German restaurants in Madrid

when talking to you about German restaurants in Madrid, we must make a clarification first. There are no premises dedicated exclusively to Teutonic haute cuisine. But there are many in which to savor the main typical dishes of German cuisine.

These are very varied and are made with both fish and meat, vegetables or even pasta. Among them, it is almost obligatory to mention the sauerkraut, a kind of cabbage in brine; pasta like nudlen or spatzle; breads like the famous pretzel; the pork knuckle or saxony cutlets. However, we cannot forget the popular sausages which are made in many ways. For example, bratwurst are made with raw meat, while the Brühwurst they are made with another scalding. You can savor all these delicacies and many others in the German restaurants in Madrid. Let's see some of them.

Kruger

In the heart of Madrid, very close to the Spain Square, you will find this typical German beer hall decorated in the style of Bavaria. Its magnificent location will make it very easy for you to arrive at any time of the day. Its menu combines German dishes with other traditional dishes from our country.

But, for example, you can enjoy a delicious knuckle, a good monkfish or a piece of strudel with a real beer. But, if you want something more elaborate, you can also order a g with its meat stewed in onion and peppers.

In addition, the Kruger offers you the opportunity to reserve a table and pay by credit card. It also has free parking and Wi-Fi. Likewise, you can enjoy their dishes from home, since they have a home delivery service.

Horcher, a classic among German restaurants in Madrid

Maybe this is the German restaurant in Madrid by excellence. Founded by otto horcher in 1943, in the image and likeness of the namesake that his father had in Berlin, he lived a golden age in which he was among the most luxurious in the Spanish capital.

Over the years, it has lived through different moments, but has not lost the original quality of its dishes. We advise you to try delicacies such as g with p y spaltze, Tuna tartare and cakes like Baumkuchen with ice cream, cream or hot chocolate.

Horcher is located on Calle Alfonso XII, in front of the Parque del Retiro and it also stands out for its spectacular decoration, with Nymphenburg porcelain, engravings and lithographs. Your visit will be somewhat more expensive than in the previous restaurant, but you will not regret doing it.

Oldenburg

We return to another popular Madrid brewery that, at the time, became famous for being the one that offered the most references of this drink per square meter. In fact, if you want to try a good German beer, we recommend this place founded by Jose Luis Ramirez twenty-five years ago.

By the way, you can ask for a Cheeseboard and pate, a sauerkraut with Nuremberg or Vienna sausages, a Nordic sandwich or a Salmon Tartar. But, since one thing does not take away from the other, you can also taste some exquisite Madrid-style tripe. You'll find the Oldenburg on the hartzenbusch street, very close to the Bilbao and Quevedo metro stations.

Europe

We are now going to an area as traditional and with a hospitality tradition as Chamberi to tell you about the L'Europe brewery. Decorated in the purest German style, with brick walls and lots of wood, it offers you numerous dishes to share that stand out for their abundance and flavour.

Among them, some good pasta salads, knuckle or assortment of assorted sausages with garnish. But also hotdogs or saxony cutlets. And, to finish, a good cake menu or a strudel.

You'll find this brewery in the Cardenal Cisneros Street, very close to Oldenburg and Fuencarral street. As we told you before, you have several metro stations nearby, but if you prefer to get around in your car, the area also has car parks.

Baden Baden

Opened in 1985, this brewery stands out for its wide range of labels (more than a hundred) and for having seven rotating taps every week. More typical is its food, which includes hamburgers, hot dogs and German-style sandwiches. But you can also order a knuckle Eisbein, assorted sausages, German salad or cheese and smoked tables.

Baden Baden is located on Germán Pérez Carrasco street, between the Simancas and Quintana neighborhoods and parallel to Alcalá street, in the area of San Blas-Canillejas. In addition, it offers frequent promotions that can make your food even cheaper.

Fass/Fassgrill

It has premises in Chamartín and Arturo Soria and has been a reference for German restaurants in Madrid for more than forty years. The sausages they offer you are made by their own master butchers and boast that their knuckle is made with a secret recipe. But you can also taste their assorted potatoes, their strudel and their beers.

You can even order your dishes to take away, although they do not serve at home, you will have to go get them. However, it has parking and you can also make a reservation. In addition, on weekdays they offer you a lunch o lunch consisting of two dishes with a cost of less than ten euros.

Oktoberfest Beer Garden

This place with typically Bavarian decoration is located on calle del maestro Ángel Llorca, in the neighborhood of Beautiful valley, near the Polytechnic University of Madrid. It offers you an extensive menu of beers, among which the erdinger.

And, to accompany it, they offer you dishes such as roasted or cooked knuckle, an assortment of sausages, Bismark herring loins, berlin cake or the popular breads Bretzel. On the other hand, you can also book your table in advance, even on the terrace.

Polar

You'll find this popular brewery on Calle Olite in the district of Tetuan, near the Alvarado and Estrecho metro stations. We advise you to try their craft beers, although they also have English ones and, of course, German ones.

Regarding the food, you can find both Teutonic and Spanish dishes. Among the first, the inevitable sausages, beef, knuckles, German salads and a delicious pretzel which they make themselves.

What to order in these places?

Once we have shown you some of the best German restaurants in Madrid, we want to tell you a little about the typical dishes that you can try in them. Thus, you will really enjoy Teutonic gastronomy, which is very rich and varied.

We have already mentioned some such as the g, which is a beef stew with onion and pepper and is usually served with sauerkraut, potatoes or spaltze. The latter, in turn, we have also mentioned and it is a very popular pasta in the southern states of Germany. Also, they are famous pretzel, a form of braided bread, and sausages in their different variants.

As for the meats, you can order a schnitzel, which is nothing more than a fillet breaded in fine flour and fried with butter. It is served accompanied by fried fish and eggs, as well as white bread. However, baked beans and potatoes are also used as a garnish.

Instead, Kassler It is made with pork. It is a good piece of meat that is salted and smoked. Usually it is accompanied by sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. This recipe belongs to Berlin cuisine and its origins date back to the XNUMXth century.

Meanwhile, the knödel They are potato balls that are accompanied by other ingredients and are cooked in salted water. Among the first, flour, quark cheese, semolina and bread. If meat is added, a kind of meatballs are obtained that receive different names depending on the area. For example, Frikadellen o leberknodel.

Fish also play an important role in German cuisine. In the northern areas, much is consumed herring. Precisely, one of its most typical appetizers is the roll mops, whose elaboration is very simple. It is a marinated herring fillet rolled up on a gherkin that is generally eaten accompanied by equally marinated onion rings.

Cod, salmon and turbot are also widely consumed in the North Sea regions. On the other hand, in areas close to rivers, the smoked eel and the trout. Regarding the latter, in Black Forest It is widely consumed in papillote.

But a country like Germany, where it is usually cold, has to have a good range of caloric and nutritional stews. The steckrübeneintopf it is made with turnips and meat and is very popular in Lower Saxony and in Swabia lentils are eaten with pasta and gaisburger marchsch, which is a pasta soup filled with meat, parsley, celery and other vegetables that have previously been fried in butter.

As for desserts, we have already told you about the famous strudel, which is a kind of pie filled with apple or quark cheese, although other products can be used for it. Also very popular is black forest cake, which has a chocolate sponge cake bathed in kirsch, cream and cherries. And the same we can tell you about kasenkuchen or cheesecake.

Finally, regarding the drinks, we do not need to mention the beer. But the Germans also drink a lot of coffee and tea. More curious is the saftschorle, which carries, which carries mineral water and fruit juice, usually apple.

In conclusion, we have shown you some German restaurants in Madrid. But we also wanted to talk to you about some typical dishes Teutonic gastronomy so that when you go to those places, you have a wide range of products to choose from. Dare to try them, don't you think they are delicious?