




El Ingrediente
El Ingrediente
El Ingrediente is a small restaurant on Calle Alenza in Ríos Rosas, listed in the Guía Repsol, cooking personal, tradition-based plates to share, in half or full portions, with a short list that changes with the season. Twenty-two seats in the dining room and ten at the bar, where many dishes are finished in view. Lunch Tuesday to Sunday, dinner Tuesday to Saturday.
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Vacacioneeees!! 🥳🥳🥳💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 Nos vemos a la vuelta!!

Gracias 1 año más a @guiarepsol por incluirnos. Todo un honor! 💪💪💪 📍Calle Alenza, 5 📞911375972 👨💻 www.elingredienterestaurante.com

10 AÑOS Con motivo de nuestro décimo año, hemos hecho una carta con antiguos platos que os encantaban! Iremos haciendo y metiendo algunos más. Vamooow! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 📍Calle Alenza, 5 📞911375972 👨💻 www.elingredienterestaurante.com

HORARIOS DE APERTURA! Os esperamos con los brazos abiertos! 👨🏻🍳👨🏻🍳👨🏻🍳 📍Calle Alenza, 5 📞911375972 👨💻 www.elingredienterestaurante.com

Hoy comemos rico! Nos hemos hecho este pollo a la huancaína que estaba riquísimo! ☺️ Es muy fácil y rápido, aprovechad y hacedlo, veréis que cosita! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 📍Calle Alenza, 5 📞911375972 👨💻 www.elingredienterestaurante.com

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Background
About El Ingrediente
The Story
El Ingrediente is a small restaurant on Alenza, in Ríos Rosas, the residential grid north of the old centre, deliberately outside the fashionable circuit. It cooks personal, author-driven food with a clear base in tradition, designed to be shared informally, in a style the Guía Repsol sums up as fleeing labels and cooking from the gut, 'sin bobadas', after one of the kitchen's big inspirations, the Basque chef David de Jorge, Robin Food on television. The kitchen is tiny, so many plates are finished behind the bar: neighbourhood cooking in full view. It's listed in the Guía Repsol.
The Cuisine
Tradition-based sharing plates with global detours, in half or full portions, from a carta of about fifteen dishes plus off-menu specials that changes with the season and, as the house puts it, the kitchen's mood. Five dishes is its suggested amount for a table to share.
The Carta
Half portions run about €9 to €13, full ones €18 to €26. The current list includes a duck steak tartare in the Robin Food style with fried capers and 'japo' mayonnaise, a chicken and pork rillette with marinated salmon, tartare sauce and pickles, stewed caviar lentils with tendons and seared prawns, a sea-bream tiradito with ponzu and mojo canario, beef meatballs in mole de olla with corn cream, a creamy rice of cabbage and smoked bacon with marinated corvina, stewed red chipirones with Chinese rice pasta, and pork cheeks in red curry with Thai rice. Tacos and vegetable ssam come by the piece, there's a chilli dog with Basque-style meat, and the house 'Cubano' sandwich of glazed pork belly with teriyaki and sriracha mayo (€18.50).
Groups, Wine and Cocktails
Group menus of shared dishes run €42, €45 and €48 a head, with bread and water included and an optional €11 add-on of three drinks. The wine list is its own, with some wines by the glass and a selection of fortified wines for sherry lovers, and the bar has a short list of original cocktails. Nearby car parks include Alenza 18-20, Ponzano 37, Ríos Rosas 47 and Hernani 23.
Highlights
What Diners Say
Consensus
El Ingrediente Ratings & Reviews
Professional Ratings
decor 6.1/10, service 6.7/10, typical spend 40€
Diner Ratings
Restaurant Guru
4.4
720 reviews
4.4
662
TripAdvisor
4.3
204
El Ingrediente ranks #231 of 1001 rated restaurants in Madrid. Diners rate it 4.4/5 on Restaurant Guru (720 reviews) and 4.3/5 on TripAdvisor.
Reservations
How to Book El Ingrediente
Booking
Book online at elingredienterestaurante.com (thefork).
Experience
El Ingrediente Dining Experience
Small, cosy and informal, with two ways to sit: a quieter dining room of 22 seats with tables for one to twelve, and a livelier ten-seat bar where many dishes are finished in front of you. The house itself says the bar has fans and the odd detractor, so book the dining room if you want calm. Service is warm and unhurried.
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El Ingrediente Location & Neighbourhood
Address
Alenza, 5, 28003, Madrid, Spain
Get directions→Getting There
El Ingrediente is on Alenza, 5, in the Ríos Rosas barrio of Chamberí, about 1,500 m south-west of the Bernabéu. Ríos Rosas is a working residential grid north of the old centre, where restaurants answer to the people who live there and the eating is unhurried and mid-priced.
Nearby
Ríos Rosas is a working residential grid north of the old centre, where restaurants answer to the people who live there rather than to visitors. It sits nearer Estadio Santiago Bernabéu than anything touristic, and the eating is unhurried, mid-priced and quietly confident. This is where you go for a proper lunch without theatre.
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Details
El Ingrediente Reservations, Hours & Contact
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
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| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 13:30–17:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Wednesday | 13:30–17:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Thursday | 13:30–17:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Friday | 13:30–17:00 & 20:30–00:00 |
| Saturday | 13:30–17:00 & 20:30–00:00 |
| Sunday | 13:30–17:00 |
El Ingrediente hours verified 2026-08-10. Contact the restaurant to confirm.
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Good to Know
Questions
El Ingrediente FAQ
When is El Ingrediente open?
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Lunch Tuesday to Sunday from 13:30, and dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 20:30, until 23:00 midweek and midnight on Friday and Saturday. It's closed on Mondays, and summer hours can differ, so check the restaurant's own site.
What kind of food does El Ingrediente serve?
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Personal, tradition-based sharing plates with global touches, in half or full portions: duck tartare in the Robin Food style, caviar lentils with tendons and prawns, sea-bream tiradito, meatballs in mole, pork cheeks in red curry and the house Cubano sandwich.
Where is El Ingrediente?
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Calle Alenza 5, in the Ríos Rosas barrio of Madrid's Chamberí district, a residential grid north of the old centre.
How much does it cost to eat at El Ingrediente?
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Half portions are about €9 to €13 and full portions €18 to €26; the house suggests five dishes for a table to share. Group menus are €42, €45 or €48 a head.
Should I sit at the bar or in the dining room?
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The dining room seats 22 and is the quieter option. The ten-seat bar is livelier, gets the same carta plus a short cocktail list, and can take groups of up to eight. Both can be booked.








