One of the oldest delicatessens in Madrid, Lhardy was founded in 1839 by Emilio Lhardy from Switzerland and it soon became a meeting spot for the aristocrats of the time.

This landmark restaurant is credited with having introduced French haute cuisine into the culinary wilderness of Madrid.

On Lhardy you'll find a formal restaurant decorated in the ornate Belle Epoque style of Isabel Segunda. Specialties of the house include fish, pork, veal, tripe in a garlicky tomato and onion wine sauce, and cocido, the celebrated chickpea stew of Madrid. Soufflé sorpresa (baked Alaska) is the dessert specialty.