Madrid's vegetarian restaurants

Madrid can be an intimidating city for veggies, given the mass of ham, fish and seafood on display in bar and restaurant windows and on counters. However, you can order vegetables separately at just about any restaurant in the city - Argentine steakhouses, perhaps, excepted - and there is good pizza and pasta to be had at a number of Italian places. You can even find the odd vegetarian paella.

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Lots of great restaurants here.

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Madrid
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Eat on this plaza.

More crucially, the capital now has half a dozen decent and inexpensive vegetarian restaurants , scattered about the center. These include: Al Natural, c/Zorilla 11 tel 913 694 709; Métro: Banco de España. Veggie and non-veggie food, including a very good mushroom and spinach pie. Excellent wines and a good-value menú del día at ?7.50. Closed Sun night. Inexpensive to moderate.

Artemisa, c/Ventura de la Vega 4 tel 914 295 092; Métro: Sevilla; c/Tres Cruces 4 tel 915 218 721; Métro: Gran Vía. A popular place (you may have to wait for a table), best for its veggie pizzas and an imaginative range of salads. No smoking - even more of a novelty than veggie food in Madrid. Closed Sun night. Moderate.

Elqui, c/Buenavista 18 tel 914 680 462; Métro: Lavapíes/Antón Martín. Excellent vegetarian venue in the heart of Lavapíes. Light and very tasty main courses, imaginative soups and some great fruit-based drinks. There's a self-service lunch-time menú for ?6.60. No smoking. Open Tues-Fri for lunch and Fri and Sat evenings.

El Estragón, Plaza de La Paja 10 tel 913 658 982; Métro: La Latina. Good vegetarian tapas, leek pie and chocolate cake. Economical menú del día at ?7.20 (dinner menú is over double the price) and a fine setting on the edge of this ancient plaza. Inexpensive to moderate.

La Granja, c/San Andrés 11 tel 915 328 793; Métro: Bilbao/Tribunal. Good-value set menu that changes every day, offering a choice of soup, salad, a main dish of vegetables, rice and fruits topped with sauce, dessert and drinks. Open Mon-Wed 1.30-4.30pm & 9pm-midnight, Thurs-Sun 1.30-4.30pm. Inexpensive.

Vegetariano, c/Zorilla 11 tel 913 694 709; Métro: Banco de España. Veggie and non-veggie food, including a very good mushroom and spinach pie. Excellent wines and a good-value menú del día at ?7.50. Closed Sun night. Inexpensive to moderate.

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