MADRID - CASA TONI

Miguel Renoir Spanish Guides
Dec 21, 2025
2 min read

Updated: 6 days ago

CASA TONI

Casa Toni is a small, basic bar/restaurant that at first glance doesn’t look like much. However, give it a try. The food is excellent for the price, and there are always plenty of locals, which is usually a good sign. You can find extra seating upstairs.

Please note that the dishes they typically serve are generous portions, so keep this in mind. This is the place to try offal (i.e., animal innards), such as the mollejas (sweetbreads, often mistakenly believed to be the animal’s testicles). There are two separate glands: the thymus gland, located in the throat, and the pancreas gland, located in the abdomen, taken from calves or lambs.

We had the riñones (kidneys)

Berengenas de la casa (fried aubergine with honey)

Boquerones fritos (deep fried anchovies)

Boquerones en vinagre (anchovies marinated in vinegar with garlic and parsley)

Champioñes a la plancha (garlic mushrooms)

Chopitos (deep-fried baby squid)

Chorizo frita (fried chorizo sausage)

Pimientos de Padrón (Padrón peppers, sea salt)

We had a few cañas to drink, then moved on to wine, starting with a copa of Rueda Verdejo.

Followed by 12 Lunas from Somontano.

The friendly waiters and authentic, positive Spanish atmosphere make this a place not to miss if you enjoy traditional tapas.

Most of the staff are Atletico Madrid fans, and, so, directly across the street from the bar, you will find a plaque commemorating the location where the football club was formed in 1903.