DK Travel : Madrid : Places to eat

Empanadillas

These are pastries usually with tuna and tomato or meat fillings.
Entre Suspiro y Suspiro

Signature Mexican dishes include “devil salad” with prawns, mango, coriander and chicken in hot chocolate sauce (mole ).
Entrevinos

The international wine list runs to more than 200 varieties. Speciality snacks include habas (salted broad beans) served with jamón Ibérico .
Errota-Zar

This family-run restaurant serves grilled meat and fish dishes cooked to perfection. Try the red bream (besugo ).
Estay

A bar with a touch of sophistication, not least in its selection of imaginatively prepared tapas such as French toast with apple compote. The desserts to die for.
Ferpal

Charcuterie near Sol with the usual range of jamón Ibérico , pâtés, cheeses, etc., as well as sandwiches. Eat at the bar or take away.
Fonda Genara

Reasonably priced restaurant also in an 18th-century building near El Escorial’s Teatro Coliseo, hence the theatre memorabilia. Castilian cooking, featuring dishes such as rabo de toro (bull’s tail). Set-price menu.
Gambas

Shrimps are grilled in their shells (a la plancha ) or peeled and then fried in oil and garlic (al ajillo ).
Gino’s

A popular Italian restaurant chain offering a selection of pizzas, pasta and meat dishes. Especially good value is the midweek all-inclusive meals for two.
Horcher

One of Madrid’s most exclusive restaurants, Horcher specializes in the cooking of central Europe, in particular game.