CarbÓn Y MÁs - Floridablanca Colombia

Hotel booked us here as a recommendation. Obviously popular, but we felt let down by a rushed and rather unhelpful service. Two of us had fish sea bass and grilled sole. The sole was nice although over seasoned. Good size and presented in a classical way. Patatas sides very average. Chagrilled artichokes and aubergine respectively with romesco source tasty but both somewhat stringy. My partner thought her creamy carabinero shrimp and green bean rice overpowering and the green beans not to be seen. Overall, our visit here was rather disappointing.

Very good atmosphere in this grill-restaurant. Staff is friendly and IPA is nice. Dishes a little small and not very special but fine for an evening out to keep the evening going

If you want a poor standard meal in a lovely setting then this is the place for you! And don’t let the photos of the food fool you. The food looks incredible but unfortunately doesn’t taste like it looks! The restaurant is beautiful, lovely decor and really sets you up to expect a good meal. Unfortunately this isn’t the case! We shared some starters, which to be fair, were really nice. We had the crystal bread with tomato and some iberico croquettes. We also got served some bread with smoked butter (which we assumed was complimentary due to us not asking for it). When the bill arrived they had charged us €11 for the privilege! The butter also tasted like you had a literal fire in your mouth, way over smoked to the point it tasted ashy. The main courses were worse from there. We ordered the chicken, iberico pork loin and cod. The chicken was at over seasoned and super salty, the cod was super strange. I couldn’t even cut it as it was that solid. It also wasn’t as expected from the description of tomato pil pil. It was a random yellow sauce which again was super super salty and inedible I was told the cooking of the cod was as it was supposed to be and so swapped for the chicken. Then to finish off the main, we had sides that were just as terrible. For €4 a side, we received 1 and a half boiled potatoes. It was that bad, we couldn’t stop laughing. If we didn’t laugh we’d probably cry! The chips were also like little chip sticks and coated in so much oil they were soggy. If you do anything in Madrid, I’d avoid this place!

The restaurant is very elegant and has a lively atmosphere. Our waiter Adil was very friendly and couldn’t do more for us. Food particularly the fish dishes were very good. I didn’t give it 5 stars because some of the desserts were bought in and not of high quality.

The place and the atmosphere inside is nice for a couple dinner. The service wasn’t bad, but the quality of the food is not what you pay for. We asked for Serrano ham and they brought us two types of it on a plate: in the middle there was a little portion of the good type of ham and hand cut, but the rest was machine cut ham taken out from plastic wrap. A place like this shouldn’t serve a dish like this. The meat we ordered wasn’t bad, but the portions were not very generous. All in all, it was a nice dinner but with some ‘buts’….