# Best Menú del Día in Madrid

> Eleven Madrid restaurants with a genuine menú del día, from Terzio's €15 three-tapas lunch to Barracuda MX's €39 set lunch, with what each one includes.

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

## Introduction

Terzio, chef Saúl Sanz's casual tapas bar in Barrio de Salamanca, runs a €15 menú del día at lunch: three tapas, then dessert or coffee, plus a drink, the classic Spanish weekday-lunch format done by the book. Eleven Madrid restaurants make this list, from that kind of straightforward neighbourhood set menu up to Michelin-listed kitchens, and one honourable mention, Paco Roncero's two-Michelin-star Essence tasting menu, is priced lower on weekday afternoons than at its evening sittings.

## Key picks at a glance

- **Best textbook example of the format** — [Terzio](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/terzio): three tapas, dessert or coffee, and a drink for €15, close to the classic structure by the book.
- **Best Michelin-recognised pick** — [Barracuda MX](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/barracuda-mx): Michelin Selected and holding a Repsol Sol, with an explicit €39 weekday set lunch.
- **Best cheap, old-school pick** — [Badila](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/badila): Miguel Ventura's home-style menú del día, changing daily with the market, in a Repsol Solete casa de comidas.

## A guide to menú del día in Madrid

### What is a menú del día?

Menú del día means "menu of the day": Spain's fixed-price weekday lunch format. The usual shape is a starter, a main course, dessert or coffee, bread and a drink, all bundled into one set price, though the exact combination varies from one kitchen to the next.

### How is it different from ordering off the regular carta?

On a menú del día you typically choose from a short, fixed list of starters and mains rather than the full carta, and the price is set in advance rather than adding up individual dishes. It's built for a quick, affordable weekday lunch rather than a leisurely meal.

### When is it usually served?

Menú del día is a lunchtime tradition, generally running Monday to Friday within a set window, often somewhere between 13:00 and 16:00. Some restaurants extend it to Saturday lunch; very few run it in the evening or on Sunday.

### Does the price vary a lot?

Yes. Neighbourhood tabernas and bar-restaurants often price a menú del día well under €20, while some higher-end kitchens run a version of the same format at lunch for considerably more, closer to their regular à la carte pricing.

> "Terzio's version is three tapas, then dessert or coffee and a drink, all for €15, close to the shape most Madrid menús del día still take."

## How we built this list

We built this list from the Madrid restaurants we've profiled whose own menus, house information or listed details document a genuine set weekday lunch menu, whether it's called menú del día, menú de mediodía or something else. We checked each one's own page or menu rather than assuming a passing mention applied, cross-referenced a handful of independent Spanish food sites and roundups for consensus, and left prices out unless they're stated in that restaurant's own information. A number of well-known menú del día spots that those sources named, including Casa Longinos in Chamberí, don't yet have a Guidavera page, so they aren't on this list; that isn't a judgment on the food.

## The 11 best Menú del Día, compared

| # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Terzio](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/terzio) | Goya | €€ | — | Brioche de chipirones |
| 2 | [Barracuda MX](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/barracuda-mx) | Jerónimos | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Dobladita de changurro |
| 3 | [BiBo Madrid](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bibo-madrid) | Castellana | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Oxtail brioche |
| 4 | [Casa Felisa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-felisa) | Justicia | €€€ | Repsol Recomendado | Santoña anchovies with smoked butter and puff pastry bread |
| 5 | [Badila](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/badila) | Lavapiés | €€ | Repsol Solete | — |
| 6 | [Casa Dani](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-dani) | Recoletos | € | Repsol Solete | Tortilla de patata |
| 7 | [Mercado de la Reina](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/mercado-de-la-reina) | Centro | €€ | — | Grilled steak with fries |
| 8 | [CIRKuK](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/cirkuk) | Guindalera | €€ | — | Tomato and date tartar with salmorejo |
| 9 | [Hermanos Míguez](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/hermanos-miguez) | Alto de Extremadura | € | — | — |
| 10 | [Flor de Galicia](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/flor-de-galicia) | Goya | €€ | — | Pulpo a la gallega |
| 11 | [Distrito 798](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/distrito-798) | Castillejos | €€ | — | Bluefin tuna tartare |

## The 11 best Menú del Día in Madrid

### 1. Terzio

*€15 lunch menu: three tapas, dessert or coffee, and a drink*

- **Neighbourhood:** Goya
- **Address:** Calle de General Pardiñas 25, 28001 Madrid (Barrio de Salamanca), Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://terzio.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/terzio

Terzio is chef Saúl Sanz's informal tapas bar in Barrio de Salamanca (Goya), the casual counterpart to his more formal restaurant Treze next door. At lunch it runs a €15 menú del día built close to the classic template: three tapas, then dessert or coffee, plus a drink, all for one price. The regular carta leans on sharing plates: brioche de chipirones, bravas, saam de oreja and barbecued costillar, with bread from John Torres. It's closed Sunday and Monday, and Saturday is lunch only, so plan around that if you're after the set menu specifically. No Michelin or Repsol listing here, but it's a straightforward, well-priced example of the format done properly.

**Order:**
- Brioche de chipirones
- Bravas
- BBQ costillar

### 2. Barracuda MX

*Michelin Selected Mexican kitchen with an explicit €39 set lunch*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** Calle de Valenzuela 7, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://barracudamx.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/barracuda-mx

Barracuda MX is chef Roberto Ruiz's Pacific Mexican coastal restaurant near Puerta de Alcalá, built around Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco and Baja California cooking, with fresh-nixtamalized corn tortillas made daily. It's listed in the Michelin Guide and holds a Repsol Sol. On weekday lunchtimes it runs a set menu priced at €39, with group menus starting from €70. The regular carta runs from guacamole and aguachile to dobladita de changurro, a Baja California crab specialty, roasted bone marrow with red tuna, and tongue tacos with green tomatillo sauce, alongside a cocktail programme built around tequilas and mezcals. Reservations are essential given demand. Ruiz also founded Punto MX, which he presents as the first Mexican restaurant in Europe to earn a Michelin star.

**Order:**
- Dobladita de changurro
- Roasted bone marrow with red tuna
- Tongue tacos with green tomatillo sauce

### 3. BiBo Madrid

*Dani García's Michelin-listed kitchen runs an express weekday lunch*

- **Neighbourhood:** Castellana
- **Address:** Paseo de la Castellana, 52, Salamanca, 28046 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://biborestaurants.com/es/madrid/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bibo-madrid

BiBo Madrid is the capital outpost of chef Dani García's BiBo concept, an Andalusian-international kitchen on Paseo de la Castellana, listed in the Michelin Guide and holding a Repsol Recomendado. Monday to Friday it runs an express lunch menu, alongside a weekend brunch and, on Wednesday evenings, a separate Mexican menu. The 800-square-metre room is strung with lighting that nods to Málaga's feria, and the carta runs from oxtail brioche and Russian salad with fried quail eggs to Robuchon-style king prawns and yellow corvina ceviche. It opened in Marbella in 2014 as García's more accessible answer to his fine-dining work, and reached Madrid in August 2016. Open 13:00 to 01:00 on weekdays, 11:00 to 01:00 at weekends.

**Order:**
- Oxtail brioche
- Russian salad with fried quail eggs
- Yellow corvina ceviche

### 4. Casa Felisa

*Weekday menú del día, then a five-course dinner menu Sun–Thu*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** C. de la Beneficencia, 15, Madrid, 28004, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://casafelisamadrid.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-felisa

Casa Felisa is a Repsol-listed restaurant on Calle de la Beneficencia in Justicia, built around a quiet, dressed-up room for a long, castizo meal. Madrid chef Rafa Cordón took over the kitchen in April 2026. It runs a menú del día Monday to Friday at lunch, and a separate five-course Menú de Felisa Sunday through Thursday evenings, so the format shifts between midday and dinner rather than staying fixed all day. The regular carta pulls from classic Spanish cooking with what the kitchen calls a few eccentric touches: Santoña anchovies, salt cod pavía, Felisa's own Russian salad, grilled artichokes and pulpo a la gallega, with fruit and vegetables sourced from the nearby Mercado Barceló. It's open 13:00 to 17:00 and 19:00 to 23:00 daily.

**Order:**
- Santoña anchovies with smoked butter and puff pastry bread
- Casa Felisa's homemade empanadillas
- Felisa's classic Russian salad
- Galician-style octopus with potato foam

### 5. Badila

*Miguel Ventura's lunch-only casa de comidas, menú del día that changes daily*

- **Neighbourhood:** Lavapiés
- **Address:** San Pedro Mártir, 6, 28012, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/badila

Badila is a small casa de comidas on the corner of Calle de San Pedro Mártir and Calle Cabeza, just behind Plaza de Tirso de Molina in Lavapiés. Cook-owner Miguel Ventura, a law graduate turned self-taught cook, has run it for around two decades on a single idea: a home-style menú del día that changes daily with the market and the season. It holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol and now serves lunch only, Tuesday to Sunday. There's no website of its own, so booking is by phone. It runs around €26 to €50 a head.

### 6. Casa Dani

*Tortilla specialist inside Mercado de la Paz, with a lunch menú*

- **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos
- **Address:** Calle de Ayala, 28, 28001 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://www.casadani.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-dani

Casa Dani is a tortilla de patata specialist inside the Mercado de la Paz, on Calle de Ayala in Salamanca, holding a Repsol Solete. Daniel García and Dolores 'Lola' Cuerda from Albacete opened it in 1991, and their children Daniel and Noelia run it now. Tortilla is the anchor, sold by the pincho, but the counter's own line is that it's more than just tortilla: croquetas, raciones, breakfasts and montaditos sit alongside it. The menú del día runs on seasonal home cooking, served 13:30 to 15:30, in cocido, lentejas and callos territory. It's priced under €25 per person overall, open Monday to Saturday 07:00 to 17:00, closed Sunday. Casa Dani won the II Campeonato Nacional de Tortillas in Tenerife in 2019 and picked up the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía's Premio al Bar the same year; Phil Rosenthal filmed there for Somebody Feed Phil.

**Order:**
- Tortilla de patata
- Iberian ham croquettes
- Paisina (with chorizo and bacon)

### 7. Mercado de la Reina

*A popular midday menu on Gran Vía, open since 9am daily*

- **Neighbourhood:** Centro
- **Address:** Gran Vía, 12, 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.mercadodelareina.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/mercado-de-la-reina

Mercado de la Reina is a traditional Spanish restaurant on Gran Vía, part of Grupo Mercado de la Reina, open every day from 9am until late. It opened in 2006. Its midday menu, menú de mediodía, runs alongside a wider carta built on classic dishes pulled from across Spain's denominaciones de origen. There's a terrace on Gran Vía and a full cocktail list. The kitchen turns out grilled steak with fries, oxtail stew, salmorejo, whole grilled octopus and a run of croquetas, priced around €20 to €30 per person. It's an easy, central pick for a weekday lunch stop, minutes from the Gran Vía shopping strip.

**Order:**
- Grilled steak with fries
- Oxtail stew
- Whole grilled octopus

> "Una comida que deja huella" — Madrid Secreto

### 8. CIRKuK

*Gastrobar menú del día with a full gluten-free carta*

- **Neighbourhood:** Guindalera
- **Address:** Avenida de Bruselas, 44, 28028 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://cirkukgastrobar.com/cartas/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/cirkuk

CIRKuK is a gastrobar in the Guindalera area of Salamanca, open for lunch and dinner on weekdays and closed at the weekend. Alongside its regular gastrobar menu and group menus, it runs a menú del día, and it keeps a full gluten-free carta plus vegetarian options throughout, useful if you're eating with a mixed table. The kitchen has a playful streak: tomato and date tartar with salmorejo, its own ensaladilla rusa with mayokimchi, duck gyozas with hoisin sauce, and a wakame seaweed salad with tempura king prawns. There's a cocktail list too.

**Order:**
- Tomato and date tartar with salmorejo
- CIRKuK-style ensaladilla rusa with mayokimchi
- Duck gyozas with hoisin sauce

> "Fue reconocido como el mejor de Madrid en 2023" — Madrid Secreto

### 9. Hermanos Míguez

*Lunch-only spot, open Sunday to Friday*

- **Neighbourhood:** Alto de Extremadura
- **Address:** Calle de Herminio Puertas, 10, 28011, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/hermanos-miguez

Hermanos Míguez sits on Calle de Herminio Puertas in Alto de Extremadura, part of Madrid's Latina district. The family opened it in 1973, and Arturo Míguez runs it now. It has no website of its own, and it turns up repeatedly in roundups of the city's better menú del día spots, this one among them. It's a lunch-only operation, open 13:00 to 17:00 Sunday through Friday and closed Saturday, under €25 per person. The venue's own data flags it as good for groups and families.

> "Menú del día completo, tradicional y, claro, de toda la vida" — Madrid Secreto

### 10. Flor de Galicia

*Galician cooking in Salamanca, with a menú del día too*

- **Neighbourhood:** Goya
- **Address:** Calle de Alcántara, 15, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.laflordegalicia.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/flor-de-galicia

Flor de Galicia is a Galician restaurant in Barrio de Salamanca, near Goya and the Retiro, built around traditional cooking and produce brought in from the northwest. Alongside its tapas menus, it runs a menú del día. The kitchen's core is Galician seafood: pulpo a la gallega, octopus with onions, lacón a la gallega, and rice dishes such as rice with lobster or chipirones, plus Rubia Gallega beef, tortillas and empanadas. You can eat across the dining room, the bar or the terrace, priced around €26 to €50 per person depending on what you order from the carta.

**Order:**
- Pulpo a la gallega
- Lacón a la Gallega
- Galician empanada

### 11. Distrito 798

*Weekday set lunch alongside an omakase, in Tetuán*

- **Neighbourhood:** Castillejos
- **Address:** Calle Poeta Joan Maragall, 43, 28020, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://distrito-798.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/distrito-798

Distrito 798 is a Japanese-Peruvian nikkei restaurant on the ground floor of the Meliá Castilla hotel, in Tetuán, in a bright, minimalist room with white furniture and a few plants. The weekday set lunch costs €12.95, and there's an omakase where the chef decides the courses, alongside a carta running from ceviches and a bluefin tuna tartare to nigiri and robata dishes. Diners can park free in the hotel's car park.

**Order:**
- Bluefin tuna tartare
- The Father of Ceviches
- Wagyu tataki

## Honourable mentions

- **[Radhuni Indian Restaurant](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/radhuni-indian-restaurant)** (Valdefuentes) — An Indian restaurant in Hortaleza running a menú del día alongside a tasting menu, seating up to 135 across two rooms.
- **[Sr. Vázquez](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/sr-vazquez)** (Palacio) — A Mediterranean restaurant on Plaza de la Marina Española in Palacio, with a terrace, a menú del día and options for coeliacs and food allergies.
- **[Los Arcos de Ponzano](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/los-arcos-de-ponzano)** (Almagro) — More than 70 years on Calle Ponzano, where the signature cocido madrileño becomes the set lunch on Wednesdays.
- **[Paco Roncero](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/paco-roncero)** (Sol) — Not a menú del día in the usual sense, but the two-Michelin-star Essence tasting menu runs at Thursday and Friday lunch for €190, against €280 in the evenings and on Saturday, per the restaurant's own listing.

## The menú del día scene in Madrid

Madrid's menú del día runs from Barrio de Salamanca tapas bars to a Michelin-starred dining room's cheaper lunchtime sitting. Terzio, chef Saúl Sanz's casual room next to his more formal Treze, prices its version at €15: three tapas, then dessert or coffee, plus a drink. At the other end of the scale, Paco Roncero, on the top floor of the Real Casino de Madrid, runs its two-Michelin-star Essence tasting menu at a lower price for Thursday and Friday lunch than for its evening sittings, and Barracuda MX, Roberto Ruiz's Michelin-listed Mexican kitchen, prices its weekday set lunch at €39. In between sit neighbourhood staples like Badila in Lavapiés and Casa Dani inside the Mercado de la Paz, both holding a Repsol Solete and both known specifically for their daily set menu rather than their evening service.

## Know before you go

### 1.

Most of these set lunches run strictly Monday to Friday within a narrow window, like Casa Dani's 13:30 to 15:30. Check the hours before turning up outside that window.

### 2.

Reservations matter more at the smaller, well-known rooms. Badila has no website of its own and takes bookings only by phone, and it's small enough to fill up at peak times.

### 3.

If you need gluten-free options, CIRKuK runs a full gluten-free carta alongside its menú del día.

### 4.

A weekday set lunch at a fine-dining address, like Paco Roncero's Essence menu, still needs a reservation well ahead; it isn't a walk-in option the way a neighbourhood taberna's set menu usually is.

## Glossary

- **Menú del día** — Spain's fixed-price weekday lunch menu, typically a starter, a main, dessert or coffee, bread and a drink, all for one set price.
- **Menú de mediodía** — Another common name for the same format, literally "midday menu."
- **Menú ejecutivo** — "Executive menu," a term some restaurants use for the same format, often at a slightly higher price point.
- **Primero / segundo** — First and second course, the two main courses diners typically choose from on a menú del día.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is a menú del día?

It's Spain's fixed-price weekday lunch menu: typically a starter, a main course, dessert or coffee, bread and a drink, all included in one set price. The exact combination varies by restaurant; Terzio's version, for instance, is three tapas plus dessert or coffee and a drink for €15.

### Is a drink included in the price?

Usually, yes, that's part of what makes the format distinct from ordering off the regular carta. Terzio's €15 lunch, for instance, bundles three tapas, dessert or coffee and a drink into the one price.

### Can I get a menú del día on weekends in Madrid?

Not usually. Most of the restaurants on this list run their set lunch Monday to Friday only, including Casa Felisa. Terzio's regular hours close on Sunday and Monday altogether, and Saturday there is lunch only.

### Are there Michelin-recognised restaurants with a weekday lunch menu?

Yes. Barracuda MX (Michelin Selected, Repsol Sol) runs a weekday set lunch at €39, BiBo Madrid (Michelin Selected, Repsol Recomendado) runs an express lunch menu Monday to Friday, and Paco Roncero, which holds 2 Michelin stars, serves its Essence tasting menu at a lower price on Thursday and Friday lunchtimes than at its evening and Saturday sittings.

### Where can I find a cheap menú del día in central Madrid?

Badila in Lavapiés, a Repsol Solete casa de comidas, builds lunch around a home-style menú del día that changes daily with the market, and Casa Dani's counter in the Mercado de la Paz runs a seasonal menú del día of cocido, lentejas and callos.

### Do any of these restaurants cater to gluten-free diners?

CIRKuK in Guindalera keeps a full gluten-free carta alongside its menú del día.

### What's typically included in a menú del día?

The format varies by venue, but the general pattern is a starter, a main course, dessert or coffee, bread and a drink, all for one price. Terzio's €15 lunch follows this closely: three tapas, then dessert or coffee and a drink.

## 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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