- This New Year’s Eve, Kabuki Madrid offers a menu that combines technique, Mediterranean produce and delicate Mexican touches in a dinner designed by chef Alejandro Durán to bid farewell to 2025 with elegance and flavour.
- For those who prefer to welcome in the new year in an intimate setting, Kabuki takes its gastronomic experience beyond the dining room with a gourmet New Year’s Eve at Home offering.
On 31 December, Kabuki Madrid is offering a New Year’s Eve dinner bearing the culinary signature of its chef, Alejandro Durán, who fuses Japanese precision with Mediterranean produce and contemporary nods to his Mexican roots. A sophisticated offering, designed for those who want to see out the year with a high-end dining experience in one of the capital’s most iconic restaurants.
The menu begins with a sakizuke worthy of the occasion, a series of small bites (katsusando, pork gyoza, ponzu oyster, tempura banana, mussels and the iconic senbei pastor) that serve as a prologue to the chef’s universe: contrast, precision and an updated interpretation of Japanese-Mediterranean fusion with Mexican accents.
The sashimi and otsukuri section elevates the purity of the cut and the expressiveness of the product. White fish served on its own bone, lobster blanched in sake, and slices of squid and scarlet shrimp are exercises in technical excellence, where each sauce—from chipotle oil to pan tumaca reinterpreted with ventresca—contributes to constructing a diverse yet harmonious narrative. It is expert cuisine, where Japanese tradition is reinterpreted with a contemporary sensibility.
The Kabuki Sushi section brings together some of the restaurant’s most celebrated dishes: refined nigiri that alternate between fat, umami, acidity and smokiness, from dried apricot and umeboshi chamoy to black garlic butter or Joselito ham fat flambéed over langoustine. This is Kabuki at its most recognisable: refined technique, impeccable produce and a cosmopolitan palate that never fails to surprise.
For the main course, there are two options: Black Angus teriyaki ribs, tender and wrapped in a miso parmentier, or marinated yakitoro cooked on the robata grill, demonstrating the power of fire as a precision tool. The sweet finale comes with a puff pastry brioche with coconut-yuzu ice cream, matcha sugar and chocolate, followed by a delicious truffle and wagashi that maintains the technical level of the menu until the very last bite.
The New Year’s Eve package is priced at €185 per person, including lucky grapes and a toast, with an optional wine pairing for €110, featuring an extraordinary selection that includes Champagne, wines from the Pfalz, Jerez, Navarra, Rhône and Tokaji.
Kabuki at the theatre or at home: two ways to experience the last night of the year
Those who decide to celebrate at the restaurant will find a Kabuki specially prepared for the occasion: a more ceremonial service, a room refined for the big night, and a team that accompanies the menu with the precise rhythm of a restaurant that masters timing, temperature, and ceremony.
For those who prefer to see out the year in an intimate setting, Kabuki en Casa offers the option of enjoying a special selection from the menu in a home setting, maintaining the technical expertise and absolute respect for the product that characterises the chef. This service is only available on 31st December and is designed to bring Kabuki’s excellence to any private dining room without compromising on the experience.
KABUKI MADRID
Calle Lagasca, 38, Madrid
New Year’s Eve dinner: 31 December.
Price: €185 per person; wine pairing option for €110.
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Source: BORSONIA