Sobrino De Botín - Review - Sol - Madrid - The Infatuation

"Every local and tourist in Madrid should experience Botín, the oldest restaurant in the world—according to a big-deal world records book—at least once. This Spanish institution is as close as you’ll get to time travel. Servers dressed in crisp white jackets and bow ties move with urgency while providing an appearance of calm, organized chaos, reminiscent of the upstairs/downstairs scenes inDownton Abbey. Depending on where you’re seated—from the musty cave-like wine cellar to Hemingway’s special table with the signatures of Spanish kings adorning the walls—this place feels like a living museum that takes the term “traditional cuisine” literally." - Aileen Weintraub