The Best Chinese Food in Spain
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The best Chinese food in Spain, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and Eater have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bao Li comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Madrid and Barcelona.
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China Crown and Little Dragon hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Bao Li
Contemporary Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bao Li (this place) 68.544
- #1 China Crown 68.544
- #1 Little Dragon 68.544
- #1 Soy Kitchen 68.544
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Rank 1. China Crown
Chinese
Peking duck is the signature, and the kitchen makes a ceremony of it at this elegant, Far East-decorated Chinese restaurant in the Salamanca district. The menu moves through dim sum, Sichuan spiced chicken, and Yuxiang aubergines, with a tasting menu alongside the full à la carte. The room looks the part and the crowd dresses accordingly, which gives the whole thing a pleasantly old-world seriousness for a Chinese restaurant in Madrid.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bao Li 68.544
- #1 China Crown (this place) 68.544
- #1 Little Dragon 68.544
- #1 Soy Kitchen 68.544
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Rank 1. Little Dragon
Shanghainese
Bamboo plants in the window, dragon heads and red lanterns inside, and a dining room that stays busy enough that you probably shouldn't show up without a plan. This Shanghainese spot near Plaza de España builds its menu around xiaolongbao, shengjian bao, wonton, and hand-pulled lamian noodles, the kind of focused cooking that makes a short menu feel like a complete argument. The crowd skews young and loud, which suits the room.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bao Li 68.544
- #1 China Crown 68.544
- #1 Little Dragon (this place) 68.544
- #1 Soy Kitchen 68.544
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Rank 1. Soy Kitchen
Contemporary Chinese
A short walk from the Museo Sorolla, this contemporary Chinese fusion restaurant pulls together flavors from across Asia and Spain in ways that feel neither forced nor predictable. The chef, known as Julio, runs two tasting menus alongside an à la carte, and the dim sum has quietly become the stuff of neighborhood legend. The room is modern and calm, the kind of place where the food does the talking.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Bao Li 68.544
- #1 China Crown 68.544
- #1 Little Dragon 68.544
- #1 Soy Kitchen (this place) 68.544
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Rank 5. MIKAN
Northeast Asian Chinese
Chef Tan built this Northeast Asian restaurant out of pandemic-era private dinners and lunchbox deliveries, which explains why it feels less like a project and more like someone's actual cooking finally finding a room. The Eixample spot pulls from Northern China, Japan, and Korea without making a theme park of it. Lunch is a fixed-price spread; evenings go à la carte and sharing-friendly, with natural wines from small European producers alongside.
The awards
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