# Best Restaurants near Gran Vía

> 16 restaurants on and around Gran Vía, from Gofio's Michelin-starred tasting menu to a taco bar near Plaza de España, picked for theatre-goers and shoppers.

- **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/best-near-gran-via
- **City:** Madrid, Spain
- **Published:** 2026-09-27
- **Updated:** 2026-10-04
- **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder
- **Reading time:** 13 min

## Introduction

Gran Vía is Madrid's main theatre and shopping avenue, running from Calle de Alcalá to Plaza de España, lined with musical theatres, cinemas and department stores. Sixteen restaurants on the avenue itself and on the side streets around it make this list, from Gofio's Michelin-starred Canarian tasting menu on Calle Caballero de Gracia to a taco bar a few minutes from Plaza de España.

## Key picks at a glance

- **Best splurge** — [Gofio](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gofio): a Michelin star and Canarian tasting menus on Calle Caballero de Gracia, just off Gran Vía.
- **Best paella** — [La Barraca](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-barraca): Valencian rice cooked by the same family since 1935, a step from Gran Vía on Calle de la Reina.
- **Best view** — [Hielo y Carbón](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/hielo-y-carbon): windows over Gran Vía from the second floor of the Hyatt Centric.
- **Best for groups** — [Gran Café Shanghai](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gran-cafe-shanghai): a large, family-friendly dining room with dim sum at street level on the avenue.
- **Best easy pre-show meal** — [Mercado de la Reina](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/mercado-de-la-reina): open on Gran Vía from 9am until late, every day, with a fixture midday menu.

## A guide to Gran Vía in Madrid

### What's on Gran Vía itself?

Gran Vía is Madrid's principal theatre and shopping street, home to the city's main musical theatres, cinemas and department stores, running roughly 1.3 kilometres between Calle de Alcalá and Plaza de España through the Centro district.

### What are the side streets like?

The streets branching off Gran Vía, among them Caballero de Gracia, Ballesta, Veneras and Calle de la Reina, hold a denser and more varied mix of kitchens than the avenue itself, from tasting menus to family-run tabernas.

### What does a Repsol Solete mean?

A Repsol Solete is the Guía Repsol's distinction for good-value, honest cooking, a different and lower tier than a full Repsol Sol.

### What does Michelin 'Selected' mean?

A restaurant marked 'Selected' appears in the Michelin Guide on the strength of its cooking without holding a star, a recommendation rather than a starred distinction.

### Is there Chinese food near Gran Vía?

Gran Vía and its side streets hold more than one Chinese kitchen, including a dim sum spot at street level on the avenue itself and a specialist Sichuan restaurant just off it.

> "Gran Vía runs from Calle de Alcalá to Plaza de España, and sixteen restaurants along the avenue and its side streets range from a Michelin-starred Canarian tasting menu to a quick-service taco bar."

## How we built this list

We started from the Madrid restaurants we've profiled whose own address sits on Gran Vía itself or on the named side streets around it, Calle de la Montera, the Fuencarral and Hortaleza starts, Calle de la Libertad, Plaza de Callao, the Plaza de España end and Calle de Alcalá by the Metrópolis building, then checked that list against editorial coverage from Con el Morro Fino and OKDIARIO, skipping aggregators like TripAdvisor, TheFork and OpenTable. A restaurant only made the cut if its own street address places it in or immediately around the area; a couple of venues that share the theme but sit closer to Puerta del Sol or Plaza Mayor were left for that guide instead. Some names mentioned repeatedly by outside sources don't have a Guidavera page yet, and we've noted those separately rather than inventing an entry for them.

## The 16 best Restaurants Near Gran Vía, compared

| # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Gofio](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gofio) | Barrio de las Letras | €€€€ | Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles | Rabbit trucha with injected salmorejo |
| 2 | [La Tasquita de Enfrente](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-tasquita-de-enfrente) | Malasaña | €€€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 2 Soles | Boiled red gamba |
| 3 | [La Primera](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-primera) | Cortes | €€ | Repsol Recomendado | "La Primera" Russian salad |
| 4 | [Ático](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/atico) | Justicia | €€€ | Repsol Recomendado | — |
| 5 | [Mercado de la Reina](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/mercado-de-la-reina) | Centro | €€ | — | Cordoban salmorejo |
| 6 | [Bloved](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bloved) | Cortes | €€ | — | Salmon tartare, avocado and pinions |
| 7 | [Gran Café Shanghai](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gran-cafe-shanghai) | Justicia | €€ | — | Daily Set Menu |
| 8 | [Hielo y Carbón](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/hielo-y-carbon) | Universidad | €€€ | — | Tasting Menu |
| 9 | [Restaurante Sichuan 四川饭店](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/restaurante-sichuan) | Centro | €€ | — | Crispy Duck with Pekin Sauce (京酱鸭条) |
| 10 | [El Rincón Abulense](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-rincon-abulense) | Sol | €€ | — | Patatas revolconas |
| 11 | [Angelita](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/angelita) | Chueca | €€ | Repsol Recomendado | Pisto with rosemary-infused alioli |
| 12 | [La Barraca](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-barraca) | Chueca | €€ | Repsol Solete | Paella Valenciana |
| 13 | [El Cucurucho del Mar](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-cucurucho-del-mar) | Barrio de los Austrias | €€ | Repsol Solete | Zamburiñas |
| 14 | [Pury](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/pury) | Sol | €€ | — | — |
| 15 | [Alchemist 1967](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/alchemist-1967) | Sol | €€ | — | — |
| 16 | [Mawey Taco Bar Gran Vía](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/mawey-taco-bar-gran-via) | Palacio | €€ | — | Homemade Guacamole with Totopos |

## The 16 best Restaurants Near Gran Vía in Madrid

### 1. Gofio

*Michelin-starred Canarian tasting menus, just off Gran Vía*

- **Neighbourhood:** Barrio de las Letras
- **Address:** C. Caballero de Gracia N 20, 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles
- **Website:** https://www.gofiorestaurant.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gofio

Gofio moved in July 2024 to a two-floor space on Calle Caballero de Gracia, just off Gran Vía, after nine years on Calle de Lope de Vega. Chef Safe Cruz, who grew up in a farming family in El Tablero, Tenerife, built the kitchen around the Canarian pantry: rabbit trucha with injected salmorejo and a shrimp dish in cardamom mojo with a creamy millet broth are among the dishes. It earned a Michelin star in November 2019 and holds two Repsol Soles, and in 2025 it won Restaurante del Año at the Premios Metrópoli, with Aída González, who runs the dining room, taking Mejor Dirección de Sala. Three tasting menus run, from Gofio Express at €95 to Canariedad Máxima Plus at €185, with capacity capped at 20 diners a service.

**Order:**
- Rabbit trucha with injected salmorejo
- Gofio Express tasting menu (95€)
- Canariedad Máxima Plus tasting menu (185€)

### 2. La Tasquita de Enfrente

*Eight tables of radical-minimalist cooking, Michelin Selected*

- **Neighbourhood:** Malasaña
- **Address:** Calle Ballesta, 6 - 28004, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 2 Soles
- **Website:** https://latasquitadeenfrente.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-tasquita-de-enfrente

La Tasquita de Enfrente sits on Calle Ballesta, just off Gran Vía, where eight tables have run for 25 years. It has been there since 1999. Juanjo López Bedmar's father, Serafín, ran a casa de comidas called La Tasquita opposite an old restaurant, La Gran Tasca, giving the place its name, the little tavern across the way. The kitchen holds to radical minimalism, rarely more than three ingredients a dish, drawn from a repertoire of more than 300 dishes that changes daily around what suppliers flag the night before. Beyond the boiled red gamba, look for eel with pear, carabinero with sobrasada and battered kokotxas. It's listed in the Michelin Guide and holds two Repsol Soles; day-to-day leadership has passed to Nacho Trujillo. Two tasting menus run, nine courses at €110 and the 11-course Tasquita Experience at €150.

**Order:**
- Boiled red gamba
- Eel with pear
- Tasting menu (110€)

> "un chef que se atreve a innovar, a cambiar y ampliar su carta con productos" — Con el Morro Fino

### 3. La Primera

*Cantabrian coastal cooking right at Gran Vía's Alcalá corner*

- **Neighbourhood:** Cortes
- **Address:** Gran Vía, 1, 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-primera

La Primera sits at Gran Vía 1, in the Cortes barrio at the foot of the avenue. The team, with more than 45 years in hospitality, keeps its Santander roots: Cantabrian coastal entrantes like rabas de Santander and anchoas de Santoña sit alongside more inventive dishes. It's a modern, elegant room with a bar as well as the dining room, and a notable view is one of its listed features. It's listed in the Guía Repsol as Recomendado, and opens every day for lunch and dinner, 13:00 to 16:00 and 20:00 to 23:00, extending to 23:30 on Friday and Saturday.

**Order:**
- "La Primera" Russian salad (€16.50)
- Santander-style rabas
- 1981-style scorpionfish pudding (€17.00)

> "En la carta no faltan entrantes clásicos como las rabas de Santander" — OKDIARIO

### 4. Ático

*Rooftop of The Principal Madrid, right at Gran Vía's start*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** C/ Marqués de Valdeiglesias, 1. 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://www.unicohotels.com/es/the-principal-madrid/restaurantes-madrid/restaurante-atico/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/atico

Ático is the rooftop restaurant and terrace of The Principal Madrid, a hotel on Calle Marqués de Valdeiglesias in the Justicia barrio, right where the street meets the start of Gran Vía. The terrace and the view over the rooftops are the main event, in a room built around creative Spanish and Mediterranean cooking that leans on seasonal produce, alongside a large wine list. It carries a Recomendado in the Guía Repsol, and the service reads as attentive. It's open daily from 11:30 to 23:30, which makes it as workable for a long lunch or an aperitivo before a show as for a sit-down dinner.

> "Su carta se recrea en la gastronomía española, y sus productos más típicos" — Con el Morro Fino

### 5. Mercado de la Reina

*All-day Spanish classics and a fixture midday menu on Gran Vía*

- **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 has run on Gran Vía, open every day from 9am until late, as part of Grupo Mercado de la Reina. It opened in 2006. The kitchen sticks to classic Spanish dishes pulled from the country's denominaciones de origen, built on quality ingredients and what it calls honest cooking, and it runs a midday menu. There's a terrace on Gran Vía itself and a cocktail list, and the format makes it an easy stop for groups. Dishes on the menu include Cordoban salmorejo with Ibérico ham shavings, old-style patatas bravas, and a wild bluefin tuna tataki from Barbate over ajoblanco.

**Order:**
- Cordoban salmorejo (9,00€)
- Old-style patatas bravas (9,50€)
- Wild bluefin tuna tataki from Barbate over ajoblanco

### 6. Bloved

*Mediterranean hotel dining room in a restored 1920s Gran Vía building*

- **Neighbourhood:** Cortes
- **Address:** Calle Gran Vía 7-9, 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.cataloniahotels.com/en/hotel/catalonia-gran-via-madrid
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bloved

Bloved is the restaurant of the Catalonia Gran Via Madrid, a hotel in a restored early-20th-century building on Gran Vía known for its carved stone facade and Talavera-tile detailing. The kitchen cooks in an innovative Mediterranean style built around local produce, with dishes like suckling pig and slow-cooked oxtail, plus starters such as salmon tartare with avocado and pinions and corvina ceviche in tiger's milk and passion fruit. A separate Bloved Veggie Corner adds seasonal vegetarian and vegan options. It's open daily for lunch and dinner, roughly 13:00 to 15:30 and 19:00 to 22:30, and the hotel also runs a gastrobar, nnueve 9, with live performances.

**Order:**
- Salmon tartare, avocado and pinions (20,00 €)
- Corvina ceviche, tiger milk and passion fruit (19,00 €)

### 7. Gran Café Shanghai

*Traditional Chinese cooking and dim sum at street level on Gran Vía*

- **Neighbourhood:** Justicia
- **Address:** Gran Vía, 24, 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.casinogranvia.com/discover-our-gastro-spaces/gran-cafe-shanghai/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gran-cafe-shanghai

Gran Café Shanghai sits at street level of Casino Gran Vía, on Gran Vía itself, one of the casino's on-site gastro-spaces. The kitchen serves traditional Chinese dishes and dim sum in a modern, carefully decorated dining room with several distinct spaces, set up for groups and families. A daily set menu runs €15 and includes a starter, seasonal mushroom soup and egg or vegetable spring rolls among the options, a main like crispy chicken bao with vegetables and spicy sauce or pad thai with prawns, and dessert or coffee with a drink included.

**Order:**
- Daily Set Menu (15,00€)
- Crispy chicken bao with vegetables and spicy sauce
- Assorted dim sum (5 pcs)

> "En él descubrirás la cocina china a un nuevo nivel" — OKDIARIO

### 8. Hielo y Carbón

*Sensory-concept dining on the Hyatt Centric's second floor over Gran Vía*

- **Neighbourhood:** Universidad
- **Address:** Gran Vía, 31, 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Website:** https://www.hyattrestaurants.com/en/madrid/restaurant/hielo-y-carbon
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/hielo-y-carbon

Hielo y Carbón sits on the second floor of the Hyatt Centric Gran Via Madrid, with windows over the avenue. Its own site pitches it as a sensory concept rather than a straightforward hotel dining room, combining Spanish cooking with international touches in a modern, ingredient-led style, in a room elegant and quiet enough for a date. A tasting menu for a minimum of two runs €50 per person and includes sea bass tartare with citrus, horseradish and crispy corn toast, a grilled beef croquette with smoked chili, and a 12-hour charcoal-grilled short rib with baby potatoes and red mojo sauce. It's dinner only, daily from 19:00 to midnight, extending to around 01:00 on Saturday and Sunday.

**Order:**
- Tasting Menu (50 € p.p)
- Sea bass tartare with citrus, horseradish and crispy corn toast
- 12-hour charcoal-grilled short rib

> "Vistas increíbles a la arteria principal de la ciudad, la Gran Vía" — OKDIARIO

### 9. Restaurante Sichuan 四川饭店

*Regional Sichuan cooking on Caballero de Gracia, just off Gran Vía*

- **Neighbourhood:** Centro
- **Address:** C. del Caballero de Gracia, 8, 28013, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://restaurantesichuan.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/restaurante-sichuan

Restaurante Sichuan 四川饭店 cooks the food of Sichuan, China, on Calle del Caballero de Gracia, just off Gran Vía. Its own site says the chillies and peppercorns are imported directly from the region and the cooks are from Sichuan, for the deep, layered heat the cuisine is known for. The menu runs from crispy duck with Peking sauce and Chinese buns to spicy dishes like Kung Pao shrimp with cashew nuts and a Sichuan-style steamed sea bass with noodles, plus cold dishes such as banban chicken in a spicy sauce. There's no Michelin or Guía Repsol distinction. It's open daily for lunch and dinner, 13:00 to 16:30 and 19:30 to 23:30, closing at 23:00 on Sunday.

**Order:**
- Crispy Duck with Pekin Sauce (京酱鸭条) (13.90€)
- Kung Pao Shrimp with Cashew Nuts (宫保虾球)
- Banban Chicken (棒棒鸡)

### 10. El Rincón Abulense

*Ávila home cooking and free tapas, just off Gran Vía*

- **Neighbourhood:** Sol
- **Address:** Calle Caballero De Gracia, 18, 28013, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-rincon-abulense

El Rincón Abulense brings the cooking of Ávila to Calle Caballero de Gracia, just off Gran Vía, and doubles as the city's Hogar de Ávila, its walls hung with photographs of the province. The house dish is patatas revolconas, Ávila's mashed potatoes with paprika and pork, and the kitchen also serves Iberian ham, charcuterie and homemade plates, with free tapas handed out alongside drinks. It's a homely bar-and-dining-room, bar downstairs and dining room upstairs, that works well for groups, with a daily menu and raciones. It's open Monday to Friday from early morning, plus Saturday middays, and closed Sunday, which makes it a reliable option even outside typical dinner hours.

**Order:**
- Patatas revolconas

### 11. Angelita

*Two-floor wine bar, No. 45 on 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 a family-run wine bar, cocktail bar and restaurant on Calle de la Reina, in Chueca. Brothers David and Mario Villalón opened it in 2016 and it's since become one of Madrid's benchmark wine bars, sitting at No. 45 on the inaugural Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 and on the World's 50 Best Bars extended list. The room spreads over two floors, a modern wine bistro upstairs and a classic cocktail bar below. The kitchen is seasonal and produce-led, much of it grown in the family's own garden: pisto with rosemary-infused alioli and a bull's tail stew reworked as cannelloni sit alongside the signature 'negroni powder' sbagliato cocktail. The wine list runs to more than 2,000 references, with around 60 by the glass.

**Order:**
- Pisto with rosemary-infused alioli
- Bull's tail stew cannelloni

> "una coctelería a la americana con más de 500 destilados para elegir" — Con el Morro Fino

### 12. La Barraca

*Valencian rice house on Calle de la Reina since 1935*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** C. Reina, 29, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://www.labarraca.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-barraca

La Barraca has served Valencian rice cooked in the traditional style, on bomba rice with DO Valencia, since 1935, when the Solís family brought it to Madrid; it has stayed in the family across three generations. It sits on Calle de la Reina, a step from Gran Vía, and holds a Repsol Solete. The rice list runs from a classic Paella Valenciana and mixed paella to a baked rice with cocido and a rice with duck and wild mushrooms, alongside dishes like grilled cod and stuffed baby squid in its ink. It opens daily for lunch and dinner.

**Order:**
- Paella Valenciana
- Baked Rice with Cocido
- Stuffed Baby Squid in Its Ink

### 13. El Cucurucho del Mar

*Galician seafood from two generations of vigueses, near Callao*

- **Neighbourhood:** Barrio de los Austrias
- **Address:** Calle Postigo de San Martín, 6, 28013, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://elcucuruchodelmar.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-cucurucho-del-mar

El Cucurucho del Mar sits on Calle del Postigo de San Martín, near Plaza de Callao, and holds a Repsol Solete. The venue describes itself as the work of two generations of vigueses, people from Vigo, cooking family recipes with a more contemporary touch. Produce-led Galician dishes anchor the carta: fresh zamburiñas, pulpo de Bueu with cachelos, Galician meats, pimientos de Padrón and a revuelto of Finisterre seaweed with sea urchin roe, alongside grilled platters like the mariscada for two or four. It also serves a menú del día alongside the carta. Monday is lunch only; Tuesday to Sunday it runs from late morning through midnight.

**Order:**
- Zamburiñas
- Pulpo de Bueu con cachelos
- Mariscada – Grilled Platter for Two

### 14. Pury

*Korean cooking on Calle de las Veneras, near Callao*

- **Neighbourhood:** Sol
- **Address:** Las Veneras, 3, 28013, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://puryspain.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/pury

Pury serves Korean food, cooked in a traditional register rather than a fusion one, on Calle de las Veneras, near Plaza de Callao. Jinwon Yoon opened it in August 2024. It's vegetarian-friendly, and cocktails are part of what it does. The room is casual and the service reads as warm and attentive. It has no website, so its Instagram, @pury.kr, is the venue's own channel. It's open Monday for dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner, closed Sunday, and shuts for a summer break in August.

### 15. Alchemist 1967

*High-end cocktail bar and small plates on Calle de Veneras*

- **Neighbourhood:** Sol
- **Address:** Calle de las Veneras, 1, 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.alchemist1967.com
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/alchemist-1967

Alchemist 1967 is a cocktail bar first, on Calle de Veneras near Plaza de Callao, with an eclectic small-plates menu built to sit alongside the drinks rather than compete with them. The cocktail list is high-end, built around signature drinks like Water of Life, Hermetic Art, Fifth Element and Rubedo: Work in Red, alongside a Classic Alchemist 1967 Dry Martini and a non-alcoholic elixir menu. The room is lively and stylish, with the music kept soft in the background. Nothing opens before 19:00 any day of the week, running to 01:00 Sunday through Wednesday and 03:00 Thursday to Saturday, which makes it a late-evening stop rather than an early one.

### 16. Mawey Taco Bar Gran Vía

*Quick-service Mexican taco bar near Plaza de España*

- **Neighbourhood:** Palacio
- **Address:** Calle de San Bernardo, 5 (galería), 28013 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://restaurantemawey.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/mawey-taco-bar-gran-via

Mawey Taco Bar Gran Vía is the San Bernardo address of Mawey, a Mexican taco bar rather than a sit-down restaurant, on Calle de San Bernardo in Palacio, toward the Plaza de España end of Gran Vía. The kitchen is set up for quick, efficient service, open from early afternoon through to midnight six days a week, which makes it work for a group celebration as easily as a fast lunch. The menu runs from homemade guacamole with totopos and a yellow fish and shrimp ceviche in passion fruit tiger's milk, to crispy Angus picaña flautas bathed in smoked chipotle chili sauce and cochinita pibil enchiladas. It's closed Tuesdays, open Wednesday to Monday, 13:30 to midnight.

**Order:**
- Homemade Guacamole with Totopos (9,80€)
- Yellow Fish and Shrimp Ceviche with Passion Fruit Tiger's Milk and Totopos (10,50€)
- Cochinita Pibil Enchiladas with Baja-Med Sauce (11,70€)

> "Un nuevo e innovador concepto de taquerías gastronómicas" — OKDIARIO

## Honourable mentions

- **[Café Varela](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/cafe-varela)** (Sol) — Classic Spanish and Galician cooking on Calle Preciados, the pedestrian street running from Puerta del Sol up to Plaza de Callao.

## The Gran Vía scene in Madrid

On Gran Vía itself, the kitchens skew toward hotel dining rooms and street-level spots built for footfall: La Primera at the Alcalá end, Mercado de la Reina and Bloved further along the avenue, Gran Café Shanghai's dim sum at street level of Casino Gran Vía, and Hielo y Carbón, with windows over the avenue from the second floor of the Hyatt Centric. Step onto Calle Caballero de Gracia, just off Gran Vía near its Alcalá end, and the range widens fast: Gofio's Michelin-starred Canarian tasting menus, the regional cooking at Restaurante Sichuan, and Ávila home cooking at El Rincón Abulense. Calle de la Reina, toward Chueca, holds Angelita's wine and cocktail bar and La Barraca's Valencian rice house. Around Plaza de Callao, a tighter cluster on Veneras and Preciados runs from Galician seafood and Korean cooking to cocktails and a classic Spanish-Galician dining room, and toward Plaza de España, Mawey Taco Bar Gran Vía keeps a quick-service Mexican counter going until midnight most nights.

## Know before you go

### 1. The avenue and its side streets have different personalities

Gran Vía itself runs mostly hotel dining rooms and street-level spots built for passing footfall. Step onto a side street like Caballero de Gracia or Calle de la Reina and the cooking gets more specific fast.

### 2. Several of the best tables here are hotel restaurants

Bloved and Hielo y Carbón both sit inside hotels on Gran Vía, so it's worth checking the hotel's own booking channel rather than a general reservations site.

### 3. Book ahead for the tasting menus

Gofio caps each service at 20 diners and La Tasquita de Enfrente has just eight tables, so both are worth booking well before a show rather than trying for a walk-in table.

### 4. Prices swing wide across this list

Gran Café Shanghai runs a daily set menu at €15, while Gofio's longest tasting menu runs to €185. Check each restaurant's own price range before you commit to a pre-theatre dinner.

### 5. Some of the rooftops don't open for lunch

Hielo y Carbón and Alchemist 1967 both open at 19:00 for dinner only, so they don't work for a matinee lunch; check each venue's own hours before planning around a show time.

## Glossary

- **Repsol Solete** — The Guía Repsol's distinction for good-value, honest cooking, a different and lower tier than a full Repsol Sol.
- **Michelin Selected** — A restaurant included in the Michelin Guide on the strength of its cooking without holding a star.
- **Menú del día** — A fixed-price, multi-course weekday lunch menu, a long-running fixture of Spanish dining.

## Frequently asked questions

### What's a good restaurant right on Gran Vía?

La Primera sits at Gran Vía 1, at the Alcalá end of the avenue, and Mercado de la Reina is further along at Gran Vía 12, open from 9am until late every day with a fixture midday menu.

### Is there a Michelin-starred restaurant near Gran Vía?

Gofio, on Calle Caballero de Gracia just off Gran Vía, holds a Michelin star for its Canarian tasting menus. La Tasquita de Enfrente, on Calle Ballesta, is listed in the Michelin Guide as Selected but doesn't hold a star.

### Where can I get a rooftop view near Gran Vía?

Hielo y Carbón, on the second floor of the Hyatt Centric, looks out over Gran Vía, and Ático, the rooftop restaurant and terrace of The Principal Madrid, sits right where the street meets the start of Gran Vía.

### Where can I find paella near Gran Vía?

La Barraca, on Calle de la Reina a step from Gran Vía, has served Valencian rice and paella since 1935, cooked in the traditional style with bomba rice.

### Is there good Chinese food near Gran Vía?

Gran Café Shanghai serves traditional Chinese cooking and dim sum at street level on Gran Vía itself, and Restaurante Sichuan, on Calle Caballero de Gracia just off the avenue, specialises in regional Sichuan dishes.

### Where can I eat quickly near Plaza de Callao?

El Cucurucho del Mar (Galician seafood), Pury (Korean), Alchemist 1967 (cocktails and small plates) and Café Varela (classic Spanish-Galician) all sit on the small cluster of streets around Plaza de Callao.

### What's a good spot for tacos near Gran Vía?

Mawey Taco Bar Gran Vía runs a quick-service Mexican taco counter on Calle de San Bernardo, toward the Plaza de España end of the avenue, open Wednesday to Monday until midnight.

## 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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