A'barra - Madrid

Jamon was very good, with good flavour and texture. Good stuff stops there Had the tasting menu. 2 consecutive vegetable dishes with 0 innovation. Vegetables ar... read more Jamon was very good, with good flavour and texture. Good stuff stops there Had the tasting menu. 2 consecutive vegetable dishes with 0 innovation. Vegetables are average with nothing special. Things are not balanced leaning towards saltier flavours with minimal counterbalance of other flavours. Ingredients are not easy to point out and is overpowered by the salt mismatched sauces despite the main focus being the ingredients in most of the dishes. Service is horrendous considering there were only 4 tables for dinner and we’re in the centre. Multiple waiters came to my table and walked past my table but my wine glass and water were empty and ignored 5 times by people attending to the table. This is basic. If people are lazy, at least put the bottle of water or wine glass within arm’s length so I can pour it myself. After alerting a FEW people, they finally topped up my water and wine. Come on, train your service staff better instead of letting them use their phones or talk to each other all the time at the front of the restaurant. Would not recommend unless there’s lack of food options nearby

I am very disappointed in this meal. A restaurant of this price point, with a star and the assumed caliber, should not miss this hard! This ranks among my most... read more I am very disappointed in this meal. A restaurant of this price point, with a star and the assumed caliber, should not miss this hard! This ranks among my most disappointing meals. The highlight of the meal was the private select wine pairing. The Somm was wonderful; he was really the only driving force behind the meal. I looked forward to each new wine. The Ambience was solid! The service was kind and very attentive. The food feels lost. The menu started nicely with the initial bites, but as the meal progressed, we devolved into increasingly unfocused, poorly executed dishes. Salt levels in dishes were all over the place, starting high and ending nonexistent. Not a single dish wowed or felt well executed. While there was no standout star of the meal, three dishes were particularly bad. The soupy egg yolk mess: apparently this was egg yolk, ham and smoked eel. It was all soupy sadness and felt like eating a raw egg yolk with a few unrecognizable accompaniments. The primary fish course was inedible, flavorless, and undercooked. The main meat course, while cooked nicely, didn't taste like anything and felt like it was missing a general identity. As a way to finish a tasting menu it felt sad and unfinished. I wished for the best, my experience was far from that. Given everything, I can not recommend this to anyone.

It is stylish yet cosy. Staff very attentive- and I could even accompany the sommelier into the wine room to choose my bottle of choice , a nice red one Would l... read more It is stylish yet cosy. Staff very attentive- and I could even accompany the sommelier into the wine room to choose my bottle of choice , a nice red one Would love to be back.

This restaurant blew my boyfriends and I away. The restaurant itself was stunning and the service was impeccable. We absolutely loved it and would recommend com... read more This restaurant blew my boyfriends and I away. The restaurant itself was stunning and the service was impeccable. We absolutely loved it and would recommend coming back here again. Our favorite dish was the Iberian Wellington. We both thought it was beef instead of pork that is how succulent the dish was.

The waiters were very nice and attentive. They were always available and helpful. However, some waiters' English was very hard to understand. Not what I expect... read more The waiters were very nice and attentive. They were always available and helpful. However, some waiters' English was very hard to understand. Not what I expect from a restaurant at this price point. We had the tasting menu. The dishes are tiny beyond belief. We had to eat a lot of bread to feel anywhere near full. We found a fish scale in our food. Again not something I expect from such an expensive reataurant with microscopic dishes. We pointed it out to the waiters and they did nothing about it except a brief apology. Some of the dishes were good and well presented, but the flavors were underwhelming. The dishes were exorbitantly overpriced.