez, who still prefers to be called a tabernero, runs the kitchen today with his children María del Carmen, Fernando and Javier. The huevos estrellados sit at €16.50 on the current carta, next to the Revuelto Lucio, eggs scrambled with wild mushrooms and shrimp, at the same price. Casa Lucio holds one Repsol Sol. It runs lively and rustic across two tiled floors, though it's known for filling up fast and running on the pricier side for home-style cooking. **Order:** - Huevos estrellados - "Lucio" Scrambled Eggs (wild mushrooms, young garlic and prawns) > "Llevan preparando los huevos rotos más famosos de Madrid (y casi se podría decir que de España) desde 1974" — Madrid Secreto ### 2. Casa Ponzano *The classic, garlic prawns and guindilla, on a nibbles menu* - **Neighbourhood:** Ríos Rosas - **Address:** Calle de Bretón de los Herreros, 29, Madrid, 28003, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://casaponzano.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-ponzano Casa Ponzano runs a lively, warmly lit room on Bretón de los Herreros, in Chamberí's Ríos Rosas, alongside croquetas, bravas and a fresh-made Spanish tortilla on its share-plates carta. The huevos rotos here, priced at €17.50, come with garlic prawns sautéed in garlic and guindilla pepper, billed on the menu simply as "the classic". It's a neighbourhood room rather than a destination address. Service is personal and unhurried, and the room handles groups and celebrations without rushing anyone out. At €26 to €50 per person it sits in the middle of the price range on this list. **Order:** - Huevos rotos with garlic prawns ### 3. Kyoshi Las Cortes *Ricardo Sanz's Japanese-Spanish fusion take, huevos rotos with tuna* - **Neighbourhood:** Cortes - **Address:** Calle San Agustín, 3, Madrid, Spain, 28014 - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://www.gruporicardosanz.com/kyoshi-las-cortes-restaurante-hotel-double-tree - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kyoshi-las-cortes Kyoshi Las Cortes is chef Ricardo Sanz's more relaxed fusion room, on the ground floor of the Hotel Las Cortes DoubleTree by Hilton in the Cortes barrio, and it holds one Repsol Sol. Sanz's Japanese-Mediterranean cooking runs through five dishes the group names as its own signatures: huevos rotos with tuna, an egg and truffle nigiri, a bocata de calamares, pa amb tomàquet and a bone-marrow gunkan. The room is polished and understated, lit soft, meant to be a more laid-back version of the group's starred restaurants rather than a formal tasting counter. At €51 to €100 per person, this is one of the pricier huevos rotos on this list, built around raw fish rather than potatoes and ham. **Order:** - Huevos rotos with tuna ### 4. Ramón Freixa Tradición *Chef Ramón Freixa's carabinero prawn take on broken eggs* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** c/ Velázquez, 24. 28001. Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://ramonfreixatradicion.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/ramon-freixa-tradicion Ramón Freixa Tradición is chef Ramón Freixa's tribute to Spanish home cooking, on the main floor of Velázquez 24 in Recoletos, right alongside his two-Michelin-star Ramón Freixa Atelier. Among the dishes the menu lists as Ramón's Favourites is carabinero with broken eggs, a fine-dining spin on the same idea served in tabernas across the city. Tradición itself is recommended in the Michelin Guide and holds one Repsol Sol, and the kitchen runs continuously from 13:00 to 00:30 every day of the year with no afternoon break. Its price band is over €100 per person, so this is a special-occasion order rather than a taberna plate. **Order:** - Carabinero with broken eggs ### 5. GastroVía 61 *Layered potatoes with boletus, foie and grated truffle* - **Neighbourhood:** Palacio - **Address:** Calle de la Flor Baja 3, 28013 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Website:** https://www.gastrovia61.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gastrovia-61 GastroVía 61 builds its carta around local produce and traditional Madrid recipes, from croquetas postineras to cachopo, on Calle de la Flor Baja near Plaza de España. Its take on the dish, listed as Huevos Rotos Our Way at €21, layers potatoes with boletus mushrooms and foie, tops them with a fried egg, and finishes with grated truffle, a step up from the ham-and-potato versions served elsewhere on this list. At €30 to €70 per person, it sits toward the pricier end for a Madrilenian kitchen, closer in spirit to the fine-dining entries here than to the traditional tabernas. **Order:** - Huevos Rotos Our Way ### 6. Casa Mundi *Homemade broken eggs alongside callos a la madrileña* - **Neighbourhood:** Arapiles - **Address:** Calle de Donoso Cortés, 14, 28015 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://casamundirestaurante.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-mundi Casa Mundi keeps to traditional Spanish home cooking on Calle Donoso Cortés, in the Arapiles corner of Chamberí, tiled and wood-panelled inside. Homemade broken eggs sit on the carta at €12.90, alongside the kitchen's other calling cards: callos a la madrileña at €16.50 and a chuletón sold by the kilo. It's closed Mondays, and Sundays run lunch only. At €10 to €50 per person, it's a fair-priced neighbourhood room where the dish sits quietly among heavier Madrid classics rather than being the headline act. **Order:** - Homemade broken eggs ### 7. Casa Orellana *Broken eggs paired with steak tartare on the carta* - **Neighbourhood:** Justicia - **Address:** Calle de Orellana, 6, 28004 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://casaorellana.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-orellana Casa Orellana is a taberna madrileña on Calle Orellana, in the Salesas corner of Justicia, open every day from 12:30 until 1am, later on Friday and Saturday. Broken eggs with tartare is priced at €28.50 on the carta, sitting alongside croquetas caseras, tortilla de patatas and callos a la madrileña. There's a terrace on a quiet central street, unusual for this part of town, plus an indoor dining room that runs late. At €26 to €50 per person overall, it's a lively room built for long nights rather than a quick lunch stop. **Order:** - Broken eggs with tartare ### 8. Tilda Neotaberna Castiza *A modern castizo rework inside a Malasaña hotel* - **Neighbourhood:** Centro - **Address:** Calle de San Bernardo, 48, 28015, Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Website:** https://tildamadrid.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tilda-neotaberna-castiza Tilda Neotaberna Castiza runs inside Hotel Akeah on Calle de San Bernardo in Malasaña, part of the SmartRental group. The kitchen takes castizo classics and gives them a contemporary spin: croquetas, huevos rotos and torreznos sit alongside Mediterranean plates, a burger and a dedicated VEGGIE TILDA vegetarian section. There's a year-round interior patio for eating and a separate rooftop that's drinks-only, with views over Malasaña. It opens at 07:00 on weekdays, later on weekends, and runs long into the night. At €26 to €50 per person, it's a hotel restaurant reworking the dish for a younger, later-night crowd rather than a traditional taberna sitting. ## Honourable mentions - **[Casa Dani](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-dani)** (Recoletos) — A Salamanca pincho counter inside Mercado de la Paz whose carta lists huevos rotos with Iberian ham, chistorra, or black pudding. - **[Buraioni](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/buraioni)** (Castillejos) — A Tetuán all-day carta running from breakfast to grilled meats, with huevos rotos among its shareable plates. ## The Huevos Rotos scene in Madrid Huevos rotos shows up in wildly different rooms across Madrid. On Cava Baja in La Latina, Casa Lucio has served its huevos estrellados since 1974. In Chamberí, Casa Ponzano and Casa Mundi both keep the dish on traditional cartas, the first with garlic prawns and guindilla, the second as homemade broken eggs. At the top of the price scale, Ramón Freixa Tradición and Kyoshi Las Cortes turn broken eggs into something closer to a tasting course, with carabinero prawns or raw tuna standing in for the usual ham. And in barrios outside the centre, such as Buraioni in Tetuán, huevos rotos remains ordinary bar food, the kind of plate a neighbourhood orders without a second thought. ## Know before you go ### 1. Check opening days. Casa Mundi is closed Mondays and Sundays run lunch only, while Casa Orellana is open every day from 12:30 until 1am. ### 2. Prices swing hugely by kitchen. Casa Mundi lists its homemade broken eggs at €12.90, while the price band at Ramón Freixa Tradición is over €100 per person for the whole meal, so check before you sit down. ### 3. At Casa Lucio the huevos estrellados and the Revuelto Lucio, eggs scrambled with wild mushrooms and shrimp, are both €16.50 on the current carta, so it's easy to try the two egg dishes side by side. ### 4. Casa Lucio is known for filling up fast and running hard to book, so reserve ahead through its own website rather than walking in. ## Glossary - **Huevos rotos / huevos estrellados** — Two names for the same Madrid tavern dish: fried eggs broken over crisp fried potatoes, so the yolk runs into the fries at the table. "Rotos" means broken, "estrellados" means starred or shattered; which term a kitchen uses is a matter of house style. - **Taberna** — A traditional Spanish tavern, usually built around a short, home-style menu of stews, eggs and tapas rather than a full a la carte restaurant format. ## Frequently asked questions ### Where can I try the original huevos estrellados in Madrid? Casa Lucio, on Cava Baja in La Latina, has served its huevos estrellados since Lucio Blázquez opened the doors in November 1974. They are €16.50 on the current carta. ### What's the difference between huevos rotos and huevos estrellados? They're the same dish under two names: fried eggs broken over crisp fried potatoes. Casa Lucio calls its version huevos estrellados on the menu, while the other restaurants on this list list it as huevos rotos or broken eggs. ### Where can I get huevos rotos in La Latina? Casa Lucio, on Cava Baja, is the entry in La Latina, serving its huevos estrellados alongside the Revuelto Lucio, eggs scrambled with wild mushrooms and shrimp. ### Is there a fine-dining version of huevos rotos in Madrid? Yes. Ramón Freixa Tradición serves carabinero with broken eggs as one of its Ramón's Favourites, and Kyoshi Las Cortes lists huevos rotos with tuna among Ricardo Sanz's signature dishes, both well above taberna prices. ### Which Madrid restaurant tops huevos rotos with truffle? GastroVía 61's Huevos Rotos Our Way layers potatoes with boletus mushrooms and foie, a fried egg, and grated truffle, priced at €21. ### Where can I find cheap huevos rotos in Madrid? Casa Mundi's homemade broken eggs are €12.90, Casa Lucio's huevos estrellados are €16.50, and Casa Ponzano's huevos rotos with garlic prawns are €17.50. ### Do any Madrid restaurants serve huevos rotos with seafood? Yes. Casa Ponzano serves it with garlic prawns and guindilla, and Ramón Freixa Tradición lists carabinero with broken eggs as one of its Ramón's Favourites. ## 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. More: https://guidavera.com/about --- This guide is the canonical machine-readable version of https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/best-huevos-rotos. Every claim is verifiable against the linked restaurant profiles. Source: Guidavera (https://guidavera.com).