Santa Bárbara

My boquerones fritos were not fresh and they cost nearly 16 euro. The service is suboptimal too. Good location

We meet with a couple of friends we haven’t seen in a while and we had an awesome time. All the food was delicious, we had the pleasure to count on waiter Nasser attending our table and he provided us the best suggestions: Tortilla española, Berenjenas con miel and Torreznos, all of the dishes were amazing!

Very busy restaurant on the Plaza Santa Barbara, Madrid. Being a single diner, they managed to squeeze me in. The set daily special is €14.50 for two courses, excellent value. Highly recommended.

We sat inside having read all the recent bad reviews of the slow service sitting on the terrace. (We can understand why as there is insufficient waiting staff and for much of the time we were here only one person behind the bar preparing the drinks that had been ordered.) inside the service was better but you still had to gesticulate wildly to be served. The b/w interior is unusual for Madrid and makes for a change. The tapas was an acceptable standard. The anchovies were very good, the bread dry. Overall not special enough to make a return visit.

Nice food and good attention from staff. Only negative was the drunk homeless person that walking around the tables asking for money, it made the experience a bit awkward, especially after we gave him the rest of our coins but then he kept coming back again. Though please understand that isn’t a reflection of the restaurant, more of a reflection of this barrio.