Cafes and bars in Malasaña, Madrid
Malasaña is Madrid's original counterculture neighbourhood, the birthplace of La Movida Madrileña in the 1980s, and its cafes still trade on that reputation. Toma Café has been roasting here since 2011, one of the city's original specialty shops, started by two former art directors who got tired of flying to London for good coffee. HanSo Café draws a big enough neighbourhood following to produce a real queue most mornings. Two very different registers, a few streets apart.
2 venues reviewed.
- HanSo CaféMalasaña · Steep Index 8.0/10
A small, stylish Malasaña café that has earned a genuine neighbourhood following, with coffee and food that justify the queue. Go with company and budget time for the wait.
- Toma CaféMalasaña · Steep Index 7.8/10
One of the original specialty roasteries in Madrid, running out of a small Malasaña room since 2011. The flat white is honest, the cinnamon pastry will cost you a second coffee, and the solo experience is better than most.