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 themselves what they want, 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 the 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 products, 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 very hungry diners who want to share.
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📍 Calle de Cochabamba, 7 (Chamartín)
2. The Ñeru
El Ñeru has one of the most acclaimed fabadas in Madrid, even awarded as the best in the world. In the vicinity of the Plaza Mayor, they have been perfecting the 80 dishes 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 its fabada.
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📍 Bordadores Street, 5 (Downtown)
3. The bear
El Oso is one of the Asturian restaurants in Madrid that the Repsol Guide highlights in the northern Zone 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 the terrace and the glass room are perfect to end the meal with a homemade dessert or a cocktail, in which they put special care.
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📍 Avenida de Burgos, 214 (Moraleja)
4. Carús
Carús maintains the essence of Colunga (Asturias), where its owner, Paco Fernández Ampudia, is from, even though has been located on the outskirts of the capital since 2015.
Carús is a bet for the most traditional Asturian cuisine with nods to Madrid. Among its paltos, Picota’s potato omelette and an authentic Asturian rice pudding stand out. In addition, have daily menu weekdays.
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📍 Avenida de la Casa Quemada, 1 (Mocloa-Aravaca)
5. 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 filled with cream over hot chocolate sauce or homemade cheesecake are essential.
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📍 Calle Aviador Zorita, 32 (Tetuán)
6. 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 a change in Alcorcón’s Paseo Castilla, 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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📍 Paseo Castilla, 7 (Alcorcón)
7. The Asturian Corner
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 beef to serve in their restaurant near Atocha.
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📍 Calle Delicias, 26 (Delicias)
8. The Asturian glass
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 façade catalogued as a Protected Element by the Madrid City Council for its conservation, with its red color and original sign. The patina continues on the century-old pewter counter that welcomes your customers. The menu offers some classics of Asturian recipes: fabada, fabes con almejas (beans with clams), fresh fish and selected meats.
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📍 Tabernillas Street, 13 (downtown)
9. El Fontán Tavern
A few meters away from the Puerta del Sol is El Fontán, a cider tavern with terrace where they embroider the croquettes of cabrales with apple and the tortilla asturiana paisana, that takes vegetables and sausages. On weekends they also do brunch, with an Asturian touch.
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📍 Plaza de Canalejas, 6 (downtown)