Christmas is traditionally a time for reunions. That time of year to celebrate the big moments, a time when memories germinate, but above all a time of unity, where social gatherings multiply within days. Family, friends, colleagues… The Christmas season is the perfect excuse to get together and then our agenda starts to score. the first company lunches and dinners. Because yes, we know, Christmas itself is ideal and one of the most beloved festivities for everyone, but it is also one of the most socially turbulent times.
Week after week the agenda is not standing still and between events, galas and lunches and dinners our social life increases by two hundred percent compared to the rest of the year. That’s why it’s vital (as it’s time to celebrate saying goodbye to another year) to do it in style. Choose the best location to celebrate with your loved ones, and why not? also give you the medal of merit for choosing the perfect enclave. Of course it’s not always easy. To help you we have made a selection of 8 restaurants located in Madrid, the epicenter of any event, to enjoy and Enjoy the best of Christmas with your work team. Eight very special restaurant options, with all kinds and gastronomic offers that will allow you to surprise and succeed on these Christmas Eves 2022.
From the most traditional options in the city through the work of Casa Carola, to top quality Christmas classics such as the latest from Hensi Madrid, the new trendy restaurant located in the heart of Chamartín, to the most surprising gastronomic fusions and mouth-watering of these parties that the being in charge of trendy restaurants such as La Madonna, the latest addition to the Sushita group, Ginkgo Restaurant & Sky Bar or El Jardín de Alma, among many others. Options for all tastes, in privileged locations in the capital and where taste, fun and professionalism come together to offer you the best of these festivities. Still can’t decide? We tell you a little more about each of them below.
Casa Carola has been serving a single dish for 25 years: Madrid stew, and as the Rivero brothers say, “if we don’t do the one thing we do well…” That is, it’s 10. And what goes better in the cold than a hot dish?and spoon? Therefore, we recommend that you celebrate Christmas with this traditional proposal that includes boiled croquettes served with a glass of cava, freshly made noodle soup; Chickpeas with new potatoes and fresh vegetables; and the yearling and chicken meat, chorizo de sarta, black pudding, Iberian bacon, ham shank and reed sticks. It is completed by various flavors and seasonings, freshly baked bread, delicious ‘real’ homemade desserts, coffee and a shot. It can also be ordered to take away and celebrate New Year at home. In addition, it is perfect for company dinners in the evening. It has three original menus in which there is no stew, but the dishes that make them up are made with some of the ingredients left in the pot…and for groups of more than 12 people, there is an open bar option.
For this Christmas, Casa Carola is launching its pre-Christmas menus for groups around €26, €29 and €32, yes, only available for dinner. Likewise, from 12 diners, they offer the option, for an additional cost of €6, to include an open bar with wine, beer and soft drinks. Undoubtedly, at Christmas, New Year and Epiphany, as always, with its unique and delicious ‘dish’: Madrid stew. The menu price is € 32.90.
Located in a magical setting, this spectacular garden houses a beautiful terrace divided into several heated areas and a beautiful conservatory, a layout that makes it perfect for large events. The gastronomic offer is based on three pillars: product, quality and tradition and the recipes, which have just been renewed, continue to conquer the taste buds. Sitting at one of their tables is without a doubt always a success and even more so on special occasions. It opens à la carte on important days such as Christmas, New Year and Epiphany. Reservations are necessary due to high demand. In addition, it has the option of a reserved for 6 people and the different spaces serve as ‘semi-reserved’. For example, the glass inner room has a capacity of 50 people and the covered terrace with heaters for 40 people.
The establishment, with its wide range of gastronomic proposals, will once again become the place to be of the moment to meet and celebrate a unique Christmas in a truly special setting. Knowing how important reunions with colleagues, family or friends are on these special dates, the hotel has designed a varied offer specifically aimed at corporate events or the celebration of New Year’s Eve at the famous GastroVía 61 restaurant.
Always committed to the local gastronomic culture, the different menus give priority to local products and, when this is not possible, the highest quality raw materials from the best markets or ports. The most traditional dishes in perfect fusion with the most avant-garde techniques provide a first-class culinary experience in an evocative setting of Madrid’s most emblematic places and customs. In short, this emblematic hotel on Gran Vía is once again the best option to make this Christmas even more special.
Ginkgo Restaurant & Sky Bar promises to be Madrid’s favorite corner this Christmas, and it has it all: a perfect location in the center of the city, a terrace with spectacular views and four menu options that will delight the most demanding palates. both for lunch and dinner.
One of the menu options starts with several starters to share, including the classic Iberian gyozas with passion fruit, chili and mint sauce or the scallop gratin with mayokimchie. The Margalet cheesecake with “Mel I Mato” and white truffle; and the Duck Confit Ravioli with Hoisin Sauce are two of the crowd’s favorite options at Ginkgo Restaurant & Sky Bar, both dishes can be found as an entrée in one of the other menu options. A third proposal has as an individual starter the crab-shrimp salad and as main courses the grilled sea bass fillet with vegetable escalivada and the tenderloin with porcini mushroom and scallop emulsion. Three desserts round off the exquisite offerings of these Christmas menus: the Three Chocolate Cake, the Warm Red Fruit Cheesecake and the Pastry Cream, Cream and Raspberry Millefeuille. All menus include toast and Christmas minnardises.
Hensi Madrid lands in the capital as the perfect bet to enjoy your most special lunches and dinners this Christmas. Located in an unbeatable location, in the heart of Chamartín, the restaurant has a capacity of 140 diners and different atmospheres, a beautiful main room with attention to detail where the decoration invites to enjoy and long conversations after dinner, a reserved area for the hold small commission events where you can enjoy the best service in a more intimate atmosphere in the best company and a spacious and bright covered terrace.
Hensi is the perfect space to organize Christmas lunches and dinners for both large groups, as they have a large capacity to enjoy them comfortably and comprehensively, even for small groups of up to 6 dinners, thanks to the versatility of the rooms that make it the is a very cozy space. At Hensi you also have the option of organizing cocktail-style Christmas lunches or dinners for groups; The careful service offers the best attention and catering adapted to the needs of the customer. For these special dates, Hensi Madrid offers the best of its cuisine, relying on exceptional raw materials that have been personally selected.
Local products such as Iberian acorn-pork ham, black cod loin, Galician beef loin or a rich wine list among which the wineries Viña Arnaiz Magnum Ribera del Duero or Viña Arnaiz Magnum Verdejo stand out, to bring the best of every corner of Spanish gastronomy to your table , many of which are prepared on the grill, to give an exceptional taste to all your dishes.
For those who are also looking for a central location, Hotel Santo Domingo has a privileged location, very close to Gran Vía. It has different areas and lounges perfect for groups where different menu options can be served, based on a traditional cuisine made with high quality ingredients, ideal to enjoy with family or friends as well as during business meetings. In addition, it is an unbeatable setting to celebrate big Christmas parties, put New Year’s Eve in the spotlight, say goodbye to 2022 with a festive atmosphere, a great cotillion dinner with open bar and a DJ until 4 am. For events on key dates it is essential to book and pay in advance.
The pre-Christmas menus range from €56 to €88 + VAT (with the option of including a welcome cocktail and open bar and disco service for large groups). Meanwhile, on special days such as Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, we find two specialty menus. The menu for the Christmas Eve dinner costs about €120 (for reservations before December 15, 15% discount: €104), while the New Year’s Eve dinner (+ cotillion) costs about €219 (for reservations before December 22, 20% discount: €180). This option includes dinner, lucky grapes, open bar and disco until 04:00.
La Madonna is the latest and recent opening of the Sushita Group that takes us to the heart of the taste of deep Italy and the most current Japan. To go through the door and get to know La Madonna is to enter the tradition of those family restaurants with several generations behind the kitchen where informality is mixed with the seduction of a floral atmosphere full of mystery, intimacy and able to transport us to a place that we have never seen before, we will forget On this journey, the taste is as important as the atmosphere and the sensations will merge with the elegance of floral prints and the temptation that fills each dish.
This Christmas he proposes us to make a gastronomic journey to the traditional and familiar Italy, to celebrate a family Christmas. The menu offered to us this Christmas will be surprising. A few examples? Spicy maki rolls, eggplant au gratin, Dim Sum stew or mini tacos with potatoes are some of the first, while in the second range of options we find delicious tuna tataki, delicious fresh pasta with truffle or exotic jasmine rice. And that’s not all, it also includes tasty desserts such as an Arabian Pie or a Pistachio Brownie. All this for €40/per person.
It opened its doors 8 years ago and from the first moment it conquered the people of Madrid with its honest cuisine, bringing a little piece of Palencia to the capital, with a menu in which all the dishes are tasty and you don’t know which one to choose, and which encapsulates the cuisine of the sprawling community of Castilla y León. Proposals such as the blunt white tuna salad at home with tomatoes and peppers, white widow beans from Vega de Saldaña, squid in ink stuffed with their legs, ham and egg stand out. As always, in the cozy space, where each lunch or dinner becomes a unique experience, the excellence of the product and the service are combined. In addition, it has the option of a semi-reserved for 10 people.
Source: Marie Claire
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