In our 10 day vacation in Madrid, Granada, Barcelona, this was our absolute favorite restaurant!…read moreThe menu del dia was 10 E and amazing and very generous. I had the best paella of my entire trip here. This was the only time of the 5,6 paellas I had in Spain that I actually got the crispy rice at the bottom. Loved my simple pan fried fish fillet as well - it wasn't too salty and had a crisp brown color against the white flesh. For dessert, I got the flan and loved it. The menu del dia also came with drink and break. This is definitely a local's place as you see all the men in suites on their lunch break walk in around 2pm. No english menu here.

Memorable dinner provided by Johan and Julie last night. Great recommendation on food and ambience…read more We had a great time! They also were able to accommodate a last minute reservation for our large group. Great job by the chef!

Came here with a group We liked the ambiance. Lots of…read morephotos on the walls. Very welcoming. Service was good. I had a call after ordering and that messed me up a little. I had to step outside for cell service and the call took longer than planned. They ordered the paella. For my main, I got the squid but wasn't hungry by the time it came. I planned to have the artichoke as a side with the squid, but they brought it as an appetizer. It was a big portion and two of them. But they were perfect and my favorite dish . For my ordered appetizer, I requested a dish -sardines ? I thought, but it tasted more like anchovies. It wasn't what I expected. They brought out two bottles afterward- lemon cello and a berry liquor. Both were delicious and the group was divided on which was best. The plate of little chocolates melted in my mouth.

This was the best find in Madrid. It is right near the royal palace. The restaurant is very clean…read morewith excellent service. The food is reasonably priced with a great selection. We had the pimento and smoked sardine appetizer, the ensalada lechuga with avocado and tuna and the Rabo de toro ( oxtails). Everything was delicious!!! Great sangria as well. We liked it so much we came back a couple of days later.

Our best meal while in Madrid. We just visited the Royal palace and was starving. The oxtail paella…read morecaught our eye so we wanted to try it out. The salad was delicious and paella was so good. It could have used more oxtail but we're not complaining. The tapas was delicious. Service was great and they do offer a meal of the day. We would return.

I love this restaurant. Very good food and an excellent value. The staff is welcoming and the…read moreatmosphere is comfortable, unpretentious and conducive to connecting with fellow diners. I make a point to visit this restaurant at least once whenever I am in Madrid!

Castillian soup was delicious. Thinking garlic white wine broth that you have to finish dipping all…read moreof your bread in to get to the last drop:) Arroz cubana plain but good. Rice, tomato sauce and a tasty plantain. Main courses: deep fried beefsteak with ham and cheese and patatas fritas... a little too deep fried (salty, maybe old oil used?) Pork loin medallions with patatas fritas not bad.

After spending several hours at the Reina Sofia, Jamie W and I were feeling quite peckish and…read morerather indecisive about where to have lunch. We guessed many options around the Prado area might be tourist traps. Fortunately, this didn't appear to be one of them as it's a taberna that attracts local regulars as well as tourists like us. The manager/owner looked to know quite a few customers. It was pretty busy, so we were seated at a hi-top table in the bar area next to other non-Spanish, English-speaking customers. There were many small-to-medium tapa plates to consider in their menu. We weren't looking to stuff ourselves, so we ordered the 6,9€ half-order of Chiporones à la Plancha, which was grilled baby squids nestled on a mixed salad drizzled with balsamic (Photo 10). Our second dish was the 6,1€ half-order of Parrillada Verdu. It was a simple but satisfying grilled vegetable platter of sliced tomato,, onion, and root veggies (Photo 9). The last dish we ordered was an unexpected taste of home, the 9,9€ Ensalada Cesar. The reason for the higher price point was the addition of chicken and bacon to the lettuce, tomato, cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing (Photo 8). The combination was pretty hearty and familiar-tasting. Even though we probably ate enough for a mid-afternoon meal, I couldn't help but inquire about the availability of grilled octopus (pulpo) because we saw it look quite tempting on a neighboring table. It was just as well that they were out because we didn't have room in our bellies for that. Our tapas selection was just fine all on its own. FOOD - 4 stars...skilled execution of familiar tapas, pretty tasty AMBIANCE - 4 stars...compact but cozy taberna, crowds quickly at lunch SERVICE - 3.5 stars..,efficient though a tad brusque because it was busy TOTAL - 4 stars...a serious dining option close to the museums RELATED - Exploring Madrid? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://yelp.to/WCRoD4CVJE

Just mas please!!! Best sangria we have ever had! Outstanding seafood. So fresh and ample fruit,…read moregreat amount and flavor. Ample inside dining and some outdoor patio dining. About 15 minutes to Atocha station. Helpful service. Pluses A. Best sangria we have had 1. Scallops on the shell were amazing so light and fresh 2. Grilled cuttlefish were nicely charred 3. Octopus was large amount and with potato / he loved it, I thought it was too spicy for me. 4. Grilled shrimp with the heads so juicy in the head 5. Caramel dessert was good 6. We got free shots, twice and yes very good 7. Great value food Areas to improve 1. Bathrooms Highly recommended for sangria and seafood!! Happy faces on the diners.

We have been here in 2019. We are back March 2026…read more Great location! Food is good. Service was decent. This place is what they consider cafeteria style which means casual and not candle lit restaurant. The place was bustling around 8:00 PM. We waited about 10 minutes to be seated at a table. After sitting we looked over the menu and chose a few items to share. We ordered Oxtail Stew with fried potatoes, Russian Potato Salad, Jamon Iberi Ham and Bread. We recommend this place.

Wonderful experience and great food! Would have gone again if we had more time in the city.read more

This review is overdue. We came to drop off our daughter for…read morea semester in Madrid in January and we couldn't leave Spain without trying a Paella. Our lady bug's Spanish friend recommended us La Taberna de Penalver. We were seated at the outdoor area . We had wine and paella which was finger licking. Staff were amazing and very kind. I highly recommend this restaurant. This is Madrid ... ambience was super!

The food here was actually pretty good, so it's unfortunate that I have to dock stars for the…read morestaff's behavior. We made a reservation, and when we arrived we were sat in a tent on the sidewalk. The tables were super close and my chair was right up against the chairs behind us. We were told that paella dishes would take at least 30-40 minutes. We were ordering the vegetable rice and were pretty hungry because it was already late, so we opted to get bread. More on that later. The vegetable rice actually came super quickly. The food runner asked if we would like to take a picture of it in the skillet before she served it, which was super considerate and kind. Then, she scooped the rice onto our places and took away the big dish. The rice had a really nice flavor. It was cooked perfectly, tangy and well-spiced, with nice crunchy grains from the parts that were on the bottom of the pan. We opted for dessert, doing one white chocolate ganache filled cake and one pistachio. They look the same on the outside. The older gentleman who took our order and delivered the dessert unfortunately switched mine and my partner and gave us the wrong one, which we didn't realize until I had finished most of mine. Womp womp. Up to that point, everything was fine. The problem happened when the bill came. My partner questioned something about the bread and I didn't think anything of it at the time - only later, unfortunately after everything was paid - did I realize he charged us TWICE for the bread. We did bread and olive oil, and he charged us bread x2 AND olive oil and bread x2. We totally understand having to pay for bread in Europe, as my partner lives in a neighboring country (we're both foreign to other countries outside Europe.) However, there's no reason to be charged 4 euro for two portions of bread AND THEN 6 euro for bread and olive oil. Even worse, they literally just brought out a bottle of olive oil and took it back after, we used maybe like a tablespoon. I might chalk it up to a simple mistake, but the waiter engaged in a series of red flags when we paid. First, he told us that we couldn't add a tip to the main bill and would have to ring it up as a separate charge - and he said it's better to leave in cash. As a former server, I get why most waiters prefer cash, but that's something you're not supposed to say to customers, and definitely not push them. I thought he was going to make us tip in cash and was fine with it, but then he keyed in a wholly separate transaction for the tip. I was confused, and was about to pay, when luckily I stopped and realized - he automatically gave himself a 10 euro tip. Didn't ask how much I wanted to tip. We'd told him to add 5 or 6 euro to the original bill so I assumed he keyed that in. We know European tipping culture and that was fair for our bill price. When we lowered the amount, the server's demeanor instantly changed. Unfortunately, after the fact, we read a bunch of other reviews on other platforms with other diners saying they had similar experiences, so we're not the only ones who've questioned their practices. In retrospect, we also ordered water and it came in one of those glass refillable bottles instead of a sealed one - I suspect that it might have been tap, though I don't know for sure. Overall, it was a strange and upsetting experience that tainted an otherwise lovely evening. It's unfortunate, because the restaurant was otherwise good, but I 100% wouldn't return because the end of the night was unsettling and had me questioning their standards of service.

Excelente servicio, deliciosa toda la comida, los postres fenomenal, muy limpio y organizado el…read morerestaurante. volveremos sin problemas. Que experiencia tan buena. Excellent service, the paella rice was delicious, the dessert was incredible, the entire restaurant was very clean, I would come back. So sad we live in the US. 5/5 I would rate higher if I could...

Nice spot with an unsuspecting entrance. We were ushered…read moreinto a room which seemed like all the tourists sat (everyone spoke English). Everything we ordered was good from the shishito peppers to a variety of paella. Oddly, they come show you the paella but serve it from the back. Wish they had just set the paellas down and let us serve ourselves.