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The best restaurants in Recoletos right now, according to reviews

41 restaurants in Recoletos make this ranking: those with 15 or more Google customer reviews in the last 90 days (out of 45 whose reviews we analysed). Number 1 right now is Ardia Restaurante, with an adjusted score of 4.813. The area average is 4.43 and the data runs to 22 Jul 2026.

41
restaurants in the ranking
with 15+ reviews in 90 days
4.43
area average over 90 days
published: it goes into the formula
4.813
score of the no. 1 (Ardia Restaurante)
average 4.89 · 100 reviews
22 Jul 2026
data date
Google customer reviews

How it is ordered: score = (90-day average × number of reviews + 20 × 4.43) ÷ (number of reviews + 20). The value 4.43 is the average of the last 90 days of reviews in Recoletos; it acts as a counterweight so the volume of recent reviews counts too. Only venues with 15+ reviews in that window qualify.

Complete ranking (41 restaurants)

  1. 1Ardia Restaurante4.813
  2. 2China Crown (Madrid)4.797
  3. 3Restaurante Allegra4.772
  4. 4Restaurante Varra4.721
  5. 5Monsieur Sushita4.713
  6. 6Taquería La Lupita4.697
  7. 7Restaurante Bel Mondo4.688
  8. 8Ornella Velázquez | Restaurante Italiano Madrid4.672
  9. 9El Perro y La Galleta - Restaurant4.638
  10. 10Restaurante Cadaqués Madrid4.630
  11. 11VIPS4.622
  12. 12La Vaca Argentina Ayala4.600
  13. 13La Bien Aparecida | Grupo Cañadío4.595
  14. 14Al Mounia - Restaurante Marroquí Madrid Alta Cocina4.580
  15. 15La Única Madrid | Restaurante Mexicano Madrid4.563
  16. 16Casa Dani4.547
  17. 17Casa Julián | Restaurante Barrio Salamanca4.521
  18. 18Manero Madrid - Claudio Coello4.510
  19. 19La Originale Velázquez4.501
  20. 20El Pimiento Verde Lagasca4.474
  21. 21Relais de Paris - Restaurante Barrio Salamanca4.467
  22. 22Restaurante SottoSopra Madrid4.430
  23. 23Restaurante Ceferino Parrilla Argentina4.430
  24. 24Magasand Retiro | Sandwiches Madrid4.425
  25. 25Ocafú Jorge Juan. Taberna Gallega4.409
  26. 26Maison Jaguar, restaurante mexicano con espectáculo4.397
  27. 27Raimunda4.397
  28. 28Flavia Madrid4.393
  29. 29Lobito de Mar Madrid4.380
  30. 30El Paraguas4.364
  31. 31Restaurante Ten Con Ten4.338
  32. 32La Maruca Velázquez | Grupo Cañadío4.188
  33. 33La Casa del Abuelo GOYA4.161
  34. 34Amazónico4.138
  35. 35El Escondite de Villanueva l Restaurante Barrio Salamanca4.134
  36. 36CarmenBar4.077
  37. 37Restaurante Tierra del Queiles4.043
  38. 38Restaurante Numa Pompilio3.997
  39. 39Ramses3.983
  40. 40Restaurante Ultramarinos Quintin3.905
  41. 41La Flaca3.697

Adjusted score · last-90-days average · number of reviews in that window. Source: Google customer reviews, data as of 22 Jul 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the best restaurant in Recoletos right now, according to reviews?

With data as of 22 Jul 2026, Ardia Restaurante: an average of 4.89 over 100 customer reviews in the last 90 days, adjusted score 4.813.

How is each restaurant's score calculated?

With the formula (90-day average × number of reviews + 20 × 4.43) ÷ (number of reviews + 20), where 4.43 is the average of the last 90 days of reviews in Recoletos. That way a venue with few recent reviews needs them to be very good to overtake one with many.

Why does the ranking have 41 restaurants and no more?

Because only venues with 15 or more customer reviews in the last 90 days qualify. In Recoletos that is 41 of the 45 whose reviews we analysed; the rest do not yet have an honest recent average to publish.

Where does this data come from?

From Google customer reviews, aggregated: we republish no review, only averages and counts. Data as of 22 Jul 2026, updated monthly.

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