RavioXO.

RavioXO

RavioXO's Caserío Vasco dumpling holds Galician beef inside and the same beef, aged and smoked, on top.

Why go

Dabiz Muñoz, the chef of DiverXO, opened RavioXO in May 2022 as a pasta and dumpling restaurant inside the Gourmet Experience of El Corte Inglés on the Castellana.3 The MICHELIN Guide gave it a star six months after it opened.5 In 2025 the inspectors named Daniel Villoria, Muñoz's right hand, as the chef.4

The blogger behind Encuinarte ate from the carta in April 2023 and told readers to do the same.1 He found the Caserío Vasco, a dumpling of aged Galician beef, close to perfection, at least on my plate. Of the nigiri-dumpling marmitako, tuna cheek inside the dough and tuna belly on top, he wrote that you won't taste anything like it even in many of Spain's best Japanese restaurants.1 He called the cocido Hong Kong Madriz, a ropa vieja (shredded beef) dumpling in ham broth with chickpeas and potato, Madrid tradition made fusion.1 Ministry of Foodies, a food blog, had the Caserío Vasco in November 2025, with a tamarind mole: A great dish with intense flavors and high-quality beef.2 The same lunch opened on cold carbonara with Korean fried chicken, and the chicken was still crispy and tender with a sticky, sweet and sour glaze.2

Both bloggers had complaints about the room. Encuinarte in 2023 listed toilets outside the restaurant in the store, electronic music played too loud, waiters who lost interest as the room filled, and wine at three times the shop price. His verdict: it's a shame that some details, easy to fix on paper, can turn the experience into something ordinary.1 In 2025 Ministry of Foodies found the service initially a bit clinical and wrote that since there is an open kitchen, smoke sometimes reaches the tables that are further away.2

Order this / avoid

• Order: the Caserío Vasco (Encuinarte, 2023; Ministry of Foodies, 2025).2
• Order: the nigiri-dumpling marmitako (Encuinarte, 2023).1
• Order: the cold carbonara with Korean fried chicken (Ministry of Foodies, 2025).2
• Order: the cocido Hong Kong Madriz (Encuinarte, 2023).1
• Drink: cocktails. Encuinarte (2023) advised them over the marked-up wine.1

What locals & experts say

• Julia Pérez Lozano, Gastroactitud (2022, 8 out of 10, at a tasting the day before the opening): RavioXO is excessive, fun, surprising, tasty, daring, unique.3
• Ministry of Foodies, food blog (2025), of the fried eggs with morcilla, a DiverXO dish of 2009: Solid but definitely not the best I tried out of the menu.2
• Award: one MICHELIN star, 2026 guide.4

Good to know

• Where: the Gourmet Experience of El Corte Inglés on the Castellana, Plaza de Manuel Gómez-Moreno 5A.2
• Price: the tasting menu cost 165 euros a head in November 2025. Ministry of Foodies put the average at 130 euros a head after a weekday lunch that month.2

Verdict

could-visit — Go to RavioXO for Dabiz Muñoz's beef and tuna dumplings, ordered from the carta. The room sits inside a department store, where two bloggers found fault with the service. Lunch averaged 130 euros a head in November 2025.