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Zalacaín

  • Address: Alvarez de Baena 4, Salamanca, Madrid, 28006
  • Phone: 91/561-4840

Fodor's Review:

This restaurant introduced nouvelle Basque cuisine to Spain in the 1970s and has since become a Madrid classic. It's particularly known for using the best and freshest seasonal products available, as well as for having the best service in town. From the variety of fungi and game meat to hard-to-find seafood, the food here tends to be unusual—you won't find many of these sorts of ingredients, or dishes, elsewhere. The restaurant has a deep-apricot color scheme that is made more dramatic by dark wood and gleaming silver. You'll feel like you're in an exclusive villa.

  • Keep in mind: Jacket and tie. Reservations essential.
  • Credit Cards: AE, DC, V
  • Closed: Closed Sun., Aug., and Holy Week. No lunch Sat.

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