Best Restaurants Open Sunday in Madrid 2026

Madrid eats bigger on Sunday than almost any capital in Europe, and yet the kitchens that hold the stars go dark. DiverXO, Coque, Ramon Freixa, DSTAgE and Smoked Room all close Sunday to rest their teams, so a diner who flies in for the weekend and expects a tasting menu on Sunday night will be turned away by every one of them. What stays open is the older Madrid: the wood-oven asadores of La Latina, the Galician seafood houses, the Salamanca rooms that run all afternoon. Six of them confirm Sunday hours below, ranked by what each is for, with prices per head before wine.

Why a Sunday list matters in Madrid

Madrid carries more than twenty Michelin-starred restaurants across the region, and the great majority keep a strict weekend shutdown. The three-star DiverXO opens only Tuesday to Friday; Coque, Ramon Freixa and DSTAgE all rest on Sunday. The single most useful thing to know about a Madrid Sunday is that chasing a starred tasting menu is a losing game. The reservation you want is at an institution that has never closed a Sunday in fifty years.

The rooms that stay open follow the Spanish Sunday rhythm, where lunch is the main event and runs from two in the afternoon well past four. Dinner exists but starts late, rarely before half past eight, and several of the best Sunday tables are lunch-only. The list below leads with the heritage asador you should book first and closes with the tapas counter you can walk into. Hours are checked against each restaurant's current published schedule. For the rest of the week, start with the Madrid dining guide.

The Sunday list

Casa Botin

Castilian asador · La Latina, Madrid · €50–75 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–16:00 and 20:00–24:00

Casa Botin opened in 1725 on Calle de Cuchilleros 17 and the Guinness Book of Records certifies it as the oldest restaurant in continuous operation in the world. The wood-fired oven has never gone cold, and the cochinillo asado, the suckling pig roasted until the skin shatters, is the one order. A full lunch lands around €50 to €75 a head. It runs the longest Sunday of any heritage room in the city, full lunch and full dinner, and the cellar tunnels below are a piece of old Madrid worth the climb down.

Amazonico

Latin American · Salamanca, Madrid · €60–110 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–02:00

Sandro Silva's jungle-canopy room on Calle de Jorge Juan 20 is the hardest Sunday booking in Salamanca, and the most fun. The robata grill turns out Brazilian-leaning fish and meat, the ceviches and the Josper-charred cuts are the draw, and a meal runs €60 to €110 a head. It opens Sunday from one in the afternoon to two in the morning, the latest close on this list. Reserve the dining room for the food and ask about La Selva, the jazz bar downstairs, for the long Sunday night that follows.

La Bien Aparecida

Modern Cantabrian · Salamanca, Madrid · €55–90 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–16:00 and 20:00–24:00

The Grupo Cañadio flagship on Calle de Jorge Juan 8 cooks the food of Spain's green north, with the Santoña anchovy, the tartares and a daily rice the things to order. A meal runs €55 to €90 a head. The room is bright and busy across two floors, and it keeps full Sunday service for both lunch and dinner, which makes it the most reliable upscale all-day Sunday in the Salamanca district. Book the upstairs salon for a quieter Sunday lunch.

Casa Lucio

Traditional Castilian · La Latina, Madrid · €45–75 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–16:00 and 20:30–23:30

Lucio Blazquez opened his tavern on Cava Baja 35 in 1974 and it has fed kings, presidents and half the Spanish film industry since. The huevos rotos, fried eggs broken over potatoes and ham, are the dish people cross the city for, and the rest is honest Castilian cooking. A meal runs €45 to €75 a head. It serves both Sunday lunch and Sunday dinner on the city's old tavern street, and a Sunday lunch table here is one of the warmest rooms in La Latina.

Estado Puro

Modern tapas · Las Cortes, Madrid · €30–50 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 12:00–24:00

Paco Roncero's tapas room on Plaza de las Cortes 4, a two-minute walk from the Prado, is the value pick and the easiest Sunday seat on this list. The modern tortilla, the liquid croquettes and the classic Spanish snacks come from a two-star chef at a fraction of the tasting-menu price, around €30 to €50 a head. It runs continuous Sunday service from noon to midnight, takes walk-ins more readily than the rest, and suits a Sunday built around a museum afternoon.

Combarro

Galician seafood · Salamanca, Madrid · €70–120 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 13:00–16:30 (lunch only)

Combarro has flown the day's catch from the Galician rias since 1973, and the room on Calle de Jose Ortega y Gasset 40 is where Madrid goes for percebes, grilled turbot and the spider crab. A seafood lunch lands €70 to €120 a head depending on the market price of shellfish. Sunday is lunch only, one to half past four, with the kitchen closing for Sunday night. It is the grand seafood Sunday in the city, best booked midweek for a long midday table.

How to book a Sunday table in Madrid

The first rule of a Madrid Sunday is to stop chasing stars and book an institution. Casa Botin and Casa Lucio in La Latina both take reservations and both reward two or three days' notice for the prime Sunday lunch slot at two o'clock. Amazonico is the exception on difficulty: the Salamanca crowd fills it fast, so a Sunday table wants a week's lead and the dining room booked separately from the bar. La Bien Aparecida holds full Sunday service and is the safest all-day option. Combarro fills with local families for its lunch-only Sunday, so reserve midweek. Estado Puro is the walk-in: arrive before two for lunch or after four to beat the museum crowd. For a solo Sunday, the counter at Estado Puro and a bar seat at Amazonico are the easiest, a fine solo dining at the counter move. Hosting on a Sunday? Casa Botin's cellar rooms are a strong choice to impress a client in Madrid.

Frequently asked questions

Are any Michelin restaurants open on Sunday in Madrid?

Very few, and none of the marquee names. DiverXO, Coque, Ramon Freixa, DSTAgE and Smoked Room all close on Sunday, and most keep a Sunday-Monday shutdown to rest their teams. A diner expecting to book a starred tasting menu on a Sunday night in Madrid will be turned away. For a serious Sunday meal, the heritage asadores and seafood houses on this list are the answer instead.

Is Casa Botin open on Sunday?

Yes. Casa Botin opens Sunday for both lunch and dinner, roughly one to four in the afternoon and eight to midnight, at Calle de Cuchilleros 17 in La Latina. As the oldest restaurant in the world it keeps a seven-day schedule. The cochinillo asado from the wood-fired oven is the order, with lunch around €50 to €75 a head. Book two or three days ahead for a Sunday lunch table.

Where can I get a good Sunday lunch in Madrid?

For Castilian roasts, Casa Botin and Casa Lucio in La Latina are the two best Sunday lunches in the city. For seafood, Combarro serves a Galician lunch on Sunday before closing for the evening. For the food of northern Spain, La Bien Aparecida runs all day in Salamanca. Madrid eats its Sunday lunch late, so a two o'clock booking is the local prime time rather than noon.

What time do restaurants serve Sunday dinner in Madrid?

Late. Madrid dinner service rarely begins before half past eight even on a Sunday, and lunch is the bigger meal. Casa Botin, Casa Lucio, La Bien Aparecida and Amazonico all serve Sunday dinner, with Amazonico running to two in the morning. Combarro is the exception on this list, serving Sunday lunch only and closing its kitchen for the night.

What is the best-value restaurant open Sunday in Madrid?

Estado Puro on Plaza de las Cortes, a short walk from the Prado. Paco Roncero's tapas room puts a two-star chef's cooking on the table for around €30 to €50 a head, a fraction of the seafood houses. It runs continuous Sunday service from noon to midnight and takes walk-ins, so it is the relaxed, well-priced Sunday in the centre of town.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.