# Bib Gourmand Restaurants in Madrid > All 14 of Madrid's Bib Gourmand restaurants, Michelin's mark for good cooking at a fair price, checked against the guide's current Madrid list and ranked by us. - **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/bib-gourmand - **City:** Madrid, Spain - **Published:** 2026-09-27 - **Updated:** 2026-10-04 - **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder - **Reading time:** 15 min ## Introduction Fourteen Madrid restaurants currently hold a Michelin Bib Gourmand, the guide's distinction for good cooking at a fair price rather than a star. We checked that list directly against the MICHELIN Guide's own current Madrid Bib Gourmand page rather than relying on older roundups, from Tresde's three-course menu in Palacio to Sisapo's borderless fusion cooking in Chamberí's Trafalgar barrio. This guide orders them by where each one sits in our own citywide Madrid ranking, not alphabetically. ## Key picks at a glance - **Oldest restaurant on this list** — [La Montería](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-monteria): cooking in the same corner of Retiro's Ibiza barrio since 1963, now run by the founders' son as chef-owner. - **Longest current Bib Gourmand streak on this list** — [Gala](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gala): held the distinction every year from 2018 to 2025, per the restaurant's own account. - **Newest restaurant to make the list** — [Manifesto 13](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/manifesto-13): opened in December 2023 and named a new entry on the guide's current Madrid list. - **Only restaurant with three chefs running the kitchen as equal partners** — [Bacira](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bacira): Carlos Langreo, Vicente de la Red and Gabriel Zapata split ownership and the stoves between them. - **Competition-winning croqueta** — [Quinqué](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/quinque): its Iberian ham croquette was named best of its edition at Madrid Fusión 2024. ## A guide to Bib Gourmand Restaurants in Madrid ### What is a Bib Gourmand? The Bib Gourmand is a separate distinction from the MICHELIN Guide's star system, given by the same anonymous inspectors to restaurants they judge offer good quality cooking at a reasonable price. A restaurant earns either a star or a Bib Gourmand from the guide, not both at once. ### Where does the name come from? Bib Gourmand is named after Bibendum, the Michelin Man, the tire-company mascot that has represented the brand since the 19th century and lends his nickname, "Bib," to this particular award. ### How is a Bib Gourmand different from a Michelin star? A star rewards the quality of the cooking alone, judged the same way worldwide regardless of price. A Bib Gourmand instead rewards the combination of good cooking and good value, so the two recognitions sit alongside each other rather than one ranking above the other. ### Does the Bib Gourmand list change every year? Yes. The MICHELIN Guide reviews its selections annually, and restaurants can gain or lose a Bib Gourmand from one edition to the next, the same way stars are added or dropped. > "Fourteen Madrid restaurants hold a Michelin Bib Gourmand right now, checked directly against the guide's own current Madrid list rather than older roundups." ## How we built this list We started from the Madrid restaurants we've profiled and pulled every one currently marked with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, then checked that list directly against the MICHELIN Guide's own current Madrid Bib Gourmand page rather than trusting any secondary source. Three restaurants we've profiled as Bib Gourmand holders, Noi, Casa Mortero and La Maruca Castellana, didn't turn up on the guide's current Madrid list when we checked, so rather than publish a status we couldn't confirm, we've left them off this guide. The guide's current list also names one Madrid restaurant we haven't profiled yet, Vinoteca Moratín, which we've left out rather than write about a restaurant we haven't researched ourselves. This is a complete-list guide, not a curated top pick, so every restaurant that cleared that check is included, ordered by where it sits in our own citywide Madrid ranking. A few Comunidad de Madrid towns just outside the city, Leganés, Tres Cantos and Alcalá de Henares, also carry a Bib Gourmand on the guide's regional listing but sit outside this guide's city scope. We read several editorial sources, including Madrid Secreto, Infobae and Bonviveur, for context and direct quotes, not for inclusion decisions. Prices and hours shift; check each restaurant's own site before booking. ## The 14 best Bib Gourmand Restaurants, compared | # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [Tresde](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tresde) | Palacio | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol 1 Sol | Steak tartare with purple potato chips | | 2 | [Treze](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/treze) | Goya | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol 1 Sol | Torreznos | | 3 | [Tres por Cuatro](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tres-por-cuatro) | Goya | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado | Rossejat with skate and sobrasada | | 4 | [In-Pulso](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/in-pulso) | Legazpi | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado | Braised beef cheek | | 5 | [Gala](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gala) | Ríos Rosas | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado | Bluefin tuna and spider crab tartare | | 6 | [Varra](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/varra) | Recoletos | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado | Joselito ham croquette | | 7 | [La Montería](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-monteria) | Ibiza | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Solete | Boquerones a la andaluza | | 8 | [Bacira](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bacira) | Trafalgar | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado | Stewed oxtail meatballs in spiced potato purée | | 9 | [Quinqué](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/quinque) | Plaza de Castilla | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado | Iberian ham croquette | | 10 | [Las Tortillas de Gabino](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/las-tortillas-de-gabino) | Almagro | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand | Velazqueña tortilla | | 11 | [Manifesto 13](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/manifesto-13) | Trafalgar | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand | Corvina tartare with green jalapeño and purple corn | | 12 | [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 | | 13 | [La MaMá](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-mama) | Castillejos | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand | Paloma (Russian salad on a wheat crust) | | 14 | [Sisapo](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/sisapo) | Trafalgar | €€€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand | Gyozas de carabinero con jugo de sus cabezas, coco y citronela | ## The 14 best Bib Gourmand Restaurants in Madrid ### 1. Tresde *Three-course format instead of a tasting menu* - **Neighbourhood:** Palacio - **Address:** C. de la Cava Alta, 17, 28005 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol 1 Sol - **Website:** https://www.tresderestaurante.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tresde Chef Aitor Sua trained in Paris under William Ledeuil at Ze Kitchen Galerie and at the historic Grand Véfour before opening Tresde in the Palacio neighbourhood. It opened in early April 2023 in the former Matritum premises on Cava Alta. Rather than a long tasting menu, the restaurant runs on a single EPP formula: pick a starter, main and dessert for 56 euros, plus 25 euros for a three-glass wine pairing. Sua has said he grew a little tired of the tasting menu, wanting something more direct. Produce comes from Cultivo Desterrado, organic, and the menu changes almost daily. Earlier plates have run to a steak tartare with purple potato chips, a cold green tomato soup with olive tapenade and blue fish, and monkfish with potato purée and capers. Lucas Fernández manages the dining room and Miguel Valles handles the business side. Sua was a finalist for Cocinero Revelación at the 2024 Premios Metrópoli. **Order:** - Steak tartare with purple potato chips - Cold green tomato soup with olive tapenade and blue fish - Monkfish with potato purée and capers ### 2. Treze *A market-cooking dining room with its own 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 Chef Saúl Sanz runs Treze's cocina de mercado on Calle General Pardiñas in Goya, in a large, bright dining room with generous space between tables. It started in 2010 as a neighbourhood bistro at number 13 of Calle San Bernardino, which gave it its name. The carta bets on the best seasonal produce, with suggestions that change almost daily; regulars include torreznos and ensaladilla rusa, and newer additions run to brioche buns filled with slow-cooked beef in mole or with grilled mici. Alongside the restaurant, Treze Bar covers the aperitivo, a glass of wine or a caña, and drinks after work. Other dishes on the carta include veal cheek in traditional stew with potato purée and celeriac, and a stuffed baby squid in ink sauce with sautéed rice. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and one Sol in the Guía Repsol. It's closed Sunday and Monday, serving lunch and dinner Tuesday to Friday and lunch only on Saturday. **Order:** - Torreznos - Ensaladilla rusa - Brioche bun with slow-cooked beef in mole ### 3. Tres por Cuatro *Grew from a 2017 market stall into a Goya restaurant* - **Neighbourhood:** Goya - **Address:** Calle Montesa 9, 28006 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://tresporcuatromadrid.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tres-por-cuatro Chef Álex Marugán opened Tres por Cuatro in late 2017 as a tiny stall in the Mercado de Torrijos before it grew into a full restaurant on Calle Montesa in Goya. Ingredients arrive weekly from small family producers around Spain, the best fish from Cádiz, vegetables from Navarra. The name, three by four, plays on the number of months in each season, a nod to the kitchen's strict seasonality. A Peruvian, Latin thread runs through the cooking too, carried in part by chef Santi and André, who came up alongside Marugán at Barra M. The carta runs to rossejat with skate and sobrasada, swordfish belly, a rabbit and snail stew, and Peruvian-inflected dishes like a sudado de corvina and a hot chupe of bonito. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. **Order:** - Rossejat with skate and sobrasada - Swordfish belly - Sudado de corvina ### 4. In-Pulso *Recovers forgotten Madrid recipes with a Mexican thread* - **Neighbourhood:** Legazpi - **Address:** Calle Ariel 15, 28045 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://inpulsorestaurante.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/in-pulso Chef Alex de la Fuente, who trained under Santi Santamaría and Ricardo Sanz and spent five years as executive chef at Ramón Freixa's two-Michelin-starred restaurant, built In-Pulso around recovering forgotten Madrid recipes, from a dish said to be Felipe III's favourite to a Golden Age breakfast, retold with updated technique and a Mexican thread from time spent learning under Roberto Ruiz at Punto MX. The room is decorated with vintage cookbooks. Dishes run from braised beef cheeks and quail in pepitoria sauce with a soft-cooked egg to Huelva red prawns with reduced poultry stock, a fried squid sandwich with citrus aioli, and house-smoked trout with its roe and a fino wine sauce. Bread comes from Madreamiga, olive oil from Bernabeleva. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and its six-course Castizo menu is served to the whole table for 60 euros. **Order:** - Braised beef cheek - Quail pepitoria with a soft-cooked egg - House-smoked trout with its roe and fino wine sauce ### 5. Gala *Cocina de mercado on the same corner since 1989* - **Neighbourhood:** Ríos Rosas - **Address:** C. de Espronceda, 14, Madrid, 28003, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** http://www.restaurantegala.com - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/gala Gala has cooked on Calle de Espronceda, in the castizo part of Chamberí's Ríos Rosas, since 1989, run by chef Pablo Lozano on cocina de mercado, market cooking that depends on what's good that day, with the carta renewed each season. A Spanish news roundup of the guide's picks singled out its Alistana-Sanabresa beef, its steak tartare and its red tuna, cuts that turn up across the carta in dishes like a bluefin tuna and spider crab tartare and a smoked Balfegó bluefin tuna belly. The wine cellar runs past 100 references, and the room is quiet, built for conversation. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, held every year from 2018 to 2025 according to the restaurant, and is closed Sunday and Monday. **Order:** - Bluefin tuna and spider crab tartare - Beef sirloin steak tartare - Smoked Balfegó bluefin tuna belly > "la guía destaca su oferta de carne bovina de la raza Alistano-Sanabresa, su steak tartare y su atún rojo" — Infobae ### 6. Varra *One building split into a tavern and a dining room* - **Neighbourhood:** Recoletos - **Address:** Calle Hermosilla 7, 28001 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://varrarestaurante.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/varra Varra runs as two spaces in one building on Calle Hermosilla in Recoletos: Varra Fina, a renovated street-level taberna paying homage to castizo food, and a more formal dining room upstairs where chefs Joaquín Serrano and Jorge Velasco lead seasonal, contemporary Spanish cooking. It opened at the end of 2023. Downstairs starts with a Joselito ham croquette, natural oysters and a red prawn tosta with semi-salted butter; upstairs runs to wild Almadraba red tuna tartare, hook-caught baby squid with ink sauce and citrus aioli, and a 40-day aged beef chop. It entered the MICHELIN Guide in 2024 and holds a Bib Gourmand from 2025, alongside a Guía Repsol recommendation. The Guía Metrópoli named it best opening of 2024. **Order:** - Joselito ham croquette - Wild Almadraba red tuna tartare - Hook-caught baby squid with ink sauce and citrus aioli ### 7. La Montería *Cooking the same corner of Retiro since 1963* - **Neighbourhood:** Ibiza - **Address:** Calle de Lope de Rueda 35, 28009 Madrid (Barrio de Ibiza, Retiro), Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Solete - **Website:** https://lamonteria.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-monteria La Montería has cooked in the Ibiza barrio of Retiro since 1963, when Juan José and his wife Mercedes, from Cazorla, opened it, he on the bar and she at the stoves. Their son, Miguel Ángel Román, self-taught from childhood while helping his parents, took over in 1987 and still runs it as chef-owner, cooking Andalusian-rooted Spanish food enriched with Catalan, Basque, Navarrese and Galician influences. The carta leans on game, slow-cooked stews, wild fish and red tuna cut every which way, running to boquerones a la andaluza, rabo de toro deshuesado and mollejas de lechal, plus daily seasonal suggestions. In 2018 the family opened a second, more dynamic spot nearby, La Monte, run by the third generation. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a Repsol Solete. **Order:** - Boquerones a la andaluza - Rabo de toro deshuesado - Mollejas de lechal ### 8. Bacira *Three chef-partners cooking Mediterranean-Asian fusion together* - **Neighbourhood:** Trafalgar - **Address:** C/ Del Castillo, 16, 28010 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://bacira.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/bacira Bacira is the project of three chefs running the kitchen as equal partners rather than one head chef calling the shots: Carlos Langreo, who came up through the Gran Meliá Fénix, La Maruca, 99 Sushi Bar and Nikkei 225; Vicente de la Red, whose CV runs through El Celler de Can Roca, Aponiente and Mesón de Doña Filo; and Gabriel Zapata. The three chef-partners have run it since July 2014. From the castizo heart of Chamberí's Trafalgar barrio, they cook Mediterranean-Japanese, nikkei fusion built for sharing, from a carta or an 8-course or 11-course tasting menu. Dishes include stewed oxtail meatballs in spiced potato purée and blood-sausage ravioli with apple, pine nuts and a piquillo-kimchi sauce, alongside a sushi list of nigiri and maki. When tables are full, the kitchen also runs "Bacira en Casa," a home-delivery arm of the same cooking. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. **Order:** - Stewed oxtail meatballs in spiced potato purée - Blood-sausage ravioli with apple, pine nuts and piquillo-kimchi sauce ### 9. Quinqué *Its ham croquette won at Madrid Fusión 2024* - **Neighbourhood:** Plaza de Castilla - **Address:** Calle Apolonio Morales 3, 28036 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Recomendado - **Website:** https://restaurantequinque.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/quinque Chefs Carlos Griffo and Miguel Ángel García, both with long experience including time at Casa Marcial in Arriondas under Nacho Manzano, opened Quinqué in 2019 on Calle Apolonio Morales, closer to Plaza de Castilla than the centre. It began as a place for home cooking, billed as international but leaning traditional and ingredient-led, with a short carta printed daily that changes with the market. At Madrid Fusión 2024, the kitchen's Iberian ham croquette was named the best of its edition. The room is candlelit and quiet, with warm, attentive service. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and is recommended in the Guía Repsol. **Order:** - Iberian ham croquette > "Ambos trabajaron junto a Nacho Manzano en Casa Marcial (Arriondas), una experiencia que ha determinado el éxito de su cocina" — Infobae ### 10. Las Tortillas de Gabino *Built entirely around Gabino's 1960s tortillas* - **Neighbourhood:** Almagro - **Address:** Calle de Rafael Calvo 20, 28010 Madrid (Chamberí), Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand - **Website:** https://www.tortillasdegabino.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/las-tortillas-de-gabino The tortillas Gabino made at La Ancha on Calle Velázquez in the 1960s, the traditional one, one with callos, one with clams, became a Salamanca-district classic. Decades later his family, the Redruellos, built a whole restaurant around them in Almagro, by the Chamberí border, opened in 2005 as Nino Redruello's first restaurant and now run by the fourth generation: Nino Redruello in the kitchen, Santiago in management. The menu centres on artisanal tortillas made to order, led by the Velazqueña, alongside seven other variants, including ones with sailor-style clams, with prawns and spicy tomato sauce, with Torta del Casar cheese, and one truffled. The room is cosy and classic, two interconnected areas opening onto a visible kitchen. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the restaurant also delivers through a partner, Escalope Armando. **Order:** - Velazqueña tortilla - Tortilla with sailor-style clams - Truffled tortilla ### 11. Manifesto 13 *Peruvian and Italian cooking a modo nostro* - **Neighbourhood:** Trafalgar - **Address:** Calle de Hartzenbusch, 12, 28010 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand - **Website:** https://manifesto13.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/manifesto-13 Manifesto 13 opened in December 2023 in Chamberí's Trafalgar barrio, the project of Peruvian brothers Nico and Mark Duncan, alongside their father and two partners, with chef Danitza Alpaca in the kitchen. It brings Peruvian and Italian cooking together a modo nostro, in their own way: ceviche and tiradito on one side of the carta, fresh pasta on the other. The Peruvian side runs to a corvina tartare with green jalapeño and purple corn, a scallop tiradito with ají peppers, melon and figs, and a chicken ceviche with orange, pickles and cassava. The pasta is the signature, including pappardelle with loche, goat cheese and vanilla, and gnocchi with carapulcra, cured pork jowl and cacao. The room is industrial, built around an exposed kitchen. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. **Order:** - Corvina tartare with green jalapeño and purple corn - Pappardelle with loche, goat cheese and vanilla - Gnocchi with carapulcra, cured pork jowl and cacao ### 12. La Barra de la Tasquería *Casquería cooking on the spot where La Tasquería began* - **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 sits at Duque de Sesto 48 in Goya, where La Tasquería's own story began, a new chapter that keeps the original's soul with a more open, casual eye and the kitchen in view. Chef Adrián Collantes, a madrileño cooking since he was 18 and for years Javi Estévez's right hand, came back as partner and chef after stints at El Mesón de Doña Filo, La Tasquería and El Lince. Casquería is the soul of the place: callos cooked over three days, morros confited then fried under fabada foam, sweetbreads, and a cured-tongue bikini, alongside gildas and a Madrid Fusión finalist ham croquette. Most dishes come as a half or full ración. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and it's hard to book. **Order:** - Callos cooked over three days - Morros confited then fried under fabada foam - Cured-tongue bikini ### 13. La MaMá *On the guide's Bib Gourmand list every year since 2019* - **Neighbourhood:** Castillejos - **Address:** Avenida de Brasil, 6. En el Parque., Madrid, 28020, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand - **Website:** https://lamamarestaurante.com/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-mama La MaMá opened in 2015 on Avenida de Brasil, near the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, as what its owners describe as a little corner of Salamanca's cooking transplanted to Madrid, and has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since 2019. The name is a homage to mothers: the kitchen takes traditional Spanish recipes and gives them a lighter, modern turn, summed up as tradición renovada. One dish, a paloma, sets a Russian salad on a wheat crust, a nod to the plaza mayor of Salamanca. Chef Marcos Toranzo's carta runs to charro-style tripe with trotter and snout, half an octopus with patatas meneás, and a creamy rice with carabinero prawns. It's open Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday, with a terrace. **Order:** - Paloma (Russian salad on a wheat crust) - Charro-style tripe with trotter and snout - Creamy rice with carabinero prawns ### 14. Sisapo *Held every year in four consecutive guides, 2023 to 2026* - **Neighbourhood:** Trafalgar - **Address:** C. de Trafalgar, 14, 28010 Madrid, Spain - **Price:** €€€ - **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand - **Website:** https://www.sisapo.es/ - **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/sisapo Chef Alejandro Aguirre's Sisapo works from the idea that cooking has no borders, on Calle de Trafalgar in Chamberí. Each plate is meant as a journey between cultures, a concept the restaurant calls el arte del encuentro, the art of meeting, crossing Asian technique with South American flavours and Spanish seasonal produce. That approach has earned it a Michelin Bib Gourmand in four consecutive guides, 2023 to 2026. Dishes include gyozas de carabinero con jugo de sus cabezas coco y citronela, prawn gyozas finished with a sauce made from their own heads, coconut and lemongrass, and carrilleras al oporto, pork cheeks in port wine sauce. The room is small and quiet, industrial detail set against classic decorative pieces, somewhere you can actually hold a conversation. Its eight-course El Encuentro tasting menu runs 65 euros. **Order:** - Gyozas de carabinero con jugo de sus cabezas, coco y citronela - Carrilleras al oporto > "gyozas de carabinero con jugo de sus cabezas coco y citronela" — Madrid Secreto ## The Bib Gourmand Restaurants scene in Madrid Madrid's current Bib Gourmand list runs from a family dining room that's cooked in Retiro's Ibiza barrio since 1963, La Montería, to a Peruvian-Italian kitchen that opened in December 2023, Manifesto 13. Chamberí carries the heaviest concentration, with Bacira, Manifesto 13 and Sisapo all within a few streets of each other around the Trafalgar barrio, while Salamanca follows close behind with Treze, Tres por Cuatro, Varra and La Barra de la Tasquería. A handful of chefs came up through serious tasting-menu kitchens before opening something more casual: In-Pulso's Alex de la Fuente ran the kitchen at Ramón Freixa's two-Michelin-starred restaurant for five years, and Bacira splits its kitchen three ways between chefs with backgrounds at El Celler de Can Roca, Aponiente and Nikkei 225. Casquería and traditional Madrid cooking show up repeatedly, at La Barra de la Tasquería and In-Pulso especially, alongside Peruvian threads at Manifesto 13 and Tres por Cuatro and a Mediterranean-Japanese line at Bacira. ## Know before you go ### 1. Several close Sunday and Monday, among them Treze, Gala, In-Pulso and La MaMá. Days off aren't uniform across the list, so check the specific restaurant before you plan around it. ### 2. Portion sizes are flexible at more than one kitchen. Treze and La Barra de la Tasquería both list a half-ración option across most of the carta, useful for tasting more without over-ordering. ### 3. A few require the whole table to order the same format. In-Pulso's six-course Castizo menu is served to the full table only, and La MaMá's tasting menus run for parties of up to eight, subject to availability. ### 4. Two on this list also deliver. Bacira runs its own "Bacira en Casa" arm for nights in, and Las Tortillas de Gabino delivers through a partner service, Escalope Armando. ### 5. Booking ahead matters most at La Barra de la Tasquería, which the kitchen itself flags as hard to get into, and generally across the list for weekend service. ## Glossary - **Bib Gourmand** — The MICHELIN Guide's distinction for good quality cooking at a moderate price, awarded by the same inspectors as its stars but judged on value rather than cooking quality alone. - **Cocina de mercado** — Market cooking: a menu built around whatever produce is best that day, often changing daily or with the season. - **Castizo** — A term for old-Madrid character and tradition, used of both neighbourhoods and classic Madrid cooking. - **Ración / media ración** — A full or half-size shared plate, a common ordering format on Spanish restaurant menus. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is a Bib Gourmand? It's the MICHELIN Guide's distinction for good quality cooking at a fair price, awarded by the same anonymous inspectors as its stars but judged on value rather than the cooking alone. A restaurant gets a star or a Bib Gourmand from the guide, not both. ### How many Bib Gourmand restaurants does Madrid have? Fourteen, according to the MICHELIN Guide's own current Madrid Bib Gourmand list, checked directly for this guide. ### Is a Bib Gourmand better than a Michelin star? They're not ranked against each other. A star rewards the quality of the cooking alone, at any price. A Bib Gourmand rewards good cooking at a fair price instead. None of the restaurants on this list also holds a Michelin star. ### Which restaurant on this list has held its Bib Gourmand longest? Gala, on Calle de Espronceda in Chamberí's Ríos Rosas, has held it every year from 2018 to 2025 by its own account, the longest current run on this list. Sisapo follows with four consecutive guides, 2023 to 2026, and La MaMá has held it every year since 2019. ### Which Bib Gourmand restaurant in Madrid is the oldest? La Montería, cooking in Retiro's Ibiza barrio since 1963, is the oldest restaurant on this list. ### How much does dinner cost at Madrid's Bib Gourmand restaurants? Prices vary across the list. Las Tortillas de Gabino, La Montería, Quinqué, Manifesto 13 and La Barra de la Tasquería run roughly €26 to €50 per person, while Tresde, Tres por Cuatro, In-Pulso, Gala, Varra, Bacira, La MaMá and Sisapo run roughly €51 to €100. Check each restaurant's current carta before booking. ### Which Bib Gourmand restaurants serve Peruvian-influenced food? Manifesto 13 pairs Peruvian cooking, ceviche and tiradito, with fresh pasta, and Tres por Cuatro's menu carries its own Peruvian thread, in dishes like a sudado de corvina and a hot chupe of bonito. ### Which Bib Gourmand restaurants in Madrid deliver? Bacira runs its own home-delivery arm, Bacira en Casa, and Las Tortillas de Gabino delivers through a partner service, Escalope Armando. ## About the author **Justin Mota** — Guidavera founder Justin Mota is the founder of Guidavera. He has lived in Spain for over 10 years and runs a native AI agency alongside building this platform. Food has always been the way Justin connects with friends, and Guidavera started as the list he kept sending to everyone visiting Barcelona. He built it for himself and his friends first, and now hopes it can transform the way people discover great food experiences everywhere. More: https://guidavera.com/about --- This guide is the canonical machine-readable version of https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/bib-gourmand. Every claim is verifiable against the linked restaurant profiles. Source: Guidavera (https://guidavera.com).