Salamanca · Since 2001 · €€
La Leyenda del Agave
A Mexican neighbourhood veteran where cuitlacoche and tamarind margaritas deserve the table space.
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Cochinita pibil, quesadillas de cuitlacoche and margarita de tamarindo.
Not for you if
you want a hushed date; this is a sociable, margarita-friendly room.
Local trick
Quesadillas come three to an order: choose cuitlacoche or flor de calabaza for a meat-free start; chorizo is the other filling.
Good for
A short walk away
- 01
La Maruca - Velázquez
Santander cooking on Velázquez, with rabas worth interrupting the shopping for.
3 min walk - 02
El Pimiento Verde
The Lagasca address for those famous alcachofas and a whole monkfish worth splitting with someone hungry.
4 min walk - 03
La Trainera
A Madrid seafood institution where salpicón and grilled sole do the talking.
4 min walk - 04
Casa Dani
Bar-restaurant inside Mercado de la Paz with a tortilla that keeps topping Madrid's best-of lists.
5 min walk