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Best Cafés in Madrid (2026)

Madrid's café culture mixes long-standing traditions with a newer wave of speciality coffee. The most famous tradition is chocolate con churros, and Chocolatería San Ginés, in a passage off Calle Arenal, has been serving thick hot chocolate with churros and porras since 1894. It is busy at all hours, but tables turn quickly. Nearby, the city's historic pastry shops are worth a detour: La Mallorquina on Puerta del Sol has been selling pastries since 1894, El Riojano on Calle Mayor has a preserved 19th-century interior and a small tea room, and the Antigua Pastelería del Pozo, open since 1830, is considered the oldest bakery in Madrid.

These shops follow the city's calendar of sweets, so look out for roscón de Reyes around Christmas and Epiphany, rosquillas during the San Isidro festival in May and buñuelos and huesos de santo in autumn. For coffee, Toma Café in Malasaña helped start Madrid's speciality coffee scene in 2011, and Hola Coffee, a local roaster, has a café near the Reina Sofía. Spaniards usually drink milky coffee in the morning and a short coffee after lunch, and a café con leche at the counter is often cheaper than at a table.

6 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Madrid

  1. Chocolatería San Ginés Historic chocolate and churros café, SolMadrid's most famous chocolatería, serving thick hot chocolate with churros and porras in a lane off Calle Arenal since 1894.
  2. La Mallorquina Historic bakery and pastry shop, SolA pastry shop on Puerta del Sol since 1894, the original of a small Madrid group, selling traditional cakes, pastries and seasonal sweets.
  3. Toma Café Speciality coffee, MalasañaOne of the pioneers of Madrid's speciality coffee scene, opened in Malasaña in 2011, roasting its own beans and baking pastries on site.

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2. La Mallorquina

Historic bakery and pastry shop$Sol

A pastry shop on Puerta del Sol since 1894, the original of a small Madrid group, selling traditional cakes, pastries and seasonal sweets.

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3. Toma Café

Speciality coffee$Malasaña

One of the pioneers of Madrid's speciality coffee scene, opened in Malasaña in 2011, roasting its own beans and baking pastries on site.

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4. Hola Coffee

Speciality coffee roaster and café$Lavapiés (Embajadores)

A Madrid speciality coffee roaster with a café on Calle del Doctor Fourquet near the Reina Sofía, serving its own roasts every day.

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5. El Riojano

Historic pastry shop and tea room$$Sol

A pastry shop on Calle Mayor founded in 1855 by a baker to the royal household, with a preserved 19th-century interior and a tea room at the back.

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