Fire and bird

The chicken that built this road

One oak fire, one bird, cooked the long way. Marrow Room sits on a quiet stretch of road in Madrid, doing a single thing with total attention: chicken over coals, basted, rested, carved at the table.

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Whole roasted chicken on a wooden board, skin dark and glossy, resting near open flames in the background

Cook tending an open fire pit with tongs, chickens on spits, kitchen visible around him

Why here

A fire on a side road

Marrow Room started with a disagreement about ovens. The founders had cooked chicken in every kind of box: convection, combi, deck. None of it tasted like the birds they remembered from childhood grills.

So they found a narrow space on a quiet road in Madrid, ripped out the kitchen, and built a fire pit where the walk-in used to be. The chicken was the only thing that made sense to serve.

Five years later the fire still runs on oak, the menu is still short, and the smell still reaches the corner before the door does.

We didn't set out to open a restaurant. We set out to keep a fire going.

A look inside.

House specialities

What we cook

A short menu built around one fire and a handful of things worth putting on it.

Half chicken cut open on a plate showing juicy meat, charred skin, dark wooden table

Roadhouse chicken

€24 whole / €14 half

Our signature bird, brined a day ahead and turned over oak until the skin cracks.

Charred vegetables on a metal tray, black exteriors, steam rising

Coal-roasted vegetables

€9

Whatever is firm enough to sit in the embers that week, usually onion, carrot, and leek.

Bowl of glossy brown rice with herbs, spoon resting on the side

Chicken jus rice

€11

Rice cooked in the drippings that fall from the spit, finished with parsley.

I've eaten chicken all over this city. This is the first place where the fire actually tastes like something.

Regular customer, Chamberí

Ask away

Everything you might want to ask.

Do I need a reservation

For dinner, yes, especially Thursday to Saturday. Lunch usually has walk-in space.

Is there parking nearby

Street parking is metered during the day and free after 8pm; there's also a public garage two minutes' walk on Calle Bretón de los Herreros.

Can you do a whole bird to go

Yes, order the whole roadhouse chicken at least 30 minutes ahead for pickup.

Is the space wheelchair accessible

The dining room is step-free from the street, and the restroom is on the same floor.

What makes your chicken different

We brine overnight, cook over oak coals instead of gas or electric, and carve to order rather than pre-cutting.

Find the fire

We're on a quiet road just off Ponzano, easy to miss by day and easy to smell by night.

Where we are: Avenida del Puerto, 52, 28042 Madrid
When: Mon–Sat · 9:00am – 6:00pm
Call us: +34 91 664 21 19
Email us: [email protected]

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Exterior storefront at dusk, warm light through windows, small sign, narrow Madrid street