"Dabiz Muñoz's haute street-food bar, and the world's best chef three years running cooks it. Go early for a raucous group night."
There are no reservations and no white tablecloths. StreetXO is Dabiz Muñoz's haute street-food bar, the loud, informal offshoot of his three-Michelin-star DiverXO, on the top floor of El Corte Inglés at Calle Serrano 47 in Salamanca. Twelve to fifteen seats wrap an open kitchen, lunch runs 13:00 to 15:30 and dinner 20:00 to 23:00, and a head sits around €50 to €60. Muñoz has been named the world's best chef three years running.
Dabiz Muñoz opened the first StreetXO in 2012 as the rowdy sibling to DiverXO, the Madrid tasting room that holds three Michelin stars. He cooks the food he wanted to eat after service: Cantonese, Thai, Japanese and Spanish ideas slammed together with no interest in authenticity and total interest in flavour. The club sandwich is the dish people come for, a squid-ink brioche stacked with shredded suckling pig, ali-oli and a fierce chilli hit. The Peking dumplings, the pad Thai built on pig's-ear strips, the chilli crab: the menu shifts but the violence of the seasoning does not. Plates land fast and out of order, cooked an arm's length from your stool.
Muñoz was named the world's best chef by The Best Chef Awards in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the only cook to take the title three years straight, and StreetXO is where that talent shows up at €50 to €60 rather than the €395 of DiverXO. It is the best-value seat in his empire.
The room is small and deliberately frantic. Twelve to fifteen stools face a stainless open pass under bright kitchen light, the music is loud, and cooks call orders over the noise. There is no dress code and no hush; people come in trainers and stay for the theatre. Seating is counter-only, elbow to elbow, and the energy is closer to a Bangkok night market than a Salamanca dining room. If you want a quiet table you are in the wrong place, which is rather the point.
Come here with a group that wants a night, not a ceremony. StreetXO works for a birthday or a team blow-out because the food is communal, the pace is relentless, and the noise gives everyone licence to talk loudly and order too much. Share the club sandwich, the dumplings and three or four wok plates across the counter, drink the punchy cocktails from the adjoining bar, and let the kitchen set the tempo. For more of the city see our Madrid dining guide for 2026, and the wider field of the best fine-dining tables worldwide when you want the calmer end of the Muñoz spectrum.
Not for a first date or a quiet talk: the counter is loud, the stools sit elbow to elbow, and there are no reservations at the food bar.
Yes. StreetXO gives you Dabiz Muñoz's cooking, three years running the world's best chef, for €50 to €60 a head rather than the €395 of his three-star DiverXO. The food is wild, loud and brilliantly seasoned, and the open-counter theatre is half the reason to come. Treat it as a night out with friends rather than a refined dinner and it is one of Madrid's best-value seats.
StreetXO does not take reservations for its food bar; seats are first-come, first-served. Lunch runs 13:00 to 15:30 and dinner 20:00 to 23:00 at Calle Serrano 47, on the top floor of El Corte Inglés in Salamanca. Arrive when the doors open or expect to wait, especially at weekends. The adjoining cocktail bar is a useful place to hold while a counter stool frees up.
There is no dress code at StreetXO. The room is informal and counter-only, and people turn up in jeans and trainers. With the open kitchen an arm's length away and high-energy service, comfort beats formality here. Dress as you would for a good casual night out; nobody will turn you away for being underdressed, and overdressing simply looks out of step with the room.
Order the club sandwich first; the squid-ink brioche with suckling pig is the signature dish and the one most tables share. Add the Peking dumplings and two or three wok plates such as the pad Thai or chilli crab, and let the kitchen send them out in its own order. Portions are built for sharing, so order broadly with a group. See our global fine-dining guide for Muñoz's three-star DiverXO.
Yes, StreetXO is built for groups. The food is communal, the counter encourages sharing, and the loud, fast service suits a birthday or a team night far better than a quiet dinner. Six is about the practical limit at the counter. Gather first at the cocktail bar, and read our best restaurants for a team dinner for more.
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