Madrid’s oldest restaurants

Those who live in big cities are well-accustomed to seeing how shops and restaurants that surround us change every now and then, and where yesterday was a shoe shop, today is a restaurant, and tomorrow a pub, completing a sort of a commerce life circle.

Madrid is a city that has quite a large number of centenary establishments. Precisely speaking of restaurants, you can find a few that have being accompanying the madrileños decade after decade, living through every crisis, retirement or change of culinary trends. Today we’re going to tell you about the three oldest restaurants in Madrid .

Travel guide through the oldest restaurants in Madrid

For those who value tradition as an added bonus to a good table, here you have our particular list with the podium of the oldest restauration establishments of the capital of Spain.

Botín

The first place goes to Botín, which is not only said to be the oldest restaurant in Madrid, but in the whole world (as the Guiness World book of records confirms). Its amazing vaulted dining room, its wood stove and its tables have been showing the best of the Spanish gastronomy to locals and tourists since 1725. The roasted piglet and lamb are almost as legendary as the restaurant itself. You will find it in calle Cuchilleros, 17.

Casa Alberto

In the 18th of calle Huertas you will encounter Casa Alberto. This restaurant has been opened since 1827. Famous for the vermouths, and the most celebrated dishes can be the callos, oxtails, snails or pig trotters. However, Casa Alberto has been able to keep up with the times and also offers a wide variety of dishes of a newer type of cuisine.

La Bola

Since 1870, La Bola serves traditional plates to locals, made with the love and good taste that only tradition can bring. This establishment, located in calle Bola, 5, prepares what many people consider as the best cocido madrileño that you can try in the city.