La Pescadería I Restaurante en Malasaña

Michael Robertson

in the last week

Loved the atmosphere. The primary server was exceptional. His attention to detail and quality set him apart from many servers I have had in the past. Food was excellent, highly recommend the prawns with mango and avocado plus the steak with foie. So good.

John Creswell

a month ago

Summary: uniquely bad experience, including being served raw hamburger, multiple waitstaff refusing to bring drinks (including water) for 50 minutes, but an apologetic manager who comped the final bill. First, the following is not due to a language barrier, as we were dining with a fluent Madrid native. We have been here three times previously over the past two years, as recently as six months ago, but were severely disappointed with the decline in quality and service during this most recent visit. After standing at the hostess stand for some time to check in for our reservation, the hostess arrived, ignored me, and promptly seated a couple who were just walking through the door. After finally being seated, the waiter initially brought the wrong drinks, then wasn't seen again for the remaining hour+ we were in the restaurant. We ordered a second round of drinks from three different waitresses over a 20 minute period, none of which ever arrived. In fact, two of the waitresses told us we had to order from our original waiter, who by then had been absent for the better part of an hour. They wouldn't even take a request for a new pitcher of water- telling us that our missing waiter had to get us water! She remarked, "your waiter is new and busy but doing his best so you will have to wait longer." Totally unacceptable service. When the food came, I bit into my burger and found it was cold, so I cut it in half and saw the center was raw. I sent it back asking for a new one - though the same burger, cut in half, with a bite out of it was brought back to me, charred black, covered in the original (now hot) mayo-based sauce still slathered on it. By this time, we decided to cancel our drinks (that we'd first ordered 50 minutes prior), send back the blackened burger, and advise the manager. The manager, who was filling in for the night, was apologetic about the experience, and comped the bill, which was very much appreciated. In the future, however, given the obvious indifference of the waitstaff and improper food preparation, this restaurant won't be one we visit when coming back to Madrid. On the plus side, the tenderloin my spouse ordered is excellent, if you can endure the effort required to get it served to you.

Lukas Holcek

2 weeks ago

Amazing food! We were a big group and ordered almost everything from the menu and then shared it. Everything was so tasty!

Paola Mužić

a month ago

HIGHLY RECOMMEND. This is certainly one of the best restaurant/tapas place I've tried in Madrid (and I've tried many). We ordered 5 different meals/tapas and everything was delicious and tasty. Going back there for sure!!

Nathan Gayle

3 months ago

The place was great, wide selection of food and drinks - only drawback was the service - the staff forgot multiple dishes and drinks (took me 45 minutes to get a single glass of wine). Would've been fine if it didn't happen multiple times with no apology or acknowledgement. If you're looking for one or two things, its likely fine, but wouldn't recommend for groups over 4.