My wife and I spent 5 nights at Hostal Adriano (June 30 to July 5). I think it is the fifth time that we have stayed there.

The cleanliness, service, decor, location, and price make it the ONLY place we stay in Madrid.

My only regret is that I failed to contact MadridMan to see if he would come out for tapas with us....

I know I am mixing metaphors here, but we hit Casa Mingo and Edelweiss. Two great restaurants for lunch. Chicken, salad, and chorizo, at the former, and pig knuckle (codillo) and saurkraut at the latter. Yum yum!!!