Locali in Madrid

Speakeasy-calm classic cocktails on Calle del Pez

High-end Tokyo-style sushi and robata in Salamanca

The Villalón brothers' wine temple just off Gran Vía

Six-table San Sebastián cooking on the Ponzano corridor

The Retiro-edge canteen of Castellanos and Morales

Arzábal's garden restaurant inside the Reina Sofía

1921 English-club cocktail bar of Buñuel and Dalí

The Cava Baja institution of huevos estrellados since 1974

Pescaderías Coruñesas' Salamanca seafood institution

Steamship-styled seafood house in the business north

Seasonal market cooking and a cult cheesecake in stripped-back Chamberí

Cantabrian cooking in a minimalist-chic Salamanca townhouse

Juanjo López's seasonal cocido house by the Retiro

Navarrese vegetable and produce temple in Justicia

Classic seafood and casa-style tapas on Ponzano

César Martín's modern Spanish cooking with cult croquetas

Arzak-trained signature cooking on Doctor Castelo

Mezcal-leaning cocktail den tucked into Conde Duque

Three-decade Galician seafood house near the park

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

Japanese-Mexican fusion in residential Chamartín

The chefs' beloved cult bistro of Chamartín

Nose-to-tail tapas served in an industrial cutting room on Ponzano

World's-50-Best cocktail craft on Echegaray

Small wine-led tapas tavern off the Retiro