Avril Dowling

Delicious traditional Spanish food. Had the soup and the artichoke.

Anthony Parr

Stopped by on a busy Friday night without a reservation but they found a spot for us. Our waitress was very friendly and had a sense of humor. I ordered salad as a starter followed by cocido as my main course. Our waitress said “No! It’s too much!”. I cancelled the salad. When the food arrived it was an absolute massive amount of food but I ate all of it because it was the most comforting and delicious food for a chilly winter night in Madrid.

Sarah Wheeler

Love this! Go here if you want delicious, well priced food that locals eat! We've been to Spain a few times and a local acquaintance recommended this. We went twice during our stay, not something we usually do! The food was absolutely delicious with generous portions and high quality ingredients. They also have an extensive list of wines by the glass, which was a great surprise. The waiters were exceptionally helpful with recommendations and explaining dishes we weren't familiar with. The menu is a great mix of classics and newer dishes (the grilled avocados were unexpectedly amazing!) and the tavern has been around since the 1700's carrying the official plaque outside the door in the sidewalk. I'm not sure how this could ever get less than 5 stars!

Konstantin Borisov

Excellent callos and wine in a great interior! Highly recommended!

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ee

What an amazing place! Great Spanish classics and every friendly staff that is hard to find. Here comes the million dollar question: Will I come back here again? 100% yes

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carlo rossetti

Historical ancient restaurant in Madrid. Finally I found a place where to eat something traditional but not so well known, as the artichoke, or the cocido de Madrid, a stew with chickpeas, various meat cuts, and vegetables. The wine choice is very good. They also have the Coravin system so you can taste expensive bottles without taking the whole bottle. Strongly recommend the reservation, can be done via Google Maps, too.

Hannele Anita Piipari

I loved the ambiance of this restaurant - and the food was very tasty. Courteous and professional service, almost too quick! The apple tart for dessert was amazing - the best I've had in years. Warmly recommended.

Christian

As a historical icon being the oldest tavern in Spain, I feel fortunate to have been able to grab a vermouth here while visiting Madrid. They were very welcoming and the vermut was tasty.

Alice Cozma

A friend from Madrid recommended this restaurant to me and he was not wrong! A very nice, intimate place to have dinner. The food was delicious, very traditional, which is what we were looking for. The service was outstanding and very professional as well. Will be back when I’ll visit Madrid in the future!

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Tweed Tango

Very traditional restaurant in the old quarter. Service and food were outstanding. We had a Muga red from 2015 which was delicious. The food was superb. Decoration inside is what you expect from a place with so much history and tradition, full of matadores and characters of the bullfight scene. Perhaps this may put off vegetarians or people with strong views about the practice. For those who love history and tradition, this restaurant is perfect. Staff were SO good, is worth a mention. Not a cheap eatery, but excellent value for money. We ate a lot, including dessert and coffee, drunk excellent wine, water and had a fab time for about 42 euros each. I would recommend 100%.

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Andrea

Good for tapas and drinks. The place is well located just a few blocks from the city center of Madrid. In general the atmosphere of the bar takes you to Spain a 100 years ago, very cozy place with random but cool decorations. Staff was really friendly and food is affordable, would recommend it.

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Pase por 2 cervezas la acompañaron de una tapa, el ambiente en la calle fue agradable, tranquilo no le entendí mucho al mesero, pero no tenía pensado pasar mucho tiempo allí.

Uno de esos bares clásicos de Madrid para disfrutar de una cerveza con una buena tapa. Supongo que los precios tan caros que tienen será porque está en el centro y por el ambiente del rastro, nunca he comido ahí por los precios pero está bien para tomarse unas cervezas, ponen muy buena tapa. Perfecto para tomarse un descanso después de una buena caminata. La tapa de patatas revolconas muy buena.

En plena Latina , a la salida del metro del mismo nombre , enfrente del teatro , en resumen en el Rastro . Suelo ir al menos un par de veces al mes a desayunar antes de recorrer el rastro y la verdad es que está todo bueno . El servicio genial salvo cuando falta personal pero incluso así lo dan todo por el cliente. lugar de encuentro antes de iniciar la visita del Rastro , entre la clientela miembros de la Policía Nacional lo que ya dice algo . Quizás como única pega la limpieza de los barriles que dejan a veces que desear .

Chuck Middleton

Oldest bar in Madrid. Only lager to drink, in this bar that champions bull fighting. I'm on the side of the bull

Sheryl Lyons

I went at the right time, 7:30 (1930hrs) 10 minutes after I sat down they were turning people away! The waitress was very attuned to customers wants & needs, keeping an eye on people even when it got very busy. I started with a negroni drink which was excellent. The menu is varied and has some superb oddities (for my taste) such as pigs ear; I didn't dare but instead had the pork belly. It came without crackling but it was juicy, tender and came with an interesting and flavourful sauce. With this I had a glass of house red, very drinkable. I followed my meal with a to-die-for espresso. Excellent, thanks. Ok so I went back on Tuesday the 13th. Not the same experience. After ordering the Sopa de cocido madrileno (the English version was "a traditional Madrid style stew soup", I was shocked. The wording kind of suggested there would be vegetables present..ahh stew. No! To me it tasted like watered down gravy with pasta added (probably as an afterthought because hey pasta is cheap right)...I am Australian and obviously didn't understand this concept of 'stew'. Anyhoo all good, I didn't eat it and they didn't charge me for it..the way it should be and guys just as a matters of interest you were not doing me a favour by not charging me. Thanks especially to the young chap who probably said something to the effect of "she has no clue and we really shouldn't charge her for not understanding our cuisine". Well done 😉

Tomas R

Very cozy place and perfect local food - the style like tavernas but dishes looks and taste like in restaurants. Be careful with offering you a bread-one slice will cost you 3 eur (the waiter didin’t inform about it).

Adrian Moise

Snug tavern dating back to 1787. Great atmosphere. Inexpensive fixed menu- I chose the pumpkin soup and the stake with fries. They were both ok.

Cervecería de toda la vida ..en pleno corazón de Madrid. Gran variedad de raciones y bocadillos. Un poco ruidoso dentro y suelo sucio. Precios razonables. Los camareros no son especialmente amables aunque siempre hay mucha afluencia de público. Desayuno incluye zumo de naranja natural. Precio 2,75 euros. Tienen terraza en la plaza.

Hacia mucho que no iba y parece que ha cambiado de manos, han renovado el local, la carta.... No me gustó nada, ha perdido toda la esencia. La tapa que nos pusieron con la bebida estaba rica, pero luego pedimos unas braviolis por las que nos cobraron más de 10 euros y era un plato minúsculo. No creo que vuelva.

Deimantė Bazytė

Average experience. We were seduced by ‘one of the oldest’ label but it struggles to deliver, compared with so many other old establishments. Main portions are huge - chickpea stew cold easily feed 3! Unfortunately staff confused our oder twice :/

M P

The place is very nicely decorated, there is a real traditional atmosphere. We also enjoyed the wine! However, the food was not worth the money because it seemed very basic and plus, they charge you for bread without mentioning it! IMO, you can find a better place.

A P

a là carte menu is a bit expensive/pricey. lunch menu of the day is more reasonable. nice staff. good mango ice cream. the tomato and anchovy salad was decent. i didn’t like the pork with potatoes dish bc it felt too dry/plain.

Un lugar para no volver. Estaba mejor. Íbamos a pedir una ración de calamares, el camarero nos ha recomendado los chipirones y qué decir...era ensalada con chipirones duros y mal cocinados. El camarero lo sigue recomendado como plato estrella porque se los quiten quitar de encima.

Hemos pedido un café sólo y un café americano, en éste bar dónde te atienden con pocas ganas, 5€ a boleo, le pides ticket y te dicen que no tienen el precio en la carta. Timadores y maleducados, que encima te chulean al preguntar por el ticket. Añadir que es café malo de típico bareto cutre, culpa nuestra por darles voto de confianza a un bar así. NADA RECOMENDABLE.

La mala educación de la persona detrás de la barra ha superado cualquier limite. Tratando fatal a las personas (no he sido el único en irme). Pido una tostada, un café, y un zumo. A parte ser maleducado todo el rato me sirve lo que le da la gana, y el zumo lo recicla vertiendo las sobras de otras mesas que tenía en la barra. Persona que no sabe trabajar con la gente. Pena, porque la ubicación y el sitio son muy bonitos.

Fui con mi pareja a tomar algo, nos sentamos en una mesa y vineron a atendernos ( tardaron 20 minutos ) despues de estar esperando otros 10 minutos a que nos trajeran lo que habiamos pedido, nos viene un camarero muy antipatico y nos dicen: ¿vais a cenar? y dijimos que no, y no respondio que entonces no nos iban a servir que solo podiamos estar alli si cenabamos. Y todo esto despues de haber pedido y todo. Nos levantamos y nos fuimos. (Eran las 8 y media de la tarde)

Antes íbamos y estaba todo bien fuimos hace unos días y a una camarera rubia que está sirviendo en mesa le pedimos 3 cañas y nos pusieron la tapa correspondiente al pedir la segunda ronda de tapa nos puso un plato minúsculo de frutos secos y al decirle si esa era la tapa nos dijo que la tapa la elegía la camarera En ningún bar e visto otra cosa igual Muy poco profesional espero que cambie su aptitud hacia los clientes No volveremos

Hemos tomado cervezas allí varias veces, y todo genial. Hoy hemos llegado 9 personas a consumir algo y en tono muy desagradable el camarero nos ha dicho que no nos juntaba dos mesas, porque: "para tomar 2 cafés en toda la tarde y no consumir". Nos las ha juntado de mala manera y nos ha seguido contestando fatal. No hemos entendido nada y nos hemos ido. Todo mal.

Gabe Owners

This place is totally not trash. I knew we were in for a delicious meal when the bread came out and it was as hard as a rock; not only did it crumble in your mouth, but it was spilling all over the table. That's how you know it was good. The Madrid soup was delicious and wasn't Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup . Next up was a delicious starter that I didn't order. I'm so grateful that the waiter added his personal touch to my experience and charged me for it. Luckily, the meat was so bland that it didn't awaken or upset my palate, and it was delicious! I'm so disappointed that I won't be able to eat at this restaurant again; I would love to go back with friends that I don't like and won't ever talk to me again after this meal. It's a must-try in Madrid. It would be a true tragedy to miss out on this hidden gem. Clarification: Bread costs 3 euros per person, but it's unlimited! It really adds a unique touch to the experience, because it's free everywhere else, but it's totally worth it because you won't find bread that stale unless you leave it out for a week. Thank you for such an amazing and unforgettable meal.