Top 3 Budget Restaurants in Central Madrid, Spain

If you've been to Madrid you will prob­a­blyIf seafood is not your thing, Bar Restau­rante
agree that the Plaza Mayor is the city cen­ter,100 Mota­di­tos in calle Mayor 22 will
and if you haven't now you know it´s a mustcer­tainly have some­thing for you. The place
for every trav­eler and exceedshas 100 dif­fer­ent kinds of tapas at 1 euro
expec­ta­tions because of the tra­di­tionaleach, usu­ally con­sist­ing of a slice of bread
archi­tec­ture and the over­whelm­ingwith a typ­i­cal Spanish top­ping such as
amount of tapas bars you can find here. I expectsobrasada, jamon ser­rano, queso manchego,
you to know what tapas are, but if you don'tSpan­ish tor­tilla and many many more. The
they are small bites of tra­di­tional Spanishorder­ing process is quite fun as well: grab a
food usu­ally eaten as a mid-­morn­ing snackpiece of paper from the table, check which tapas
but found all day, every day, in every bar.you want and how any, and write any name to
Not sur­pris­ingly the restau­rants and bars inbe called out when ready- expect to hear
this area are among the most expen­sive of theany­thing and any­one being called out loud.
city, and should be avoided if trav­el­ing on aRestau­rante La Cat­e­dral is the most
bud­get. But don´t despair because I know ofexpen­sive of the three, but it also offers the
three great places nearby that I highlybest food in a tra­di­tion­ally dec­o­rated
rec­om­mend, mak­ing that mealrestau­rant. Located in car­rera San
cul­tur­ally rel­e­vant and a one-of-a-kindJeron­imo 16, it´s a 5 minute walk from the
Spanish gas­tro­nom­i­cal experience.plaza Mayor and gets very busy dur­ing lunch
Bar La Cam­pana in calle Botones 6, right offhour.
the Plaza Mayor, is world famous for its bocadilloThe 9.5 euro menu includes two main dishes of
de cala­mares (cala­mari sub). I say worldtra­di­tional Span­ish food, water or wine and
famous because I first heard about it in Mex­ico,bread. Even if you aren't plan­ning on eat­ing it
and sure enough 2.3 euros will get you one ofis worth drop­ping buy to check it out.
these exquis­ite subs. Throw in a cerveza friaSo there you go!
and you have great food for under 4 euros.