Lokale in Madrid

Speakeasy-calm classic cocktails on Calle del Pez

The Villalón brothers' wine temple just off Gran Vía

The Retiro-edge canteen of Castellanos and Morales

Arzábal's garden restaurant inside the Reina Sofía

Steamship-styled seafood house in the business north

Juanjo López's seasonal cocido house by the Retiro

Classic seafood and casa-style tapas on Ponzano

César Martín's modern Spanish cooking with cult croquetas

1931 gourmet grocer with 1,500-plus wines

Arzak-trained signature cooking on Doctor Castelo

An 1886 building reworked by Lázaro Rosa-Violán, beside Retiro

World's-50-Best cocktail craft on Echegaray

Small wine-led tapas tavern off the Retiro