Restaurant in Madrid, Spain
Fun Andalucian sharing plates, no fine-dining pressure.
BiBo Madrid is Dani García's Madrid outpost: a Michelin Plate-recognised, sharing-plate restaurant housed in a visually theatrical room on Paseo de la Castellana. At the €€ price point, with a 4.4 Google rating from over 8,200 reviews, it delivers credible, Andalucian-rooted modern cooking in an informal setting. The right call for group dinners and celebrations where atmosphere matters as much as the plate.
BiBo Madrid is the right call for couples or groups of friends who want a genuinely fun, visually arresting dinner in the Salamanca district without committing to the four-figure tasting menus that define Madrid's top-tier fine dining circuit. If you are planning a birthday dinner, a celebratory lunch, or a casual-but-considered night out where the room does half the work, this is one of the more reliable options at the €€ price point in the city. It is not the place for hushed, white-tablecloth formality, and that is precisely the point.
The interior is the first thing you register. Interior designer Lázaro Rosa-Violán fitted the space with roughly 7,000 light bulbs and an aerostatic globe, a visual reference to the Málaga fair that reads as theatrical rather than gimmicky in person. For a special occasion dinner, the room delivers atmosphere without requiring you to perform seriousness. Compared to the spare, minimalist rooms at venues like DSTAgE or Smoked Room, BiBo leans into spectacle. That is a feature, not a flaw, if you are dining with people who respond to an environment as much as a plate.
The restaurant sits at Paseo de la Castellana 52, in the heart of Salamanca, one of Madrid's more polished residential and commercial neighbourhoods. Getting there is direct from most central hotels, and the address places it conveniently close to other destination restaurants if you are building a longer Madrid itinerary. For a broader view of where to eat and stay in the city, see our full Madrid restaurants guide and our full Madrid hotels guide.
Cooking is attributed to Dani García, the Marbella-based chef who built his reputation on modern Andalucian technique before expanding into a broader restaurant portfolio. BiBo is his Madrid outpost, and the menu is designed for sharing in an informal setting. The kitchen draws on Andalucian roots while incorporating globally sourced ingredients and references: dishes listed in the venue data include foie gras and goat's cheese millefeuille, almadraba-caught tuna tartare, fried hake, and 100% acorn-fed Iberian pork pluma. A section of the à la carte is reserved for García's signature dishes.
Sharing format matters for your booking decision. This is not a linear tasting menu experience. You order across the table, the pacing is relatively relaxed, and the tone is social rather than reverential. If you want the structured progression of a tasting menu at a comparable price tier, Gaytán or Clos Madrid are worth considering. If you want a more spontaneous, à la carte experience with strong ingredients and a lively room, BiBo is better suited.
BiBo Madrid holds a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. A Michelin Plate confirms that inspectors consider the cooking good, though it sits below Bib Gourmand and Star level. At the €€ price range, that recognition is a useful signal: you are getting food that clears a meaningful quality threshold without paying Michelin-starred prices. For context, Madrid's starred venues like DiverXO (three stars) or Coque operate at a substantially higher price point and a more demanding format. BiBo occupies a different tier by design. Google reviews sit at 4.4 from over 8,200 ratings, which is a meaningful volume signal: this is not a venue coasting on hype with thin review data.
If you are building a broader Spain itinerary around serious cooking, BiBo works well as a mid-week dinner between heavier commitments. It pairs logically with a visit to La Tasquería for offal-focused Spanish cooking, or Alabaster for a more traditional Madrid experience. For restaurants further afield in Spain, Quique Dacosta in Dénia, El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, and Arzak in San Sebastián represent the country's higher-commitment dining options worth planning a trip around.
The service angle matters here. BiBo is not a fine-dining room where every movement is choreographed. The informal atmosphere the venue actively promotes means service is attentive but not ceremonial. At the €€ price range, that is exactly the right calibration: you should not expect the quiet precision of Paco Roncero or the structured formality of a multi-course tasting experience. What you should expect is a team that keeps the table moving, knows the menu, and lets the room and the food carry the occasion. If polished, deferential service is central to your evening, BiBo is likely to feel too casual. If you want warmth and energy without stiffness, it reads correctly.
On value: at €€ in central Madrid, BiBo competes well. You are paying for a genuinely designed room, a chef with real credentials, Michelin-recognised cooking, and a menu broad enough for a group with different preferences. That is a reasonable return on the price point. The volume of Google reviews also suggests this is a venue that performs consistently rather than one that spikes on occasion.
Reservations: Booking is rated as easy, and the venue accommodates couples and groups. Book ahead for weekend evenings to secure a preferred table, but this is not a venue requiring weeks of advance planning. Budget: €€, making it one of the more accessible options among Madrid's chef-driven restaurants. Getting there: Paseo de la Castellana 52, Salamanca, Madrid. Well connected by metro and taxi from the city centre. Leading for: Birthday dinners, casual celebrations, group meals, and date nights where the room should do real work. Format: À la carte sharing plates with a section of signature dishes; no tasting menu obligation.
For more on where to drink and explore around the neighbourhood, see our full Madrid bars guide and our full Madrid experiences guide. If you are researching the broader Spanish fine dining circuit, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, Martin Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria, and Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona are worth adding to your consideration set alongside Chispa Bistró for a lighter, lower-commitment Madrid option.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| BiBo Madrid | Modern Cuisine | €€ | Easy |
| DiverXO | Progressive - Asian, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| DSTAgE | Modern Spanish, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Smoked Room | Progressive Asador, Contemporary | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Paco Roncero | Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Coque | Spanish, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
Comparing your options in Madrid for this tier.
BiBo is built around sharing plates rather than a classical tasting menu format, so if you're expecting a structured progression of courses, this isn't that room. The à la carte includes a section of Dani García's signature dishes, which is the closest equivalent. For a full chef-driven tasting experience in Madrid, DSTAgE or Smoked Room are better fits. At a €€ price range, BiBo's format rewards groups who want to share several dishes rather than solo diners locked into a set menu.
Booking is rated as easy relative to Madrid's more competitive reservations. For weekend evenings, book a few days to a week ahead to secure a preferred table. The venue accommodates couples and groups, so larger parties should specify group size when booking. Midweek is more flexible.
The menu is built on sharing, with Andalucian-rooted dishes including almadraba-caught tuna tartare, foie gras and goat's cheese millefeuille, fried hake, and 100% acorn-fed Iberian pork pluma. The chef's signature section within the à la carte is worth prioritising for first visits. Order broadly across the menu rather than one dish each.
BiBo actively promotes an informal atmosphere, so this is not a jacket-required room. The Salamanca address and the visual theatre of the space mean most guests dress well, but there is no expectation of formal attire. Dress as you would for a lively dinner with friends in a well-designed restaurant.
For more serious tasting menus, DSTAgE (two Michelin stars) or Smoked Room (one star, smoke-driven tasting format) outrank BiBo on culinary ambition. Coque offers a grander, more theatrical fine-dining experience. Paco Roncero suits diners who want avant-garde technique with a higher price commitment. BiBo is the right call when the priority is a fun group dinner in a visually arresting room at a mid-range price point, not when you want a chef-driven progression.
It works for occasions where the atmosphere is part of the celebration: the room, with roughly 7,000 light bulbs and an aerostatic globe designed by Lázaro Rosa-Violán, delivers a clear visual impact. For a milestone dinner where the food itself needs to be the centrepiece, Smoked Room or DSTAgE carry more weight. BiBo is the better choice when the group dynamic and energy of the evening matter more than a quiet, formal setting.
At a €€ price range, BiBo Madrid sits comfortably as a mid-range option in a city where serious tasting menus at starred restaurants run considerably higher. The Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 confirms inspector-level cooking quality. For the combination of Dani García's name, the Lázaro Rosa-Violán room, and a sharing-plates format in Salamanca, the price is reasonable. It is not a budget dinner, but it is not priced as fine dining either.
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