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Casa Lucio vs Lhardy
Both restaurants are recommended by expert writers. Overall, Casa Lucio scores significantly better than Lhardy. Casa Lucio scores 85 with positive reviews from 8 sources like DK Eyewitness, Frommer's and Concierge.
Casa Lucio
Concierge
Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
Condé Nast Traveler
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Calle Cava Baja, 35, 28005 Madrid
From $19 /night
Concierge
"When you want to eat nothing that's been deconstructed or otherwise engineered, when you yearn for honest Castilian food in a simple setting, there's nowhere better than Lucio BlÌÁsquez's restaurant near Plaza Mayor."
Travel + Leisure
"In 1974, restaurateur Lucio Blásquez opened this eponymous two-story restaurant specializing in Castilian cuisine prepared in a coal-fired oven, and it’s been a Madrid mainstay ever since."
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DK Eyewitness
"Casa Lucio has garnered a reputation for outstanding Spanish cuisine. House specialities include callos (tripe), its famous egg dishes and a creamy rice pudding."
Time Out
"A restaurant unsurpassed by any other in Madrid for its famous patrons: King Juan Carlos, Bill Clinton and Penélope Cruz among them."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"The menu represents quinessential Madrid dining, with a few very special touches like angulas: baby eels flash-fried in olive oil and garlic."
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Lhardy
Travel + Leisure
Rough Guide
Time Out
Frommer's
Carrera de San Jeronimo 8, 28014 Madrid
From $0 /night
Travel + Leisure
"Lhardy is a grand 19th-century museum piece famous for its burnished interiors and cocido (boiled dinner)."
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Rough Guide
"Once the haunt of royalty, this is one of Madrid’s most beautiful and famous restaurants."
Time Out
"This landmark restaurant, which opened in 1839, is credited with having introduced French haute cuisine into the culinary wilderness of Madrid."
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Frommer's
"The restaurant is a rich mix of dark wood and red velvet. The food is old-fashioned and rather heavy—this is a good place to try cocido, Madrid’s famous stew. Service is, of course, impeccable. "
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