Derzu Bar
Derzu Bar
Derzu Bar is a tiny Asian tavern on a residential corner of Barajas, open since 2016 and holding a Solete in the Guía Repsol. Chef Daniel Vangoni, formerly head chef at El Cenador de Salvador, describes the food as Spanish produce put through a neighbourhood Asian kitchen: crab spring rolls, butifarra bao with kimchi, black gyozas with squid ink and pork jowl, wok rice, noodles and pad thai, plus off-menu dishes every week. Most plates cost €5 to €16.
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🔥 Costilla a la parrilla, ensalada de col y salsa hoisin. ¿Hace falta decir más? Ven a disfrutarla en Derzu Bar o, si hoy toca plan en casa, pídela para llevar. 🥩🥢 Tú eliges dónde. Nosotros ponemos la costilla. 📍 Derzu Bar 🥡 Para llevar ☝️ Busca los links 🔗 la bio
🥟 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗭𝗨 𝗕𝗔𝗥 🥟 Si ves a @dastin123 encargado por la calle con un plato de 𝗴𝘆𝗼𝘇𝗮𝘀… no es casualidad 😂 👉 𝗘𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗲ñ𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝘇𝘂. Buen ambiente, gyozas, cervezas y 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 🍻✨ 📍 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝘇𝘂 𝗕𝗮𝗿 🌙 Esta noche, pásate y disfruta con nosotros. 𝗧𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮
🥟 Cada gyoza, colocada con mimo. Cada plato, preparado para disfrutar. Yei da el último toque a uno de nuestros platos favoritos, cuidando cada detalle antes de llevarlo a la mesa. ✨ ¿Te apetece venir a probarlas hoy? 📲 Reserva tu mesa en el link 🔗 de la bio ☝️y ven a disfrutar. ¡Te esperamos! 🥢
Background
About Derzu Bar
The Story
The name comes from Dersu Uzala, the nomadic hunter of Akira Kurosawa's 1975 film. Daniel Vangoni, a cook of Italian origin who grew up in Barajas, trained at Salvador Gallego's school and ended up as head chef at El Cenador de Salvador. He then took over a small bar near home and turned it into Bahía Taberna, which ran for around 15 years; Derzu followed in 2016, the result, he says, of a Sunday craving for Asian food with nothing nearby, and later the Italian Lupara Bar. The house's 'Kung Food' pun borrows kung fu's Chinese sense of a skill earned through constancy and effort.
The Cuisine
Asian street recipes from China, Thailand, Japan and Korea, reworked with Spanish ingredients and cooked to order over a hard wok flame. The printed carta is a single short sheet that changes often, and the kitchen adds new off-menu dishes each week.
The Carta
The 2026 carta starts with a spring roll (€5), a bao (€7), gyozas (€12), black gyozas and dim sum sold by the piece (€3 to €4). Mains are €16 each: wok rice, noodles, pad thai with prawns, tamarind, peanuts and a slow-cooked egg, pork ribs cooked for hours and glazed in hoisin, and Ibérico pork jowl, with a crispy burger and a 'jamburguer' at €10. House classics include the crab spring roll with sweet-and-sour sauce, the grilled butifarra bao with kimchi, hoisin and cucumber, prawn and pork-belly gyozas in broth, and the black gyozas filled with pork jowl, squid in its ink and herring roe. Chef's specials change daily, from wok-fried rice with baby squid and pork belly to pig's ear with lime and coriander.
Desserts and Drinks
Desserts are €8: a matcha 'Té-ramisú', a chocolate and passion fruit cake, and a yuzu cheesecake on crisp biscuit. The wine list is short and unpretentious but runs to small producers and the odd big name, with a strong line in sparkling: Vangoni reckons bubbles, above all Champagne, are the best match for this food. The beer is Mahou. Derzu opens for lunch and dinner every day except Tuesday, and does takeaway.
The Chef
Daniel Vangoni
Highlights
What Diners Say
Consensus
Derzu Bar Ratings & Reviews
Professional Ratings
decor 6.5/10, service 6.5/10, typical spend 35€
Diner Ratings
Restaurant Guru
4.8
1922 reviews
TripAdvisor
4.5
479 reviews
4.5
1352
Derzu Bar ranks #274 of 1001 rated restaurants in Madrid. Professional recognition includes Repsol Solete. Diners rate it 4.8/5 on Restaurant Guru (1922 reviews) and 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor (479 reviews).
Reservations
How to Book Derzu Bar
Booking
Book online at covermanager.com (covermanager).
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Experience
Derzu Bar Dining Experience
It looks like a street-market stall dropped under a housing block: an open wok kitchen inside the room, high tables and stools, colourful lanterns, a Kill Bill poster, Polaroids of regulars on the walls and cutlery in empty tea tins. Electronic music plays, the woks flare, and it fills up fast, even on a Monday, so book. Vangoni's own word for the style is macarra.
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Derzu Bar Location & Neighbourhood
Address
C. Bahía de Palma, 4B, 28042 Madrid, Spain
Get directions→Getting There
Calle Bahía de Palma 4B, on a residential corner of the Alameda de Osuna area of Barajas, about six minutes' drive from Madrid-Barajas airport and five from IFEMA, with Parque Juan Carlos I and El Capricho nearby. You can usually park outside.
Nearby
Corralejos is a residential barrio in the Barajas district, near Madrid's airport in the northeast of the city. The eating is neighbourhood-level, a practical mix of everyday restaurants and bars serving locals.
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Details
Derzu Bar Reservations, Hours & Contact
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
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| Monday | 13:00–16:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 13:00–16:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Thursday | 13:00–16:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Friday | 13:00–16:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Saturday | 13:00–16:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
| Sunday | 13:00–16:00 & 20:30–23:00 |
Derzu Bar hours verified 2026-09-18. Contact the restaurant to confirm.
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Good to Know
Questions
Derzu Bar FAQ
Does Derzu Bar have an award?
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Derzu Bar holds a Repsol Solete, the Guía Repsol distinction for casual and neighbourhood spots. It isn't a Michelin star.
What kind of food does Derzu Bar serve?
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Asian wok cooking: noodles, pad thai, rice and vegetable dishes. The venue calls its approach 'Kung Food', after the Chinese sense of kung fu as a skill built through constancy and practice rather than fighting.
Where is Derzu Bar?
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Calle Bahía de Palma 4, in the Corralejos barrio of the Barajas district, near Madrid-Barajas airport, IFEMA, Parque Juan Carlos I and Parque del Capricho.
When is Derzu Bar open?
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Closed Tuesday. Every other day it runs two services, 13:00 to 16:00 and 20:30 to 23:00.
What's on the menu at Derzu Bar?
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A short, changing carta: spring rolls, bao, gyozas, black gyozas and dim sum to start (€3 to €12), then wok rice, noodles, pad thai, hoisin ribs and Ibérico jowl at €16, burgers at €10 and desserts at €8, plus chef's specials.
Does Derzu Bar add new dishes to its menu?
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Yes, the venue says it's continuously developing new dishes and puts fresh off-carta creations up each week.
Who is the chef at Derzu Bar?
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Daniel Vangoni, a Barajas local of Italian origin who trained under Salvador Gallego and was head chef at El Cenador de Salvador before opening Bahía Taberna and then, in 2016, Derzu Bar.
Where does the name Derzu come from?
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From Dersu Uzala, the nomadic hunter in Akira Kurosawa's 1975 film of the same name.