Teatro Flamenco Madrid show
A 60-minute show in a 220-seat theatre off Gran Vía, from €32, rated 9.3 by 846 guests.
- Price
- from €32
- Duration
- 1 h
- Guest rating
- 9.3/10
- Cancellation
- Free up to 24 h before
Flamenco in Madrid
Five Madrid flamenco houses on one sheet: price, length, room size, dinner, minimum age and refund terms, checked on 4 October 2026.
Checked on 4 October 2026

Verdict
First time in the city
Teatro Flamenco Madrid has the best mix of volume and score on the list (846 reviews, 9.3 out of 10), a fixed 60-minute show from €32, three or four sessions a day and free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Nothing about it needs planning around.
from €321 h9.3/10Free up to 24 h before
Seen one before
We cannot judge which room aficionados prefer, so this pick rests on format: Essential Flamenco plays in a brick cellar with no microphones, sells one ticket type and no dinner. If history matters more to you than room size, Corral de la Morería has been open since 1956.
from €441 h 15 min9.3/10Free up to 24 h before
A night for two
Corral de la Morería is the one house here built around a table for the evening: the show comes with a drink, dinner is an optional set menu, and nobody under 7 is admitted. Cancellation closes 48 hours before, so fix the date first.
from €49.991 h 10 min9.2/10Free up to 48 h before
With children
Torres Bermejas has the earliest sessions (17:00 daily, 15:00 at weekends), admits all ages, and the venue says under-4s go free and ages 4 to 12 pay half. The catalogue lists it as not wheelchair accessible, so ask the house before bringing a pushchair.
from €311 h8.6/10Free up to 24 h before
At a glance
Not published: Torres Bermejas, Essential Flamenco, Tablao Ópera Flamenca
Each bar runs from the start to the end of the show.
Anyone looking for the best flamenco show in Madrid finds the same problem: every house says it is the one. We have not sat in these rooms, so this page does not rank the dancing. It compares what can be checked: what a flamenco show in Madrid costs, how long it runs, how many people share the room, whether you have to eat, and how late you can cancel.
The partner catalogue lists five houses in Madrid, all seated performances of about an hour, with prices from €15 to roughly €50 before food. Three well-known tablaos (Cardamomo, Tablao de la Villa and Las Carboneras) are not in that catalogue, so they are not compared here. That is a gap in the list. It says nothing about those houses.
Side by side
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| Venue | Teatro Flamenco Madrid | Torres Bermejas | Essential Flamenco | Corral de la Morería | Tablao Ópera Flamenca |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guest rating | 9.3/10 · 846 reviews | 8.6/10 · 2,763 reviews | 9.3/10 · 273 reviews | 9.2/10 · 223 reviews | 8.7/10 · 32 reviews |
| Type of room | Theatre | Tablao | Cave | Tablao | Tablao |
| Price | from €32 | from €31 | from €44 | from €49.99 · Price changes with the date | from €15 |
| Duration | 1 h | 1 h | 1 h 15 min | 1 h 10 min | 1 h |
| Room capacity | 220 seats | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | 140 seats | Not published by the venue |
| Dinner | Not included | Optional extra | Not included | Optional extra | Not included |
| Drink | Optional extra | Optional extra | Included | Included | Not included |
| Usual start times | 17:00 · 19:00 · 20:45 | 17:00 · 19:00 · 21:00 | 18:00 · 19:30 · 21:00 | 19:30 · 21:30 | 18:00 · 20:00 · 21:30 |
| Minimum age | All ages | All ages | All ages | 7 and over | 3 and over |
| Dress code | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue | Not published by the venue |
| Seating | By ticket category | By ticket category | Not stated | Not stated | By ticket category |
| Cancellation | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 24 h before | Free up to 48 h before | Free up to 24 h before |
| See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet | See the show sheet |
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Show sheets
A 60-minute show in a 220-seat theatre off Gran Vía, from €32, rated 9.3 by 846 guests.
One-hour show beside Gran Vía from €31, with the most reviews in Madrid (2,763, scored 8.6).
Flamenco in a brick cellar near Sol with no microphones, one drink included, from €44.
Madrid's 1956 restaurant-tablao: 70-minute show, dinner optional, no under-7s, from €49.99.
The cheapest seat in Madrid's catalogue, from €15 for a one-hour show, but only 32 reviews so far.
You book on Civitatis, the ticket platform, under its own terms.
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Before you choose
Start with the size and shape of the room, because that is where the Madrid houses differ most. Teatro Flamenco Madrid is a theatre with rows of seats and room for up to 220 people. Corral de la Morería is a restaurant-tablao with tables for about 140. Essential Flamenco is a brick cellar under a building near Sol, and the venue says there are no microphones. Torres Bermejas and Ópera Flamenca do not publish a capacity.
Then decide about food before you look at prices. Nobody on this list forces you to eat. Torres Bermejas sells the show alone, with a drink, or with a tapas menu served during the performance. Corral de la Morería sells the show alone or with one of five set menus. The other three are show-only tickets, two of them with a drink. If you would rather eat in a normal restaurant afterwards, the earlier sessions at 17:00, 18:00 or 19:00 leave you at the door by Madrid dinner time.
Seating is the small print that changes the evening. At Teatro Flamenco Madrid the standard ticket means row 5 or further back, seats are not numbered and the house fills them in order of arrival, so the cheap ticket rewards whoever turns up early. The dearer rate there buys the first four rows and a drink. Torres Bermejas and Ópera Flamenca also sell a front-area rate. Essential Flamenco has a single price.
Last, the practical limits. Corral de la Morería does not admit children under 7 and wants 48 hours' notice to cancel, against 24 hours everywhere else. Ópera Flamenca sets its minimum age at 3. Torres Bermejas and Essential Flamenco are listed as not wheelchair accessible. No house publishes a dress code on the pages we read.
Plan
The sessions at 17:00, 18:00 and 19:00 end by about 20:15, which leaves dinner for afterwards. With a start at 20:45 or later, eat first, or take the tapas menu at Torres Bermejas or a set menu at Corral de la Morería. Dinner is optional at both.
The margin asked runs from 10 minutes (Essential Flamenco, Corral de la Morería, Ópera Flamenca) to 30 at Teatro Flamenco Madrid. The theatre opens its doors an hour before and fills unnumbered seats in order of arrival, so that is the house where being early pays. Essential Flamenco publishes no seating rule.
The performance lasts 60 to 75 minutes. We found no published interval or photo rule at any of the five, so ask before filming. Essential Flamenco says it uses no microphones, and at Torres Bermejas the tapas menu is served while the show is on.
All five houses are in the centre, near Noviciado, Sol or La Latina metro. The latest sessions start at 21:30 and end before 23:00, and the last metro trains leave at 1:30. After that the night buses, known as búhos, set out from Plaza de Cibeles.
Where
Two neighbouring districts north of Gran Vía, both served by Noviciado metro (line 2). Teatro Flamenco Madrid is a theatre with rows for up to 220 on Calle del Pez. Ópera Flamenca, on Calle del Norte, is a tablao five minutes on foot from the same station.
The middle of the city, where most visitors are already staying or walking. Torres Bermejas is on Calle de Mesonero Romanos, between the two, and sells a tapas rate. Essential Flamenco is a brick cellar on Calle de la Cruz, nearest metro Sol, with a single price that includes a drink.
The old quarter south-west of Sol, with its own metro station. Corral de la Morería is the one house here: a restaurant-tablao with tables for about 140, sessions at 19:30 and 21:30, and no entry for children under 7.

Twelve of the 28 flamenco houses we compare sell food with the ticket, and only one of them makes you take it.

The word on the door says less than three lines on the sheet: how many seats, how they are given out, and whether the room is amplified.

If your route covers more than one of the four, the catalogue gives clear reasons to book in the south.
About an hour. Teatro Flamenco Madrid, Torres Bermejas and Ópera Flamenca all list 60 minutes, Corral de la Morería lists 70, and Essential Flamenco lists 75 including the welcome drink and a short introduction before the one-hour performance. Add the arrival margin each house asks for, which runs from 10 to 30 minutes.
It is never compulsory, so it comes down to what you want from the evening. At Torres Bermejas the food is a tapas menu served while the show is on, which saves time but splits your attention. At Corral de la Morería dinner is one of five set menus and the venue also runs a separate Michelin-starred restaurant with four tables. If the show is the point, book the show-only rate and eat afterwards.
For the small rooms, yes. Essential Flamenco is a cellar and Corral de la Morería seats about 140, so a given session can sell out. Teatro Flamenco Madrid has up to 220 places and several sessions a day, which makes a late booking more likely to work. Booking early costs you little, since four of the five houses refund in full up to 24 hours before.
At most houses, yes. Torres Bermejas, Teatro Flamenco Madrid and Essential Flamenco list no minimum age and sell child rates. Ópera Flamenca admits children from 3. Corral de la Morería does not admit anyone under 7. For young children, look at the 17:00 or 18:00 sessions.
None of the five houses publishes a dress code on the pages we checked. Corral de la Morería is a sit-down restaurant as well as a tablao, so dress as you would for dinner out. If in doubt, ask the house when you book.
Yes, on every show listed here. Four houses give a full refund up to 24 hours before the start. Corral de la Morería needs 48 hours. After the deadline, or if you do not turn up, nothing is refunded.
Price, duration, what is included, minimum age and cancellation come from the Civitatis catalogue. Room capacity, dress code and start times come from each venue's own website. Everything on this page was checked on 4 October 2026. Prices are starting prices and move with the date. How the sheets are built

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