Στέκια in Madrid

Arzábal's garden restaurant inside the Reina Sofía

The Cava Baja institution of huevos estrellados since 1974

Refined Uruguayan parrilla over oak and vine shoots

Steamship-styled seafood house in the business north

The chef who brought Nikkei to Spain, on his own terms

Cantabrian cooking in a minimalist-chic Salamanca townhouse

Juanjo López's seasonal cocido house by the Retiro

Classic seafood and casa-style tapas on Ponzano

An 1886 building reworked by Lázaro Rosa-Violán, beside Retiro

The world's oldest restaurant, a once-in-a-lifetime cochinillo pilgrimage

Small wine-led tapas tavern off the Retiro

Wood-fire asador with a Neapolitan oven in Chueca