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Chamberí
Local, modern-gastro, unhurried

Chamberí

Residential, low-tourist and gastronomically essential, where Madrid actually eats along the Ponzano corridor.

Residential and largely tourist-free, Chamberí is the engine room of modern Madrid gastronomy, anchored by the café life of the octagonal Plaza de Olavide and the Calle Ponzano corridor of gastro-tapas bars and by-the-glass wine lists. This is where chefs run their own rooms and where the city actually eats, from the open counters of forward-looking tapas to the long-running classics. For anyone reading the chapter, it is the single most important barrio to understand how Madrid dines today.

Highlights

Plaza de Olavide café life Calle Ponzano tapas corridor Chef-driven open-counter rooms Deep by-the-glass wine lists Quiet, residential street life
15 places
5 Categories

Restaurant

9 places

Sala de Despiece Restaurant
Sala de Despiece - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Industrial Chic Counter Dining Chef Driven

Nose-to-tail tapas served in an industrial cutting room on Ponzano

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Fismuler Restaurant
Fismuler - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Design Led Natural Wine Seasonal
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Seasonal market cooking and a cult cheesecake in stripped-back Chamberí

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Tripea Restaurant
Tripea - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Counter Dining Fusion Market Stall
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Peruvian-Asian tasting counter inside Mercado de Vallehermoso

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El Invernadero Restaurant
El Invernadero - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Michelin Vegetable Haute Chefs Counter

Rodrigo de la Calle's green haute cuisine - one Michelin star plus a Green Star

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Quimbaya by Edwin Rodríguez Restaurant
Quimbaya by Edwin Rodríguez - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Michelin Intimate Tasting Menu

Spain's first Michelin-starred Colombian author cuisine, eight tables only

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Lakasa Restaurant
Lakasa - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Chef Driven Relaxed Produce Led
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César Martín's modern Spanish cooking with cult croquetas

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Arima Basque Gastronomy Restaurant
Arima Basque Gastronomy - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Basque Intimate Product Driven

Six-table San Sebastián cooking on the Ponzano corridor

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La Máquina Chamberí Restaurant
La Máquina Chamberí - Restaurant in Chamberí, Madrid
Restaurant
Seafood Lively Bar Classic

Classic seafood and casa-style tapas on Ponzano

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Bar

1 place

Taberna Averías Bar
Taberna Averías - Bar in Chamberí, Madrid
Bar
Wine Bar By The Glass Knowledgeable

A 'wine cult' with 400+ wines by the glass on Ponzano

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Shop

1 place

Mercado de Vallehermoso Shop
Mercado de Vallehermoso - Shop in Chamberí, Madrid
Shop
Market Local Casual Grazing

Chamberí's 1933 market reborn as a boundary-pushing food hall

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Hotel

3 places

URSO Hotel & Spa Hotel
URSO Hotel & Spa - Hotel in Chamberí, Madrid
Hotel
Neoclassical Design Led Spa

Madrid's first boutique five-star, in a 1915 neoclassical townhouse

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Cafe

1 place

Toma Café 2 Cafe
Toma Café 2 - Cafe in Chamberí / Trafalgar, Madrid
Cafe
Specialty coffee Roaster Rustic

Toma's Chamberí roastery room near Plaza de Olavide

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