The Oldest Restaurant In The World Roasts Suckling Pig In A Wood-Fire Oven | Legendary Eats

El Sobrino de Botín in Madrid, Spain has been in operation since 1725 and holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest restaurant in the world. It serves traditional Castilian cuisine, like el cochinillo (suckling pig), roast leg of lamb, and jamón, among other dishes. Tradition is seeped through the restaurant, from the centuries-old wine cellar now used as a dining room, to the wood-fire oven that has been continuously lit since the beginning of the operation.

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[jymllumpyre]

i love how he just calls Stallone Rambo.

[lissandrafreljord]

This restaurant is older than the US and all other countries in the New World.

[paulbegansky]

Went here with my parents in 1976. Fantastic. History. Great food. We are in the basement or catacombs. Was a very long dinner. We had many dishes besides the suvking pig. This is a life adventure!!

[christopherpeninger]

It's nice to see a business be so successful it has outlasted whole countries. I will dine there some day.

[jomama]

"The fire has never been put out since 1725." Yo these guys are better than vestal virgins😂

[jupiterlesabe]

You’re know your restaurant is fire when “music” comes to dine

[Ridgee]

Baby squid cooked in their own ink.... now that’s cold 😂

[faktefoe]

The fire has never been put out since 1725, the guy working the oven must have no holiday's ever.

[mchen]

I've been to the restaurant twice. Make sure you make a reservation and expect to pay a nice sized bill. For my wife and I, I paid about $150 for half a suckling pig, lamb and sides. Get their calamari! It is so fresh and worth it!

[naderdan]

asterix and obelix also dinned there lmao

[briscoedarling]

Ate cochinio here last November as well as at the Meson de Candido in Segovia. The roasted pork melts in your mouth, the skin is indeed crunchy and the potatoes accompanying the dish were the most flavorful I have ever eaten. I dream of going back....

[sailorarwen]

The history is incredible! I’m blown away by the bit about the oven. That is so amazing.

[surfer]

Wow .... that's unbelievable that they've kept the building's original features for so long !!!

[PositiveLastAction]

Hopefully it was just Stallone, and not him in character as Rambo.

[kylemorales]

My parents bought a whole young pig cochinillo for my sister's birthday and it tastes SO GOOD.

[TIGERZYK]

El Sobrino de Botino is a restaurant in the form of a monument located in Spain.El Sobrino de Botino is a 5 centuries old eatery, which makes it one of the few restaurants established during the great Renaissance era which is still standing strong in the 21st century. Hopefully this historic restaurant outlives the pandemic and lasts for centuries to come.

[rohanagnelo]

Rambo came to taste if the sucking pig was better than the roast pig he made in the cave during the movie - Rambo: First Blood.

[TheFobbo]

Madrid was not a village in 1725. It was the capital of an empire streatching around the globe before the us even existed

[melonpan]

Oh wow, even Neil Armstrong the moon came to this restaurant. Very amazing

[themechanictangerine]

The oven hasn't been turned off since 1725 and mine stopped working yesterday after 2 years 🤔