Horcher

What a delight! Delicious food, wine, setting and service! Had baby eels hors menu as a starter, partridge à la presse for main and the best apple strudel I’ve ever had for dessert. Difficult to find better German food in Mitteleuropa- a must!

- Anglin -

The last surviving classic luxury restaurant of Madrid with a centenary tradition and serving genuine central-European recipes with excellent execution in the kitchen and very attentive and professional service. Classic elegant ambiance and decor. Excellent game dishes in season. Soufflé potatoes also great. While I really like their famous baumkuchen, I think there is room for upgrading their dessert offerings. Update January 2025: this time the experience was a bit disappointing so I am adjusting down the rating. The food quality remained high but presentations were on the rough side, not aligned with the elegance of the place. Service has significantly deteriorated in many ways: had to ask a few times for my wine glass to be refilled, dishes that don’t come out at the same time, final preparations like a flambé not performed table side. Finally the atmosphere has also gone down, cramming too many tables in the main dining area, making it very busy for the waiters and diners. Elegant dress code is no longer enforced, just a jacket needed.

- Antonio Sanchez -

Fantastic place! One of the oldest restaurant in Madrid! I was surprised from the first seconds about service and place! They take care about you from the first moment, took car for parking, opened all doors, put a pillow under the hills (only for women), in the end put car in front of door! Service was excellent in all details! Food was very tasty, fresh and well cooked! Classical, high class restaurant which have rules about dress-code. Man should be with jacket for sure and also not casual style for all persons! Thanks a lot for all staff for amazing atmosphere, delicious food, excellent service and emotions!!! Highly recommend!!!

- Yaroslava Kit -

I need to back up a bit. My great-uncle was a member of Berlin's high society and went there regularly, often with my grandparents, who visited him in Berlin from Hamburg. At some point, he couldn't go anymore; the Nazis banned it, and as a Jew and gay, he was killed in Auschwitz. Luckily, my grandparents were able to escape to Switzerland; otherwise, I wouldn't be here. So, about 90 years later, my wife and I were able to visit the Horcher again, and it was a journey back in time. At the Horcher, you can see how much culture Germany lost to the Nazis. The food and service are excellent, and the atmosphere is fantastic. If you want to explore the magnificent Berlin of the 1920s and early 1930s, you absolutely have to go to the Horcher in Madrid

- A D -

El Horcher is one of the few classic restaurants with French haute cuisine from the 90's that Madrid has, since the disappearance of the legendary Zalacain, Principe de Viana, Las Cuatro Estaciones, Club 31 and Fortuny. Its food continues to be impeccable, in an elegant and refined space, with first-class service and classic French cuisine dishes. Without being able to stop trying the excellent butter, to start we taste some artichoke bottoms stuffed with mushrooms and a great foie and truffle dumpling, something perfect to share. Mainly its famous steak tartare prepared to perfection. For dessert, the delicious and unbeatable Crêpes Suzette. To go every week or at least twice a month, for French cuisine lovers.

- f.ahedo -

One the best restaurants in Madrid! Excellent service, great food and a very special atmosphere!

- Mido Talhouni -

Horcher is one of those places that just aren’t easy to find anymore. It has that old-school charm that makes you feel like you’ve stepped back in time (in the best way). The service was flawless and the food… honestly, amazing. I especially loved the cheese soufflé.

- Cristina PB -