SOCIALTY COFFEE — Restaurant in Madrid

Recent visit during January 2025

There’s no way for me to visit Madrid and not indulge myself in the pleasure of the best churros in town, fried by Socialty Coffee by Chirusa. It’s an obligatory stop, just like visiting the Prado museum and mesmerizing yourself with one of Velazquez's paintings 🎨👨🏻‍🎨! It’s my third time around and the quality of the ingredients is beyond anything else you could find around and they just keep getting better. Their gluten-free and refill natural oil technique ensures that you won’t block your blood arteries. They offer different topping options like the Argentinian 🇦🇷dulce de leche, Italian 🇮🇹Pistachio or hazelnut 🌰, and the violet sugar that will sprinkle each churro stick with some extra magic 🪄flavor. I couldn’t keep myself from repeating it as many times as I could, and still, I never felt overloaded with starch, and this is because of the quality of their ingredients. They also have two types of hot 🍫chocolate, a stronger flavor and another milder. Both of them are excellent, creamy, rich in taste, and not too heavy, perfect to damp your churros with them to encounter an explosive dynamic duo. Socialty Coffe by Chirusa has also diversified itself into a pastry 🥐shop and elite coffee ☕️ drinks, so you can have a chill breakfast or snack during your day.

Then you might wonder why is it called Socialty Coffee by Chirusa, and the main reason behind its “Specialty” is the talented team of workers that add all of their passion, experience, and hard work into each of the delicacies. The owner, Marco, an advocate for social causes, carefully hand-picked refugees to give them a second opportunity during their adaptation period in their new homeland. This is why you will always see all of them with big smiles 😀and radiant hope of encouragement just by watching you enjoying their sweet treats ☺️.

Marco and team, you are the greatest example of what is done with love results in BIG results! No wonder why everything tastes so good and unique 🙌🏻 in Chirusa. Please 🙏🏻, always keep the kind energy and flow as it is impregnating Madrid with 💙!

Review 2024

During the winter in Madrid, I always have cravings for churros with hot chocolate to keep me warm. You might think that the place to eat them is @ St. Gines in the city center, but actually this is not the case. I discovered Chirusa in the Salamanca district and let me tell you they are the best churros I have tried so far 🤤.

According to the baker, they are prepared with “ecological wheat” which allows the churro to not absorb so much oil when they are fried in their compact frier. This device allows them to control the temperature and cook the churro to the point that they are crispy enough in the exterior, but not as greasy as the ones you usually eat (with 30% less oil than the regular ones). Making them some kind of “organic churro”.

The icings on the churros are all the dips they offer you to bath your churro in. From Belgian white chocolate, pistachio, dulce de leche, hazelnut (Ferrero Rocher), to the violet sugar, all of the toppings will defintvley add a distinctive flavor to your experience. Don’t forget to add your hot cup of chocolate to your order, as it is the classic splash you throw a churro into, specially because their hot chocolate is not as heavy or greasy as other I have tasted, this might be because they use organic cocoa. I thought that the hot chocolate was what would warm my day ☀️, but actually, the topping that makes all the experience blend together is the housewarming attention of their two hosts, Aracelis and Johana. Their friendly and charming treat 🥰 full field our hungry spirit with sweet and love comfort. You can tell they are really passionated hard workers, making them the best topping to accompany your...

DISCLAIMER ALERT: This is just my opinion. Firstly I would like to say that objectively, the Churros are 'okay'. However, I am not a fan of trying to reinvent something... unless it's done really well. I'm aware that due to the current ecological and political climate there is a "trend" of opening eco-friendly and colourful establishments (which in a lot of cases, I agree with), but I just feel that Churros are best when kept simple and in-line with the hundreds of years of tradition that preceded us. I'm not ignoring the fact that the Churros in this place are healthier than regular Churros, but again, I think of Churros as being an occasional treat, and tend not to look too thoroughly into the health benefits. I also don't deny that there is a market for this, and one day I will probably be a customer... but it needs to be at least as good as the original. PS: the owner was very nice, and made sure we had what we needed, he even gave us an extra cup of chocolate. This place was not right for me, but if you're into the whole green/vegan/bio vibe, it would probably be a great...

After walking around in Madrid my son was asking if we could get churros for merienda (afternoon snack) & this was the nearest churreria to us.

We ordered the TARDE DE CHURROS (12 churros + 2 hot chocolates + 2 dips) and they gave us 3 more dips so we could try the different flavors they had that day. The pistachio dip was surprisingly yummy for the adults, while our son liked the "nutella" one. The churros themselves are thinner than Valor or San Gines but super crunchy & yummy.

Because the place is small, it's bar seating only. However to make us more comfortable, they said we could eat at their partner resto ARUGULA. There we could really sit & rest and order some drinks. We also met their resident doggie. She was very shy but oh so cute.

I would definitely recommend this place, even for takeaway. Take your churros to a park or...