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Reviews - El Barril de las Letras

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9/10

Excellent
2904 reviews
Ambience
9.0
Food
9.0
Service
8.8
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  • Lesley H.1 days ago

    10

    Ari our server was wonderful she recommended the full grilled sea bass it was amazing

  • Nicolo M.4 days ago

    9.5

    Cozy restaurant with delicious food and friendly service. Good value for money, definitely recommended!

  • Sherry G.3 days ago

    9.0

    The service was excellent and restaurant was beautiful. The server was extremely helpful. The prawns were a little mushy in texture. My hake was unfortunately overcooked in my opinion. Overall the experience was delightful but the food a bit overpriced for what it was.

  • Johnny H.6 days ago

    10

    Very welcome, delicious food and Wine, Cousy atmosphere

  • Anne B.10 days ago

    10

    We visited twice once for lunch, and once for dinner. The food was excellent, fresh, flavoursome and delicious, the service was charming, helpful and the recommendations also wise and most welcome. We thoroughly enjoyed the ambience, friendly, relaxed and without any rush. Thank you

  • Todd S.1 month ago

    9.0

    This is a polished neighborhood restaurant that pulls in tourists from nearby hotels. Very high quality food with efficient (but not effusive) service and two distinct rooms—the more elegant dining room and the more “energetic” bar area. I eat here at least once on every trip to Madrid and recommend it. And btw, and incredible value .

  • Michael S.2 months ago

    10

    Delicious food, impeccable service. 10/10

  • Lendon J.2 months ago

    10

    El Barril never disappoints Food amazing Cesar gave great food and wine recommendations All the staff were attentive Can’t wait to return

  • Wilfredo R.3 months ago

    8.0

    Good location, great service.

  • Ivica P.3 months ago

    5.5

    Bad service

  • Mauricio H.3 months ago

    4.5

    We ordered three dover soles. 20 minutes later, they told us they only had two left, so we ordered another fish. 10 minutes later, they told us they could only serve one! On the other hand, the waiter was not attentive of our table and yawned all the time. Finaly, when they brought us the check, they asked us if we were not going to leave more tip!!!

  • Camille K.4 months ago

    10

    The food was delicious, service was professional, and ambiance was delightful.

  • Catherine F.4 months ago

    6.0

    Although there were few diners, service was slow. The salad was dripping with olive oil and inedible (when we finally had it cleared and said it was too oily not only did the waiter not care, the salad remained on the bill). The fish was well-prepared. A disappointing last dinner in Madrid.

  • Regina S.3 months ago

    9.0

    the quality of the seafood was unsurpassable. the service excellent, we will defiinitely be back!

  • Joel O.4 months ago

    8.5

    Food and service were really good.

  • Michael R.4 months ago

    10

    Fresh delicious seafood. Great service.

  • juan de Dios H.4 months ago

    10

    Amazing service and the food with high quality with a great value…

  • Deborah L.4 months ago

    10

    Great value per money. great service

  • Mario G.4 months ago

    10

    +1

    Excellent

  • Libby C.4 months ago

    10

    The best lobster rice and Fidea noodles I’ve ever had. Service from GOJO and the manager Caser were extraordinarily and so friendly - we had such a wonderful night there! Thank you so much!

  • Max B.
    Max B.5 months ago

    10

    loved how it was a relaxing sit down reataurant with plenty of seafood choices and wine selection. service was great and attentative and overall relaxing and positive experience

  • Susan Y.5 months ago

    10

    A wonderful experience. Food and service were excellent. The chef’s special, neck of hake was absolutely delicious.

  • Eva V.5 months ago

    10

    Everything was great.

  • Mary-Ann O.5 months ago

    10

    +1

    We heard about this place from a friend. We were received at the door by Horacio. He quickly prepared a table and seated us. We wanted many of their offerings but he helped us narrow them down. We ended up with a Ensalada Verduras, a plate of grilled razor clams, and a whole turbot with potatoes and roasted red peppers. We complimented the meal with an Albariño. The food came efficiently but not hurried at all. The atmosphere was relaxed but not slow. staff were friendly and gracious. Unfortunately, we did not have room for dessert. Next time!

  • Roberto R.6 months ago

    9.5

    Bit noisy but excellent service and food quality

  • Mitchell S.
    Mitchell S.6 months ago

    5.5

    The wait staff ignored us. When they finally took our order, the food began to arrive but I had to remind the staff that we had ordered wine. The grilled octopus and a chick pea soup appetizer was delicious. The rolls were stale and the rice with seafood was over salted and the seafood was hard to find. Our hotel concierge made the recommendation and I suspect she gets a kickball.

  • bobby g.6 months ago

    10

    I come to this restaurant at least o ce ir twice every time I visit Madrid. I love the food and the warmth of the staff

  • Kim G.7 months ago

    10

    Great food and excellent service.

  • Francis F.7 months ago

    9.5

    Friends

  • Ingrid C.7 months ago

    10

    Excellent, attentive service and delicious food in a comfortable, easygoing ambiance.

  • Andreea S.7 months ago

    6.5

    The food was good. The service changed for the worse since last year. We had a table of 10. No one received their dishes, they were randomly placed on the table, so we had to get them ourselves. Very poor waiter memory and order management. Also, 3 of us received dishes that were not ordered by our table, the waiter trying to convince us to take the wrong dishes. For one of us the third attempt was successful, after the waiter tried to convince him by bringing again the menu that he ordered something else. Very rude and unprofessional staff! Also, we had the inspiration to check the bill, thus discovering that it reflected the dishes that were not ours, but brought at our table and refused as we did not order them. The waiter was even annoyed that we told him he overcharged us, but he corrected it without much fuss. Nevertheless, there were no apologies from them, after all the mix-up throughout the dinner. Once a wonderful place, our expectations were not met this time!

  • Joy H.7 months ago

    10

    Great atmosphere! Friendly staff, bread & olive starter, Yum! My only complaint is we had too much food!! Oh, the cheesecake, to die for!

  • Stefan W.8 months ago

    5.0

    The owner was very unfriendly and didn't know something about his own menu. The food in general wasn't good prepared.

  • NATALIA S.9 months ago

    10

    +1

    Amazing food, and service. Went for lunch with my husband and 12 year old son; we shared oysters, shrimp (gambas blancas) and a nice seafood rice. The place is really nice and relaxed and, though somewhat expensive, they have fair prices for the amazing food and sercice!

  • sam j.9 months ago

    9.5

    The wait staff were great. Spoke enough English and have English menus to help us get what we wanted. Oysters and Paella for dinner with a white wine from acacia barrel. Definitely worth a visit. Really friendly people with a great price.

  • James R.9 months ago

    10

    The food was delicious and presentation was perfect. The monkfish and Hake was very nice

  • Victor D.11 months ago

    5.0

    We just finished an 18-day trip through Southern Spain, Madrid and Portugal, and although this restaurant came recommended by our Madrid hotel, it was EASILY the WORST dining experience that we had on the entire trip (and we ate at a wide variety of restaurants -from expensive and gourmet quality -to- street food and neighborhood cafes ) The service was literally NON-EXISTENT ??? Seated us and then proceeded to IGNORE us for our entire visit, we were "served" by at least 5 different staff members ( not even waiters some of them ) and finally had to ask to pay, so we could leave..... Restaurant design and interior are very nice, food was good - acceptable BUT not better than average and above average in price. We would NEVER return to this restaurant, and would NEVER RECOMMEND to anyone During our trip, we were very please with at least 14 or 15 of our 18 dinners ( see our other Reviews ) but NOT this restaurant, SORRY

  • Joe C.10 months ago

    10

    One of the best restaurants we went to while in Madrid. I have had monkfish in many places in many countries. Never like this. Delicious. Good wine list. I’ve already recommended the restaurant to a number of friends. And while it certainly wasn’t inexpensive… I wouldn’t expect it to be… The prices were extremely fair for what you get.

  • TJ H.11 months ago

    8.0

    Great food, would’ve liked to see a bit more variety all in all a great restaurant.

  • Maria P.11 months ago

    9.0

    Really good food, service could be better.

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