Madrid can be many things, but never boring, bland or predictable, much less its restaurants with entertainment. 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, nightlife for everyone and live shows.
A little less than 30 years ago, restaurants such as the Gula Gula began to implement a pioneering and, as has been demonstrated time later, winning formula. That of hybridizing the ritual of lunches and dinners with the noble art of the performing arts. And, for those who are questioning it, the merger of the two does not detract from either.
In addition, some of these gastronomic spaces offer, as an add-on, signature cocktails live DJ sessions and a dance floor for those who can’t imagine a night without dancing. This is just a small selection of the best show restaurants in Madrid.
1. Revoltosa
Flamenco brunch: what’s here and what’s there are mixed in this show at the 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 salmorejo to migas with quail egg has this brunch while singers, guitarists and dancers complete the experience.
📍 Calle del Prado, 4 (Centro)
💶 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 the pre-pandemic nightlife, its return to the Madrid scene has not lost one iota of its nocturnal spirit.
Here the show begins in the eighties dining room with a proposal of Mediterráneo cuisine with resounding touches of Asian cuisine that orbits around a seasonal product and eminently local. Once the gastronomic show is over, it’s time to let yourself be carried away by some electronic sessions elevated to a cult event. In Panthera, however, everyone sets the heights of his or her nocturnal journey.
📍 Calle de Miguel Ángel, 21 (Almagro)
💶€€€€€
3. Gula Gula
Gula Gula reopened its doors last year, on the 25th anniversary since its creation. The best restaurant with show in Madrid resumed its dinner shows on Fridays and Saturdays at at 46 Preciados Street. The new Gula Gula has proven to maintain the rotundity and 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, which includes monologues of this show that includes monologues and musical passages in the service of entertainment.
📍 Calle Preciados, 46 (Ópera)
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 come here on pilgrimage. Since it opened its doors in 1956, this emblematic venue in the capital has brought renowned artists such as Antonio Gades, La Chunga, Pitingo, José Mercé, Belén López or Alba Herediatothe stage every night. 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.
📍 Calle de la Morería, 17 (La Latina)
💶 Dinner and show: 103,85€
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 mixture 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.
📍 Calle Jorge Juan, 20 (Salamaca district)
💶 €€€€€
6. La Negra Tomasa
Among the restaurants with a show in Madrid, this one is like a a little piece of Havana in the capital city. That’s La Negra Tomasa, so it’s no wonder it’s the go-to restaurant for Cubans in the capital when they want to feel at home. Its cuisine is inspired by typical Creole dishes, and can be tasted accompanied by one of its cocktails. All this in an atmosphere in which Cuba is not only breathed all over the place, but also heard: every night there is live music performed by the best Cuban artists.
📍 Calle Cádiz, 9 (Downtown)
💶 €€€€€
7. Aurora
Restaurants with shows like Aurora have a similar virtue 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. Almost 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 its New York aesthetics, Aurora is one of the place to be in Madrid. Proof of this? The difficulty of booking on a Saturday.
📍 Avenida de Alberto Alcocer, 32 (Chamartín)
💶€€€€€
8. WAH Show Madrid
WAH Madrid assures us of a most dystopian dinner. Madrid’s benchmark leisure show is one of IFEMA’s hottest events, 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 marketstreet food market the food on offer includes sushi, lobster rolls, baos, pizzas, hamburgers and more than one nod to Spanish gastronomy. To top it all off, the party continues at the aftershow with DJ, cocktails and VIP tables.
📍Avenia del Partenon, 5 IFEMA – Pavilion 2
9. Maison Jaguar
Maison Jaguar is maximalism without complexes. With a nod 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, there’s nothing like a cocktail. There is no shortage of margaritas, micheladas or tequila and mezcal shots on the menu.
📍 Calle Goya, 39 (Salamanca district)
💶 €€€€€
10. 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 district. Between the tahini the variety of hummus and baklava there is African music and live DJ, as well as Arabian 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 renamed Club, in case you want to continue the party.
📍 Calle de Serrano, 41 (Salamanca area)
💶 €€€€€
11. Whiplash
Latizago has a carefully chosen food menu nikkei -the fusion between Peruvian and Japanese food-, but what makes this restaurant stand out is its show. Performances follow one after the other during dinner hours and there can be as many as four in just a few hours, it’s hard not to leave feeling like partying here. The dinner shows are as suggestive as the dishes they are as suggestive as the dishes, and provide a topic of conversation that will surely last all night long.
📍 Calle de las Infantas, 28 (center)
💶 €€€€€
12. MamaQuilla
The expression trendy restaurant is so worn out in Madrid that sometimes it seems that 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, which bases its success on two pillars: 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’s nightly and includes DJ and dances that are well well paired with a powerful mixology menu.
📍 Calle de José Abascal, 61 (Chamberí)
💶 €€€€€
13. Gunpowder
Gunpowder has been in place since 2018 on one of the busiest arteries of the salamanca neighborhood. Its cuisine is based on a creative creative fusion of different cultures, which, as the name suggests, guarantees an explosion of ingredients with powerful recipes based on Mediterranean mediterranean tradition and mixed with techniques and ingredients from around the world, mainly Latin America, with nods to Creole and Asian cuisine ingredients from around the world, mainly Latin America, with nods to Creole cuisine, and Asia.
Food and cocktails are not the only attraction of Pólvora, every Thursday at 10 pm live gospel takes over this restaurant. The Friday show has been christened Sweet 50’s, and is dedicated to reliving the fifties with reinterpretations of pieces by Sinatra and Elvis, among others. Saturdays, however, are reserved for all guaracha lovers with Habana Dream, where you can hear, for example, the Cuban rhythms of Buena Vista Social Club.
📍 Calle de Juan Bravo, 23 (Salamanca area)
💶 €€€€€
This article has been written eight hands between Isabel Nieto, Alberto del Castillo, Sara Morillo y Elena French.