I will only be in Madrid for one lunch and one dinner before flying home. We are staying near the train station for convenience, but expect to venture out of that area. If you only had one meal, where would you eat?
Sacha.
Venturing out of that area and only 1 mealâŠTasting menu or a la carte?
I am open to either.
Sasha for a la carte. Desde 1911 by PescaderĂas Coruñesas for tasting menu,
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Sadly Sacha isnât open on Saturday. Also, unfortunately we will be there on Oct 12, a major holiday 
I have one lunch and one dinner.
Looking at Sala de Despiece, Tripia, Estimar, Casa Orellana, El Senor Martin, Laredo.
Or none of these and somewhere you think is not to be missed!
What you think?
Oct 12, not an optimum time for Madrid fine dining 
butâŠ
Tripea opens its reservation calendar on Oct 1 so the reservations for the month will probably already be snapped up.
Estimar, if open, should be your fines.t as in âhauteâ, high end dining experience, then El Sr MartĂn for some of the cityâs best seafood, then Laredo.
But I havenât checked the Oct 12 availability for any of these.
I would go to Laredo for dinner.
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@Ziggy
Amara was consistently one of the best fine dining spots in Sevilla, but unfortunately the Basque chef decided to close it in January. Boo hoo!
In that same space on Calle Zaragoza 18 another chef, José Luis Pastrana has moved in with his Eterno, formerly in the Barrio de Santa Cruz.
We sampled his tasting menu at his now closed Balbuena y Huertas restaurant in the Hotel Cavalta in Triana (we wereât very impressed with the tasting menu). He then left and went on his own to open a restaurant in the province and now heâs back.
Iâm so sad that Amara has closed. That chef, Javier Fabo, was extremely talented. He has landed in Ibiza at the Pura Vida.
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Sad news indeed. Thanks for letting me know.
