Travel + Leisure

"One of my favorite meals in the entire city: a meatball sandwich with a special sauce and peas on toasted bread (I recommend some exercise before ordering this). This bar is, like others on this list, not especially worried about its physical aspects, because they know the food they put on the table is nothing short of amazing."

Tiritinyam

"In a traditional neighbourhood bar, an unusual Bocadillo, why not eat albóndigas like this if they're really good? There are places, true gastronomic gems, closer to home than we think, and this is one of them."

Paula Fernández

"A bit of traditional character in the heart of Spain's modern capital. If you've come here to stuff yourself to bursting; if you're fed up with frequenting gastrobars where you'll be mugged for a portion with a bombastic name, go for the Bocadillo de albóndigas."

Òscar Broc

"Forget the meatball sandwiches that excite the hipsters so much. A loaf of crusty, working-class bread, varnished inside with tomato and a square of meatballs cut in half running down the spine of the sandwich, drenched in their own sauce. You may get a strange feeling in your body as you gobble down this mass of bread, meat and sauce: its scientific name is 'gustera'."