Menu · Summer 2026
Apéros, grill, house desserts.
A generous menu built around beef and wine, with starters and tapas to share, fish, and house-made Argentine & bistro desserts.
To start
Apéros, tapas & sharing starters
House charcuterie
« Los Salames de José Luis » — Our in-house Atelier: Chacarero saucisson with Comté 24 months, house pâté en croûte, bondiola, pastrami, paletilla Ibérica de Jabugo 100% bellota. 12 € to 26 €.
Tapas & starters
Andalusian gazpacho, house antipasti, jamón serrano croquettes, spinach fritters, stracciatella, empanadas salteñas, grilled bone marrow, ceviche of the day. 8 € to 16 €.
Tapas del Grill
Bite-sized grilled cuts: 30-day aged beef pastrami, kidney à la persillade, Christian Parra’s blood sausage, calamari, crispy veal sweetbreads with lemon. 14 € to 46 €.
Sharing platter
El Nacional platter: a mix of antipasti, charcuterie and more for two. 26 €.
Beyond the grill
Salads, fish & bistro dishes
Heirloom tomato salad, burrata & pesto
18.50 €
“El Nacional” Caesar — milanesa-breaded veal escalope
21 €
Meagre fillet à la plancha, grilled vegetables, beef jus
26.50 €
Guérande sausage, house mash & beef jus
18 €
Spinach ravioli, cherry tomato & parsley sauce
26 €
30-day aged beef carpaccio, capers & dried tomato vinaigrette
24 €
Grilled veal kidney à la persillade & house mash
26 €
Milanesa Argentina — two breaded veal escalopes, house fries & salad
28 €
Grilled veal chop, house mash & jus
36 €
Sides: house mash, pimientos del Padrón, grilled veg — 6.50 € each.
To finish
House desserts
Citrus rice pudding
8 €
Artisan ice cream — 3 scoops
8 €
Flan casero, dulce de leche & whipped cream
9 €
Pêche Melba
10 €
Floating island, crème anglaise & almonds
10 €
Valrhona Guanaja 70% chocolate mousse
10 €
Dulce de leche alfajores (4 pieces)
10 €
Semifreddo Crocante
10 €
El Nacional Café Gourmand
10.50 €
Rum baba & Amarenas
12 €
Irish, French or Caribbean Coffee
14 €
Cheese sharing platter
18.50 €
Our alfajores are also to take away: 6 for 15 € · 12 for 28 €.
A question, a pairing, a craving?
Our team is here to guide you — a high-altitude Malbec for your Bife, a Saint-Estèphe for the 45-day rib, a Pessac-Léognan for the stracciatella.