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Unpretentious restaurant serving vegetarian dishes. House speciality is spinach and mushroom tart (tarta de setas y espinacas ).

Well-established restaurant serving up North African specialities.

Designed to look like a bar of the early 1900s with Moorish touches, Alhambra is one of the best places to start the evening if you’re about to embark on a tour of the night spots of Sol and Santa Ana. Check out the Andalusian tapas – especially the cured meats and spicy sausage. Drinks are more expensive from around 11pm at weekends (see Alhambra).

Atmospheric tapas bar – from 11pm at weekends you can only eat standing at the bar (see Alhambra).

Quality home cooking from the Basque country is the highlight here.

The glass-roofed terrace is the main attraction of this restaurant specializing in rice-based dishes.

This well-known vegetarian restaurant features a nettle purée among other imaginative dishes. Also organic wines and herbal teas. No smoking.

This restaurant in a stone farmhouse is worth seeking out. Chef Felipe del Olmo is known for his stylish cooking – try the grilled hake in a delicious squid sauce. Large terrace in summer.

What madrileños prize here is succulent meat and fish, cooked in the traditional manner over charcoal. If you still have room, try the rice pudding (arroz con leche ) (see Asador Frontón).

A classic asador where meat and fish dishes are grilled over charcoal (see Asador Frontón).