Restaurant in Madrid, Spain
Muñoz-backed pasta. Easier to book than DiverXO.
RavioXO holds a Michelin star and ranked #64 on OAD Casual Europe in 2024, making it the most accessible route into the Dabiz Muñoz kitchen without the near-impossible DiverXO wait. The format is handcrafted Asian-fusion pasta, shared plates, and a daily split service until 1 AM. Book hard in advance — it fills fast.
Yes — with one important caveat. RavioXO is the most accessible entry point into the Dabiz Muñoz universe, and 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.
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, and 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, and 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.
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, and 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, and 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, and mandarin, and the bèi tan zuo sī tortilla. Ingredients on the record include yuzu kosho, Korean tempura, spider crab from Singapore, umeboshi, and 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 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, and a small-footprint location inside a food hall will fill quickly, particularly for Friday and Saturday dinner.
| Detail | RavioXO | DiverXO | Coque |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price tier | €€€€ | €€€€ | €€€€ |
| Michelin stars | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Format | À la carte + tasting menu | Tasting menu only | Tasting menu |
| Booking difficulty | Hard | Very hard | Hard |
| Hours (daily) | 1–6 PM, 8 PM–1 AM | Varies | Varies |
| Location type | Food hall, Tetuán | Standalone | Standalone |
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.
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, and Tetuán location make it the most practical high-end table in this part of Madrid. Book as far ahead as the system allows.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RavioXO | Asian Fusion, Creative | In the words of chef Dabiz Muñoz, RavioXO is “the luxury of eating time”, a perfect metaphor to express his informal, handcrafted cuisine which is fully centred on the world of pasta, with all the dough, fillings and sauces made individually. In this extensive restaurant, the beautiful interior design by the Lázaro Rosa-Violán studio provides the backdrop for chef Daniel Villoria, Dabiz Muñoz’s right-hand man. The cuisine, consisting of à la carte dining and a tasting menu (Festival 360º), reflects fusion cuisine that covers almost all of Asia as a result of the chef’s travels and features sauces and exotic ingredients alike (yozu kosho, Korean tempura, spider crab from Singapore, umeboshi, Gochujang pasta etc) alongside those from closer to home. Standout dishes, which are designed for sharing, include dumplings, eggs with morcilla, and the legendary Hong Kong Madriz “cocido”, not forgetting light bites full of flavour such as the Thai curry stew with guajillo chilli, bergamot and mandarin, and the “bèi tan zuo sī” tortilla.; Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe Ranked #83 (2025); In the words of chef Dabiz Muñoz, RavioXO is “the luxury of eating time”, a perfect metaphor to express his informal, handcrafted cuisine which is fully centred on the world of pasta, with all the dough, fillings and sauces made individually. In this extensive restaurant, the beautiful interior design by the Lázaro Rosa-Violán studio provides the backdrop for chef Daniel Villoria, Dabiz Muñoz’s right-hand man. The cuisine, consisting of à la carte dining and a tasting menu (Festival 360º), reflects fusion cuisine that covers almost all of Asia as a result of the chef’s travels and features sauces and exotic ingredients alike (yozu kosho, Korean tempura, spider crab from Singapore, umeboshi, Gochujang pasta etc) alongside those from closer to home. Standout dishes, which are designed for sharing, include dumplings, eggs with morcilla, and the legendary Hong Kong Madriz “cocido”, not forgetting light bites full of flavour such as the Thai curry stew with guajillo chilli, bergamot and mandarin, and the “bèi tan zuo sī” tortilla.; Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe Ranked #64 (2024); Michelin 1 Star (2024); Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe Ranked #124 (2023) | Hard | — |
| DiverXO | Progressive - Asian, Creative | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Coque | Spanish, Creative | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Deessa | Modern Spanish, Creative | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Paco Roncero | Creative | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Smoked Room | Progressive Asador, Contemporary | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between RavioXO and alternatives.
Yes, at €€€€ it earns its place. You get a Michelin-starred kitchen, Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe #83 (2025), and handcrafted pasta where every dough, filling, and sauce is made individually — a standard that justifies the spend. Compared to DiverXO, where prices and booking difficulty both run significantly higher, RavioXO represents the more accessible version of the same creative DNA without feeling like a compromise.
Book at least two to three weeks out; weekend dinner slots go faster. The restaurant runs a split-service model every day — lunch 1 PM to 6 PM, dinner 8 PM to 1 AM — so there are more time windows than most Madrid peers, but demand is high given the Michelin recognition and Dabiz Muñoz association. Don't assume the food-hall setting inside El Corte Inglés Gourmet Experience means walk-ins are easy.
It works solo, particularly at the à la carte format, though the dishes are designed for sharing, so going alone means working through a smaller cross-section of the menu. The Gourmet Experience setting inside El Corte Inglés gives the room a less formal energy than a standalone Michelin room, which takes some of the edge off eating alone. Solo diners who want to cover more of the menu should consider the Festival 360º tasting menu instead.
The Festival 360º tasting menu is worth it if you want full range across the concept — it's structured to move through the Asian-fusion pasta format systematically, covering the broader ingredient vocabulary (yuzu kosho, gochujang, umeboshi, Korean tempura) that defines the kitchen. À la carte lets you anchor around standout dishes like the Hong Kong Madriz cocido or the dumplings, but the tasting menu is the more complete argument for why this place earned a Michelin star.
The location surprises people: RavioXO is inside the Gourmet Experience food hall at El Corte Inglés on Plaza de Manuel Gómez-Moreno in Tetuán — not a standalone street-front restaurant. The format is creative Asian-fusion built entirely around pasta, with the kitchen run day-to-day by Daniel Villoria under Dabiz Muñoz's direction. Dishes are designed for sharing, so a table of two or more gets a better read on the menu than a solo visit.
Yes, with the right expectations. The Lázaro Rosa-Violán interior design and Michelin-starred cooking give it enough weight for a celebration, but the tone is informal and the setting is inside a food hall, so it reads as a special dinner rather than a grand occasion. For a milestone where full ceremony matters, Coque or Deessa in Madrid set a more formal stage; RavioXO is the better call when you want serious food without a stiff atmosphere.
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