Madrid can be many things, but never boring, anodyne or predictable, and much less its restaurants with a show. The city that definitely never sleeps has become an attractive attraction for those who want to combine in a single trip, high level gastronomy, nightlife for everyone and live shows.
A little less than 30 years ago, restaurants like Gula Gula began to put into practice a pioneering formula and, as has been demonstrated time later, a winning one. That of hybridizing the ritual of lunch and dinner with the noble art of the performing arts. And, for those who are questioning it, the fusion of both does not detract from either.
In addition, some of these gastronomic spaces offer, as an added bonus, signature cocktails, live DJ sessions and a dance floor for those who can’t conceive of a night without dancing. This is just a small selection of the best restaurants with a show in Madrid.
1. Revoltosa
Flamenco brunch: what’s here and what’s there are mixed in this show at Revoltosa restaurant on Calle del Prado. This neotaberna for cats, as they define themselves, has decided to turn midday Sundays into the best time of the weekend with a menu faithful to the Iberian gastronomy, from itspincho moruno with patatitas paja to the black cod fritter with lime aioli. has this uniquebrunch, while singers, guitarists, dancers complete the experience.
📍 Location: Calle del Prado, 4 (Centro)
Price: Brunch menu with cocktail and show: 35 €.
2. Panthera
Its name, of course, invites you to think of long and wild evenings. Panthera is a hybrid between a sophisticated restaurant you would take your parents to and a nightclub you would never invite your grandparents to. Having become a landmark of pre-pandemic nightlife, its return to the Madrid scene has not lost any of its nocturnal spirit.
Here the show begins in the eighties-style dining room with a Mediterranean cuisine proposal with strong Asian touches that revolves around a seasonal and eminently local product. Once the gastronomic show is over, it’s time to let yourself be carried away by some electronic sessions elevated to a cult event. At Panthera, of course, everyone sets the heights of their nocturnal journey.
📍Location: Calle de Miguel Ángel, 21 (Almagro)
Price: €€€€€
3. Gula Gula
Gula Gula reopened its doors relatively recently. One of the best restaurants with show in Madrid resumed its dinners with show on Fridays and Saturdays at 46 Preciados Street. The new Gula Gula has shown that it has maintained the same energy that made it so successful.
A great waste of joy that sustains the talent of the original artists of Gula Gula, and new additions, to this drag show that has set the standard in the city. Style and glamour are the emblems of this show that includes monologues and musical passages in the service of fun.
📍Location: 46 Preciados Street (Ópera).
Price: Show with free buffet: 55€.
4. Corral de la Morería
With more than 60 years, Corral de la Morería can boast of being the oldest (and most famous) flamenco tablao in the world: celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston, Harrison Ford or Jude Law have made pilgrimages here. Since it opened its doors in 1956, this emblematic venue in the capital has been visited every night by renowned artists such as Antonio Gades, La Chunga, Pitingo, José Mercé, Belén López or Alba Heredia.
The level of its cuisine, distinguished with a Michelin star and two Repsol Suns, is not far behind: with David García at the helm, the gastronomic offer of his restaurant can also be considered a true art. Among the restaurants with a show in Madrid, this is the one with the most tradition.
📍 Location: Calle de la Morería, 17 (La Latina).
Price: €€€€€
5. The Jungle Jazz Club by Amazónico
Jazz, soul, Cuban jazz, flamenco or bossa nova. Black music that plays with the popular culture of Latin America, Africa or the Caribbean. That is the mix of sounds that permeates this space located on the first floor of Amazónico. But letting yourself be enveloped by the rhythms and swing of this club is not the only thing you can do: in Jazz restaurant the menu, with influences from Brazil, India or Japan, and with its variety of cocktails, becomes the perfect gastronomic complement to the show that takes place on stage.
📍Location: Calle Jorge Juan, 20 (Salamaca neighborhood).
💶 Price: €€€€€
6. Aurora
Restaurants with shows like Aurora have a virtue similar to the main feature of Las Vegas casinos: you lose track of time. At Aurora, the cliché that says you know when you enter, but not when you leave is true. It’s almost like a place to stay and live. You go in, have dinner, you can have drinks and stay to dance, they have a DJ for a reason. With a New York aesthetic, Aurora is one of the places to be in Madrid. Proof of this? The difficulty of booking on a Saturday.
📍 Location: avenida de Alberto Alcocer, 32 (Chamartín)
💶 Price: €€€€€
7. WAH Show Madrid
WAH Madrid assures us the most dystopian dinner. The Madrid leisure reference show is one of the hottest events at IFEMA, beating all its sales figures. In addition to an audiovisual staging worthy of Broadway, it has a huge gastronomic offer to travel the five continents in its street food market: sushi, lobster rolls, baos, pizzas, burgers and more than a nod to Spanish cuisine. To top it all off, the party continues in the aftershow with DJ, cocktails and VIP tables.
📍Location: avenida del Partenon, 5 IFEMA – Pavilion 2
Price: from € 36 € per ticket
8. Maison Jaguar
Maison Jaguar is maximalism without complexes. With nods to Mexico in its décor and menu, this eccentric restaurant is designed for fun. On Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights there is a DJ, live shows and valet parking. And to enjoy the show and the company, nothing like a cocktail. The menu includes margaritas, micheladas or shots of tequila and mezcal.
📍Location: Calle Goya, 39 (Salamanca neighborhood).
💶 Price: €€€€€
9. Nômadâ
Nômadâ is in a tent in the inner courtyard of the block next to El Corte Inglés on Calle Serrano, in the heart of the Salamanca neighborhood. Between the tahin, the variety of hummus and the baklava there is African music and live DJ, as well as Arab dances. They have a large terrace perfect to take advantage of the long days, and from 12:30 pm from Wednesday to Saturday it is called Club, in case you want to continue the party.
📍Location: Calle de Serrano, 41 (Salamanca neighborhood).
💶 Price: €€€€€
10. MamaQuilla
The expression trendy restaurant is so worn out in Madrid that sometimes it seems that sometimes it doesn’t even make sense to use it, but in MamaQuilla it recovers it. It is difficult to get a reservation at this restaurant that bases its success on two axes: Latin American food and nightlife.
The menu has curious dishes such as the gilda that was lost in Machupichu or the tiradito with huacatay ponzu.
About the show: it is nightly and includes DJ and dances that are well paired with a powerful mixology menu.
📍Location: calle de José Abascal, 61 (Chamberí)
💶 Price: €€€€€
11. Pabblo
Adjacent to the Torre Picasso, Pabblo is the Carbon and Larrumba group’s commitment to restaurants with shows, which have multiplied in recent years in Madrid. It is a large venue, with touches of seventies luxury reinforced by a central stage in the shape of an oval that links the two floors. The menu is extensive and quite classic, from oyster to entrecote, without much exoticism.
📍Location: plaza Pablo Ruiz Picasso, 1 (Azca)
💶 Price: €€€€€
This article has been written by Isabel Nieto, Alberto del Castillo, Sara Morillo and Elena Francés.