What’s Hot In: Madrid

Estado Puro

Hotel NH Paseo del Prado, Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo, 4. 91 330 24 00.Seats: 40.Cuisine: classic Spanish tapas.Specialties: French fries with hot tomato sauce; boiled potatoes with aïoli; ham croquette; oxtail cooked with vegetables and served with rice; chorizo sandwich.Tapas: 3€-13€ ($3-$19).Chef: Alfonso Castellano.Owner: NH Hoteles.

Gift

Hotel Óscar. Plaza Vázquez de Mella, 12. 91 701 11 73. www.room-matehotels.com .Seats: 30 in cafe, 30 in lounge, 52 in restaurant.Cuisine: modern Mediterranean.Specialties: sirloin steak with mushrooms; thyme-scented turbot with aïoli; suckling pig with mango and apple.Main courses: 13€-23€ ($19-$33).Chef: Pablo Molowny.Owner: Enrique Sarasola.

Ramses

Plaza de la Independencia, 4. 91 435 16 66.Seats: 100.Cuisine: madrileña with world influences.Specialties: oxtail stew with red wine; steak tartare with mustard and radishes; sea bass served over eggplant with pistachio; hake with saffron and garlic; cuttlefish salad; chocolate-covered yuzu doughnut.Main courses: 20€-30€ ($29-$43).Chef: Miguel Ángel Jiménez.Owners: Jorge Llovet and Javier Gómez.

Senzone

Hotel Hospes Madrid, Plaza de la Independencia, 3. 91 432 29 11. www.hospes.com .Seats: 20 indoors, 16 outdoors.Cuisine: creative.Specialties: cod with lentils and crispy bacon; razor clams with algae; squid strips with snow peas; tuna belly and watermelon.Main courses: 24€-45€ ($35-$65).Chef: Paco Morales.Owner: Hotel Hospes Madrid.

Sergi Arola Gastro

Zurbano 31. 91 310 21 69. www.sergiarola.es .Seats: 26 in dinning room, 10 at chef table, 30 in bar.Cuisine: creative Mediterranean.Specialties: marinated sardines stuffed with herring roe and brunoise of vegetables; oven-baked sea bass with sautéed tender onion, pink pepper and a watercress emulsion; lamb kebab.Three-course lunch meal with wine: 85€-145€ ($123-$210).Chef-owner: Sergi Arola.

All prices are approximately converted to U.S. dollars.