La Tasquería - Madrid

This is definitely my favorite restaurant in Madrid, they are wild enough to make anything into best food, and the sauces they make are so creative ! Every time I am here, I always can find big nice surprises , the chef just evolve the food in different level!

Like Brad M., my boyfriend and I also decided to make this our last meal in Spain. After two weeks roaming around this lovely country, we decided to end our trip with a Michelin star restaurant. It did not disappoint. We got the biggest tasting menu and honestly for the price you pay, it was a steal compared to other Michelin star places we've been to. Around $250 for two tasting menus, a bottle of wine, two extra cocktails beforehand and tip. I'm honestly trying to think of a stand out dish and I loved them all (with the exception of the liver salad). Yes, the pig's head was great, but so were the tripe stew, the duck heart, and the desserts. And unlike a lot of fine dining establishments, we left so incredibly full. I mean, I was unable to finish my stew and it still keeps me up at night. It's always such a humbling experience to be able to eat at one of the city's finest restaurant. They definitely deserve their star.

To our surprise we were able to get last-minute reservations to this place on a Friday night for our last dinner in Spain. We wanted to make sure it was memorable, and this menu looked crazy interesting, so we gave it a shot. They didn't disappoint at all. They offer 3 levels of pre fixe menus depending on your hunger. We went for the biggest option (again, final dinner in Spain . It started easy enough, with a foie gras and cacao macron, thinly shaved beef tongue, and a crispy cod skin filled with a salted cod mousse. From there it ramped up, with an amazing partridge/chicken kidney/beef tongue pate, a sweetbread ravioli (incredible , pork cheek and red prawn taco, and lamb hearts with raspberry. Everything was so full of flavor, perfectly seasoned, and was a perfect progression from dish to dish. After the small plates were done, we moved into the large plate portion, which featured the whole, fried suckling pig head. Perfectly sticky with collagen and fat and generously salted, the meat absolutely dissolved on your tongue; so tender. As it's the head, it was a very fatty dish. But the pearls of meat to be found were out of this world. Thinking we were done (the pig head has to be the culmination, right? , we were surprised with another large plate: a tripe stew in a rich, thick, deeply flavorful gravy that followed the fatty, salty pig perfectly. If we weren't stuffed to the gills already, we would have licked the bowl clean. After the dinner was cleared away, we were given a small cheese course followed by 2 desserts: a lemon curd on shortbread with mango sorbet and a pistachio mousse atop creme patisserie with yuzu sorbet. Both desserts were right in our wheelhouse, so even as full as we were we cleaned the plate. Such amazing technique on both dishes. I can't recommend chef Javi Estevez or his team enough. The chef personally presented a couple of the dishes to the table. They were knowledgeable, helpful when they needed to be, and kept the progression going at the perfect pace. Just the best final dinner experience we could have asked for in Spain. Sincere thanks to the whole crew.

Maximum enjoyment! It is a unique place that makes magic from the offal. Thanks also to the service. Edi gave us a great time. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner

Excellent. Fabulous service and exceptional food, don't miss it. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: €60–70 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Cabeza de Cochinillo Confitada Y Frita, Ensaladilla Atún Huevo, Taco de Carrillera Con Carabinero, Corazones de Pato En Salsa de Frambuesa, Aperitivos