Matt Fluegel-Carew

The food here was amazing. We really enjoyed the oysters, the hake collar, and the squid with ink sauce in particular. The staff were great as well - we were a larger group with a younger diner with us and they handled his energy well. 😅

Gretta H.T

Having skimmed the dismal jeremiads on Google, we half expected to be cast out for speaking English, or perhaps reduced to miming and tears. What nonsense. We were, in fact, received with warmth and most attentive courtesies, not least from the gentleman who bore every aspect of being the manager. The waiters, innocent of English yet abundant in charm, navigated the evening with smiles, gestures, and a good humour so effortless it rendered the very idea of a language barrier laughably provincial. The white shrimp were positively yum, though in a moment of foolish restraint we ordered a mere 200 grams, a ration so parsimonious as to feel almost monastic. The octopus was less to my taste, though my companion dispatched it with rapture, proof enough that taste is no fixed star. And then the famous sole appeared: generous, buttery, triumphant, leaving us so entirely replete that dessert could exist only as an abstraction, contemplated but never grasped. In sum, a most civilised and charming evening, and, contrary to the online hysteria, a reminder that character, as Heraclitus observed, is destiny. This establishment, I am happy to report, has character in abundance.

Alex Levi

One of my favorite spots in Madrid. Fresh seafood, elegant atmosphere, and top-notch service. Always a pleasure to come back.

Basel T

Great upscale but comfortable casual seafood place with lots of Spanish speciality seafood and other tapas .

+5

Zara Gemilyan

Everything was fresh and delicious and the service was amazing good wine and good seafood I can’t wait to go back

+3

Emir Yerebasmaz

Authentic Spanish seafood, definitely a great option. A bit pricey, but worth it. We didn’t try the main dishes as we were just there for some wine, beer, and a few sharing starters — but we’ll definitely go back for a proper dinner. The interior isn’t pet-friendly, but you can sit outside with your dog. The staff was super friendly and helpful, always with a smile.

Julia Lu-Sellers

Great vibes, fresh seafood/shellfish en galor. Staff don't all speak English but that s what makes this place authentic. Make sure you at happy with the snails and bread they provide you first off as you will be charged for these. The curry was delicious and their specialty crepe desert was delightful! Only 16min from the airport, worth a stop over before heading in or back.

+4

Chanyanat S.

Upon our hotel's recommendation, we visited El Pescador for Spanish red prawn (Carabineros) and were blown away! We also savored a delightful seafood platter, wild turbot, Galician octopus, and paired our meal with Valtea, the house white wine. Everything was incredibly delicious! El Pescador offers top-notch seafood in Madrid. The restaurant's charming decor resembles a quaint fisherman village, enhancing the overall dining experience. A must-visit for seafood lovers seeking high-quality cuisine in the heart of Madrid!

+14

Zeke Najera

Nice upscale sea food restaurant. Shrimp had so much flavor. Flan was awesome. Service was great as well. Busy place.

+1

D S

Delicious and generous food. Full of fresh flavours. You can taste the quality of the produce. Great menu to try lots of options, perfect for a big group.

+3

S Ro

Delicious fresh seafood in a more upscale settings. The cuttlefish in its ink is very very good.

Nadav Gal

One of the best restaurants in town!! For the best quality seafood in Madrid, definitely this restaurant!! The seafood is absolutely delicious, very fresh and high quality, made perfectly and very nice portions. The service is professional, very high class restaurant, some might think that prices are a bit high but for that quality it’s definitely worth every cent.

Crystal Sneed

The lobster for two prepared American style was superb . The grouper was good as well🙌🏽. Nice restaurant with only men as servers, hosts and in the kitchen.

Pedro Caballero

El Pescador is an amazing seafood restaurant. We tried the octopus, the calamari, the shrimp and the clams and all were magnificent. Great place to come with a group and share plates. The desserts are simple yet delicious.

+4

I was positively surprised by the small restaurant. I had Sopa de Castellano. Such a simple dish but sooooo tasty. Excellent. Well done!

The food was stunning and beautifully presented. I had the menu del dia (19 euro) which was excellent value for money for such a high quality meal. Portions are small but the taste is unbelievable.…

I came to El Pescador for a late evening dinner service, to celebrate my birthday with my boyfriend. We thoroughly enjoyed the food - it has to be one of the best meals we’ve had in Swansea! Our…

Muy buen pescado . Buenos entrantes y carta variada. El lenguado y los chipirones buenos y el tartar de atún lo he tomado mucho mejor. El pan podría mejorar pero la experiencia fue muy buena. Volveré

Fui con novio a comer con mucha expectativa pero nos pareció muy normal, nos pusieron en una mesa abajo y la atención fue como que muy acelerados iban los camareros (quizás porque era fin de año) no disfrutamos como estamos acostumbrados al visitar muchos lugares de comida. Queríamos probar el centollo de la ría pero ahí mismo no nos lo recomendaron 🥺. Sobre los platos sí, muy ricos, los pescados, los mariscos 9/10.

Antonio Sanchez

Some of the freshest and best seafood in the world is served at this modern styled restaurant from Pescaderías Coruñesas group. The raw material is exceptional, the seafood, the fish, their home made smoked salmon, the seasonal products (angulas), etc. Appropriate selection of wines. Unfortunately the service is very dry and inattentive, just focused on dishing out the food and take it away while you are still chewing. If you cannot book a table, the food available at the bar is also excellent.

+1

Esperaba mucho más para el precio y el nombre que tiene. Casi todo estaba demasiado hecho, es decir que se pasaron de la cocción y al rodaballo le echaron demasiada sal pero aún así la carne del pescado estaba soso pero la piel demasiado salada. Mariscos como he dicho estaban muy hecho, perdiendo todo el caldito de las cabezas y las carnes del marisco estaban demasiado hechos. Me parece que esto no debería pasar en restaurante tan caro. El ambiente está bien, pero nos pusieron en un sitio que está demasiado cerca de las mesas y los asientos chocan con los de atrás si los mueves para salir o entrar. El servicio está bien, es rápido pero mejorable.

Lugar tranquilo, familiar y a mi parecer con comida muy promedio. La vitrina se ve espectacular con todo el producto que ofrecen, pero a la hora de comer la preparación de los productos no es la mejor. El camarero que me toco a mi que me atendiera estaba dormido, muy despistado y demasiado lento. Un detalle que me pareció fuera de lugar es que te ponen 2 pedazos de pan (sin preguntar) y te cobran 8 euros por esto, me parece un detalle fuera de lugar. Si no lo quieren dar de cortesía que al final es lo que dan en todos lados (PAN) deberían de avisar que lo cobran. Es bastante caro (200 euros 2 personas) y a mi parecer no lo vale.

Bueno el restaurante está bien los mariscos siempre quedan buenos en teoría no hay forma de que queden mal pero les doy un tres por Maitre las sugerencias fueron pésimas , pedí una a lubina y que además estaba presentada en una pizarra en 34 euros y al final me dice que no que era muy grande lo cual era mentira porque vi que las había servido a otras mesas dijo pues ok. Buen en resumen me trae un medallón de dorado lleno de espinas para una niña de 7 años. La entrada es vergonzosa porque te ponen un pan seco que no pides y encima te lo facturan y luego unos escargots o caracoles pff ni comentar en fin que dejo fotos para que cada quien viva su experiencia. Las croquetas pff sin comentarios. Referente a los pimentos rellenos por favor decir cómo salen porque habemos personas que no estamos interesadas en comer fritos.

Anna Maria Matta

I clearly agree with the fellow reviewers that food is exquisite BUT the manager is a big problem! Clearly zero effort to translate or bring someone who speaks English. Came to take our order 40min later because apparently he’s the only one who takes the orders. Wanted us to order the most expensive items on the menu. The staff clearly seemed stressed because of many situations happening due to this person. I really want to come back because it’s the best fish that anyone can have BUT i won’t come neither do i recommend it because of this person… the manager…

Good Food! Stupid and Unfriendly Maitre’d Not Too Honest Take Order Server! Always pushing for the most expensive products!

Good food! Stupid and Unfriendly Maitre’d Not Too Honest Take Order Server! Always pushing for the most expensive products!

Good Food! Stupid and Unfriendly Maitre’d Not Too Honest Take Order server! Always pushing for the most expensive products!

Good Food! Stupid and Unfriendly Maitre’d Not Too Honest Take Order Server! Always pushing for the most expensive products!

Excellent fish and seafood perfectly cooked and spoiled by rude and officious front of house. When we arrived at just before 8 pm there was nobody there to greet us. We moved forward to a rude wai…

We were recommended El Pescador by the concierge at our hotel after we had said we liked seafood. The chap raved about it so we had high expectations. We arrived on time and were stood waiting wh…

Muy mala relación calidad-precio. Fuimos a El Pescador y, tras recomendaciones insistentes de un encargado, pedimos una mariscada para 5 personas y un pescado sin que nos informaran claramente del precio. Resultado: más de 180 € por persona, totalmente desproporcionado. El marisco es normal, nada que no se pueda comer en otros sitios mucho más baratos, y el servicio deja bastante que desear. Da la sensación de que buscan inflar la cuenta más que ofrecer una buena experiencia. No volveremos.

Hemos comido hoy allí, buscando marisco y cercanía de la zona. Y sinceramente una decepción! Decoración, atención, …1/5 Producto: anchoas no de las mejores, las croquetas de carabineros las seguimos esperando…la gamba blanca ni comentario! I lenguado bien y el rodaballo una pena destrozar así un pescado!!! Como un boquerón victoriano frito y empapado en aceite ? Pues igual pero en versión rodaballo…cero sabor, súper pasado y empapado…una pena . Buenas las filloas. Repito que una decepción sinceramente

Jaclyn Sklaver

I went to this restaurant on a recommendation of a friend . I went alone b/c I’m living here in Madrid alone. When I arrived I immediately felt awkward. I am in Madrid studying intensive Spanish, so I am capable of speaking enough to order at a restaurant however, I felt so uncomfortable that my Spanish went out the door. That did not help the situation. As soon as I started speaking English, they became even ruder. They put bread on the table and I have celiac so I told them I was not able to eat the bread. The manager stared at me the entire time and from start to finish it took me 22 minutes to order get my drink, my fish and my tomato salad. I wanted to cry that’s how awkward I felt. I travel alone internationally , half of the year I’ve never in my life felt so uncomfortable at a restaurant . The entire menu is for two people. It is not a place to go alone and they probably should’ve told me when I arrived that their menu serves two or more. The food tasted delicious but everything else ensured that I would never go back and that I had to write a review so other people knew not to go there alone. I’m sure locals do love this place bc the food is good but a single woman I would highly advise against going there. My 22 mins dinner cost €60 . The money isnt an issue for me but the experience was.

Simon T Katan

I visited after 3 years and I was dissapointed very much. Service was really very slow, food quality not the best any more and the worst part was the bill. It is dissaponting to return after 3 yeats and lower the rate. IT WAS a very highly recommended NOT ANY MORE!!! sea food in Madrid. Everything that you can find in the sea, they are in this restaurant. Very good food, presentation, atmosphere and very elite Spanish people is dining here. Everything was excelent including the service. Impeccable. Highly recommended if you are visiting Madrid and want to have a good fish. Also the desert, ask for "fioas", great desert. Enjoy.

+6

The food was fantastic and we have a great services until a new manager came to us at the end of the meal, bill was settle with a generous tips but this new manager just through us out of the table a…

The food was fantastic and we have a great services until a new manager came to us at the end of the meal, bill was settle with a generous tips but this new manager just through us out of the table…

We chose this restaurant for our final evening in Madrid, drawn in by its reputation for excellent seafood. While the food was undeniably high quality and reasonably priced by London standards, the…

We chose this restaurant for our final evening in Madrid, drawn in by its reputation for excellent seafood. While the food was undeniably high quality and reasonably priced by London standards, the…

This is the worst restaurant we have ever been to. The food was awful and the service very rude. We would not recommend this to anyone. We love Madrid and have loved every other restaurant we have …

This was the worst restaurant experience in all my years in Spain. The all male wait staff is so rude. They literally throw the menus on the table. They intimidated another customer who was just …

This was the worst restaurant experience in all my years in Spain. The all male wait staff is so rude. They literally throw the menus on the table. They intimidated another customer who was just …

Tras haber pasado unos días tras una de las peores experiencias que hemos tenido en un restaurante y no estar "en caliente" voy a escribir una reseña negativa que no hago prácticamente nunca. Lamento decirlo, pero es que no se salva nada absolutamente nada. Siento ser así de brusco. El servicio creo que es el peor que hemos recibido en un restaurante de esta categoría en Madrid. El camarero prácticamente no hablaba. No nos decía siquiera qué plato nos servía y, de hecho, intentó "colarnos" al pedir la comanda 8 gambas rojas de Denia a 15€ cada gamba cuando le dijimos que solo queríamos 2. De hecho, nos dijo que eran blancas. ¿Cómo unas gambas rojas pueden ser blancas? No entendimos al final si se había líado él, si nos quería liar a nosotros, si no entendía bien lo que nos estaba diciendo o qué sucedió, pero desde luego que fue un despropósito. Respecto a la cocina, nada que destacar. Menos mal que hemos comido gambas rojas de Denia en otros sitios porque, si no, menuda decepción. Pedimos también las navajas en escabeche, las croquetas y el lenguado Evaristo. Obvio que esto no es desde 1911, pero se supone que el género es de Pescaderías Coruñesas también y solamente el plantear una mínima comparación entre ambos lenguados se antoja ridículo. Basta con ver la foto de presentación en plato... Para colmo, el precio de pan y aperitivo fueron 9€ (4,5€ por persona) servido a cuentagotas, el agua mineral (a pesar de pedir vasos de agua) nos cobraron a 4,50€ la botella. Y, para terminar, al pedir de postre las filloas rellenas (9,50€), el camarero (aquí sí volvió a hablar) nos sugirió comerlas con 2 "bolitas de helado" sin especificar nada más. No sé si es de esperar que las 2 bolitas sean un detalle gratuito o que se cobren no sé si 1€ ó 2€ en total, pero no, nos clavó los 6,50€ que vale el postre de "helados variados" en carta. Y a correr. Una lástima que el único plato que estaba verdaderamente rico, al añadir el helado supusiera aumentar su precio a 16€. En fin, 208€ por una de las comidas en mi vida en que menos acorde está el precio a la calidad y servicio recibido. No lo recomiendo en absoluto. Espero sirva esta crítica para que le den una vuelta para futuros clientes porque nosotros seguro que no volveremos.

Muy mal servicio de la recepción. No obstante tener reserva y llegar a la hora, no respetan. Le asignan a uno mesa en el sótano y haciéndole a uno el favor. Mal, no regreso nunca

No merece nada la pena, no volvería. Nada más llegar, sirven pan con aceite, el cual estaba tan duro, que tuvimos que pedir que nos lo cambiaran. Pedimos un par de cañas, luego una botella de agua y una botella de vino. El servicio dejaba mucho que desear porque el agua no la sirvieron cuando la trajeron, la tuvimos incluso que abrir nosotros. Pedimos el salmón ahumado que venía con un pan de cristal, el cual nos sirvieron tan calcinado que tuvimos que decirles que nos lo cambiaran y, a la hora de traer la cuenta, nos habían cobrado los dos, el calcinado que no se podía comer y el otro que trajeron. El salmón ahumado tenía buen corte y estaba rico, pero la media ración es un plato insignificante para el precio que tiene. El salpicón era normal, nada del otro mundo y nada que no puedas comer en cualquier sitio que no sea marisquería. Las almejas de carril sí que merecían la pena, sin embargo, la gamba blanca a la plancha no la merecía en absoluto. Tienen buena carta de vinos y de postres, excepto los quesos que de uno de ellos nos pusieron dos trozos de la zona tan pegada a la corteza que además de estar excesivamente duro, no tenía buen sabor; esos trozos no se sirven. Precio de todo 193€ dos personas, una barbaridad para lo poco que cenamos, un servicio tan escaso y una calidad tan pésima. Hay mil millones de sitios en Madrid para comer misma calidad a la mitad de precio y una calidad muy superior a un precio parecido.

Qué gran decepción. Comida mediocre a precios elevados y servicio de bar de menús. Teníamos reserva a las 15. Llegamos a las 14 50 y nos sentaron, de malos modos, a las 15.10 en una mesa en medio del paso... Y a las 16 ya estábamos pagando a pesar de que comimos 3 platos y postre (!) Echen cuentas y verán las prisas que nos metieron: Los camareros se paseaban por delante de nuestra mesa observando nuestros platos a ver si habíamos acabado, nos los retiraban apenas habíamos posado los cubiertos sobre ellos, nos quitaron el servicio de pan a mitad de comida. Y el "maitre" se paraba delante de nuestra mesa y resoplaba... Todo para que nos diéramos prisa y dejáramos la mesa libre para los siguientes... Y ni siquiera había pasado 1 hora desde que nos sentamos!!! Pero es que encima, el centollo que te cobraban al peso te lo servían ya desmenuzado en su caparazón, así que tenías que hacer un acto de fe y creerte que pesaba los gramos correspondientes a los140 euros que nos cobraron por él... Y lo peor es que estaba seco. En fin, un despropósito de restaurante al que no volveremos y desrecomendamos totalmente.

J Z

If you DO NOT speak Spanish, steer clear of this restaurant. We chose this restaurant for our final evening in Madrid, drawn in by its reputation for excellent seafood. While the food was undeniably high quality and reasonably priced by London standards, the service was nothing short of appalling. From the moment we arrived, the manager’s attitude was outright hostile. Despite knowing we didn’t speak Spanish, he continued addressing us in Spanish, completely ignoring our situation. To make matters worse, an English-speaking waiter stood nearby but was forbidden from assisting us. This led to a humiliating scene, as the manager barked at us in a silent restaurant, making sure every patron could witness the spectacle. I repeatedly apologized, explaining we didn’t speak Spanish, yet the manager responded with nothing but impatience and disdain. The discomfort in the room was palpable, and it was only when the waiter, clearly frustrated, finally stepped in to help that we received any semblance of assistance. By then, the damage was done, and our evening was ruined. While the seafood may be commendable, the disgraceful treatment we endured overshadowed everything. If I could give this restaurant zero stars, I would. If you, like us, don’t speak Spanish, I strongly urge you to spend your €200 per head elsewhere—somewhere that values basic respect and hospitality. A deeply infuriating and disappointing end to an otherwise wonderful trip.

+2