Stumbled upon Vinoteca Tierra by mistake and couldn't have been happier! The nice lady who was…read moreworking made some recommendations and let us try a couple of wines before we found one we LOVED. Ended up buying 2 more bottles to bring home. Great value and great place.

Fantastic wine bar, excellent selections. Super cozy and intimate, so grab a set early or make a…read morereservation. Natural wine, too!

Best hole in the wall wine bar. Great wines and ambiance. So glad we found it especially since it…read morewas two doors down from our Airbnb. They offer light appetizers as well. If you are ever in Madrid find your way here and enjoy a few a few wine glasses. Highly recommend.

Love this place. Great small vineyard organic artisanal wines. The owners are great with…read morerecommending what to try.

What a lovely little place. I read about it on a travel review and I'm so glad I found it. It's run…read moreby a young man from Vancouver and that was nice to discover. He only has naturally vivified wine and took the time to explain the difference. We had a lovely Spanish Cava and he offered a delicious taste of cheese and some bread. It's tiny, situated in an off the beaten track, diverse neighbourhood. An undiscovered gem which I know will change. We loved the quirkiness of this place and would highly recommend it.

Great wine bar at plaza Mercado. Excellent bartenders with good recommendations to match your…read morepalate. I like that even for a good market, they still use glass wine glasses.

Well-priced glasses wine, tucked back in the corner of the Market hustle and bustle, it is the…read moreideal stop to grab a drink and people watch the hustle and bustle of it all. So many choices, I grabbed a delicious Tempranillo, from a very friendly-even while massively busy, waitress. It was a nice little pit stop.

Stopped by for lunch today. We ordered the chicken curry toast and meat and spinach and ricotta…read moreempanadas. We also got two glasses of sangria which were served in generous portions. The chicken curry toast was flavorful and the slice of bread it was spread on was perfectly crispy. The empanadas were both delicious and perfectly spiced but I do wish they could have been warmer, especially the one with cheese. The server was very nice and attentive.

Went here based on reviews but I have to say I was disappointed. The place is tiny and cramped…read more Food was limited and average. I will say the service was nice and attentive though.

This is another place I wish I could give half stars, in this case 4.5. On one hand, it's the…read more*exact* sort of quietly-pretentious cocktail bar experience I absolutely love, where all the drinks have been carefully curated with a bunch of small-batch ingredients, most of them, in this case, made in house. Each drink we ordered had an absolutely precisely perfect, super-unique presentation, and you could tell they were all carefully designed. I especially loved, while they don't advertise being a distillery, several cocktails even use their own in-house spirits, which if you ask about it and you're ordering a bunch of cocktails, you can just try a tasting flight for free. That was just super cool - you can buy bottles of some of them, too. Bit pricey at ~40 euro for a half-bottle, but they also distill some seriously unusual stuff, including one, used in their now-my-gold-standard bloody mary, distilled from a variety of mixed vegetables, the first time I'd *ever* seen a spirit distilled entirely from vegetables. On the other hand, with the exception of that bloody mary, all the drinks we had, especially for the price, were just... good. I loved the attention to detail on all of them, I could tell a lot of intention and effort went into each one, and again, it's always cool when you're drinking something that was distilled specifically by and for the bar you're at. But I also feel like I remember, mostly, a lot more about the presentation of the drinks and how much work went into some of the ingredients, than what most of them actually tasted like. On the third hand... that bloody mary. Seriously probably the best bloody mary I've had, as you'd expect from a place that hand-crafts literally everything including the base spirit. Assuming they still have it and it wasn't only on a temporary/seasonal menu... I'd go back for more of those, if I were ever back in Madrid. (If it was on a temporary/seasonal menu... too bad for me. I'll be savoring the half-bottle of the spirit I absolutely brought home with me, anyway! Though I still won't be making their bloody mary, which also used their own mix of several fresh-made stocks, for maximum flavor while also being totally clear still. That was super cool, and again, absolutely delicious.) Would I put it in my own personal "best bars anywhere on the planet" list? Probably not - that's a... lot of competition. Is it the best cocktail bar in Madrid? Also in my opinion, no, if I could only recommend one craft cocktail bar in Madrid, it'd be Salmon Guru. But if someone just asked me for recommendations for Madrid cause I'd been there, I could recommend any number of places, and they liked fancy, not-cheap craft cocktails? This would also go on the list, if that hypothetical person had time for two, as we did. Definitely do make a reservation, though. When we got there right when they opened, we were the only ones there... but that definitely didn't remain true.

Angelita had pretty good food, cocktails, and ambiance. I visited around 9 PM without a reservation…read moreand we got a seat in the basement bar. We had a few drinks and dinner. They serve the same food menu downstairs as well as upstairs. I liked the decor a lot; dark but comfortable. FOOD Smoked beef ham croquette - €3.5 each - pretty good croquettes Organic "ratatouille" with egg yolk and rosemary mayonnaise - €17.5 smaller portion - it was a little like ratatouille. It was not very attractive looking -- it was a vegetable mush. It didn't seem like a full dish on its own; it needed meat. Oxtail stew cannelloni with Sherry hollandaise - €10.5 - pretty good; get two if you are sharing They also gave us some olives (tasty) and then later some nuts (bad because they were unsalted / unseasoned). DRINKS Apio y Citricos - tequila with celery etc - interesting and tasty Resina y Sombra - mezcal with mushrooms etc - also interesting and tasty Moscow Mule Citronela - it was a moscow mule. not very interesting. Topinambo - whiskey, chicken skin etc They were all €13 or €14 We liked two of them a lot, less so the other two.

This is a great wine bar in Chueca. They will serve you the perfect glass based on your…read morepreferences, no need to study a menu and try to choose. Let your server guide you! There are a variety of tapas to snack on if you're hungry. Be aware that this is a popular neighborhood spot and small, so it fills up quick any night of the week. I'll definitely be returning on my next trip to Madrid!

Possibly our highlight of our 4 days in Madrid. As a big fan of Spanish wines, I let our hosts…read morerecommend the wines to accompany our amazing selection of Spanish cheeses (and the olive oil was amazing as well), and all were amazing.. The wine list is entrely Spanish wines and our hosts did a great job telling us about the wines. Very impressed and would definitely make another trip here if we find ourselves in Madrid again.

Let me tell you a story of a lovely evening. You pick up your lady after a long day at work. You…read morego for a long walk in the huge Ritero park enjoying the green, the breeze, the fountains. Walking back on the busy street, you cut one block over to a side street to get away from the traffic noise. A modern, bright, stylish cafe catches your eye. As you study the menu outside, the proprietor comes out to welcome you in. The wine selection is extensive, with varietals to please any pallette. The menu is diverse and skillfully executed. The curry chicken melts in your mouth and the spices dance in your tongue. The fried eggplant perfectly balances salty and sweet, with a perfect crunch and texture. And the black truffle risotto is a delectable sensory experience all its own. At the end of the evening, you walk mere feet away to catch the Ibiza subway station home on the purple line. Or you can elect to stroll the promenade through the park and enjoy the beautiful mix of Spanish architecture in the buildings nearby. This was our experience at S/R tonight. It was amazing. So glad we stumbled upon this gem.

Lovely restaurant! Knowledgeable employees about wine and…read morecheeses. Upscale service and food quality.

Tucked in a side street off the Plaza de Cibeles in the posh Salamanca neighborhood is Las…read moreCarboneras de Lu. Your first experience upon entering this restaurant is that you walk on glass looking down on the tables below. You are literally going to have a heavenly gastronomic experience. The entry of the restaurant is stacked with a plethora of regional Madrid wines. It is a testament to the husband and wife team that own the restaurant, a sommelier and chef, respectively. They give homage to the adage that the best wines are paired with the corresponding local food. Hence Chianti with pasta. We went to check in, but the hostess was in the phone and did not acknowledge us and in fact had her back to us the entire time. Her colleague checked us in. The hostess then got off the phone and attended to a pair of traveling oafs. The poor pair couldn't tell the difference between aGrenache, pouilly fuisee or a Riesling. Nonetheless the hostess poured attention on them, like pearls to pigs. I laughed when the oafs picked a 14euro wine. They began sitting us when she interrupted the gentleman saying the oafs were next. We interrupted her and stated that in fact no, we were next. You descend a staircase down into the restaurant. The walls are exposed brick that according to our waiter were pressure washed for over a month to remove the white paint that had defiled them. We were presented with a bread basket that contained a huge assortment of breads. I ordered the shrimp with wild rice and curry sauce; delectable. The rice was perfect and the shrimp were served perfect and not over cooked. My wife and daughter had the pig dish. My daughters was with white meat and was a solid 5. My wife's meat was from the ear portion of the pig and was loaded with bones. The dessert was a chocolate mouse with violet ice cream. This concoction is worth a trip to this restaurant, even to Madrid! I would walk the St James trail for this ice cream. Service: Michelin quality with the exception of the hostess. Food: great but for the selection of meat for my wife. Ambiance: nothing to be ashamed of. Come to this restaurant for an authentic Madrid experience sans the touristy menu and ad nauseam paella.

This is a great restaurant in every respect. Creative and delicious menu, reasonable and diverse…read morewine list, and most gracious hospitality. Whenever we go to Madrid, this is a must visit. Looking forward to our next visit.