The kitchen cooks traditional Spanish home food from quality, seasonal produce: vegetables from Navarra, game like partridge and venison, stews, Galician meat, canned fish from the Cantábrico and almadraba tuna. Daily suggestions run to seasoned fresh artichokes, roasted red peppers, Navarra cardoon, black truffle croquetas, a chicken broth and partridge a la toledana. The other pillar is the cellar, more than 2,000 labels, kept at temperature, with wines by the glass chalked up on a slate.

García de la Navarra is a family restaurant and vinoteca run by two brothers: Pedro in the kitchen and Luis in the dining room and cellar, with a bar at the entrance, a dining room and a terrace on Calle de Montalbán, by the Prado. It holds one Repsol Sol.

Vegetables are the house's great strength: borage, mangetout, chard stalks and a five-vegetable medley in season, alongside ham croquettes, garlic prawns, callos, tarantelo tuna and game when it's in. A board of 15 to 20 cheeses is on show in the dining room every day. Luis has long believed in making wine affordable to learn: from the early days, the house has poured a different wine each week at cost price to tempt younger drinkers.

The cooking is traditional Spanish home food, 'de toda la vida', built on seasonal produce from the best suppliers: fresh vegetables from Navarra, game such as partridge, Galician meat, Cantabrian fish and conserves, and Barbate tuna. There is no fixed carta; the kitchen works from the chef's daily suggestions, which run to seasonal artichokes, red cardoon Navarra-style, roasted red peppers, black-truffle croquettes, partridge pickled or stewed Toledo-style, and spoon dishes such as chicken broth and verdinas with vegetables and clams. Desserts are homemade, from flan and cheesecake to tocino de cielo and pantxineta.

Given Luis's background in wine, the cellar runs to more than 2,000 labels, kept in several climate-controlled cellars so each wine reaches the table at the right temperature: young whites and sparkling wines at 4°C, special whites at 8°C and reds at exactly 16°C. Under the motto that every wine has its moment, Luis chalks the week's wines by the glass on a slate and changes them regularly.

García de la Navarra is open Tuesday to Saturday, 13:30 to 16:00 and 20:30 to midnight, and is closed on Sunday and Monday. Book through the reservations page on its site or call 915 233 647 or 915 238 770.