Where to brunch in Madrid
What to order, where to go and the little things worth knowing.
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Santa Eulalia
A patisserie near Ópera for a classic croissant, chocolate pastry and a slower coffee stop.
OrderCroissant clásico, croissant de chocolate or a tostada with tomato and burrata.
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Hola Coffee
The original Hola Coffee in Lavapiés: house-roasted beans, filter coffee and a compact room worth a stop.
OrderA flat white or café de filtro, with a croissant or cinnamon roll from the counter.
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Café Comercial
Madrid's grand old café (1887), all mirrors and marble, revived in 2017 and still the city's meeting point.
OrderCafé con leche and a tostada at the marble tables in the morning; later, a vermut and croquetas.
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Ojalá
Malasaña brunch spot famous for its basement: a sand-covered floor and the beachiest light in Madrid.
OrderWeekend brunch with eggs and juice, then a mojito with your feet in the sand downstairs.
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Gabo's
New York-style tavern near Recoletos doing wagyu cheeseburgers, lobster rolls and oysters.
OrderThe lobster roll with citrus mayo and celery, the cheeseburger, and oysters if you're feeling flush.
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Federal Café
Big, bright Aussie-style café on Plaza de las Comendadoras: laptops by the window, brunch all day.
OrderHuevos Benedict with smoked salmon and a flat white.
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Misión Café
Specialty coffee and an in-house bakehouse on Calle de los Reyes, with proper breakfast plates.
OrderCafé de filtro and a tostada de ricotta with roasted tomatoes and pesto.
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Dot Café Bar
Brioche bikinis and Nomad coffee give this little Chopera café a breakfast worth crossing the neighbourhood for.
OrderBikini clásico de jamón y queso, tostada de aguacate y huevo, and café con leche.
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Monkee Koffee
Proper coffee and generous sourdough toast make this an easy place to lose a slow morning in Vallehermoso.
OrderFlat white and tostada de mascarpone, pera, mermelada de melocotón y nueces.
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Bucólico Café
Miso in the hollandaise and serious coffee make this Barbieri breakfast worth getting out of bed for.
OrderHuevos benedictinos con holandesa de miso rojo and latte de pistacho.
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Diurno
This former video shop now does a generous brunch with a pastry tower and cocktails on a bright Chueca corner.
OrderTorre de bienvenida, huevos benedictinos con salmón and a Bloody Mary.
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Azotea Barceló
A fourth-floor garden above Mercado de Barceló for a gilda, a small tortilla and a long afternoon.
OrderGilda Barceló and tortilla con queso trufado; the tortillas are small enough to add something else.
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Alma Nomad Fábrica
Breakfast inside a working bakery, with skylights, serious croissants and plenty to watch beyond your coffee.
OrderCroissant de almendras, rollo de canela and café solo.
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Frutas Prohibidas
Vegan brunch with runny plant eggs and mushroom bacon; the bakery does as much work as the kitchen.
OrderBenedict del Génesis, Sando Baconator and Cheesecake de Abel.
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Magasand
Sandwiches, design magazines and a picnic escape route into the Retiro, just off the expensive shopping streets.
OrderSándwich Hot Vegas and sándwich El Currito, with pollo al curry.
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Norah Coffee & Brunch
All-day brunch on Pardiñas, where eggs on brioche and elaborate coffees turn breakfast into lunch.
OrderIbérico Benedict, shakshuka and café cortado.
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Cafelito
Spiced coffees, mismatched furniture and a book swap make this little café feel happily lived in.
OrderCafé La Sombra and magdalena espresso.
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Pum Pum Café
Good coffee and poached eggs in a brick-walled café where brunch can easily end in cake.
OrderBenedict Pum Pum, bizcocho de limón and a cortado.
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Viva Chapata
A vegan neighbourhood taberna where stuffed chapatas share the billing with a proper three-course cocido.
OrderChapata Nueva Natacha, croquetas del Viva de boletus and no calamares.
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Nomade Café
Turkish eggs, halloumi toast and carefully made coffee turn this little café into a substantial breakfast stop.
OrderHuevos turcos, tostada de aguacate con halloumi y huevo, and a capuchino.
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El Rincón Guay
A sociable corner facing San Fernando market, with breakfast until one and a terrace for watching Embajadores wake up.
OrderTosta Guay con queso fresco, jamón, aguacate y pera, or huevos Benedict con salmón.
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Botequim Brunch & Tapas
Brazil turns up at brunch with tapioca, fried yuca and a croissant that takes carbonara rather seriously.
OrderTapioca de setas trufadas, croissant carbonara and huevos Benedict con yuca frita.
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La Bicicleta Café
A busy café for huevos benedict and specialty coffee, with space to settle in with your laptop.
OrderHuevos benedict con salmón, porridge and café con leche.
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The Fix Specialty Coffee
A coffee roaster with brunch all day, handy when breakfast has somehow slipped into the afternoon.
OrderCafé con leche de avena and bizcocho de plátano y chocolate.
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La Florida - Café Bistró
Good coffee and a sunny park-facing terrace make an ordinary Rosales breakfast feel like a small day off.
OrderFlat white and tostada de aguacate.
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El Café de la Ópera
A hotel café opposite the Real where piano jazz turns an early evening snack into a plan.
OrderPalomitas de alcachofa con caramelo salado and ensaladilla Ópera con encurtidos.
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Alchemy
Specialty coffee near Plaza de Castilla, with huevos turcos that make breakfast quite happily run into lunch.
OrderHuevos turcos, bagel nórdico and a flat white.
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Mina Specialty Coffee
Artichokes, burrata and pistachio turn the house toast into a proper reason to stop on Príncipe de Vergara.
OrderEspecial Mina, alfajor de pistacho and flat white.
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Emka
Tigrillo, humita and coffee roasted in-house bring an Ecuadorian breakfast to this little Tetuán café.
OrderTigrillo, humita and café de filtro.
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Plenti
Baked eggs in little cazuelas are the point of this breakfast stop tucked behind the Prado.
OrderHuevos a la cazuela Crema, mollete de queso de cabra con mermelada de albaricoque and cortado.
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Muá! Specialty Coffee & Brunch
A proper breakfast on Ronda de Segovia, with scrambled-egg toast, pistachio croissants and V60 on the menu.
OrderTostada de aguacate y revueltos del brunch, croissant de pistacho and café de filtro V60.
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Umami Specialty Coffee
Pistachio cheesecake and açaí bowls give this Alameda coffee stop two quite different answers to breakfast.
OrderTarta de queso de pistacho y chocolate blanco, bol de açaí and capuchino.
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Café del Art
Portuguese pastéis de nata meet reina pepiada toast at this Cascorro coffee stop with a very busy Sunday doorstep.
OrderTostada reina pepiada, pastel de nata and latte con canela.
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Geisha
Geisha beans, filter coffee and cheesecake make this Callao stop worth knowing beyond its avocado toast.
OrderCafé de filtro, tostada de aguacate and tarta de queso.