Monkey Around the World

What an amazing little jewel hidden in Madrid! We originally had other plans, but by a series of coincidences, we ended up at this cozy little establishment tucked beyond the bustle of the streets. The food was unique and delicious (caramelized salad, Ropa Vieja, and a specialty cod), and the price was great for this part of town (€84 for 4 dishes and 4 drinks). Service was exceptional, even without tipping (again, we were trying to save on money), and we were even treated to some shots of... well, I'm not sure what it was, but it was delicious and 100% free (I don't think they do this for everyone though...). The location is also great. As I mentioned, the restaurant itself is away from the main streets of town and is inaccessible by car. While it might be an inconvenience at first, it provides for a calm and relaxing dinner in the (mostly) quiet side streets of Madrid. There's also a nice square just beside the location. For us, it was really a nice break from the hustle of tourist filled attractions. In all, I would definitely recommend this establishment for anyone looking for good food, competitive prices, and quiet dining (or as quiet as you can get in central Madrid, lol).

Maria Cristina Barrero

Best place to eat food from the Canary Islands. This place made my day... The papas arrugadas was TOP! The calamares was the best I have eaten in the 25 years I have lived here in Madrid.

Loesje H

Juan Carlos was very welcoming and helpful, and the service was excellent. Also, best olives I ever had! I combined 3 starters, but as I was by myself that was too much and I could take leftovers home. Would definitely recommend

jesus maria rodriguez diaz

I still don’t have the food on the table and i will already recommend this place 100%. The waiters and Maria del mar are super! The look of the plate from others table are incredible. Thank to be so nice to us.

Dana and Jason McComb

Fantastic place! Outstanding service, delicious food! We were a multigenerational group and everyone was happy. Great value! Sadly I have no pictures to post, as everyone dug in before we could take one. Juan Carlos made excellent suggestions and we sampled several terrific dishes-from pork, to fish, to seafood, to salad. We felt like “family “! Bravo!

Guaca Mole

I had an absolutely fantastic time. The waiter, Juan Carlos, was extremely attentive to us and even took the time to chat and personalize with our group. The food was absolutely fantastic, and the olives he brought out tasted absolutely delicious, as well as the honey rum digestive. Our party of 7 managed to eat for quite a reasonable price.

Gerry & Marianne Glinski

How lucky we were to find this place. Our party was able to taste a variety of delicious shared dishes thanks to our server Juan Carlos. The evening was a complete success and very reasonable thanks to the suggestions of Juan Carlos.

Elizabeth Mondragon

Honey-rum caramelized onions with baked goat cheese and toast? Yes, please! The rabbit with tomato broth and figs was delicious, as well. However, possibly my favorite were the simple papas arrugadas - small potatoes roasted in salt - served with various sauces. The quesilla - a flan with the honey rum and a hint of lemon - was light and delicious. And last but not least, Sonziret was so friendly and informative, and made us feel at home. What a wonderful and memorable experience!

joel lucoff

We actually stopped here so my wife could use the bathroom. But when we do that we always order a couple of drinks. I ordered Tinto de Verano and my wife ordered Claro. The first drink is red wine with a clear sparkling beverage. It can be English lemonade, sprite, 7-Up, or with the Spaniards use: Casera. The tinto had a bit of a spice to it. It wasn’t better or worse than any other that I’ve had in Spain, it was just different. I enjoyed it. Claro is half beer and have cloudy lemonade. I can’t stand beer. I liken it to cold urine. But this combination was really good. It made beer drinkable for me. We ordered papas bravad, which is Fried potatoes with the sauce on it. We didn’t care for their version of the sauce and when we told the server, they brought us something else to try. Best thing that ever happened. We tried papas arrugadas or Canarias: Little round baked potatoes in salt that were absolutely amazing. I also watched the server who is also the bartender, prepare the tray for a table of seven. His attention to detail was amazing. The service was excellent and the food we tried was very good. I just watch the manager checker plate that the server gone from the kitchen and she said that the plane was not right and had it sent back to be fixed. That is impressive. That is the kind of service you were looking for. I just watch the manager checker plate that the server gone from the kitchen and she said that the plate was not right and had it sent back to be fixed. That is impressive. That is the kind of service you were looking for. I absolutely recommend this place.

Jorge HG

After the dinner there I was full like after the Christmas dinner. Papas arrugás, roasted cheese with mojo and chocolate mousse for dessert 👍👍

Peter Laub

Awesomely tasty Canarian specialties. They didn’t have an English menu, but the waiter spoke good English. She was busy - but fast. We ordered 4 different dishes - and they kept on coming in perfect order and pace. We’ll be back.

En éste primer acercamiento he pedido la hamburguesa 🍔 Canaria, anda qué!! y la verdad que bien, la carne tenía buena sazón y las patatas 🍟 eran naturales. De bebida la cerveza dorada especial Canaria y muy buena. De postre quesillo típico de allí. Tendría que volver a probar mas platos para decidir mejor, pero ahora mismo, bien.

La atencion fue genial, la comida es mejorable(he comido mejores papas arrugadas y mejor conejo al salmorejo)

Auténtica comida canaria en un entorno que te transporta a mis Islas. Riquísimo el conejo salmorejo con higos y el almogrote. Nota: es una lástima que abusen con el extra de mojo rojo y el extra de mijo verde. Dos euros por dos cuatro euros. Estos detalles de intentar sacarte el dinero es lamentable.

Lugar muy recomendable en la Latina con buen servicio y buena comida (y abundante, para los que tenemos buen fondo). Hemos probado el almogrote como entrante, una especie de paté de queso para untar en biscotes. Como platos hemos probado el conejo en salmorejo con higos rehidratados y una ensalada de queso de cabra con miel de palma. Para beber un vino tinto canario llamado viña norte con un regusto picantito. Una pasada!

Ana MJ

Had lunch with a friend (we book a table through their website). The papas arrugadas are regular potatoes not the canarian potato with thick skin that is needed for them to wrinkle properly, but were nicely done and came with 2 mojos. The red one was not spicy. The carne fiesta was just like in the islands, and a safe order if you are coming with kids, this is always a children favorite. We also ordered conejo en salmorejo which was rather sweet from the figs, and I never tried that in the islands but it was nice to have coneno in madrid. If you are drinking wine by the glass they only have two reds (not from the islands) and two whites (one from the islands, Flor de Chasna). I would have liked to have more options, in particular more typical options for drinks but also for dishes, and the service was rather slow in a busy weekend mid-day. Overall a solid 4*

Robert Moore

Good atmosphere, good food, good service!

Gustavo Garcia

Very nice terrace! Pricing suited for tourist. I only had a few drinks, but I will be back to try the food. It smelled good, and looked vast. Their decoration may be welcoming for IG pictures as they have vibrant colors. Service was average.

+2

Anthony J

Highly recommend the croqueta, one of the best that I have tried so far!

Jan VdB

Nice location, friendly service. Food was a little expensive though. The queso asado was served cold, which is a shame. Even after asking to heat it up again it was served cold again. Might be a good idea to serve it in a small frying pan in stead of a stone plate. The plate with papas arrugadas was expensive compared to the rest and the portions of mojo that were served with it were tiny.

Un restaurante canario en Madrid ya nace con un problema sin solución y es que no dispones de los pescados autóctonos que son tan importantes en la gastronomía canaria. Por no tener, no tenían ni escaldón y eso que se llaman así. Es aventurado porque no tienen el pescado adecuado para hacer el caldo ni seguramente el gofio porque es difícil de conseguir en la península. Te queda la comida de interior y aunque lo intentan, la verdad que los platos quedan bastante desdibujados. Quizás la pata (de cerdo) les quede bien pero ni el mojo está conseguido, ni la ropa vieja tiene sabor a ropa vieja. Eso sí, el local es agradable, son simpáticos y al menos tienen cerveza Tropical, la cerveza sin rival.

Ha cambiado bastante desde que fui la última vez. Pasamos a una mesa para dos dentro del local y estaba la música como si fuera una discoteca. Le pedimos hacer el resto de la cena fuera. Han quitado platos de carta, no tenían ninguna cerveza canaria, nos dijeron que por el puente de diciembre no les quedaban. Nos cogimos unas papas arrugás y unas estaban sosas y otras estaban con costras de sal. El mojo tampoco está igual que antes. No creo que vuelva. Es una pena porque antes había 2 restaurantes canarios en Madrid, ahora solo queda éste.

La comida deja bastante que desear, la mitad de la carta no la tienen disponible, comida fría, almogrote sin sabor, etc. El precio es extremadamente caro para lo que es (28 por persona y nos quedamos con hambre). Desde luego que deja en muy mal lugar a la rica gastronomía canaria

Lamentablemente, no fue una buena experiencia. Pedimos tres platos pero justo ese día se estropeó la freidora y uno de ellos no llegó. Las papas arrugadas están bien dentro de las posibilidades de conseguirlas en Madrid. Los mojos no lo están. El queso asado no está asado como típicamente se hace y es más un queso que parece calentado en el microondas. Por desgracia, no pudimos probar el tercer plato, pero cuando nos dijeron de cambiarlo, tardaron muchísimo en informar y en traer el plato. Lo cancelamos por la tardanza. Lamentablemente actualmente no lo recomiendo. Ojalá cambien las recetas y se acerque más a Canarias para poder llamarlo gastronomía canaria realmente. El personal muy amable

Terrible! Las papas de las papas arrugas eran enormes para el tamaño que se suele tomar en las bellas Islas. El conejo debía llevar guisado desde mayo… asqueroso. El plato de pollo picanton es una vergüenza no es más que pollo malo y escaso. Para colmo la camarera nos recomendó pedir más platos de los que deberíamos haber pedido y eso que somos de buen comer. Los postres muy pobres y el vino lo abrieron el día que cazaron el conejo… más pasado que… en definitiva una decepción para un amante de las Islas Canarias

Como canarios una auténtica decepción. El queso asado es un provolone de los que haces en tu casa al microondas, la ropa vieja eran garbanzos duros con especias y los tacos de ternera... Sin comentarios. Una pena

Comida aceptable, servicio muy deficiente. A las 21h, 5 pax pedimos sentarnos en la terraza y nos indican que sólo es para cenas. Nos semtamos y pedimos 6 platos para compartir y 2 bebidas casa uno. No nos ponen servilletas. Pedimos pan y tuvimos que anular el pedido pues ya habíamos finalizado los platos. Le comentamos estas deficiencias al personal y nos lo rebaten sin ni siquiera pedir disculpas. Gracias por tan poco. No volveremos.

Warren Williams

Ordered a burger, the patty could have been used in the Stanley Cup Playoff’s. They replaced it with a below average Ropa Vieja. Being from Miami, I’ve had Ropa Vieja many times, and this was not even a distant cousin. Take a hard pass on this place!

Chakthy Castillo Ponton

I made the reservation through the open table app and the restaurant website. I got confirmation that my reservation was ready. When we got to the restaurant it was closed. The fork app was also showing the restaurant as available. They should follow up on How the face the customers and answer the phone.

Shoreh Hedayati

We had drinks and dinner at this place. Food was terrible (ribs too salty, salad too much dressing, and it was simply oil and vinaigrette), and the waiter was rude. The waiter ignored us because we are English speakers and we were practicing our Spanish. I ordered a glass of red wine and got a shot - kid you not. All and all a terrible experience. I would give them zero stars if that was an option!