
Steak restaurants in Madrid continue to maintain their success thanks to a balance of product quality, innovation in production and tradition in preparation. The capital’s brasseries have given themselves over to long maturations, maintaining their local oak grills and the most classic accompaniments. With influences from Argentina or Uruguay or Japan, the steakhouses here have opened their sights to the most essential cuisine.
1. Rocacho
Rocacho defines itself as a modern steakhouse, both in substance and form. The keys to their success are twofold: the oak charcoal they use for grilling and the cuts of beef from El Capricho one of the best restaurants and meat distributors in León.
Calle del Padre Damián, 38 (Cuzco) and Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca, 9 (Salamanca district)
Around 50 € per person.
2. Charrúa
At Charrúa, the selection of meats is the result of a search for the best from different countries. Angus from Uruguay, Ayrshire cow raised in Finland, Black Angus from the United States, Holstein beef steak and of course the best national product, put it squarely on the list of the best steakhouses in Madrid. In addition, its name and essence are inspired by the knowledge of the indigenous tribes of Uruguay about fire and meat.
4 Conde Xiquena Street (Justice).
Around 50 € per person.
3. El Embarcadero Grill
This steakhouse on the shore of the Casa de Campo lake, near the pier, besides being one of the nicest places to eat grilled meat in Madrid, is a classic as far as specialty restaurants are concerned. Your daily menus the midweek meals are complete and maintain the quality for a very competitive price. In addition to meat, there are traditional dishes, rations and daily stews.
Paseo del Embarcadero, s/n, (Country House).
Around 40 € per person.
4. Sua by Tricycle
Sua is the steakhouse of the Triciclo group and is located in a historic location in the neighborhood of Las Letras, an area where the group has almost all of its restaurants. For them, this steakhouse represents a return to their origins, since their culinary training is Basque, where there is also a long tradition of knowing how to cook meat. The menu is not limited to premium steaks, but also includes grilled wild fish and traditional stews and tapas at the bar.
Moratín Street, 22 (Letters).
Around 60 € per person.
5. Lana
In Lana, whose owners are of Argentinian origin the way each product is prepared is a ritual. There is an almost millimetric study based on family roots, respect for the Argentine gastronomic tradition and the quality of the product. The steak eye is of extraordinary quality. And the ritual when it comes to eating it starts before it reaches the table: first, you choose the knife -vary the handle- that you are going to use to cut it. An opportunity to try one of the best steakhouses in Madrid.
Calle de Ponzano, 59 (Chamberí).
Around 60 € per person.
6. Piantao
Piantao, which has two restaurants in Madrid, is a restaurant managed by Argentinean chef Javier Brichetto. Brichetto, of course, takes his work seriously. In the Legazpi location, the industrial aesthetics prevail, while in the Sagasta location, wood and metals take center stage. Vegetables and seasonal produce also enjoy more recognition. Meat -meats- continue to have the same importance. And no wonder.
Paseo de la Chopera, 69 (Legazpi) and Calle de Sagasta, 30 (Alonso Martínez)
About 50 € per person
7. Prrimital
A bar reminiscent of a butcher’s shop, stoves like those of a rotisserie and raw materials of unbeatable quality. The rest may be debatable and any addition will be a detail, but these three axes are the ideas around which pivots Prrimital, a restaurant whose location (the Mercado de San Miguel) should not be misleading.
San Miguel Market (Downtown)
From 20 € to 60 € per person
8. Yakiniku Shogun
The differential degree of Yakiniku Shogun is, however, in some meats that in the words of Eloy, its owner: “are characterized by the infiltration of fat they have”. Another characteristic feature is its membership in the Kobe Distributors Association. To understand the importance of this issue, it is necessary to put the data in context: only three restaurants in Madrid belong to this association. And Yakiniku Shogun is one of them.
The peculiarity, moreover, is the concept yaki means grill and nicu, meat. And the grill is on your own table.
Malaga Street, 3 (Chamberí)
About €60 per person
9. Candeli
Good meat must be one of the few foods that by themselves represent a claim fifty years ago and now. A good meat is indisputable and Candeli knows it. Market cuisine (much attention to their fish and seafood directly brought from the best fish markets in Spain) and a product that stands out above the rest of the things: the cuts of their grilled meats. Sirloin steak, beef tenderloin or suckling pig chops.
47 Ponzano Street, Chamberí (Chamberí)
Between 45 and 70 € per person
10. Elia’s Tavern
La Taberna de Elia is one of the first names that resonates when listing steakhouses in Madrid. This brasserie in Pozuelo de Alarcón, founded by Romanian chef Cata Lupo, became known, among other things, for serving beef matured for a year. Kagoshina Wagyu, rosé veal from the Guadarrama mountains, Black Angus, have a special place on the menu, which also includes Galician beef and Central European beef, accompanied by other classics such as fried legs, Guernica peppers or piquillo peppers confit, to choose from.
Vía de las Dos Castillas, 23 (Pozuelo de Alarcón)
Between 30 and 70 € per person.
11. Julian Tolosa House
Julián de Tolosa is a Basque steakhouse that has brought the same concept from his native Euskadi to its restaurants in La Latina and Retirement. The Gorrotxategi’s, the family at the head of the three spaces, claim to have their own technique of making the Basque cutlet, which Forbes described as one of the best in the world, always accompanied by piquillo peppers.
The quality of the product they serve and their way of cooking the meat have also made it part of our list of the most popular 50 must-try restaurants in Madrid. And although in a steakhouse it is clear what you are going to eat, the typical Tolosa beans they serve deserve a mention.
📍 Cava Baja, 18 (La Latina) and Calle Ibiza, 39 (Retiro)
Average price: 50 per person.
If when you eat red meat you want to taste only the best: mature cows, the most sought-after cuts and long maturations on a charcoal grill, Madrid’s brasseries have a lot to offer.
This article has been written by Alberto del Castillo y Elena French.