Best Asian Restaurants in Madrid

Benares is an Indian restaurant on Calle Zurbano in Almagro, Chamberí, opened in 2015 as the Madrid outpost of Benares in London's Mayfair, the restaurant chef Atul Kochhar founded in 2003 and left in 2018. The kitchen is now run by chef Luis Ojeda, who pairs Indian technique with Spanish product: pulpo bhuna, octopus in mustard oil with papaya chutney, and gosht rogan josh, a Kashmiri lamb curry built on cardamom and star anise. The carta also runs to jhinga tandoor, king prawns marinated in Kashmiri chilli and garam masala and roasted in the tandoor, alongside pani puri and a Punjabi-style butter chicken masala. Benares holds a Michelin Selected listing and a Repsol Recomendado, and prices run €51 to €100 a head.

“combina producto local de temporada y técnicas actuales, con elementos clásicos y recetas tradicionales del país”— Madrid Secreto

China Crown reopened on Calle de Don Ramón de la Cruz in Recoletos in autumn 2020, reviving a name the Bao family first used in Madrid in 1981, when a young María Li Bao ran the original restaurant before it later closed. Siblings María Li Bao and Felipe Bao now lead the second generation: she runs the business side of the group, and he heads the kitchen. The signature dish is Pato Imperial, alongside xiao long bao filled with txangurro and char siu bao with marinated sirloin. A daily 5 to 8pm service pairs fifteen dim sum choices with champagne or gin tonics. China Crown holds a Michelin Selected listing, and María Li Bao won the Víctor de la Serna lifetime-achievement prize at the 2025 Premios Metrópoli.

“Su propuesta culinaria evoca a algunas de las recetas más importantes de historia china”— Madrid Secreto

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Soy Kitchen, on Calle Zurbano in Almagro, is chef Julio Zhang's most personal project: what he calls alta cocina china de autor, Chinese technique applied to Spanish, local and seasonal ingredients rather than standard Chinese-Spanish fare. Zhang, born Yong Ping Zhang in Beijing with roots in imperial Chinese cooking, spent time in Pamplona learning Spanish regional produce before settling in Madrid and opening Soy Kitchen in 2013. Dim sum comes from a live bar, with staff guiding diners through choices like black har gow under Joselito pork and pork-cheek siu mai with truffle. The carta runs to xiao long bao with pork belly and ginger, wok-seared lobster in red chile mirin, and a chili crab at €33, alongside two tasting menus: Long, nine courses at €85, and Hu, eight courses at €75. Soy Kitchen holds a Michelin Selected listing and one Repsol Sol.

“El chino con personalidad propia y discurso claro”— La Gastronoma

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Ugo Chan opened in Nueva España in 2021 and won a Michelin star about a year later, at the November 2022 gala. Chef Hugo Muñoz trained under Abraham García at Viridiana, then learned nigiri technique from Ricardo Sanz at Kabuki Wellington before a stint at Zuma in London. The name comes from his maternal grandfather Emilio, who had trading ties with Japan and called him 'Hugochan' as a boy. The carta moves between Japanese form and Basque and Madrid references: mullet sashimi served on the bone with a cold Bilbao-style sauce, mussels sunomono with smoked beef tongue and seaweed, and a lamb-sweetbread kebab temaki. Nigiri run €15.50 to €16.50 a pair, including a foie gras and eel pairing in homage to Martín Berasategui. Diners can also hand over to an omakase built around the table's tastes. Ugo Chan holds one Michelin star and two Repsol Soles.

“Restaurante contemporáneo con cocina vista, barras y alma nipona”— Woohoo Group

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Yugo the Bunker, on Calle San Blas in Barrio de las Letras, runs across two spaces: an upstairs izakaya styled like a manga-bright Japanese tavern, and a downstairs built as a faithful recreation of a Japanese WWII bunker. It began in 2013 on Calle Alcalá as Yugo Sushi&Kobe, a takeaway. Chef Julián Mármol has held a Michelin star here every year since 2019, and a Repsol Recomendado since 2022. Every diner at a table orders the same tasting menu: Menú Clásicos del Bunker at €145, an anthology of dishes that have stuck around for years, including negitoro with crispy wonton, shime-saba and black cod misoyaki gyoza, or the seasonally renewed Menú Evolution at €175, which has run to smoked-caviar otoro nigiri and aged beef with kimchi and bone marrow. Mármol sources exclusive product from suppliers in Alaska, Japan, Portugal and the Ebro Delta. Only guests aged eight and up are seated, and there's no vegetarian or vegan option.

“Alta cocina japonesa con experiencia inmersiva única: barra estilo izakaya y una sala exclusiva ambientada como un búnker de la Segunda Guerra Mundial”— Woohoo Group

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Kyoshi Las Cortes is chef Ricardo Sanz's fusion restaurant on the ground floor of the Hotel Las Cortes DoubleTree by Hilton, in the Cortes barrio. 'Kyoshi,' meaning master of masters in Japanese, is the name Sanz has used since 2021 for the more relaxed format of his restaurant group, aimed at a wider room than his starred restaurants. The cooking is Japanese-Spanish fusion, built on produce and simple, elegant preparation; signature dishes across the group include huevos rotos with tuna, an egg-and-truffle nigiri, a bocata de calamares, pa amb tomàquet, and a bone-marrow gunkan. The wine and sake list leans on Champagne and white wines to match the food. Kyoshi Las Cortes holds one Repsol Sol, on the ground floor of the hotel at Calle San Agustín, 3.

“dos propuestas donde la cocina japonesa se adereza con aires mediteráneos”— La Gastronoma

El Bund occupies a former mansion in Arturo Soria, near the Chinese Embassy, decorated to evoke a 1930s Shanghai residence, with a terrace split into three garden-inspired spaces. The kitchen turns out more than 30 dim sum preparations, hand-made fresh daily and spanning Cantonese, Shanghainese and Sichuan styles: vegetable dim sum, Shanghainese shaomai with veal and mushroom, Cantonese shaomai with shrimp or fish, Pekinese shaomai with pork, jiaozi filled with shrimp or lamb, and xiao long bao in Iberian pork broth, with fresh pasta made on site. El Bund holds a Repsol Recomendado, and prices run €26 to €50 a head.

“Pionero del hot pot regional en Madrid desde 2009”— Woohoo Group

Lelong Asian Club, on Carrera de San Jerónimo in Cortes, pairs design, Asian cooking and music across a marble-lined room built for a long evening, backed by a cocktail bar, a wine cellar with sommeliers and DJ sets. The kitchen spans the continent rather than sticking to one register: dim sum like xiao long bao filled with beef cheek or with pork and truffle, sushi rolls including a dragon roll with crispy langoustine, a Lelong Club Thai fried rice with langoustines and pineapple, a chicken Pad Thai, and Sichuan-style mapo tofu. Its own menu even lists a whole Imperial Beijing Duck under 'China Crown Group Specialty,' and Gastronosfera notes the kitchen is backed by a team seasoned in houses like China Crown and Shanghai Mama. Prices run €30 to €80 a head.

“sostenida por un equipo curtido en casas como las de China Crown y Shanghai Mama”— Gastronosfera

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Nakeima is an Asian fusion dumpling bar on Calle Meléndez Valdés in Gaztambide, founded by chefs Roberto Martínez and Gonzalo García after they worked together at a Nikkei restaurant in Madrid. Chef Gonzalo García and Luis Gómez-Bua founded it in 2013. It runs under a bar licence, seats only 20 diners a night across single lunch and dinner sittings Tuesday to Saturday, and takes no reservations: a list forms at the door about half an hour before each service. There's no fixed menu; each course arrives as a surprise and guests can stop once satisfied. Dishes have included a beef-cheek wonton with shiitake sauce and cured quail yolk, dim sum of ropa vieja with a chuleta béarnaise, a 'bunwich' of Chinese bun with Galician chorizo and quail egg, nigiri topped with Ibérico ham and prawn, and butterfish tataki in miso. Nakeima holds one Repsol Sol.

Kitchen 154 runs three rooms inside the M-30, one of them in the Mercado de Vallehermoso in Arapiles, Chamberí, each with its own menu, built mostly around Southeast Asian cooking. The group says it means to push back against a Madrid dining scene too focused on appearances, favouring unfussy rooms, affordable prices, and food that's meant to taste good over looking good. The Vallehermoso carta runs to sweet chili wings, dumplings, Sichuan eggplant, Korean-style ribs, dan dan lamian noodles, and red curry with king prawns or vegetables. Kitchen 154 holds a Repsol Solete, and prices run €20 to €30 a head.

“En lo que a comida picante se refiere, Kitchen 154 es referente número uno en Madrid”— Madrid Secreto

Mama Uma is a Korean cooking bar on the second floor of the Mercado Barceló, on Calle de Barceló in Justicia. It has been open since 2020. It's a counter for eight, with the kitchen cooking live in front of you rather than running a dining room or waitstaff; there's also a takeaway option to eat at the market's shared tables. Photos from the counter show a fried chicken burger finished with pickles and a sriracha glaze, and a bibimbap bowl topped with a fried egg and sesame seeds. It's closed at weekends, and prices run €20 to €30 a head.

“Jiwoo y Gonzo han montado la primera casa Kimbap en España”— La Gastronoma

Mi Dang serves Korean home cooking on Calle de San Antonio in Cuatro Caminos, Tetuán. The kitchen runs to kimchi and soybean-paste stews, hot-stone bibimbap, bulgogi and samgyeopsal grilled at the table with lettuce for wrapping, plus japchae glass noodles and tteokbokki rice cakes. The kimchi is made in-house, and mains come with Korean side dishes. The menu also lists mandu dumplings, a seafood-and-vegetable pancake (hemul jeon), and a kimchi pancake made with the restaurant's own aged kimchi. Mi Dang holds a Repsol Solete, and prices run €10 to €20 a head.

Pury serves traditional Korean food on Calle de las Veneras, in the middle of Sol. Jinwon Yoon opened it in August 2024. It has no website of its own; its Instagram, @pury.kr, is the venue's main channel, including notices like its August summer closure. The room is casual, the kitchen is vegetarian-friendly, and cocktails are part of the offer alongside more traditional Korean drinks. Photos from the restaurant show a Korean seafood-and-scallion pancake served in a metal pan and sliced grilled pork belly plated with garnish. Prices run €26 to €50 a head.

Pui's Thai Tapas serves Thai street food on Calle de José Antonio de Armona, in the Palos de la Frontera part of Arganzuela. Its own site says the chef, Pui, arrived in Spain from Thailand in 2010 and built the restaurant on the street-food recipes he grew up with, reworking them through ongoing contact back home, with ingredients brought in directly from Thailand. The format is Thai tapas for sharing: spring rolls, tom kha gai and tom yam gung soups, papaya salads like som tam Thai, and a full run of curries from green and red to massaman. Pui's Thai Tapas holds a Repsol Solete and is vegetarian-friendly, with prices around €20 to €30 a head.

Kai Thai is a Thai restaurant on Calle Princesa, in the Argüelles part of Moncloa-Aravaca. Sergio Gallinas, a Spaniard who fell for Thailand on a backpacking trip, opened it in August 2019. It holds the Thai Select certification from Thailand's Ministry of Commerce, which recognises authentic, traditionally prepared Thai food. It's a casual spot with vegetarian options on the menu. Photos from the restaurant show grilled meat skewers served with dipping sauce and a side salad, and grilled shrimp skewers plated on a banana leaf. Prices run €20 to €30 a head, and its listed opening hours look incomplete online, so it's worth checking directly before a visit.

Es Vietnam is a Vietnamese restaurant in the Palacio part of Centro, one of a small local group of the same name. The kitchen runs to pho and banh mi alongside dishes drawn from Vietnam's northern, central and southern cooking: bánh xèo crepes, thịt xiên nướng grilled pork skewers, nem cuốn fresh spring rolls, bún chả with grilled pork over rice vermicelli, and a beef pho built on a 24-hour broth. It takes reservations as well as doing takeaway and delivery, and the bill runs affordable, with prices around €10 to €20 a head.