Chocolatería San Ginés
Chocolate con churros in a green-and-mirrors parlour that has fed Madrid's night owls since 1894.
Open on the 3D mapOrder
Chocolate con churros, or porras (the fat cousin) if the night was long. Dunk, don't sip.
Not for you if
you want a quiet café; this is one of Madrid's best-known churro stops, and queues are part of the deal.
Local trick
The original on Pasadizo de San Ginés is open 24 hours; come at dawn if churros are your last stop.
Good for
A short walk away
- 01
Teatro Eslava
The former Joy Eslava is now Teatro Eslava: a historic theatre with concerts and ticketed club nights.
1 min walk - 02
El Riojano
An old pastry shop with a tea room behind it and soletillas built for dunking in thick chocolate.
1 min walk - 03
Churrería Chocolatería 1902
A family churrería just off Arenal, making its own chocolate to go with the churros and porras.
1 min walk - 04
Museo del Jamón
The ham-hung Madrid institution in its Mayor branch: a busy counter downstairs and dining rooms above.
2 min walk