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Sobrino de Botín

Botín is down the steps from the Plaza Mayor, in a brick house of four floors that, by its own account, has served meals since 1725. Hemingway ended The Sun Also Rises at one of its tables.

What it is
Restaurant
Opened
1725, by its own account: the house can be traced on this street from 1865
Area
Plaza Mayor
Nearest museum
Plaza Mayor, 150 m

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    What Sobrino de Botín is known for

    1. The oven

      The horno de asar, the wood-fired oven, is the heart of the house. Suckling pig and lamb are roasted in it, as the sign over the windows promises.

    2. The oldest restaurant

      The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the oldest restaurant in the world, founded in 1725 and never closed since.

    3. Four floors

      The dining rooms climb through the old house, from vaulted cellars to rooms with wooden beams.

    What to know

    • The house gives 1725 as its founding. Historians trace the restaurant on the Calle de Cuchilleros to 1865, when Cándido Remis, nephew of a pastry cook called Botín, opened it there
    • The last scene of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is set here
    • Book ahead, especially for the roast suckling pig

    Where Sobrino de Botín is

    Address

    Calle de Cuchilleros 17
    28005 Madrid, Spain

    Nearest station

    Sol, on lines 1, 2 and 3, or La Latina, on line 5, each about five minutes away

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    A nephew's pastry shop

    At the end of the eighteenth century a pastry shop known as Botín's stood on the Plaza de Herradores. Its owner's nephew, Cándido Remis, broke away in 1865 and opened his own shop, the pastelería of the sobrino de Botín, at number 17 Calle de Cuchilleros.

    It became a restaurant, and the name stuck. The house today dates itself to 1725, the year the Guinness Book of Records accepts.

    Sobrino de Botín: common questions

    Where is Sobrino de Botín?
    At Calle de Cuchilleros 17, in the Centro district of Madrid. The nearest station is Sol, on lines 1, 2 and 3, or La Latina, on line 5, each about five minutes away.
    Which museums and sights are near Sobrino de Botín?
    Plaza Mayor is 150 m away, Royal Palace of Madrid is 700 m away, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is 1.1 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is Sobrino de Botín known for?
    The oven, The oldest restaurant, Four floors. The restaurant the Guinness Book of Records calls the oldest in the world, below the Plaza Mayor, roasting suckling pig and lamb in its old wood-fired oven.
    When did Sobrino de Botín open?
    In 1725, by its own account: the house can be traced on this street from 1865. The house gives 1725 as its founding. Historians trace the restaurant on the Calle de Cuchilleros to 1865, when Cándido Remis, nephew of a pastry cook called Botín, opened it there.

    What visitors say about Sobrino de Botín

    Rating from Google

    4.3

    17,142 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 17 October 2026.

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