"Sabrino De Botin: Hemingway's Lunch Haven & World’s Oldest Restaurant Since 1725."

Generated on March 25, 2026

TLDR The podcast episode spotlights the world's oldest continuously operating restaurant, Sabrino de Botin in Spain’s Plaza Mayor, with a history back to an inn founded around 1725 and once frequented by Ernest Hemingway. Visitors are drawn not only for its record age but also its classical Castilian cuisine steeped in tradition since the time of King Philip II's rule over Spain’s Golden Age, which provided much inspiration to writers like Hemingway himself.

Timestamped Summary

00:00 The oldest restaurant in the world is Sabrino de Botin in Spain.
01:07 The oldest restaurant in the world is Sabrino de Botin in Spain's Plaza Mayor, with a history dating back nearly 450 years.
02:12 The podcast episode reveals that Sabrino de Botin in Spain's Plaza Mayor is considered by Guinness World Records to be the world’s oldest restaurant, originally founded as an inn around 1725.
03:13 Sabrino de Botin in Spain's Plaza Mayor is the world’s oldest continuously operating restaurant since its founding as an inn around 1725.
04:09 Sabrino de Botin is not only Spain’s oldest restaurant since 1725 but also Hemingway's favorite lunch spot.
05:06 Visitors flock to Sabrino de Botin, once Hemingway's haunt and now a Guinness World Record holder as Spain’s oldest restaurant since 1725.
06:05 Visitors flock to Sabrino de Botin for its historic charm and unchanged classical Castilian cuisine.
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