Lhardy, Madrid's historic restaurant since 1839

The house of Lhardy, as the modern evoker of Zarathustra would say, is beyond good and evil.

Lhardy was the brilliant man who brought gifts for the palate to Madrid.

Silence is not lost at Lhardy as one eats; it grows.

… Lhardy's meals have always been famous.

The dynasty of the Great Lhardy is consolidated in his son, for he knows how to give the times what they need.

Madam, may Your Highness know that Lhardy is the Academy of Hospitality.

… Lhardy is the Madrid restaurant with the most culture within its walls.

If the furniture and walls of Lhardy, witnesses to our history, were to tell their secrets…, we would witness staggering revelations about the life of the nation.

Lhardy's patisserie is a mighty gastronomic power.

The house of Lhardy, beyond all criticism, still holds the sceptre of cuisine in Madrid.

The present writer has had more than one occasion to eat the solemn cocido of Lhardy.

In Lhardy's dining rooms, gastronomes and poets get along famously.