Eating out in Madrid

We ate in quite a few places in Madrid, and these are just some of them. Unfortunately I lost 3 days' worth of photographs so some places are missing.

Taberna Salamanca is situated on Calla Cava Baja, where our hotel was situated, and we ate here twice, both times in the evening, and both times indoors, as the first four days of our stay the weather was quite chilly.

It's a small place

and upstairs you can see all the beer barrells.

We loved cafe Europa and had lunch here twice. The food was excellent, and there was so much to see as the cafe is situated very hear Plaza Sol which is buzzing with life.

Taberna Tirso de Molina, situated in the Plaza Tirso de Molina,  was one of our favourites.  

We discovered it by chance one day as we were walking and I took all these photos of the exterior then

It reminded me of bistros in Paris

and inside it really was like a bistro in Paris.

We loved the atmosphere and we loved the food

the first night we ate here it was packed. The second one we came very early and this is when I took these photographs.

We liked Los Galayos, just off Plaza Mayor 

we sat outside.

After the meal we were offered the whole of this bottle of grappa with peaches inside - it was delicious.

El Madrono became a favourite: we had lunch here once, and came twice for dinner

it was always packed and sometimes we had to wait for a table

lots of things to see  

at all times of day and night.

We also sat in Plaza Mayor once just to soak up the atmosphere

but the whole square is a tourist trap so we only did it once.

Revuelta located in a small square near Plaza Mayor, is where we had lunch one day.

it was very busy and the food was good.

A procession, carrying the statue of San Isidro walked slowly by as we were having lunch

One of these nuns gave me a huge smile and a squeeze of the arm as I was taking a photograph - she was lovely