RavioXO

Is RavioXO worth booking in Madrid?

Yes — with one important caveat. RavioXO is the most accessible entry point into the Dabiz Muñoz universe, for many diners it will be the sharper choice over its three-Michelin-starred sibling DiverXO. It holds a Michelin star (2024), ranked #64 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list that same year (up from #124 in 2023 and moving to #83 in 2025), and it delivers a genuinely creative Asian-fusion pasta format that has no direct equivalent in the city. If you want to understand what makes Madrid's most-talked-about kitchen operate, RavioXO is the more honest answer than a years-long wait for a DiverXO seat.

What RavioXO actually is

RavioXO sits inside the Gourmet Experience food hall at El Corte Inglés on Plaza de Manuel Gómez-Moreno in the Tetuán district — a detail that surprises first-timers who expect a standalone address for a Michelin-starred restaurant. That location is not a compromise; it is part of the concept. The format is designed for drop-in energy, shared plates, a casual register that higher-end Madrid restaurants rarely permit. The interior design comes from Lázaro Rosa-Violán's studio, which gives the space a considered visual identity that reads more polished than the department-store context might suggest.

The Tetuán placement matters more than it first appears. This neighbourhood sits north of the historic centre, away from the tourist corridors around Gran Vía and Retiro. Locals who live and work in the area have a serious, well-resourced dining option on their doorstep, the Gourmet Experience format makes it reachable as a lunch stop or a late dinner with equal ease. For visitors, it anchors a district that otherwise lacks a clear culinary landmark at this level. Within the Madrid restaurant scene, RavioXO functions as the neighbourhood's most credentialled table.

The food: what the format delivers

Chef Daniel Villoria runs the kitchen day-to-day as Dabiz Muñoz's right-hand collaborator. The menu operates on two tracks: à la carte and the Festival 360º tasting menu. The spine of both is handcrafted pasta, all dough, fillings, sauces made in-house, positioned as a vehicle for flavours drawn from across Asia, combined with Spanish ingredients. Verified standout dishes include dumplings, eggs with morcilla, the Hong Kong Madriz cocido, which reworks the classic Madrid chickpea stew through a Hong Kong lens. Lighter options include a Thai curry stew with guajillo chilli, bergamot, mandarin, the bèi tan zuo sī tortilla. Ingredients on the record include yuzu kosho, Korean tempura, spider crab from Singapore, umeboshi, gochujang pasta.

As Dabiz Muñoz himself has described it, the concept is "the luxury of eating time", a phrase that points toward the unhurried, share-everything rhythm the restaurant is built around. That philosophy makes the format work well for groups and for solo diners who want to eat across several dishes without committing to a long tasting sequence. The price tier is €€€€, so this is not a cheap lunch, but it sits below the cost of a full DiverXO experience by a meaningful margin.

Booking RavioXO

Booking difficulty is rated Hard. The restaurant operates a split-service model every day of the week: lunch runs 1 PM to 6 PM, dinner 8 PM to 1 AM. No booking method is published in the venue record, so check the El Corte Inglés Gourmet Experience directly or use a third-party reservation platform. No phone number or website is listed. Plan ahead, a venue with a Michelin star, a consistent upward trajectory on OAD's Casual Europe ranking, a small-footprint location inside a food hall will fill quickly, particularly for Friday and Saturday dinner.

Practical details at a glance

How RavioXO sits in Madrid's top-tier dining map

For context on how the broader Spanish fine dining tier compares, consider that Arzak in San Sebastián, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, and El Celler de Can Roca in Girona all operate in the same price register but require dedicated travel. RavioXO is the only table in Madrid at this credential level that runs daily lunch and late dinner with an à la carte option. That operational flexibility is genuinely rare. For Asian-fusion creative dining with serious credentials elsewhere in Europe, Ze Kitchen Galerie in Paris offers a useful comparison point for the format, though the menus share no direct similarity.

If you are building a Madrid itinerary around food, pair RavioXO with a look at the Madrid hotels guide, the Madrid bars guide, and the Madrid experiences guide to fill the rest of your days. For the full picture on where this restaurant sits among the city's tables, the Madrid restaurants guide covers the full range.

The verdict

RavioXO is worth booking for any diner who wants a Michelin-credentialled, technically demanding meal without the months-long lead time that DiverXO demands. The OAD Casual Europe ranking trajectory, 124 in 2023, 64 in 2024, 83 in 2025, reflects a kitchen that has found its register and is performing consistently. The shared-plates format, daily hours, Tetuán location make it the most practical high-end table in this part of Madrid. Book as far ahead as the system allows.