Mandarin Oriental Madrid

On Paseo de la Castellana in the Almagro district of Madrid, Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid occupies a Belle Époque building constructed in 1910 by Charles Mewès, the architect who also designed the Ritz in Paris and the Carlton in London, and which has served as one of the most consistently elegant addresses in the Spanish capital throughout its history. The 100 rooms and suites were redesigned by Jaime Beriestain following a four-year restoration completed in 2021, with interiors that retain the hotel’s ornate plasterwork, parquet floors, and period proportions while introducing a contemporary Spanish craft sensibility in the fabrics, furniture, and art programme. The hotel’s garden terrace, one of Madrid’s most established social addresses, extends beneath an awning of wisteria and roses that signals the season with particular precision.

Michelin-starred dining at Deessa, overseen by chef Quique Dacosta, brings the contemporary Spanish culinary tradition to a room of considerable architectural beauty, and the cocktail bar and terrace programmes maintain the hotel’s role as one of the city’s natural gathering points for the arts, fashion, and political communities that have always been drawn to the Ritz’s particular combination of formality and sociability. The spa occupies a fully equipped wellness complex that is rare in the Madrid luxury market for its pool, hammam, and comprehensive treatment programme. The Prado, the Thyssen-Bornemisza, and the Reina Sofía are all within a comfortable walk.

Mandarin Oriental Ritz Madrid’s restoration has been received as a genuine act of cultural stewardship in a city that takes its architectural and culinary heritage seriously. The quality of the building, the precision of the restoration, and the depth of the culinary programming combine to make it the most significant opening in the Spanish luxury hotel market in a generation.