What should I order at Restaurante Botín?

The posts agree on the cochinillo asado, suckling pig roasted in a wood-fired oven that has been in use since 1725. Roast lamb is the other signature, and one creator adds the Basque cheesecake as a must. The same creator says to book in advance because demand is high, and the restaurant itself strongly recommends reservations.

Which Madrid restaurants on this list are cheap?

100 Montaditos on Calle de la Montera is the obvious budget pick, especially on Sundays and Wednesdays when its EuroMania promotion puts many items at 1€. Carúpanadas in Chueca sells Venezuelan empanadas at street food prices. For a moderate bill, Cervecería El Doble serves cañas with conservas, and Casa Macareno in Malasaña has a daily fixed-price menu.

Do I need a reservation?

It depends on the place. Akiro takes no reservations at all, so you queue. Botín and Charrúa recommend booking, Circolo Popolare recommends reserving 30 days ahead, and at Los 33 the formal dining room needs a booking while the bar area takes walk-ins. Cervecería El Doble is mostly standing room.

Madrid Restaurants From TikTok: Grills, Taverns and Hand Rolls

Forty-four restaurants make up the Madrid that creators film, and a lot of it is cooked over fire. Lana in Chamberí and Los 33 on Plaza de las Salesas lead the set with four posts each, both built around the grill, while Restaurante Botín still roasts suckling pig in a wood-fired oven in use since 1725. Steakhouse edits, sushi roundups and lists of dinner tables 'con ambiente' account for several more.

The spread runs from 1€ montaditos to fusion tasting menus. The Salamanca district collects the Japanese places, mostly hand roll bars, while the Centro streets around Salesas, Chueca and Malasaña hold taverns, empanadas and baos. Older bars get filmed too: La Bodega de la Ardosa dates from 1892, and Cervecería El Doble in Chamberí is posted for its draft beer and tinned seafood. Most prices are moderate, with a handful of expensive tables.

Written from public posts on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Updated Oct 2026.

Where creators go

LanaFine Dining
A steakhouse on Calle de Ponzano in Chamberí that cooks Argentinian-style grilled meats and appears on World's Best Steak Restaurants lists. It ties for the most posted restaurant on this page. One creator's advice is to walk into the kitchen and choose your own cut, then save room for the flan. It is expensive, so treat it as a planned dinner rather than a casual one.
Los 33Restaurant
South American meats cooked over a wood fire, plus fusion tapas, on Plaza de las Salesas. Creators name the milanesa and the Bikini toasted sandwich as signatures, describe oxtail pasta finished on the grill, and say not to miss the empanadita de entraña or the flan. Walk-ins can use the bar area; the dining room needs a booking in advance.
Akiro Hand Roll BarSushi Restaurant
Made-to-order hand rolls on Calle de Hermosilla in Salamanca. Creators call the hand rolls the standout, and one ranks it among the best sushi restaurants in Madrid. Reservations are not accepted and seats go first come, first served. It sits at the expensive end of the list, and the Experiencia Akiro tasting is the longer way to eat here.
Restaurante BotínSpanish Restaurant
Open since 1725 and holder of the Guinness World Record for oldest restaurant, Botín fills four floors on Calle de Cuchilleros, down to a medieval cellar. The posts focus on cochinillo asado from the original oven. One creator also pushes the Basque cheesecake and warns that booking ahead is essential because demand is high. Roast lamb is the other house signature.
LionnaRestaurant
Two floors on Calle de Recoletos with a sushi bar, a cocktail lounge and a Japanese menu with Latin influences: hamachi tacos, sea bass al pastor, beef tataki with Brussels sprouts. It turns up on a sushi roundup and on a list of tables for nights that run late. The instruction from the posts is short: order the crispy rice. The kitchen serves non-stop.
La Bodega de la ArdosaRestaurant
A tavern from 1892 on Calle de Colón, with original tile floors, vermouth on tap and what it calls the oldest Guinness tap in Spain. Its tortilla de patatas has won awards, and the creator who posted it names it a favorite for croquetas and vermouth. Salmorejo is on the tapas list too. A good first stop before a late Madrid dinner.
Cervecería El DobleSeafood Restaurant
A Chamberí bar on Calle de José Abascal known for carefully poured cañas and dobles, conservas, Galician shrimp and oysters, under Talavera tiles at a zinc bar. It is mostly standing room and a regular stop on the local 'ponzaning' tapas crawl. The practical tip from the post: come early in the day, before the best seafood and tapas sell out.

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Steak and the grill

Lana shares one creator's Madrid steakhouse edit with two other grills. One is the 200-year-old Cava Baja house of Casa Julián de Tolosa, which cooks chuletón on an inclined grill and holds two forks in the Michelin Guide. Its branch on Calle de Ibiza in Retiro, listed separately as Casa Julián de Tolosa, comes from another post, where a creator recommends the slow-roasted leeks and the dry-aged ribeye. The other grill in the edit, Charrúa on Calle del Conde de Xiquena, has an open flame in a candlelit room styled after a Uruguayan hacienda, and reservations are recommended. La Vaca Argentina and Piantao, two more grill restaurants, are also listed.

Hand rolls and sushi in Salamanca

Akiro and Lionna share a sushi roundup with two more Salamanca addresses. Kaito The Original Hand Roll Bar on Calle de Lagasca is a casual room lined with warm wood, and the post mentions its tuna ceremony experience. Hotaru Madrid on Calle Alcalá is the formal option: featured in the Michelin Guide, with wagyu rolls, nigiri the creator calls excellent and a speakeasy room called Amaterasu. MYO Hand Roll Bar and Smokey Gallery, both sushi restaurants, appear on the page as well.

Eating for little money

100 Montaditos on Calle de la Montera is a chain of small sandwiches and sangria, and the post points to its EuroMania days, Sundays and Wednesdays, when many items cost 1€. Carúpanadas on Calle de Augusto Figueroa in Chueca fries Venezuelan beach-style empanadas in sweet corn dough, with fillings like carne mechada and asado negro. DàBàobao, on Calle del Espíritu Santo in Malasaña, makes its baos by hand.

Good to know

Lana, the Argentinian-style steakhouse in Chamberí, and Los 33 on Plaza de las Salesas lead with four posts each. Akiro Hand Roll Bar and Restaurante Botín follow with three, and Lionna has two. Every other restaurant on the page comes from a single post, often one creator's themed list of steakhouses, sushi bars or dinner tables.