Cachopo and fabes (beans) get all the fame, and rightly so, but Asturian restaurants in Madrid offer much more. From Oviedo to Gijón, passing through Avilés, Asturias has given to the national cuisine dishes of a forcefulness difficult to buy. That northern custom where they put the casserole on the table and everyone serves himself what he wants, is always a sign that you are going to eat well (and a lot).
1. Urumea
Few dishes have experienced such a revolution as the Asturian cachopu. At Urumea restaurant they know it, and that is why this Madrid restaurant with Asturian roots has become a reference not only for the quality of its product, but also for something that is already part of its personal seal: the cachopo by the meter, a kilo and a half of the best Asturian meat with three types of cheese, designed for four diners who are very hungry and want to share.
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📍Location:calle de Cochabamba, 7 (Chamartín)
2. El Ñeru
El Ñeru has one of the most acclaimed fabadas in Madrid, even awarded as the best in the world. On the outskirts of the Plaza Mayor they have been perfecting the 80 dishes they have on the menu since 1974. Adobu, fried pixín (as monkfish is called in Asturias), cabrales cheese, chorizo in cider, among others, share the success of their fabada.
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📍Location:Bordadores street, 5 (Downtown)
3. The Asturianos
Asturianos is a benchmark of traditional cuisine with more than half a century of history. Doña Julia is still the soul of the kitchen and perfects recipes that have evolved subtly over time, although now it is her son, Alberto Fernández Bombín, who has turned the restaurant around, making it the favorite restaurant of many food critics. Among its emblematic stews, the verdinas con almejas or the carrillada estofada (braised pork cheeks) stand out.
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📍Location: Calle de Vallehermoso, 94 (Chamberí)
4. The bear
El Oso is one of the Asturian restaurants in Madrid that the Repsol Guide highlights in the northern area of the capital. This restaurant in La Moraleja manages to give a sophisticated touch to dishes as simple and hearty as pixin or hake in cider. Both its terrace and the glazed room are perfect to finish the meal with a homemade dessert or a cocktail, in which they put special care.
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📍Location: Avenidade Burgos, 214 (Moraleja)
5. Carús
Carús maintains the essence of Colunga (Asturias), where its owner, Paco Fernández Ampudia, is from, although has been located in the outskirts of the capital since 2015.
Carús is a bet for the most traditional Asturian cuisine with nods to Madrid. Among its paltos stand out the Picota potato omelette and an authentic Asturian rice pudding. In addition, they have a menu of the day during the week.
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📍Location: avenidade la Casa Quemada, 1 (Mocloa-Aravaca)
6. Ferreiro
The Feito brothers, Manolo and Ernesto, have been entrusting the success of their Ferreiro restaurant in Madrid to the family’s Asturian recipes for 30 years. They select meats and fish from the north, homemade products from the Asturian vegetable garden and the chacinas, pork sausages, which precede the most typical dishes. Fabada, verdinas, grilled hake, grilled pixin with garlic. Among the desserts, the frixuelos stuffed with cream over hot chocolate sauce or homemade cheesecake are a must.
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📍Location:Calle Aviador Zorita, 32 (Tetuán) and Paseo de la Florida, 15 and 17 (Príncipe Pío).
7. Ingazu
Although here there is much more than cachopo, they took the award for the best in Madrid in 2019 and the fame precedes them and they prepare it in eight different ways. This restaurant, which has seen the Paseo Castilla in Alcorcón change, specializes in regional Asturian cuisine, so it is not surprising that Asturians living in Madrid are the ones who recommend it the most.
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📍Location:Paseo Castilla, 7 (Alcorcón)
8. El Rincón Asturiano
If what you miss from your vacations in the north is meat, El Rincón Asturiano has its own cattle ranch located in La Pedriza in Madrid, but with Asturian breed cows and oxen. Here they select the best cattle to serve them in their restaurant near Atocha.
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📍Location: calle Delicias, 26 (Delicias)
9. La copita asturiana
La copita asturiana has been in operation since 1959, when Mari and Pepe, two Asturians from the Council of Valdés, decided to bring the recipes of their land to the most traditional Madrid. It has a facade catalogued as a Protected Element by the Madrid City Council for its conservation, with its red color and original sign. The patina continues in the centenary tin counter that welcomes its customers. The menu offers some classics of Asturian recipes: fabada, fabes with clams, fresh fish and selected meats.
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📍Location: Calle de Tabernillas, 13 (downtown)