Rubaiyat Madrid Steakhouse

Steakhouse · Brazilian Grill · Farm-to-Table · Private Dining · Garden Terrace · Chamartín

A Brazilian Steakhouse in Chamartín, Madrid

Rubaiyat Madrid sits on Calle de Juan Ramón Jiménez, in the Chamartín district, close to the Castellana business corridor and a short distance from the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. It opened in 2006 as the Rubaiyat Group’s first restaurant in Europe, bringing to Spain a steakhouse concept built in São Paulo over the previous five decades.

The house combines grilled meats with Mediterranean dishes and a few Brazilian classics, served in a main dining room, private rooms for meetings and corporate presentations, and a tree-lined terrace open year-round. It is listed in the MICHELIN Guide Spain.

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🏛️ THREE GENERATIONS — From Galicia to São Paulo and Back to Spain

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The group’s founder, Belarmino Fernández Iglesias, left the village of Rosende, in the Galician province of Lugo, and emigrated to Brazil in 1951. In São Paulo, he worked in construction and as a waiter before opening the first Rubaiyat in 1957, on Rua Vieira de Carvalho. The name comes from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a collection of poems that celebrates abundant meals, meat and wine.

The business passed to his son, Belarmino Iglesias Filho, and is now run day to day by the third generation, brothers Victor and Diego Iglesias, who joined the company officially in 2017, when the family bought back full control after a period with a Spanish private equity partner. The opening in Madrid, in the premises once occupied by the restaurant Cabo Mayor, marked the family’s return to the founder’s country of origin.

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🐂 FROM THE FAMILY FARM — Fazenda Rubaiyat

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In 1968, the family acquired Fazenda Rubaiyat, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, to supply its own restaurants. The farm raises:

• Brangus cattle
• Label Rouge chickens, of French origin
• A dedicated line of pigs, known as Baby Pork

Production is intended exclusively for the group’s restaurants. According to the family, the Brazilian operation slaughters around 170 animals a week, more than 8,000 a year (company-reported). Meats are vacuum-aged for 21 to 60 days, under the same standard across all units.

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🍽️ THE MADRID MENU — Grill, Feijoada and Mediterranean Cooking

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The menu is built around meats cooked over coals, alongside Mediterranean dishes added in the most recent renovation. Highlights include:

• Picanha and baby beef, signature cuts of the house
• Queen beef and aged chops for sharing
• Tomahawk and Kobe beef tasting options
• Feijoada, the traditional Brazilian black bean stew, served for a minimum of two guests
• Soufflé potatoes, provoleta and sweetbreads among the side dishes

The dining room was redesigned in late 2017 with a more contemporary interior. The terrace, shaded by mature trees, is one of the main features of the house.

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🌎 INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE — Spain and Chile

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Outside Brazil, the group operates Rubaiyat Madrid and Rubaiyat Chile, opened in 2016 on Avenida Nueva Costanera, in Santiago’s Vitacura district. The group states that its strategy is to consolidate the countries where it already operates before entering new markets.

According to the family, the group employs around 800 people and serves nearly one million guests a year (company-reported). It celebrates 70 years in 2027.

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📍 KEY LOCATIONS — Madrid, Santiago and Brazil

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• Rubaiyat Madrid — Calle de Juan Ramón Jiménez, 37, Chamartín, 28036 Madrid, Spain
• Rubaiyat Chile — Av. Nueva Costanera 4031, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
• Figueira Rubaiyat and Empório Rubaiyat — Jardins, São Paulo, Brazil
• Restaurants in Brazil — São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília
• Fazenda Rubaiyat — Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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⭐ WHY RUBAIYAT MADRID — Key Facts

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• Part of a family restaurant group founded in São Paulo in 1957
• Run by the third generation of the Iglesias family
• In Madrid since 2006, the group’s first restaurant in Europe
• Meats sourced from the family’s own farm in Brazil, in operation since 1968
• Same aging standard, 21 to 60 days, across all units
• Listed in the MICHELIN Guide Spain
• Private rooms for business meetings and corporate presentations
• Tree-lined terrace open year-round

Information based on official sources and company-reported data. Details such as hours and menus may change; confirm directly with the restaurant.