La Penela

Located in the heart of Madrid’s Salamanca district, this restaurant is popular with the bourgeois crowd that populates the neighborhood. Almost everyone starts their meal with the award-winning potato omelet. Galician fare means seafood: a variety of clams, lobster, squid and octopus. There are a handful of meat dishes on offer, including a house specialty of slow-cooked roast beef and tripe with chickpeas. The wine cellar offers a number of interesting bottles, and the service is the type that fawns upon the monied crowd.