Spain Guide
Around Madrid
Eating
1 La Abadía Plaza San Nicolás 3 There's a constantly changing menu in this popular restaurant serving very good specialities such as pheasant croquetas and patatas a lo pobre.
2 Adolfo c/Granada 6 
925 227 321 One of the best restaurants in town, tucked behind a marzipan café, in an old Jewish town house (ask to see the painted ceiling in the eleventh-century cellar downstairs), and serving imaginative, high-quality food. But it comes at a price: the two menus on offer are a hefty €56 or €85. Opening time: Closed Sun eve & Mon
3 Alex Plaza de Amador de los Ríos 10, at the top end of c/Nuncio Viejo. A reasonable-value restaurant with a much cheaper café at the side. It's in a nice location and has a shady summer terrace. Conejo and perdiz are the specialities here.Price: €35 a head Opening time: Closed Mon
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Alfileritos 24 c/Alfileritos 24 A cool, relaxed, brick-lined bar-restaurant serving an imaginative and very tasty €9.90 menú. A good place for a drink, too.
5 As de Espadas Paseo de la Rosa 64 925 212 707 An excellent restaurant close to the railway station serving a €42 menú de degustación and imaginative dishes such as chickpeas with spinach and squid. It also does good home-made desserts and has an extensive wine list.
6 Casa Aurelio c/Sinagoga 1 & 6 Two branches of a popular Toledano group of restaurants (there's another one next to the cathedral in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento) serving up good standard Castilian food. Price: Mains €18–25
7 Casa Ludeña Plaza Magdalena 13 One of many places around this square, but this is the most authentic. It offers a good-value €10 menú and some of the best carcamusa in town.
8 Casón de Los Lopez de Toledo c/Sillería 3 An upmarket restaurant in a quiet street close to Plaza Zocódover with plenty of regional specialities. Price: Mains €15–20
9 Los Cuatro Tiempos c/Sixto Ramón Parro 5 (close to the Cathedral) 925 223 782 An excellent restaurant with local specialities such as cochinillo, perdiz and cordero given a modern twist. Price: Menú around €20, mains €18–20 Opening time: Closed Sun eve
10 Mille Grazie c/Cadenas 2. A busy, down-to-earth place with a wide variety of Italian dishes. The tortellini with walnut and cream sauce is particularly good. Opening time: Closed Mon & Sun eve
11 El Palacete c/Soledad 2 925 225 375 Located in a beautifully restored building dating back to the eleventh century, this high-quality restaurant serves well-presented meat and fish dishes and offers a fine €40 menú. Opening time: Closed Sun & Mon eve
12 La Perdiz c/Reyes Católicos 7 A popular place which does a good menú de degustación for €28 and has a fine selection of local wines.
13 El Trébol c/Santa Fé 15 Very popular bar between Plaza Zocódover and the Museo de Santa Cruz serving some great tapas and the house speciality bombas (potatoes stuffed with meat and fried). A tasty range of bocadillos and some good tortilla too.
14 Venta de Aires c/Circo Romano 35 925 220 545 A popular restaurant housed in a famous old inn, a little way out of the centre, with outdoor eating in the summer. Price: €35 a head Opening time: Closed Sun eve