Restaurant in Madrid, Spain
Solid Georgian intro, fair price, book weekends.
A Michelin Plate-recognised Georgian restaurant in Madrid's Chueca district, Nunuka offers family-style sharing dishes at a €€ price point that is hard to fault. Khachapuri and Khinkali are the dishes to order. Book ahead for weekends; weekday evenings are calmer and better for conversation.
Most people arriving at Nunuka expect a generic "international" restaurant in Chueca. Correct that assumption before you book: this is a Georgian kitchen, and one of the most accessible entry points into that cuisine in Madrid. The Michelin Plate recognition in 2025 confirms it is operating at a level that rewards the trip. At a €€ price point, the question is not whether Nunuka is worth the money — it almost certainly is — but whether Georgian food is what you are in the mood for. If you have eaten here once and enjoyed it, this guide will tell you what to focus on for your next visit.
Nunuka sits on Calle de la Libertad, 13, in the heart of Chueca, Madrid's most animated central neighbourhood. The restaurant operates as a family-style Georgian dining room, which means the service model is built around sharing rather than individual plating. That distinction matters practically: if you arrive as a party of two expecting a conventional two-course format, you may find the table feels better once you order three or four dishes to divide. The family-style approach is not just an aesthetic choice , it reflects how Georgian food is actually eaten, and the kitchen here is following that logic honestly.
The Michelin Plate designation, awarded in 2025, is a meaningful signal in this context. Michelin Plates are not stars, but they are not throwaway either: they mark restaurants where the cooking is good enough to earn inspector attention. For a neighbourhood Georgian restaurant at the €€ tier in a city whose haute dining scene runs to [DiverXO](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/diverxo-madrid-restaurant) and [Coque](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/coque-madrid-restaurant), that recognition puts Nunuka in a specific and useful category: serious food, accessible price, no theatre required.
If you have already been once and had the Khachapuri , the cheese-filled bread that is Georgia's most recognisable export , your next visit should prioritise the Khinkali. These are Georgian dumplings, typically filled with spiced meat broth, and they require a specific technique to eat correctly: hold by the knotted leading, bite a small hole, drink the broth before it escapes, then eat the rest. The doughy knot at the leading is traditionally left on the plate as a count of how many you have eaten. If the kitchen here follows standard Georgian practice, the Khinkali will be the more complex and rewarding order for a returning diner.
Michelin's own note on Nunuka flags both the Khachapuri and the Khinkali as the dishes not to miss. For a second visit, that is your confirmation: go deeper on the Khinkali, and consider building the rest of the order around whatever accompanies it well , Georgian cuisine typically includes walnut-heavy sauces, pickled vegetables, and slow-cooked meat dishes that hold up well in a sharing format.
The family-style service model at Nunuka is where the €€ price point either clicks or frustrates, depending on how you approach it. This is not a restaurant where a single server curates your experience course by course. The service is warm and functional rather than polished and choreographed , consistent with what a neighbourhood Georgian restaurant in Chueca should be, and consistent with what the €€ bracket reasonably delivers.
The question of whether the service earns the price has a direct answer: yes, because the price is not high enough to demand performance service. What you are paying for is well-executed Georgian cooking in a welcoming room, not tableside ceremony. The 4.7 rating across 1,623 Google reviews suggests that the consistency of the experience is high , that is a large enough sample to be meaningful. For comparison, a restaurant in the €€€€ tier like [DSTAgE](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/dstage) or [Smoked Room](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/smoked-room) would need to justify its price through precision service as much as through cooking. Nunuka is not in that conversation, and it does not need to be.
Where the service model could frustrate is if you arrive at peak times without a reservation and find the room full. Booking ahead is the practical move, particularly on weekend evenings in Chueca, where foot traffic is high and the neighbourhood draws a crowd. The booking process is direct , see practical details below.
Weekday lunches are the optimal window for Nunuka if you want a calmer room and more attentive service. Chueca on a Friday or Saturday evening is lively by nature, and a restaurant with family-style sharing dishes and a sociable format will feel the noise of a full dining room. That atmosphere suits some diners well , if you want the energy, Saturday dinner works. If you are returning for a focused meal where you can actually hear the table, Tuesday or Wednesday evening is the call. Madrid's dining culture runs late, so an 8:30pm or 9pm booking on a weekday will feel more relaxed than the same time slot at a weekend.
Reservations: Recommended, especially on weekends , booking is easy and the process is direct. Dress: No dress code information available; Chueca is casual, smart-casual is always appropriate. Budget: €€, meaning a full sharing meal with drinks should come in at a comfortable mid-range spend per head. Location: C. de la Libertad, 13, Centro, 28004 Madrid , central Chueca, well-connected by metro. Group size: The sharing format suits groups of three or four particularly well; pairs should over-order slightly to get the full range of dishes.
Nunuka is a solid anchor for a Chueca dining itinerary. For other neighbourhood options in the area, [El Pecado](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/el-pecado-madrid-restaurant), [Marcano](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/marcano-madrid-restaurant), and [Taberna de Libreros](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/taberna-de-libreros-madrid-restaurant) offer different cuisine directions if you are planning multiple nights. For the broader Madrid dining picture, the [full Madrid restaurants guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/madrid) covers the full range from neighbourhood spots to multi-Michelin-starred rooms. If you are building a wider Spain trip around food, the same logic applies at [Quique Dacosta in Dénia](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/quique-dacosta-dnia-restaurant), [Arzak in San Sebastián](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/arzak-san-sebastin-restaurant), [Azurmendi in Larrabetzu](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/azurmendi-larrabetzu-restaurant), [Martin Berasategui in Lasarte - Oria](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/martin-berasategui-lasarte-oria-restaurant), [Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/cocina-hermanos-torres-barcelona-restaurant), and [El Celler de Can Roca in Girona](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/el-celler-de-can-roca-girona-restaurant) , all operating at the leading of the Spanish fine dining tier. For other stays and activities in the city, see the [Madrid hotels guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/hotels/madrid), [Madrid bars guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/bars/madrid), [Madrid wineries guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/wineries/madrid), and [Madrid experiences guide](https://www.joinpearl.co/experiences/madrid). For international comparisons in the casual-international dining tier, [TRB - Temple Restaurant Beijing](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/trb-temple-restaurant-beijing-beijing-restaurant) and [Marcel von Winckelmann in Passau](https://www.joinpearl.co/restaurants/marcel-von-winckelmann-passau-restaurant) offer useful reference points for how cuisine-specific restaurants operate at accessible price points in different markets.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nunuka | International | €€ | 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 |
How Nunuka stacks up against the competition.
Bar seating details are not confirmed in available venue data, but Nunuka operates as a family-style restaurant at Calle de la Libertad, 13 in Chueca — the format is built around shared dining rather than counter eating. If bar seating matters to you, call ahead before assuming it is an option. Weekday lunches are the lower-pressure window for flexibility on seating arrangements.
Start with Khachapuri — the cheese-filled bread that anchors Georgian menus — and Khinkali, the traditional dumplings. Both are singled out in Nunuka's Michelin Plate recognition for 2025 as the dishes most representative of what the kitchen does well. At the €€ price point, ordering these two across a table of two to four gives you a reliable read on whether Georgian cuisine is a format you want to explore further.
Nunuka is primarily known for International in Madrid.
Nunuka is located in Madrid, at C. de la Libertad, 13, Centro, 28004 Madrid, Spain.
Keep this venue in your Pearl passport, rate it after you visit, and track it alongside every other place you collect.
