What the lists agree on
Docamar in Quintana and La Casa del Abuelo in Sol share first place, each named by 3 of the 8 lists. Eight bars are joint third with 2 lists each. Between them the lists name 51 places, and 41 of those are on one list only.
Guía Repsol names six of the ten ranked bars, more than any other list. Madrid Secreto names four, and Lonely Planet and Time Out Madrid three each. Guía MICHELIN and Lonely Planet both cover the whole of Spain. Michelin’s list has one Madrid bar, Doppelgänger Bar in the Antón Martín market, which The Infatuation also names. Three of Lonely Planet’s four Madrid bars are ranked here.
Nine of the ten ranked bars are named by at least one guide (Guía Repsol, Guía MICHELIN, Lonely Planet or esMADRID) and at least one media list. The exception is Casa Toni, which only Lonely Planet and Guía Repsol name.
Six of the ranked bars are in the centre, around Sol, El Rastro, La Latina and Antón Martín. In El Rastro, Bar Cruz and Casa Amadeo Los Caracoles are both by Plaza de Cascorro. Salamanca has the most places overall, six, but each is named by one list.
Pig’s ear (oreja) and croquetas are the dishes the lists name most, at seven places each.
Tapas in Madrid
In Granada, León, Almería and Jaén, a free tapa with every drink is the custom. In Madrid it depends on the bar.
Several dishes on these lists are Madrid standards. Callos a la madrileña is a tripe stew, oreja a la plancha is griddled pig’s ear, and a bocadillo de calamares is fried squid in a bread roll.
La Casa del Abuelo, Casa Revuelta, Hermanos Vinagre and Los Torreznos have more than one address in Madrid. Each is counted once, at the address shown.