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Best Hotel Restaurants in Madrid 2026
Restaurants inside hotels · Madrid · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Quique Dacosta runs the dining room of the Ritz and Dani Garcia has two of the most talked-about tables in the city inside hotels, which is the short version of why Madrid hotel dining is worth taking seriously. The best rooms cluster in Salamanca and along the Castellana, from a restored grande-dame dining room to a fourteen-seat fire-and-smoke counter that earned two stars in three years. Here is who each room suits, what to order, and how to book it. Six, ranked on the kitchen, the room and the occasion rather than the hotel name alone.
1.Deessa
Quique Dacosta's two-star room inside the restored Ritz, the grandest hotel dinner in Madrid. Save it for a landmark occasion.
Deessa is chef Quique Dacosta's restaurant inside the Mandarin Oriental Ritz at Plaza de la Lealtad 5, by the Prado, holding two Michelin stars in the 2026 Guide. The kitchen runs a Historicos menu drawing on Dacosta's three-star classics from Denia, at around 240 euros, in the most beautiful hotel dining room in the city. This is the booking for a milestone, the room for a long, formal dinner under the restored ceilings. Reserve two to three weeks ahead and take the tasting menu with the pairing.
Book on the Mandarin Oriental site; take the Historicos menu.
2.Smoked Room
Dani Garcia's fourteen-seat fire-and-smoke counter, two stars in three years. The pick for the most exciting hotel meal in Madrid.
Smoked Room is Dani Garcia's fourteen-seat counter inside the Hyatt Regency Hesperia Madrid at Paseo de la Castellana 57 in Chamberi, which climbed to two Michelin stars within three years of opening. The format is a smoke-and-flame omakase of around fifteen passes built on smoking, grilling and curing, with bluefin tuna at the centre, at about 250 euros. It is the most thrilling hotel meal in the city right now. Reserve well ahead and sit at the counter to watch the fire.
Book on the restaurant site; take a counter seat for the bluefin.
3.Amós
Jesus Sanchez's Cantabrian room inside the Rosewood Villa Magna. The pick for serious northern Spanish cooking in a calm hotel setting.
Amós is the Madrid restaurant of Jesus Sanchez, the chef behind the three-star Cenador de Amos in Cantabria, set inside the Rosewood Villa Magna at Paseo de la Castellana 22 in Salamanca. It opened in 2021 and cooks a Cantabrian menu, with the Esencia tasting at around 137 euros and a lunch menu near 45. The room is calm and grown-up, the cooking precise and northern. Reserve a week or two ahead and take the Esencia menu at lunch for the value.
Book on the Rosewood site; take the Esencia menu at lunch.
4.Etxeko Madrid
Martin Berasategui's Basque room inside the BLESS Hotel, a taste of San Sebastian in Salamanca. The pick for refined Basque cooking with a big name behind it.
Etxeko Madrid is Martin Berasategui's room inside the BLESS Hotel Madrid at Calle Velazquez 62 in Salamanca, a bistronomic take on the Basque home cooking that made his name. The tasting menu runs around 160 euros, built on the dishes and technique of his San Sebastian flagship. It is more relaxed than a three-star room while still carrying the Berasategui stamp. Reserve a week ahead and let the kitchen run the tasting.
Book on the BLESS Hotel site; take the tasting menu.
5.Kabuki Wellington
Ricardo Sanz's one-star Japanese-Spanish room inside the Hotel Wellington, a Madrid institution. The pick for Mediterranean-leaning nigiri at the counter.
Kabuki Wellington is Ricardo Sanz's restaurant inside the Hotel Wellington at Calle Velazquez 6 in Salamanca, holding a Michelin star and credited with bringing fusion Japanese cooking to Spain. The tasting menu runs about 125 euros without wine, and the order is the Mediterranean-influenced nigiri made at the bar, the usuzukuri and the bluefin. Sit at the counter rather than a table. Reserve a week or two ahead and take the omakase.
Book on the restaurant site; take a counter seat and order the nigiri.
6.Dani Brasserie
Dani Garcia's seventh-floor rooftop brasserie at the Four Seasons, over the Centro rooftops. Go for the setting, the tomato and a long Sunday.
Dani Brasserie is Dani Garcia's rooftop restaurant on the seventh floor of the Four Seasons Hotel Madrid at Calle de Sevilla 3 in the Centro, over the rooftops between Sol and the Gran Via. The Best of Dani set menu runs around 120 euros, and the signature is his Tomate Nitro, the nitrogen-frozen tomato. It is a setting-led room rather than a starred one, best for a sunny lunch or a long Sunday. Reserve a terrace table ahead for the view.
Book on the Four Seasons site; ask for the terrace and order the Tomate Nitro.
Skip for a hotel dinner
No longer in a hotel
Ramon Freixa closed his two-star room at Hotel Unico at the end of 2024 and reopened as a standalone, Ramon Freixa Atelier, on Calle Velazquez. It is still excellent, but it is no longer a hotel restaurant, so do not book it expecting one.
Easy to confuse, not the same
Eneko Basque at the Radisson RED is a casual concept often mixed up with the Berasategui room at BLESS. It is fine for a quick meal, but it is not the destination hotel dinner this list is about.
How to book a hotel table in Madrid
The two-star rooms, Deessa at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz and Smoked Room at the Hyatt Regency Hesperia, are the hardest tables and reward booking two to three weeks ahead; at Smoked Room ask for a counter seat to watch the fire. Most of the best hotel dining sits in Salamanca and around the Castellana, within a short walk of each other.
For northern Spanish cooking in a calm room, Amós at the Rosewood Villa Magna is the pick, and its lunch menu is the value play. For a relaxed, view-led meal, Dani Brasserie on the Four Seasons rooftop suits a long lunch. If you are marking an occasion, say so when you book so the room can set the table for it.
Frequently asked
What is the best hotel restaurant in Madrid?
Deessa at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz is our top hotel restaurant for 2026. It is chef Quique Dacosta's two-Michelin-star room inside the restored Ritz at Plaza de la Lealtad 5, serving a Historicos tasting menu of his Denia classics at around 240 euros. It is the grandest hotel dining room in the city, so reserve two to three weeks ahead for an occasion.
Which Madrid hotel has a Michelin-starred restaurant?
Several do. The Mandarin Oriental Ritz holds two stars at Deessa, the Hyatt Regency Hesperia holds two at Dani Garcia's Smoked Room, and the Hotel Wellington holds one at Kabuki Wellington. All three sit in or near the Salamanca district. Book the two-star rooms two to three weeks ahead, since their best tables go first.
Are Madrid hotel restaurants open to non-guests?
Yes. Every restaurant on this list welcomes the public, not only hotel guests, and they take reservations through the hotel or the restaurant's own site. The two-star rooms, Deessa and Smoked Room, fill their best tables well ahead, so book two to three weeks out rather than relying on a walk-in.
Which Madrid hotel restaurant is best for the food alone?
For sheer excitement, Dani Garcia's Smoked Room at the Hyatt Regency Hesperia, a fourteen-seat fire-and-smoke omakase that earned two stars in three years. For grandeur, Quique Dacosta's Deessa at the Ritz. For northern Spanish precision, Amós at the Rosewood Villa Magna. All three are destination meals rather than convenient hotel dinners.
How much do Madrid hotel restaurants cost?
Plan on around 240 to 250 euros for the tasting menus at the two-star rooms, Deessa and Smoked Room. Amós runs about 137 euros for its Esencia menu, Etxeko around 160, Dani Brasserie around 120 for its set menu, and Kabuki Wellington about 125 without wine. Lunch menus, where offered, bring the entry price down.
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