# Best Restaurants in Salamanca > 15 restaurants in Madrid's Barrio de Salamanca, from Cantabrian tasting menus at the Rosewood Villa Magna to Bib Gourmand market kitchens and Basque grills. - **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/best-salamanca - **City:** Madrid, Spain - **Published:** 2026-09-27 - **Updated:** 2026-10-04 - **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder - **Reading time:** 14 min ## Introduction Fifteen restaurants across Madrid's Barrio de Salamanca make this list, from Amós's Cantabrian cooking inside the Rosewood Villa Magna to a Lista casa de comidas where about 80 percent of the dishes are made to order. ## Key picks at a glance - **Best Bib Gourmand value** — [Treze](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/treze): Saúl Sanz's market cooking in a bright Goya dining room, a Bib Gourmand and one Repsol Sol. - **Best classic tavern** — [Taberna Verdejo](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/taberna-verdejo): Marian Reguera's casa de comidas in Lista, two Repsol Soles and a reputation for being hard to book. - **Best Japanese counter** — [Tora](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tora): a ten-seat Japanese taberna working Spanish ingredients into its sashimi and nigiri. - **Best for a group dinner** — [BiBo Madrid](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bibo-madrid): Dani García's 800-square-metre Andalusian-international room on Paseo de la Castellana. ## A guide to Barrio de Salamanca in Madrid ### Where is Barrio de Salamanca? Barrio de Salamanca is a grid-planned district built in the 19th century as an eastward extension of Madrid, sitting between Retiro park and Paseo de la Castellana. It's split into six administrative wards: Recoletos, Goya, Fuente del Berro, Guindalera, Lista and Castellana. ### What kind of dining does the neighbourhood have? The Michelin Guide notes that Salamanca's straight, rectilinear streets are home to museums, stately buildings and a heavy concentration of bars and restaurants. It's known for its luxury shopping too, especially along Calle Serrano, and the dining runs from Michelin-recognised fine dining to neighbourhood tabernas and casas de comidas. ### What do Bib Gourmand and Repsol Sol mean? A Michelin Bib Gourmand marks a restaurant the guide considers good value rather than a star; two of the restaurants on this list hold one. A Repsol Sol is the main quality distinction in Spain's Guía Repsol, awarded from one to three Soles; Taberna Verdejo and El Paraguas hold two. ### What's casquería, and where can I try it in Salamanca? Casquería is Spanish for offal cooking, nose-to-tail dishes like callos, sweetbreads and pig's ear. La Barra de la Tasquería, on the site where La Tasquería first opened, builds its whole menu around it. > "In Barrio de Salamanca the range runs from Amós's Cantabrian cooking inside the Rosewood Villa Magna to a Basque chef selling five-euro tortilla sandwiches on the sidewalk outside Haramboure." ## How we built this list We built this list starting from the Barrio de Salamanca restaurants we've profiled, then checked it against Michelin Guide coverage of the district and an independent Madrid food blog to see which of our restaurants got cited and which real gaps we were missing. Every entry here has a verified address inside Salamanca's official wards, Recoletos, Goya, Fuente del Berro, Guindalera, Lista or Castellana, not just a citywide reputation. A few restaurants named repeatedly by outside sources, including Álbora and the former Kabuki Wellington, aren't currently among the Madrid restaurants we've profiled, so they don't 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 15 best Restaurants in Barrio de Salamanca, compared | # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [La Bien Aparecida](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-bien-aparecida) | Recoletos | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Line-caught hake in green sauce | | 2 | [El Gran Asador Lecanda](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-gran-asador-lecanda) | Recoletos | €€€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Lecanda marmitako | | 3 | [Amós](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/amos) | Castellana | €€€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Smoked-bonito Gilda with caviar | | 4 | [Haramboure](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/haramboure) | Castellana | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Cocochas and bacalao tripe | | 5 | [Surtopía](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/surtopia) | Castellana | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Shrimp fritters 'Plaza del Cabildo' | | 6 | [Tora](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tora) | Castellana | €€€€ | Michelin Selected | Caramelised toro nigiri with oyster sauce and ginger | | 7 | [99 Sushi Bar - Hermosilla](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/99-sushi-bar-hermosilla) | Recoletos | €€€€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Crispy rice with wagyu bacon | | 8 | [Tetsu](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tetsu) | Recoletos | €€€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Sea bass in shio koji with Madrid stew broth | | 9 | [La Barra de la Tasquería](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-barra-de-la-tasqueria) | Goya | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand | Callos cooked over three days | | 10 | [Treze](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/treze) | Goya | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol 1 Sol | Torreznos | | 11 | [Taberna Verdejo](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/taberna-verdejo) | Lista | €€€ | Repsol 2 Soles | Graus butifarra | | 12 | [El Paraguas](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-paraguas) | Recoletos | €€€ | Repsol 2 Soles | Verdinas with partridge | | 13 | [La Maruca - Velázquez](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-maruca-velazquez) | Recoletos | €€€ | Michelin Selected | The Rula Hake | | 14 | [BiBo Madrid](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bibo-madrid) | Castellana | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Oxtail brioche | | 15 | [Cañadío Madrid](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/canadio-madrid) | Lista | €€€ | Repsol Recomendado | Bonito burger (tartare-style) | ## The 15 best Restaurants in Barrio de Salamanca in Madrid ### 1. La Bien Aparecida *Cantabrian classics with Cañadío-family roots, Jorge Juan terrace* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** C. de Jorge Juan, 8, 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://restaurantelabienaparecida.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-bien-aparecida La Bien Aparecida is named after the patron saint of Cantabria and brings that region's traditional coastal cooking to Calle de Jorge Juan in Recoletos, with chef José Manuel de Dios at the stove. Grupo Cañadío opened it in 2015 as its third restaurant. It's the Madrid sibling of La Maruca, and several dishes nod to Cañadío in Santander with the date 1981 stamped on them, including the signature Cañadío cheesecake. The carta runs from the house Russian salad and Cantabrian anchovies to creamy lacón croquettes, Santander-style fried squid, the Basque purrusalda soup and pan-fried Galician clams Cañadío-style, with line-caught hake served in green sauce, battered, or with pil-pil. There's also veal callos cooked to a Liébana recipe. A tasting menu runs €80, with an optional wine pairing for €42. It's listed in the Michelin Guide and holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol, and the room stays easy enough to talk in for business lunches. **Order:** - Line-caught hake in green sauce - Pan-fried Galician clams, Cañadío 1981-style - Veal callos, Liébana recipe > "cocina tradicional bien actualizada" — Guía MICHELIN España ### 2. El Gran Asador Lecanda *Basque grill on the site where Lecanda started in 1998* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** C/ Lagasca, 46, 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://elgranasadorlecanda.com/lagasca - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-gran-asador-lecanda El Gran Asador Lecanda opened in April 2023 on Calle Lagasca in Recoletos, on the same site where chef David Lecanda began his Madrid career back in 1998, and it quickly became a reference for popular Basque grill cooking. The kitchen works entirely over fire, in the tradition of the old Basque farmhouses and gastronomic societies: fish rests on Orio-style tubular grills or Getaria-style bream cages, and Lecanda was a pioneer in keeping his own tanks of live king crab from the Barents Sea. Chuletones are priced by the kilo, from domestic Angus at €95 up to select aged Rubia at €130, alongside Lecanda's marmitako, a refined fabada and Lidia bull's oxtail. It's recommended in the Michelin Guide and holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol, and it opens every day from 13:00 to midnight with no break. **Order:** - Lecanda marmitako - Chuletón, aged Rubia (priced by the kilo) - Live king crab from the restaurant's own tanks > "la nueva (y actualizada) gran parrilla vasca de Madrid" — Con El Morro Fino ### 3. Amós *Cantabrian tasting menu inside the Rosewood Villa Magna* - **Neighbourhood:** Castellana - **Address:** Paseo de la Castellana 22, 28046 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/villa-magna/dining/amos - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/amos Amós is chef Jesús Sánchez's Cantabrian restaurant inside the Rosewood Villa Magna on Paseo de la Castellana, bringing the traditional, ingredient-led cooking of Spain's northern coast to Madrid in a quiet, elegant room with garden dining. It opened in November 2021. The carta opens with a smoked-bonito Gilda with caviar and Cantabrian anchovies, and runs through 'our famous' hake in green seaweed sauce, verdina beans with hake cheeks and beef tenderloin with Picón Bejes-Tresviso cheese sauce. Esencia, the tasting menu, costs €140 with VAT and walks the table through the house's greatest hits, from the Gilda to the hake to a peach and passion-fruit escabeche, with an exclusive wine pairing for €100. At midday Wednesday to Friday, the more accessible Amós Formula runs €49 with water and coffee included. It's listed in the Michelin Guide, holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol and sits at #449 on OAD's Europe Top Restaurants 2025. **Order:** - Smoked-bonito Gilda with caviar - Hake in green seaweed sauce - Esencia tasting menu > "espectacular menú degustación cántabro en el Hotel Villa Magna" — Con El Morro Fino ### 4. Haramboure *Basque-French bistro from two ex-Fismuler chefs, €5 tortilla stand* - **Neighbourhood:** Castellana - **Address:** Calle Maldonado, 4, 28006 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://www.haramboure.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/haramboure Chef Patxi Zumarraga trained at elBulli, The Fat Duck and Nobu London before co-founding Fismuler, then left at the end of 2022 to open Haramboure with Patricia Haramboure, who'd worked alongside him there. They opened on Calle Maldonado in September 2023, in the space that previously housed Esbardos, in a stone-and-wood room styled after a Basque bodegón with antique and flea-market furniture. The kitchen cooks over oak and turns out cocochas and bacalao tripe, a Zalla onion tatin, boletus aereus brushed with beef fat and grilled, and scorpionfish served three ways. Every morning, separate from dinner service, Zumarraga runs a bocadillo de tortilla stand right outside for €5, in his own words: 'lo que me gusta, lo que me divierte.' Haramboure is recommended in the Michelin Guide and holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol. **Order:** - Cocochas and bacalao tripe - Zalla onion tatin - Grilled boletus aereus with beef fat ### 5. Surtopía *Sanlúcar-style Andalusian cooking, Cádiz produce, Jerez wine list* - **Neighbourhood:** Castellana - **Address:** C/ Núñez de Balboa 106, 28006 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://www.surtopia.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/surtopia José Calleja, from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, spent more than 25 years in Madrid kitchens, including El Olivo and Goizeko Kabi, before opening Surtopía in January 2012. He calls it a little piece of Andalusia in Castellana, built on fish and shellfish from the markets of Cádiz and Almería, Ibérico from the dehesas of Huelva and Córdoba, and cheeses from the Sierra de Grazalema. The carta opens with shrimp fritters 'Plaza del Cabildo,' salmorejo and a king-prawn Russian salad, and runs through braised corvina Rota-style, sailor's rice and Ibérico cabecero glazed in sherry vinegar. The six-course tasting menu runs €80 for the table, with a Gran Sherry pairing at €35. The wine list keeps its own line: exclusive generoso wines, still Andalusian wines from native grapes like palomino and tintilla de Rota, and small-producer Champagnes. It's recommended in the Michelin Guide and holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol. **Order:** - Shrimp fritters 'Plaza del Cabildo' - Braised corvina, Rota-style - Ibérico cabecero glazed in sherry vinegar > "sabores andaluces, especialmente gaditanos" — Guía MICHELIN España ### 6. Tora *Ten-seat Japanese counter fusing Spanish ingredients into nigiri* - **Neighbourhood:** Castellana - **Address:** C. de Padilla, 5, Madrid, 28006, Spain - **Price:** €€€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected - **Website:** https://toraexperience.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tora Tora, tiger in Japanese, opened in 2022 as a contemporary Japanese taberna on Calle de Padilla, in the Castellana end of Salamanca, run as an intimate counter seating around ten. The kitchen folds Spanish and madrileño ingredients into Japanese technique: fusión nigiri like caramelised toro with oyster sauce and ginger, or wagyu A5 with foie, sit alongside Gillardeau oysters with ponzu and ikura, and a Madrid-style Wagyu tripe shio ramen made with callos a la madrileña that's served at lunch only. The carta is built for grazing across sashimi, usuzukuri, tartares, temaki and tataki, including a scallop with sweet miso and ramen reduction and an Asturian black-pudding gyoza with red-wine pears. It's listed in the Michelin Guide, and it's closed Sunday and Monday. **Order:** - Caramelised toro nigiri with oyster sauce and ginger - Wagyu tripe shio ramen (lunch only) - Asturian black-pudding gyoza with red-wine pears > "nueva-gran taberna japonesa en el barrio de Salamanca" — Con El Morro Fino ### 7. 99 Sushi Bar - Hermosilla *Formal, hard-to-book sushi room on the Hermosilla boulevard* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** Calle Hermosilla, 4. 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€€ - **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://www.99sushibar.com/99-sushi-bar-hermosilla/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/99-sushi-bar-hermosilla 99 Sushi Bar Hermosilla sits on Calle Hermosilla, the stately boulevard stretch of Recoletos between Plaza de Cibeles and Puerta de Alcalá, where the dining rooms lean formal. The room itself is cosy and elegant rather than roomy, the kitchen is ingredient-led, and it's genuinely hard to get a table. Part of the wider 99 Sushi Bar group, the menu runs to dishes like crispy rice with wagyu bacon and a wagyu carpaccio gyutataki from Kagoshima. It holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol, and it's closed on Sundays, with evening-sitting hours that can vary, so it's worth confirming the time when you book. **Order:** - Crispy rice with wagyu bacon - Wagyu carpaccio gyutataki (Kagoshima) > "restaurante japonés con buenas materias primas" — Guía MICHELIN España ### 8. Tetsu *Teppanyaki counter run by three culinary-school grads since 2025* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** Calle Marqués de Villamagna 1, 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://restaurantetetsu.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tetsu Tetsu opened on January 28, 2025 in Recoletos, founded by three culinary students from the MOM Culinary Institute: Miguel de Aguilar, João Kather and Sergio Tamayo. It's a young, ambitious teppanyaki project cooked live at a counter of five chrome griddles, where Japanese tradition meets a contemporary, Mediterranean-leaning eye. The griddle turns out clams under a bell with beurre blanc dashi and fennel oil, Amela tomato in cold onion dashi with umeboshi plum, sea bass cured in shio koji and served with Madrid stew broth and chickpea purée, and wagyu A5 with Galician sea urchin. At the 2025 Premios Metrópoli it picked up a mention in the Restaurante Revelación category, and it also placed #576 on OAD's Europe Top Restaurants 2025. It's listed in the Michelin Guide. **Order:** - Sea bass in shio koji with Madrid stew broth - Wagyu A5 with Galician sea urchin - Clams under a bell with beurre blanc dashi > "la barra teppanyaki (liderada por chefs veinteañeros) que está revolucionando Madrid" — Con El Morro Fino ### 9. La Barra de la Tasquería *Bib Gourmand offal bar on La Tasquería's original site* - **Neighbourhood:** Goya - **Address:** C. del Duque de Sesto, 48, 28009 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand - **Website:** https://tasqueriabarra.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-barra-de-la-tasqueria La Barra de la Tasquería occupies Calle del Duque de Sesto 48, the room where Javi Estévez first opened La Tasquería before it moved on, and chef Adrián Collantes, Estévez's longtime right hand, now runs it as a more open, casual take on the original's casquería. Callos are cooked over three days, the pork snout is confited then fried and topped with fabada foam, and there are veal sweetbreads, lamb sweetbreads, brains and confit pig's ear. His jamón ibérico croquette was a finalist for the world's best croquette at Madrid Fusión 2025, and his steak tartare won the Campeonato de Steak Tartar at the Fòrum Gastronòmic in Girona. Beyond offal, there's three-meat cannelloni, sirloin rice and an egg flan for dessert, with many dishes served as a full or half ración. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. **Order:** - Callos cooked over three days - Jamón ibérico croquette (Madrid Fusión 2025 finalist) - Confit pig's ear ### 10. Treze *Bib Gourmand market kitchen with an attached aperitivo bar* - **Neighbourhood:** Goya - **Address:** Calle General Pardiñas, 34, 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://trezerestaurante.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/treze Treze is chef Saúl Sanz's cocina de mercado on Calle General Pardiñas in Goya, built around the best seasonal produce, with suggestions that change almost daily. It started in 2010 as a neighbourhood bistro at number 13 of Calle San Bernardino, which gave it its name. It runs as two spaces: a large, bright dining room, and Treze Bar next door for the aperitivo, a glass of wine or a caña. Regulars on the carta include torreznos, Ibérico ham croquettes and ensaladilla rusa, alongside a veal-snout-and-trotter stew, veal sweetbreads, roast squab with gyozas and 40-day-aged beef chops; newer arrivals are brioche buns filled with slow-cooked beef in mole. A tasting menu runs €55 for an aperitif, two starters, two mains and dessert. Treze holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and won its first Repsol Sol in 2023, and it's closed Sunday and Monday. **Order:** - Torreznos - Veal snout and trotter stew - 40-day-aged beef chops ### 11. Taberna Verdejo *Casa de comidas famous for escabeches, hard to book* - **Neighbourhood:** Lista - **Address:** C/ General Díaz Porlier, 59, 28006 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Repsol 2 Soles - **Website:** https://tabernaverdejo.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/taberna-verdejo Taberna Verdejo is chef Marian Reguera's casa de comidas in Lista, where, as she puts it, roots and tradition rule: traditional food gently renewed, cooked the way her mother and grandmother did. It opened around 2015 on Calle Espartinas before moving to its larger home on General Díaz Porlier. She worked hotels and restaurants from Expo '92 to the Hotel Palace, El Arce and El Olivo before opening her own place. The house always keeps escabeches, salazones and fish and meat smoked over birch sawdust in the style of Iñaki Camba, including Graus butifarra and acorn-fed loin from Remedios Sánchez in Guijuelo. A quail skewer en escabeche won a Gourmet award in 2026. About 80 percent of dishes are cooked to order and the carta changes every season, so the house suggests coming back at least four times a year. It holds two Repsol Soles and is known as a hard restaurant to book. **Order:** - Graus butifarra - Homemade smoked fish, Iñaki Camba style - Quail skewer en escabeche ### 12. El Paraguas *Asturian original behind Grupo Paraguas, open since 2004* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** Calle Jorge Juan, 16, 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Repsol 2 Soles - **Website:** https://elparaguas.com/en/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-paraguas El Paraguas opened in 2004 on Calle Jorge Juan in Recoletos, and became the first restaurant of what grew into Grupo Paraguas, the Madrid group behind Ten con Ten, Ultramarinos Quintín, Amazónico and Numa Pompilio, among others. It remains the group's Asturian original: an honest kitchen built on quality, authenticity and simplicity, traditional and ingredient-led. House classics include verdinas with partridge and morels stuffed with foie. It holds two Soles in the Guía Repsol, with a wine list flagged as one of its strengths, private dining rooms, and a terrace on Jorge Juan. The kitchen runs all day, open every day from 12:30 to 02:00. **Order:** - Verdinas with partridge - Morels stuffed with foie ### 13. La Maruca - Velázquez *Cantabrian all-day room, part of the La Maruca-Cañadío family* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** Calle de Velázquez, 54, 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Selected - **Website:** https://restaurantelamaruca.com/carta-velazquez/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-maruca-velazquez This is the Velázquez address of La Maruca, which also runs a room on López de Hoyos, sitting in Recoletos and listed in the Michelin Guide. It opened in 2013 as the first Madrid house of Grupo Cañadío's La Maruca. The room keeps a busy all-day feel, warm and cosy but consistently bustling, with a terrace and doors that open from 8am on weekdays even though the kitchen holds to lunch and dinner sittings. The carta covers cocido meat croquettes, bonito empanadillas, Santander-style fried squid, the Rula hake and baby squid with fideuá in its ink, plus mountain-style tripe and a heifer beef tartare. Desserts include the signature Cañadío cheesecake, dated 1981, tying it to the group's Santander original. Dishes suitable for coeliacs are marked on the carta. **Order:** - The Rula Hake - Baby squid with fideuá in its ink - Cañadío cheesecake (1981) > "cocina cántabra en un local moderno y siempre animado" — Guía MICHELIN España ### 14. BiBo Madrid *Dani García's Andalusian-international kitchen, feria lights on Castellana* - **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 is chef Dani García's most travelled concept, launched in Marbella in 2014 as a looser, more accessible cooking than his fine-dining work, and it reached Madrid in August 2016. The 800-square-metre room on Paseo de la Castellana is strung with thousands of bulbs echoing the lighting of Málaga's feria, and the interior tends to register before the food does. The kitchen is international with Andalusian influences: BiBo Hits include an oxtail brioche and a Robuchon-style king prawn, and the carta climbs to shared cuts like a beef tomahawk. There's a weekend brunch, a Mexican menu on Wednesday evenings, and behind a secret door sits El Coleccionista, a hidden cocktail bar. It's listed in the Michelin Guide, and it runs late, to 1am every night. **Order:** - Oxtail brioche - Robuchon king prawns - Beef tomahawk > "cocina actual de la mano de Dani García" — Guía MICHELIN España ### 15. Cañadío Madrid *Santander import on Conde de Peñalver, sister to La Maruca* - **Neighbourhood:** Lista - **Address:** Conde de Peñalver, 86, 28006, Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/canadio-madrid Cañadío Madrid sits on Conde de Peñalver in Lista, the Madrid outpost of the well-known Cañadío in Santander and part of the same group as La Maruca. It's a classic, elegant room with a terrace, and the bar opens from 08:00 on weekdays, long before the kitchen, which runs 13:00 to 16:00 and 20:00 to 23:00 (to 16:30 at weekend lunch). The carta leans traditional Spanish: a Russian salad, burrata with fresh anchovies and pesto, rabas fried Santander-style, a bonito burger done tartare-style, and a steak tartare billed as a tribute to Alberto Chicote. Desserts include a lemon tart and a 1981 rice pudding. It's recommended in the Guía Repsol, and since the group publishes separate cartas for Madrid and Santander, it's worth checking you're reading the right one. **Order:** - Bonito burger (tartare-style) - Steak tartare, tribute to Alberto Chicote - Rice pudding, 1981 recipe > "comparte nombre con la casa madre santanderina" — Guía MICHELIN España ## Honourable mentions - **[Pacto Raíz](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/pacto-raiz)** (Goya) — Latin American and Spanish tapas-and-market cooking on Calle de Espartinas in Goya, listed in the Michelin Guide. - **[Onoe](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/onoe)** (Goya) — Onoe, a Lebanese bistro on Calle de Hermosilla in Goya. - **[Noi](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/noi)** (Castellana) — Gianni Pinto's Italian restaurant in Castellana, listed in the Michelin Guide, closed for renovation over the summer of 2026 and was due back in September; confirm it has reopened before booking. - **[Villoldo](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/villoldo)** (Castellana) — Traditional Castilian cooking in Castellana from sisters Pilar and Mercedes Pedrosa, winner of the 2022 Premio a la Cocina Regional en Madrid. - **[StreetXO](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/streetxo)** (Castellana) — Dabiz Muñoz's informal street-food concept on the fourth floor of El Corte Inglés Serrano, holding one Sol in the Guía Repsol. ## The Barrio de Salamanca scene in Madrid Salamanca's restaurant scene splits fairly evenly between hotel fine dining and neighbourhood institutions. Amós works out of the Rosewood Villa Magna, while Taberna Verdejo and Cañadío Madrid serve a regular, mostly local crowd on quieter residential corners. Basque and Cantabrian cooking show up again and again: El Gran Asador Lecanda, Haramboure, La Bien Aparecida, La Maruca and Cañadío Madrid all draw on the northern coast, and Japanese dining has grown into its own strand with Tora, Tetsu and 99 Sushi Bar Hermosilla. Bib Gourmands sit in Goya at Treze and La Barra de la Tasquería, proof the district isn't only about tasting menus. ## Know before you go ### 1. Reservations matter here. 99 Sushi Bar Hermosilla and Taberna Verdejo are both known as hard restaurants to book, so plan ahead for either. ### 2. Closed days vary restaurant to restaurant: Amós takes Monday and Tuesday off, Treze and Tora both close Sunday and Monday, and Noi closed for renovation over the summer of 2026 and was due back in September, so it's worth checking a restaurant's current hours before you go. ### 3. Price bands stretch wide across this list, from Treze's €26 to €50 Bib Gourmand kitchen up to Over €100 tasting menus at Tetsu, so there's room to eat well here without a fine-dining budget. ### 4. Treze runs as two spaces: a dining room, and its own adjoining aperitivo bar next door. ## Glossary - **Casa de comidas** — A modest, home-style Spanish restaurant serving daily specials rather than an elaborate carta. - **Taberna** — A traditional Spanish tavern serving wine and small plates. - **Bib Gourmand** — A Michelin Guide distinction for good food at moderate prices, separate from a star. - **Casquería** — Spanish for offal cooking, nose-to-tail dishes like callos, sweetbreads and pig's trotter. ## Frequently asked questions ### Where should I eat in Barrio de Salamanca, Madrid? It depends on the night. For a splurge, Amós runs a tasting menu inside the Rosewood Villa Magna. For something more casual, Treze and La Barra de la Tasquería hold Michelin Bib Gourmands, and Taberna Verdejo is a Lista casa de comidas with two Repsol Soles. ### What's an affordable option in Barrio de Salamanca? Treze, on Calle General Pardiñas, is a Michelin Bib Gourmand with prices in the €26 to €50 range. Taberna Verdejo in Lista and La Barra de la Tasquería in Goya are both mid-priced too. ### Where can I get good seafood in Barrio de Salamanca? Surtopía, in Castellana, is built on fish and shellfish from the markets of Cádiz and Almería, and El Gran Asador Lecanda cooks fish over fire on Orio-style tubular grills or Getaria-style bream cages. ### Which streets in Barrio de Salamanca have more than one restaurant on this list? Paseo de la Castellana and Calle de Jorge Juan each carry two of the restaurants here. ### Is there good Japanese food in Barrio de Salamanca? Yes, it's one of the district's strongest cuisines on this list. Tora runs an intimate ten-seat counter on Calle de Padilla, Tetsu is a teppanyaki project from three culinary-school graduates, and 99 Sushi Bar Hermosilla holds one Repsol Sol. ### What's a good Basque restaurant in Barrio de Salamanca? El Gran Asador Lecanda is a Basque grill on Calle Lagasca built around live fire, and Haramboure is a Basque-French bistro on Calle Maldonado from chef Patxi Zumarraga, previously of elBulli and Fismuler. ### How expensive is eating out in Barrio de Salamanca? It varies a lot. Prices run from Treze's €26 to €50 Bib Gourmand carta up to Over €100 tasting menus at Tetsu, so there's a real range depending on the night. ## 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. 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