Majadahonda is a commuter town, and its restaurants cook for locals: a set lunch on weekdays, steak houses for long weekend lunches and few kitchens open late on Sunday. Expect lunch from about 13:00 and dinner from about 20:00. For value, As de Bastos serves a 16-euro set lunch; for steak, Garrak, El Ochenta and Claxon sell it at 68 to 74 euros a kilo; for something different, Dorrados cooks Persian kebabs with halal meat.
Where should I eat in Majadahonda? For a weekday set lunch, As de Bastos at 16 euros, Yacón at 16 euros or Onneca at 16.50 euros. For steak, Garrak, El Ochenta or Claxon. For a business lunch with wine, El Viejo Fogón, at 29.50 euros. For Sunday dinner, As de Bastos, open until 00:00.
- Closed Monday: Onneca and El Viejo Fogón.
- Closed Wednesday: As de Bastos.
- Terrace: the same set lunch costs more outside.
Where to get a set lunch, and why the terrace costs more
The menú del día is a fixed-price weekday lunch, two courses plus dessert or coffee, usually with bread and a drink. In Majadahonda the price depends on where you sit and what day it is. What a set menu must include is covered in the menú del día in Madrid.
| Restaurant | Inside | Terrace | Takeaway |
|---|---|---|---|
| As de Bastos | 16 euros, 17 on Tuesday and Friday | 19 euros | 14 euros, 16 on Tuesday and Friday, no drink |
| Onneca | 16.50 euros | 17 euros | 17 euros |
| Yacón | 16 euros, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday | Ask | Ask |
| Dorrados | 16.90 euros, Monday to Friday | Ask | Ask |
| El Viejo Fogón | 29.50 euros, weekday executive menu with wine | — | — |
Yacón serves its menu from 13:00 to 16:30, with a drink and dessert, coffee or herbal tea. Dorrados, at Avenida de España 70, includes one drink and dessert. El Viejo Fogón adds a double appetiser, wine and water, and does not serve this menu to groups of more than 8.
What is cocido, and where to try it
Cocido madrileño is Madrid’s winter dish: chickpeas, meats and vegetables cooked together and served in courses, the broth as a noodle soup first, then the chickpeas and meat. In restaurants it appears on set menus on some days, not every day. As de Bastos, at Calle Doctor Bastos 9, served cocido soup and cocido as a main on Tuesday 10 November, for 17 euros inside, so phone +34 916 342 256 before going. Its whole menu is also gluten-free; how restaurants must label allergens is in gluten-free eating in Madrid.
For a holiday rental, A Tavola cooks cocido to order, from 80 euros for four and 19 euros for each extra person, with two days’ notice on +34 666 438 569. The classic cocido houses of the capital are in where to eat cocido in Madrid.
Where to eat steak, by the kilo or by the piece
Read the unit before comparing. Garrak, at Calle Manuel de Falla 3, sells its large bone-in steak at 74 euros a kilo and a 350-gram entrecôte at 35 euros. Claxon, opposite Parque Colón, charges 68 euros a kilo for aged chop and 38 euros for a 600-gram loin. El Ochenta, at Calle Norias 80, prices its steak by the piece: 69.50 euros for roughly 950 to 1,050 grams.
The steak houses also charge per person for bread: 3 euros with an appetiser at Garrak, 2 euros at Claxon and El Ochenta, and 1.95 euros at La Renta Cocina Bar, at the start of Gran Vía. It is printed on the menu and is not a tip.
Where to eat Persian or Peruvian food
Dorrados cooks Mediterranean and Iranian food over charcoal, with halal meat: Barg, Kubide and Bakhtiari kebabs and tahchin rice, plus a 16.90-euro weekday lunch. Yacón is Peruvian fusion, at Carretera de Boadilla 2, unit 18. For a family meal or a celebration, El Viejo Fogón, at Calle San Andrés 14, has a children’s menu at 18 euros and a private room for 18. More family ideas are in eating out with kids in Madrid.
What might disappoint
Arriving late on a Sunday: the grills stop at 18:00. Going on a Monday: Onneca and El Viejo Fogón are shut. Expecting cocido any day: it depends on that day’s menu. And none of these restaurants promises an English menu or English-speaking staff, so book by phone with a few Spanish phrases or through the restaurant’s website.
Before or after eating, see things to do in Majadahonda, and next door, where to eat in Las Rozas.
Eating in Majadahonda, questions
Where can I get a cheap lunch in Majadahonda?
The set lunch, or menú del día, is the cheapest sit-down meal. As de Bastos, at Calle Doctor Bastos 9, charges 16 euros inside, 17 on Tuesdays and Fridays, with bread, a drink and dessert or coffee. Yacón charges 16 euros on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and Onneca 16.50 euros inside.
Why does the same menu cost more on the terrace?
Many Spanish restaurants charge a terrace supplement. At As de Bastos, the set lunch is 16 euros inside and 19 euros outside; at Onneca, 16.50 euros inside and 17 euros on the terrace, and its à la carte prices rise 8 percent outdoors.
What is cocido, and where can I eat it in Majadahonda?
Cocido madrileño is Madrid’s chickpea stew with meats and vegetables, served in courses: the broth as soup first, then the chickpeas and meat. As de Bastos put it on its set menu on Tuesday 10 November, but not every day, so phone +34 916 342 256 first. A Tavola makes it to order for home, from 80 euros for four.
Which restaurants in Majadahonda serve dinner on Sunday?
As de Bastos stays open until 00:00 and the VIPS at CC Arco until 23:30, and El Urogallo also opens on Sunday evening. Onneca, Garrak and El Ochenta close at 18:00, Claxon at 17:00, and El Viejo Fogón serves no Sunday dinner.
Is the bread charge in Majadahonda a tip?
No. It is a per-person charge printed on the menu: 3 euros for bread and an appetiser at Garrak, 2 euros at Claxon and El Ochenta, and 1.95 euros at La Renta. Tipping in Spain is optional and separate.
Set lunch on weekdays, steak by the kilo at the weekend, and on Sunday night, As de Bastos.