Cebo

About Cebo

Cebo is the one-Michelin-star restaurant of the Hotel Urban on Carrera de San Jerónimo 34, steps from the Puerta del Sol in central Madrid. Led by the young chefs Javier Sanz and Juan Sahuquillo — who also hold two Repsol Suns — the kitchen works a cuisine stripped of artifice, built on the quality of a few select products and the flavours drawn out of them. With a maximum of 22 covers, it reads as an intimate, product-first counter rather than a grand hotel dining room.

For Madrid's other tasting tables, compare the polished Coque, the avant-garde DSTAgE and Dabiz Muñoz's three-star DiverXO. Cebo belongs to the city's Spanish and tasting-menu scene.

The Kitchen

Sanz and Sahuquillo cook a cuisine of essentials — deep, nuanced flavour pulled from select products rather than show. The room runs two tasting routes: a Classics menu of thirteen courses at €160 and a Season menu of seventeen courses at €220, both VAT included and drinks extra. The small 22-seat capacity means every service is booked, and the cooking — a Michelin star plus two Repsol Suns — sits among the more interesting fine-dining tables in the city centre.

The Room

The room is small and focused, a 22-cover space inside the design-led Hotel Urban, suited to a long tasting menu and unhurried service. Lunch runs Wednesday to Saturday and dinner Tuesday to Saturday, with the restaurant closed Sundays, Mondays and Tuesday lunch. Because capacity is so limited, a reservation is required and booking ahead is essential.