# Best Terraces in Madrid

> 18 Madrid restaurants with a real garden, courtyard or plaza terrace, from CLOS's Michelin-starred garden room to Los Galayos's terrace on Plaza Mayor.

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

## Introduction

CLOS, the Michelin-starred wine restaurant in Ríos Rosas, opens its dining room onto a garden behind the open kitchen. Los Galayos, a tavern right off Plaza Mayor since 1894, sets its tables onto the square itself. Filandón cooks over an open wood fire inside El Pardo forest. This list covers 18 Madrid restaurants with a genuine terrace, garden, courtyard or plaza table built into the restaurant itself, not a rooftop bar with a skyline view.

## Key picks at a glance

- **Best dedicated terrace tasting menu** — [Osa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/osa): a five-course osa|terraza menu, from €80, served only on the terrace of this Michelin-starred Casa de Campo kitchen.
- **Best historic plaza terrace** — [Los Galayos](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/los-galayos): tables set onto Plaza Mayor itself, at a tavern that's run since 1894.
- **Best forest setting** — [Filandón](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/filandon): a wood-fired grill cooked from an open kitchen inside El Pardo forest.
- **Best terrace with a water feature** — [Benares](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/benares): Michelin-recommended Indian cooking around an interior terrace built with a pond.
- **Best palace courtyard** — [Raimunda](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/raimunda): terrace and garden dining inside the Palacio de Linares, home to Casa de América.
- **Best Michelin-starred garden dining** — [Desde 1911](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/desde-1911): a one-star fish restaurant with large windows opening onto a central garden you can eat in.

## A guide to Terraces in Madrid

### What counts as a terrace restaurant in Madrid?

A terrace restaurant, in the sense this list uses it, is a kitchen with real outdoor seating built into the dining experience itself: a garden, a courtyard, a plaza-facing terrace or a forest setting. That's different from a rooftop or azotea restaurant, where an elevated view over the city is the main draw.

### Terrace or rooftop: what's the difference?

A rooftop restaurant sits on an upper floor or roof, usually with a skyline view as its main feature. A terrace restaurant, in the sense this list uses it, sits at or near ground level, built around a garden, courtyard or square rather than height. Some Madrid restaurants have both a terrace and a separate rooftop space; this list sticks to the ground-level kind.

### Do Madrid restaurant terraces run all year?

Not always. Several restaurants on this list treat the terrace as a warm-weather extension of an indoor room, opening it seasonally rather than year-round, and a few close for part of August altogether. It's worth confirming terrace availability when booking outside the summer months.

### What kinds of outdoor settings are covered here?

The gardens, courtyards and terraces on this list range from a forest clearing to a Michelin-starred dining room's own back garden to a table set onto Plaza Mayor. A few sit inside converted palaces or historic institutions, including a former private library and an architects' college.

> "CLOS, a Michelin-starred wine restaurant, opens its dining room onto an outdoor garden, and Los Galayos has served cochinillo onto Plaza Mayor since 1894."

## How we built this list

We built this list from the Michelin Guide's own best-of roundup of Madrid terraces and from madridsecreto.co's guide to the city's terraces and gardens, cross-checked against the Madrid restaurants we've profiled. A restaurant made this list only if its own detail page documents a real garden, courtyard, plaza terrace or comparable outdoor space as part of what it is, not a passing line about outdoor seating with nothing else behind it. Several restaurants that came up in our source research, including Café del Nuncio, El Jardín de Arzábal and Boral Torcuato, don't have a Guidavera page yet or couldn't be matched with confidence to a documented terrace, so we've noted those as gaps rather than guessing. We also kept overlap with our rooftop and view restaurants list to a minimum, since a rooftop terrace with a skyline view is a different category from a ground-level garden or courtyard.

## The 18 best terrace restaurant, compared

| # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [CLOS](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/clos) | Ríos Rosas | €€€€ | Michelin 1-Star | Guiso Marinero |
| 2 | [Amós](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/amos) | Castellana | €€€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Smoked Bonito Gilda with Caviar |
| 3 | [Osa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/osa) | Casa de Campo | €€€€ | Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles | Black-Rooster Ballotine |
| 4 | [VelascoAbella](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/velascoabella) | Hispanoamérica | €€€€ | Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles | Semi-Roasted Tomato Soup with Pickled Onion, Basil and Parmesan |
| 5 | [Desde 1911](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/desde-1911) | Ciudad Universitaria | €€€€ | Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles | — |
| 6 | [La Bien Aparecida](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-bien-aparecida) | Recoletos | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | House Ensaladilla Rusa |
| 7 | [Benares](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/benares) | Almagro | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Jalpari Mussels |
| 8 | [Filandón](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/filandon) | El Goloso | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Cantabrian Grouper Ceviche |
| 9 | [Rubaiyat Madrid](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/rubaiyat-madrid) | Plaza de Castilla | €€€ | Michelin Selected | Feijoada |
| 10 | [El Patio de Claudio](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-patio-de-claudio) | Recoletos | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado | Turbot |
| 11 | [La Paloma](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-paloma) | Recoletos | €€€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Gratinated Sea Urchins with Quail Eggs |
| 12 | [El Jardín de Orfila por Mario Sandoval - Hotel Orfila](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-jardin-de-orfila-por-mario-sandoval-hotel-orfila) | Almagro | €€€€ | — | Guijuelo Acorn-Fed Iberian Ham with Regañás and Raf Tomato |
| 13 | [Raimunda](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/raimunda) | Recoletos | €€€ | — | Creamy Russian Salad with Roasted Sweet Potato and Tobiko |
| 14 | [El Patio de Atocha](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-patio-de-atocha) | Embajadores | €€€ | — | 100% Bellota Ibérico Ham |
| 15 | [Bosco de Lobos](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bosco-de-lobos) | Chueca | €€ | Repsol Solete | Rosemary Focaccia |
| 16 | [La Biblioteca Gresca](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-biblioteca-gresca) | Almagro | €€€€ | Repsol Recomendado | — |
| 17 | [El Bund](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-bund) | Arturo Soria | €€ | Repsol Recomendado | Shanghainese Shaomai with Veal and Mushroom |
| 18 | [Los Galayos](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/los-galayos) | Sol | €€ | Repsol Recomendado | Cochinillo Asado |

## The 18 best terrace restaurant in Madrid

### 1. CLOS

*Wine-focused Michelin star with a garden off the dining room*

- **Neighbourhood:** Ríos Rosas
- **Address:** C/ de Raimundo Fernández Villaverde 28, 28003 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 1-Star
- **Website:** https://restauranteclosmadrid.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/clos

CLOS is sommelier and hotelier Marcos Granda's restaurant in Ríos Rosas, built around a serious wine cellar and named for the French term for a walled, high-quality wine estate. It won a Michelin star in 2019 under chef Víctor Infantes, and relaunched in late 2025 with executive chef Dani Villoria, who spent about fifteen years working alongside Dabiz Muñoz, including at DiverXO. The dining room is large, austere and light-filled, opening onto an outdoor garden and the open kitchen. There's no conventional carta: the menu runs as a conversation across six themed passages, with a communal seafood stew served to the centre of the table and a fire course finished over brasas. The table chooses between three, four or six passages, priced at €139, €169 or €199, with matching wine pairings. It's closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

**Order:**
- Guiso Marinero

> "La terraza de Clos Madrid, rodeada de vegetación, aparece protegida del tráfico, como un pequeño paréntesis en una zona muy dinámica" — Michelin Guide

### 2. Amós

*Cantabrian Michelin cooking with garden dining at the Rosewood*

- **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 at the Rosewood Villa Magna on Paseo de la Castellana, bringing traditional, ingredient-led cooking from Spain's northern coast to a quiet, elegant room with garden dining. It opened in November 2021. It's recommended in the Michelin Guide and holds one Repsol Sol, and sits at #449 on OAD's Europe Top Restaurants 2025 list. The carta opens with a smoked-bonito Gilda with caviar and Cantabrian anchovies, and the kitchen is known for its hake in green seaweed sauce. The Esencia tasting menu, a walk through the house's tradition, runs €140 with VAT and is served to the whole table, with an optional wine pairing for €100. At midday Wednesday to Friday, the Amós Formula offers a shorter format of chef's appetisers, a main and a dessert for €49. It's closed Monday and Tuesday, with Sunday lunch only.

**Order:**
- Smoked Bonito Gilda with Caviar
- Hake in Green Seaweed Sauce
- Amós Spanish Omelette

> "su terraza semicubierta se convierte en uno de los espacios más agradables de la Milla de Oro" — Michelin Guide

### 3. Osa

*A five-course tasting menu served specifically on the terrace*

- **Neighbourhood:** Casa de Campo
- **Address:** Calle de la Ribera del Manzanares, 123, 28008 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles
- **Website:** https://osarestaurante.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/osa

Osa opened in a converted riverside cottage in Casa de Campo and won a Michelin star the same year, announced in the 2024 guide. Chefs Jorge Muñoz and Sara Peral, both trained at Mugaritz, built the kitchen around what they call product trilogies and a serious charcuterie and aging programme, with a wine cellar upstairs holding around 500 references. The summer 2026 line-up runs three menus: the XL at €200 for 18 to 20 courses, the OSA menu at €170 for 13 to 14 courses, and a five-course osa|terraza menu, served on the terrace, from €80. There are just 26 seats, with two sittings each service: dinner at 20:30 or 21:15 Tuesday to Saturday, lunch at 13:30 or 14:15 Wednesday to Saturday. It's closed Sunday and Monday.

**Order:**
- Black-Rooster Ballotine
- Wild Boar Head
- Bedon Trout Smoked over Apple Wood

### 4. VelascoAbella

*Michelin-starred cooking from ex-Santceloni chefs, with garden dining*

- **Neighbourhood:** Hispanoamérica
- **Address:** Víctor Andrés Belaunde, 25, 28016 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles
- **Website:** https://velascoabella.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/velascoabella

VelascoAbella is Óscar Velasco and Montse Abellà's first restaurant of their own, opened in Hispanoamérica in June 2023 after the pair spent close to two decades at the two-Michelin-star Santceloni, Velasco leading the kitchen and Abellà the pastry. It won a Michelin star in the 2025 guide and holds two Repsol Soles. The dining room is bathed in natural light, with part of the space known as el apartamento, an intimate, home-like room, and garden dining alongside it. The tasting menu is six savoury courses and two desserts for €138, with an optional cheese course for €12 more; à la carte runs from a semi-roasted tomato soup with pickled onion to hake with Maresme peas and John Dory with lentils and bone broth. It serves Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday, Monday and the whole of August.

**Order:**
- Semi-Roasted Tomato Soup with Pickled Onion, Basil and Parmesan
- Hake with Maresme Peas
- John Dory with Lentils and Bone Broth

### 5. Desde 1911

*A Michelin-starred fish restaurant built around a central garden*

- **Neighbourhood:** Ciudad Universitaria
- **Address:** Calle Vivero, 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 1-Star · Repsol 2 Soles
- **Website:** https://desde1911.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/desde-1911

Desde 1911 opened in 2021 in a former industrial workshop on Calle Vivero, run by the fourth generation of the García family behind Pescaderías Coruñesas, the Madrid fish business founded in 1911. It holds one Michelin star and two Repsol Soles, and was ranked first on Opinionated About Dining's 2022 list of the best new restaurants in Europe. The old workshop is now a spare, Nordic-feeling room of marble, wood and metal, with large windows opening onto a central garden; diners can eat in the garden itself, and a private room, Privado 1911, looks over it too. There's no fixed menu: the kitchen decides each day's dishes around what's just arrived from the coast, hand-written and served across four tasting menus priced by the number of starters, from €190 to €270. It serves lunch Tuesday to Saturday and dinner Thursday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday.

### 6. La Bien Aparecida

*Cantabrian cooking on Jorge Juan, terrace out front*

- **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, named for the patron saint of Cantabria, brings that region's coastal, traditional 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, recommended in the Michelin Guide and holding one Repsol Sol. Several dishes nod to Cañadío in Santander, the group's original, with the date 1981 printed on the carta. Starters run from the house ensaladilla rusa and Cantabrian anchovies to creamy lacón croquettes and Santander-style fried squid, and rice dishes include Pedreña-style clam rice; fish centres on line-caught hake, served in green sauce with clams or battered with garlic. There's veal callos cooked to a Liébana recipe, and a tasting menu at €80 with an optional wine pairing for €42. The terrace sits out front on Jorge Juan, and the dining room is open every day.

**Order:**
- House Ensaladilla Rusa
- Cantabrian Anchovies
- Creamy Lacón Croquettes
- Veal Callos, Liébana Recipe

> "elegante terraza de La Bien Aparecida, en la animada calle Jorge Juan" — Michelin Guide

### 7. Benares

*Indian fine dining around an interior terrace with a pond*

- **Neighbourhood:** Almagro
- **Address:** Calle Zurbano nº5 28010 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://benaresmadrid.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/benares

Benares Madrid opened in 2015 as a spinoff of chef Atul Kochhar's Benares in London's Mayfair, which Kochhar founded in 2003. Chef Luis Ojeda now runs the kitchen, recommended in the Michelin Guide with a Recomendado listing in the Guía Repsol. The carta runs from Jalpari mussels in Moilee curry to a tandoor-roasted Jhinga of king prawns marinated in Kashmiri chilli and Garam Masala, alongside a Punjabi-style butter chicken masala and a cardamom-spiced lentil dhal. The tasting menu is €89 per person, served to the whole table, with wine pairing extra; a weekday lunch thali menu runs €24 and changes monthly. The dining room is built around an interior terrace with a water feature. It's closed Mondays.

**Order:**
- Jalpari Mussels
- Jhinga Tandoor
- Punjabi-Style Butter Chicken Masala

> "una de las terrazas-jardín más encantadoras de Chamberí" — Michelin Guide

### 8. Filandón

*Wood-fired grill set inside El Pardo forest*

- **Neighbourhood:** El Goloso
- **Address:** Carretera Fuencarral-El Pardo (M-612) Km. 1,9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://filandon.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/filandon

Filandón is a wood-fired grill restaurant set inside El Pardo forest, on the Carretera Fuencarral-El Pardo, in what the venue's own site calls one of Europe's best-preserved Mediterranean forests. Fire runs through the menu, cooked from an open kitchen that's the restaurant's centrepiece, with fish arriving daily from Pescaderías Coruñesas, the same family fish business behind Desde 1911. The carta runs from a jug of gazpacho and a Cantabrian grouper ceviche to a red prawn aguachile, spicy bluefin tuna bites over wakame, and a yellowtail tiradito, alongside grilled turbot and a red tuna tataki. The room is rustic, with a terrace, built to flex from a family lunch to a celebration. It's recommended in the Michelin Guide with a Recomendado listing in the Guía Repsol, open Monday to Saturday from 1pm to midnight and Sunday for lunch only, and closes for a summer break in early to mid-August.

**Order:**
- Cantabrian Grouper Ceviche
- Red Prawn Aguachile
- Yellowtail Tiradito
- Red Tuna Tataki

> "mesas bajo los árboles y la agradable frescura del lugar" — Michelin Guide

### 9. Rubaiyat Madrid

*Brazilian farm-to-table grill behind a large green terrace*

- **Neighbourhood:** Plaza de Castilla
- **Address:** Calle de Juan Ramón Jiménez 37, 28036 Madrid (Chamartín), Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected
- **Website:** https://gruporubaiyat.com/es/restaurantes/madrid/rubaiyat-madrid
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/rubaiyat-madrid

Rubaiyat has been a Madrid reference since 2006, part of Grupo Rubaiyat's farm-to-table system, with cattle raised and finished on the group's own Brazilian farms before reaching the grill. It's recommended in the Michelin Guide. A recent renovation by Alejandra Pombo brought the fire and grill forward and refreshed the menu with more Mediterranean dishes alongside the fazenda meats: wagyu, Brangus and feijoada sit next to a cold lobster cannelloni, grilled octopus and a sea bass ceviche. The terrace is large and green, a genuine draw in this stretch of Chamartín near Plaza de Castilla. Spend runs roughly €51 to €100 per person.

**Order:**
- Feijoada
- Cold Lobster Cannelloni
- Sea Bass Ceviche

> "una experiencia cercana a la de un jardín tropical sin salir de la ciudad" — Michelin Guide

### 10. El Patio de Claudio

*Garden dining behind a townhouse façade on Claudio Coello*

- **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos
- **Address:** Calle de Claudio Coello 67, 28001 Madrid (Hotel Único, Barrio de Salamanca), Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://www.unicohotels.com/en/hotel-unico-madrid/restaurants-madrid/restaurant-patio-de-claudio-madrid/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-patio-de-claudio

El Patio de Claudio sits inside Hotel Único on Claudio Coello, with a garden that opens up behind the façade of a grand townhouse on a street otherwise given over to shopfronts. It's recommended in the Michelin Guide and listed as Recomendado in the Guía Repsol, and won Mejor Decoración at the 2025 Premios Metrópoli. Chef Mario Vallés leads the kitchen on a Spanish bistro carta built for sharing and for not hurrying: light sharing starters, turbot, and a rice with squid and red prawns are among the dishes that stay on the menu because people keep coming back for them. Long lunches run into the afternoon and can end with a cocktail out in the garden. It's garden and terrace dining, closed Mondays, with Sunday lunch only.

**Order:**
- Turbot
- Rice with Squid and Red Prawns

### 11. La Paloma

*Basque-French classics with a dedicated terrace tapas carta*

- **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos
- **Address:** C. de Jorge Juan, 39, 28001 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://lapalomarestaurante.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-paloma

La Paloma opened on 8 April 1992 on Calle Jorge Juan, founded by Segundo Alonso and Mariano Ávila; the name is a play on the names of their daughters rather than a nod to old Madrid. It holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol. The cooking is Basque-French: acorn-fed Iberian ham, gratinated sea urchins with quail eggs and callos a la madrileña to start, then hake kokotxas in green sauce and oxtail braised in red wine, with a game section that runs on availability, from stuffed farmhouse pigeon to roast roe deer. The tasting menu, taken by the whole table, costs €65. The room is warm, with an interior garden, and the terrace has its own carta of miniature tapas, a lighter way into the kitchen. It's closed Monday, with Sunday lunch only.

**Order:**
- Gratinated Sea Urchins with Quail Eggs
- Callos a la Madrileña
- Hake Kokotxas in Green Sauce
- Stuffed Farmhouse Pigeon Roasted in Coarse Salt

### 12. El Jardín de Orfila por Mario Sandoval - Hotel Orfila

*Relais & Châteaux hotel dining room named for its garden*

- **Neighbourhood:** Almagro
- **Address:** Calle de Orfila, 6, 28010 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Website:** https://hotelorfila.com/restaurante-jardin-de-orfila/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-jardin-de-orfila-por-mario-sandoval-hotel-orfila

El Jardín de Orfila sits inside Hotel Orfila, a Relais & Châteaux house on a quiet street in Almagro, and the garden is the reason for the name. Executive chef Mario Sandoval, who holds two Michelin stars elsewhere, leads the menu, mixing innovation and tradition with Spanish, seasonal and local produce, and there's a €52 weekday lunch menu and a €115 tasting menu alongside the carta. The setting is as much the draw as the plates: elegant, intimate and quiet, with garden dining and a terrace. It's a top-end dining room, over €100 per person. The hotel's own site says it currently lacks facilities for reduced mobility, so call ahead if that matters.

**Order:**
- Guijuelo Acorn-Fed Iberian Ham with Regañás and Raf Tomato
- Osetra Caviar
- Regal Oyster with Passion Fruit Pearls and Jalapeño

### 13. Raimunda

*Ibero-American cooking in the Palacio de Linares courtyard*

- **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos
- **Address:** Paseo de Recoletos, 2, 28014, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Website:** https://grupolafabrica.es/restaurante-raimunda/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/raimunda

Raimunda is Grupo La Fábrica's restaurant inside Casa de América, the Palacio de Linares on Plaza de Cibeles, its name a nod to Raimunda de Osorio, the Marquesa de Linares. The kitchen calls its cooking cocina de producto with Ibero-American touches, pairing Spanish classics with dishes drawn from across Latin America: a creamy Russian salad with roasted sweet potato and tobiko, a "Padrísimo" tomato with avocado and red onion, and Venezuelan tequeños with lime mojo verde all show up on the set menus. It runs terrace and garden dining inside the palace's own courtyard, open daily from lunch through to late. Spend sits at the higher end, €51 to €100 per person, and a menu is published online.

**Order:**
- Creamy Russian Salad with Roasted Sweet Potato and Tobiko
- "Padrísimo" Tomato with Avocado and Red Onion
- Venezuelan Tequeños with Lime Mojo Verde

> "patio del Palacio de Linares" — madridsecreto.co

### 14. El Patio de Atocha

*Hotel courtyard terrace with a fountain and small pool*

- **Neighbourhood:** Embajadores
- **Address:** Calle de Atocha, 34, 28012 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Website:** https://coolrooms.com/palaciodeatocha/en/gastronomy/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-patio-de-atocha

El Patio de Atocha is the restaurant of CoolRooms Palacio de Atocha, a hotel set inside a palace dating to 1852 on Calle de Atocha. Service runs across two spaces: a terrace in the hotel's main courtyard, with a fountain and a small pool, and an intimate interior dining room. The kitchen describes itself as a fusion of a traditional restaurant and a modern bistro, working local seasonal produce with a light touch; the carta runs from 100% bellota Ibérico ham and a leek and Idiazábal cheese croquette to a Caesar salad and grilled queen scallops. It's good for groups and families, with a vegetarian-friendly menu, open daily for breakfast from around 7:30am and for lunch and dinner from 1pm to 11pm. Spend runs €30 to €60 per person.

**Order:**
- 100% Bellota Ibérico Ham
- Leek and Idiazábal Cheese Croquette
- Caesar Salad

### 15. Bosco de Lobos

*Italian kitchen tucked inside an architects' college garden*

- **Neighbourhood:** Chueca
- **Address:** Colegio de Arquitectos, C. de Hortaleza, 63, 28004 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://grupotragaluz.com/restaurantes/bosco-de-lobos-madrid/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bosco-de-lobos

Bosco de Lobos sits in the garden of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, on Calle de Hortaleza in Chueca, and its own description of itself is an Italian tucked away in that garden. It's part of Grupo Tragaluz and holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol. The menu keeps to three words by its own account: antipasti, pasta and pizza, running from a rosemary focaccia and 'nduja patatas bravas to an Italian cured-meat board of Iberian coppa, mortadella, finocchiona and pancetta, plus fried mozzarella stuffed with olive. It's open daily from 13:00, until 01:00 Sunday to Thursday and 02:00 on Friday and Saturday, and tables of up to 13 can book online, by phone or by email.

**Order:**
- Rosemary Focaccia
- 'Nduja Patatas Bravas
- Fried Mozzarella Stuffed with Olive

> "esconde un jardín interior con terraza" — madridsecreto.co

### 16. La Biblioteca Gresca

*French-inspired tasting menu, moving to the garden in summer*

- **Neighbourhood:** Almagro
- **Address:** C. Zurbano 36, 28010 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://www.restaurantesantomauro.com/en/biblioteca
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-biblioteca-gresca

La Biblioteca sits inside the original library of the Marquis of Santo Mauro, now Hotel Santo Mauro, kept and adapted as an intimate room with the books still in place. It's listed as Recomendado in the Guía Repsol. Chef Rafa Peña of Gresca leads the kitchen, cooking signature dishes that draw on classic French inspiration and seasonal product, run as a tasting experience across a couple of menus. In warm weather, service moves out to the garden, and there's a private garden table available for meetings or celebrations. Spend runs over €100 per person.

### 17. El Bund

*Dim sum terrace divided into three garden-inspired spaces*

- **Neighbourhood:** Arturo Soria
- **Address:** Calle Arturo Baldasano, 22, 28044 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://elbund.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/el-bund

El Bund occupies a former mansion in Arturo Soria, near the Chinese Embassy, decorated to evoke a 1930s Shanghai residence. It's listed as Recomendado in the Guía Repsol. The kitchen turns out more than 30 dim sum preparations, hand-made fresh daily, spanning Cantonese, Shanghainese and Sichuan styles: vegetable dim sum, Shanghainese shaomai with veal and mushroom, Cantonese shaomai with shrimp or fish, and xiao long bao in Iberian pork broth, alongside fresh pasta made on-site. The terrace is divided into three garden-inspired spaces. It's open daily, 1pm to 4pm and 7:30pm to 11pm, and spend runs around €40 per person.

**Order:**
- Shanghainese Shaomai with Veal and Mushroom
- Cantonese Shaomai with Shrimp
- Xiao Long Bao in Iberian Pork Broth

### 18. Los Galayos

*Historic tavern since 1894, terrace seating onto Plaza Mayor*

- **Neighbourhood:** Sol
- **Address:** C/ Botoneras, 5 - Plaza Mayor, 1. 28012 - Madrid (España)
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://www.losgalayos.net/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/los-galayos

Los Galayos has operated right off Plaza Mayor since 1894, split into two parts: a formal restaurant with five private salons and terrace seating onto the square, and a separate historic tavern built around a hand-carved 17th-century wooden counter. It's listed as Recomendado in the Guía Repsol. Castilian roasts anchor the formal dining room, cochinillo above all, while the tavern side runs classics like ensaladilla rusa and cocido. It's open seven days a week, closed only on the night of December 24th, with the kitchen running continuously from 11:30am to 11:30pm. The rooms read cosy and classic, quiet enough for conversation, with attentive service.

**Order:**
- Cochinillo Asado
- Ensaladilla Rusa
- Cocido

## The Terraces scene in Madrid

Madrid's restaurant terraces split fairly cleanly by setting rather than by one shared style. A cluster of Michelin-starred kitchens, among them CLOS, Amós, VelascoAbella, Desde 1911 and Osa, treat a garden or terrace as part of the dining room itself rather than a separate space bolted on for summer. Historic addresses hold their own ground too: Los Galayos has served off Plaza Mayor since 1894, and Bosco de Lobos, an Italian kitchen inside the garden of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, and La Biblioteca Gresca, set inside the original library of the Marquis of Santo Mauro at Hotel Santo Mauro, both move service outdoors into a garden in the warmer months. A few sit inside grand courtyards rather than gardens: Raimunda serves from the Palacio de Linares, home to Casa de América, and El Patio de Atocha from an 1852 palace hotel, both built around fountains and greenery rather than lawns. That's a different category from the city's rooftop and view restaurants, where the draw is height and skyline rather than a ground-level table under trees or beside a plaza.

## Know before you go

### 1.

A few of these close for stretches of the year: Filandón takes a summer break in early to mid-August, and VelascoAbella closes for the whole month too. Confirm current dates before an August visit.

### 2.

Booking style varies a lot across this list. Osa and CLOS run fixed tasting-menu sittings that need advance booking, while Los Galayos and Bosco de Lobos take walk-ins for a more casual meal.

### 3.

Several terraces here are a warm-weather extension of an indoor room rather than a fixed year-round space, including La Biblioteca Gresca's garden. It's worth checking terrace availability when booking outside summer.

### 4.

Price ranges vary widely, from around €20 to €30 per person at Bosco de Lobos to over €100 at CLOS, Amós, Osa, Desde 1911 and El Jardín de Orfila.

## Glossary

- **Terraza** — Spanish for terrace, the word used for most of Madrid's outdoor restaurant seating, whether a garden, courtyard or street-side table.
- **Michelin Selected** — A Michelin Guide listing that meets the guide's standards but sits outside the star and Bib Gourmand tiers.
- **Repsol Sol / Solete / Recomendado** — Distinctions from the Guía Repsol, Spain's national restaurant guide. A Sol ranks above a Solete, which recognises good, honest cooking at accessible prices; Recomendado is a guide listing without a Sol or Solete attached.

## Frequently asked questions

### What counts as a terrace restaurant on this list?

A restaurant whose own detail page documents a real garden, courtyard, plaza terrace or comparable outdoor space as part of the dining experience, not a rooftop or an elevated view. Desde 1911's central garden and Los Galayos's tables onto Plaza Mayor are both examples.

### Is there a Michelin-starred restaurant in Madrid with a garden terrace?

Yes, several. CLOS, Amós, VelascoAbella, Desde 1911 and Osa all hold a Michelin star and describe garden or terrace dining as part of the room, with Osa running a dedicated five-course osa|terraza menu.

### Which Madrid restaurant terrace is set inside a forest?

Filandón, a wood-fired grill restaurant on the Carretera Fuencarral-El Pardo, sits inside El Pardo forest and describes itself as being in one of Europe's best-preserved Mediterranean forests.

### Is there a restaurant terrace right on Plaza Mayor?

Los Galayos has operated just off Plaza Mayor since 1894, with terrace seating onto the square itself alongside a formal dining room and a separate historic tavern.

### Which restaurant terrace has a pond or water feature?

Benares, the Michelin-recommended Indian restaurant in Chamberí, is built around an interior terrace with a water feature.

### Are there budget-friendly terrace restaurants in Madrid?

Bosco de Lobos, an Italian kitchen inside the garden of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, runs €20 to €30 per person. El Bund's terrace near the Chinese Embassy runs around €40 per person.

### Which restaurant terraces sit inside historic palaces?

Raimunda serves from inside the Palacio de Linares, home to Casa de América on Plaza de Cibeles, and El Patio de Atocha's courtyard terrace, with its fountain and small pool, sits inside a palace dating to 1852 on Calle de Atocha.

### Is Madrid's rooftop and view restaurant list the same as this one?

No. This list covers ground-level gardens, courtyards and plaza terraces; a separate list covers restaurants where an elevated rooftop or panoramic view is the draw, including Paco Roncero and Azotea del Círculo.

## 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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