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5 addresses in Paris and Madrid

Caviar Kaspia, Paris — the first-floor dining room on place de la Madeleine
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Paris · Dining

Caviar Kaspia

A first-floor dining room above the shop, where the baked potato with caviar has outlived every trend on the Madeleine.

17 place de la Madeleine, 75008

Late service · jacket advised

Le Clarence, Paris — the Grand Salon and its red sofas
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Paris · Dining

Le Clarence

Prince Robert of Luxembourg's hôtel particulier off the Champs-Élysées: two Michelin stars, and a cellar built around Château Haut-Brion.

31 avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 75008

Two Michelin stars · book weeks ahead

Amazónico, Madrid — the veranda under the jungle and its lamps
Photo: Amazónico
Madrid · Dining

Amazónico, and the jazz club hidden beneath it

Sandro Silva's tropical room on Jorge Juan is the see-and-be-seen table of Barrio de Salamanca. The real move is downstairs: the Jungle Jazz Club plays live every night of the week.

Calle de Jorge Juan 20, 28001

Jungle Jazz Club live nightly

Ten con Ten, Madrid — the dining room and its library wall
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Madrid · Dining

Ten con Ten

The Paraguas Group's Salamanca canteen: long lunches that drift into cocktails, and the room where deals get done at 3pm.

Calle de Ayala 6, 28001

Lunch from 2pm · terrace in season

DiverXO, Madrid — the flying pig of Dabiz Muñoz's dream world, from the restaurant's film
Photo: DiverXO
Madrid · Dining

DiverXO

Dabiz Muñoz's three-star theatre of a restaurant — the hardest table in Spain, released in monthly drops.

Calle de Padre Damián 23, 28036

Three Michelin stars · online release only

For curious minds with a taste for the exceptional

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