Restaurant in Madrid, Spain
Eight seats, tasting menu, flamenco next door.
Corral de la Morería operates as two distinct venues: a Tablao restaurant with live flamenco and a quiet eight-seat gastronomic room running chef David García's Basque-influenced Soniquete tasting menu. La Liste rated it 90 points in 2025. At €€€, the gastronomic space is a serious special occasion choice, backed by one of Madrid's most compelling Jerez wine collections.
Corral de la Morería sits at the €€€ price tier, which in Madrid's fine dining context means it costs significantly less than the city's top-end four-euro-sign restaurants like DiverXO or Coque, while delivering an experience that no purely culinary venue in the city can match: a live flamenco show combined with serious restaurant cooking. The critical choice is which room you book. The Tablao restaurant puts the show at the centre of your evening — dinner happens while dancers perform. The eight-seat gastronomic space, by contrast, is quiet, focused, and built around chef David García's tasting menu, Soniquete. These are two genuinely different propositions at the same address.
If you are planning a celebration dinner, an anniversary, or a high-stakes business meal, the gastronomic room is where the price is most easily justified. Eight seats means service is attentive without being intrusive, the room is calm, and the cooking takes full priority. Chef García's Soniquete menu draws clearly on his Basque origins , a culinary tradition that, between venues like Arzak in San Sebastián and Martin Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria, has produced some of Spain's most technically disciplined cooking. García brings that discipline to a Madrid context, presenting modern Spanish tasting menu cooking that is notably more grounded and regionally rooted than the avant-garde experiments you find at DiverXO.
The wine programme is one of the most compelling reasons to book the gastronomic room specifically. The cellar holds an extensive selection from the Marco de Jerez denomination, including a collection of rare labels unavailable elsewhere. For guests with a serious interest in sherry and the wines of Jerez, this alone sets Corral de la Morería apart from the rest of Madrid's fine dining circuit. Venues such as Aponiente in El Puerto de Santa María share this deep connection to Jerez wines, but finding that level of commitment in central Madrid is unusual.
For guests who want the full performance experience, the Tablao restaurant is the more theatrical choice and arguably the better late-night option in Madrid's dining calendar. Flamenco shows in Spain typically run late, and this format , dinner with live performance , suits guests who want their evening to build in intensity rather than wind down after a conventional restaurant meal. La Liste has recognised Corral de la Morería as home to the world's leading flamenco tablao, which gives the performance side of the offering a credible external endorsement. The 2025 La Liste score of 90 points (revised to 89 in 2026) and a ranking of #368 in Opinionated About Dining's Europe list in 2024 (moving to #574 in 2025) confirm that the dining side is taken seriously internationally, even if the venue is primarily famous for the show.
For a purely late-evening dining experience in Madrid's Centro district, this is one of very few venues that combines genuine culinary ambition with entertainment that runs past standard restaurant hours. If you are looking for where to eat late and well in central Madrid, the Tablao format answers that question more completely than most alternatives. Our full Madrid restaurants guide covers further options across price points and formats.
Reservations: Booking is rated Easy , this is not the kind of reservation that requires three months of lead time, unlike some of Madrid's harder tables. Book ahead to secure your preferred room, particularly for the eight-seat gastronomic space, which fills quickly given its size. Address: Calle de la Morería, 17, Centro, 28005 Madrid. Price range: €€€. Cuisine: Modern Spanish, tasting menu format in the gastronomic room; dinner-with-show format in the Tablao. Chef: David García (gastronomic space). Google rating: 4.4 from 3,925 reviews, which is a reliable signal of consistent satisfaction across both dining formats. Awards: La Liste Leading Restaurants 90pts (2025), 89pts (2026); Opinionated About Dining Leading Restaurants in Europe #368 (2024), #574 (2025).
If the Basque influence in García's cooking appeals to you, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu and Arzak in San Sebastián are the reference points for that tradition at its most celebrated. In Madrid itself, A'Barra Restaurante y Barra Gastronómica and El Lince offer serious Modern Spanish cooking at comparable or lower price points if the show element is not your priority. Haroma and Restaurante Montia are worth considering if you want something less formal. For Basque-influenced cooking outside Spain, Basque Kitchen by Aitor in Singapore shows how far that tradition travels. Elsewhere in Spain, Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona and El Celler de Can Roca in Girona set the benchmark for tasting menu ambition. 55 Pasos in A Coruña is a strong regional option if you are travelling beyond Madrid. Explore our guides to Madrid hotels, Madrid bars, Madrid wineries, and Madrid experiences to complete your trip planning.
Yes, with a clear caveat: the value depends entirely on which room you choose. The eight-seat gastronomic space, with its Soniquete tasting menu and one of Madrid's most serious Jerez wine collections, justifies the €€€ spend for a special occasion. The Tablao restaurant is worth the price if you are paying partly for the live flamenco show, which La Liste has recognised as the world's leading. If you want tasting menu cooking alone at this price point without a performance element, A'Barra gives you a strong alternative. But for the combination of show and serious cooking, there is nothing directly comparable in Madrid.
The gastronomic space seats only eight guests, which means solo diners are welcome but should book ahead , the room fills quickly and a solo seat is not guaranteed on short notice. The tasting menu format suits solo dining well: there is no need to negotiate a shared menu, and the attentive service in such a small room means you are not left feeling isolated. The Tablao restaurant, with its show focus, is also a reasonable solo choice and more likely to have availability. For solo dining at the bar in Madrid more broadly, see our full Madrid restaurants guide.
In the gastronomic space, there is no ordering decision to make: chef David García runs a single tasting menu, Soniquete, with a Basque-influenced modern Spanish framework. The wine pairing focused on Marco de Jerez denominations is worth adding if sherry and Jerez wines are of any interest , the cellar holds rare labels that are not commercially available elsewhere. In the Tablao restaurant, the menu is structured around the show, so focus on selecting dishes that do not require close attention to eat while the performance is running.
The venue's two distinct formats , the Tablao restaurant and the eight-seat gastronomic room , do not include a conventional bar dining option based on available information. The gastronomic space is a counter-style room for eight, which functions similarly to a chef's counter, but this is a tasting menu format rather than an à la carte bar experience. If bar dining is your preferred format in Madrid, A'Barra is a better fit, with its dedicated barra gastronómica format alongside the main restaurant.
The eight-seat gastronomic room is one of Madrid's stronger special occasion choices at the €€€ price tier , small enough to feel private, serious enough on the cooking and wine side to hold its own against more expensive options, and backed by La Liste recognition at 90 points (2025). The combination of an intimate room, a single focused tasting menu, and a rare wine collection from Jerez creates a coherent evening rather than a generic fine dining experience. If you are celebrating at the €€€€ tier, Smoked Room or Deessa are the comparisons to weigh. At €€€, Corral de la Morería's gastronomic space is the stronger special occasion argument.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corral de la Morería | Modern Spanish | €€€ | Easy |
| DiverXO | Progressive - Asian, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Coque | Spanish, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Deessa | Modern Spanish, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Paco Roncero | Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Smoked Room | Progressive Asador, Contemporary | €€€€ | Unknown |
How Corral de la Morería stacks up against the competition.
Yes, for the gastronomic room specifically. At the €€€ tier, David García's eight-seat Soniquete tasting menu sits well below what DiverXO or Deessa charge, yet it holds 90pts on La Liste (2025) and a top-600 ranking on Opinionated About Dining's Europe list. The Tablao restaurant delivers a different value proposition — dinner plus a live flamenco performance — which is harder to price-compare but genuinely fills a gap if you want both in one evening.
The gastronomic room, with only eight seats and a single tasting menu format, is well-suited to solo diners who are comfortable at a counter or small-room setting. Booking is rated Easy, so there's no penalty for a table of one. The Tablao side is less ideal for solo visits — the theatrical, group-energy dynamic makes it a better fit for two or more.
There's no à la carte — the gastronomic room runs a single tasting menu called Soniquete, with Basque influences from chef David García. The wine programme is the other standout: the cellar holds a documented collection of rare Marco de Jerez denomination bottles, including labels unavailable elsewhere. If wine pairing matters to you, this is where to focus.
There is no bar dining documented for this venue. The two formats on offer are the Tablao restaurant, where you dine during the flamenco show, and the separate gastronomic room with seating for eight. Both require a reservation rather than a walk-in approach.
The gastronomic room is the stronger choice for a celebration: eight seats, a dedicated tasting menu, attentive service, and a wine cellar with rare Jerez labels make the occasion feel considered rather than generic. Booking is rated Easy, so you won't need months of lead time — a meaningful advantage over harder Madrid tables like DiverXO. For an anniversary or milestone dinner where atmosphere and intimacy matter more than a theatrical spectacle, this room justifies the trip.
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