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The service at Los Galayos is rated 9/10 by TheFork users.

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The quality of the food at Los Galayos is rated 8.8/10 by TheFork users.

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The waiting time at Los Galayos is rated 8.1/10 by TheFork users.

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The atmosphere at Los Galayos is rated 9/10 by TheFork users.

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Reviews - Los Galayos

Name: Los Galayos
Address: Calle de Botoneras, 5, Madrid, 28012, Spain
Price range: €40 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 8.9

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8.9
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Fabulous

1794 reviews

Ambience

9.0

Food

8.8

Service

9.0

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Denise H. • 1 review
June 22, 2025
10/10
It was a lovely restaurant with an excellent atmosphere. The waiter was extremely attentive. The food was excellent. I wish they had more chicken options - but what I was able to order (I don't eat beef or pork) was fantastic. I went out with friends, and they also raved about their meals. At the end, the waiter brought us out a small, complimentary bottle of some kind of excellent tasting apricot liqueur. This was the best place we ate in Madrid. Highly recommend. **Note there are 2 restaurants located close to each other. There is an open-air on in Plaza Mayor. The one we went was just around the corner with an indoor dining area (we chose indoor so we could be in the air conditioning because of the Madrid heat). You can go to the one in Plaza Mayor, and they will show you were the other one is located if you can't find it.
Elizabeth W. • 1 review
June 20, 2025
9/10
Excellent service! Pleased with the on the house touch of homemade grappa the end of our meal. Delicious!
Marcela R. • 4 reviews
June 19, 2025
10/10
The food is awesome (la paella!) The Service great
Jeff R. • 2 reviews
June 15, 2025
10/10
The friendliness of the staff, the location, and the lovely food made our visit special
Anzhelika R. • 2 reviews
June 8, 2025
9/10
black paella was great
Nikolay T. • 2 reviews
May 28, 2025
4/10
We visited the restaurant hoping for a pleasant experience, but unfortunately, it felt like we were expected to leave before we had even sat down. The service was rushed, giving the impression that our presence was more of an inconvenience than a welcome. The waiter did try to make himself understood, but communication was difficult and added to the overall discomfort. The food was average at best and did not make up for the lack of hospitality. We would not return.
Edna M. • 1 review
May 23, 2025
10/10
Food and service were excellent; will come back!!!!
Douglas C. • 1 review
April 16, 2025
10/10
Have been eating in this wonderful restaurant since 2006. The food is excellent, and the staff are great. Can’t recommend highly enough. 5*
Maria Pamela M. • 1 review
April 20, 2025
10/10
We enjoyed the food our family ordered for Easter Sunday Lunch. The staff was attentive and service was excellent. All the food we ordered were really good.
Denise Ann Marie M. • 5 reviews
April 16, 2025
10/10
Excellent ambience, beautiful old building, great attentive service and an amazing choice from the menu. Possibly one of the nicest restaurant meals I've ever had!
Elisa E. • 1 review
April 19, 2025
10/10
The food was spectacular and wonderful service 😀
SUSAN W. • 2 reviews
April 8, 2025
9.5/10
Beautiful night dining on the Plaza Mayor, delicious food & friendly wait staff.
Lloyd P. • 1 review
March 19, 2025
9/10
Great place
Maria D. • 2 reviews
March 16, 2025
6/10
Nothing special .....
Jessica B. • 2 reviews
March 14, 2025
10/10
fabulous restaurant, wonderful ambiance and great Spanish dishes.
Lynne B. • 10 reviews
March 10, 2025
9/10
Very interesting selections . We loved the slow cooked suckling pig!! Friendly staff and beautiful old Madrid traditional restaurant.
Gerardo S. • 1 review
March 10, 2025
10/10
Excellent food. Great Service .
Stanley N. • 1 review
January 29, 2025
6/10
The service was marginal. Wait staff did not show much hospitality or interest towards customer. The suckling pig was just ok.
Sharon K. • 1 review
January 10, 2025
5.5/10
The roasted lamb had little flavor. It was very disappointing.
Jennifer H. • 2 reviews
January 2, 2025
7.5/10
cool ambiance but didnt feel welcomed by initial waiter. our appetizer was never entered, delivered, or acknowledged
Alyssa Pan G. • 1 review
January 1, 2025
10/10
+1
It is difficult for our family to find a place and celebrate the new year day. We have to come earlier at 6:15. The food is delicious and the service is good. We had a good time there
John M. • 1 review
December 28, 2024
9.5/10
Wonderful atmosphere and classic restaurant feel. Food was well presented.
Oscar M. • 1 review
December 23, 2024
8.5/10
Ambience and most of plates were good. Only the solomillo was mehh.
Jessryl James L. • 1 review
November 21, 2024
10/10
Food
Enrique R. • 13 reviews
November 8, 2024
8/10
nice restaurant, good food and service. our area was quite noisy because of 2 big groups and difficult to talk to each other
Mary G. • 2 reviews
November 2, 2024
9.5/10
We loved everything we ordered- the red wine, pasta, asparagus, hake and lamb!
Wendy W. • 3 reviews
October 29, 2024
10/10
Excellent tasty food with great presentation! All dishes came out better than we had expected - even the free small cookies at the end of the dinner was better than the ones we just bought from a well-known bakery. Price was also very fair for the quality of the food. Overall, we couldn't be any happier. Too bad that we found out about this restaurant on our last day at Madrid.
Panagiotis A. • 2 reviews
October 3, 2024
9.5/10
best choice for touristic area
Margaret L. • 1 review
October 2, 2024
6/10
Food disappointing although the veal was very good. Service not particularly friendly.
Ketil Sjur E. • 1 review
September 26, 2024
9.5/10
The best trad restaurant close to Placa Major, maybe some of the best ones in Madrid. Visited in Sept2024. Recommended by Norwegian foodies!
Jim H. • 1 review
September 23, 2024
10/10
the food was very good and not overly priced like some of the other places. Service was nice and I'll definitely consider coming back again.
Lindsay B. • 1 review
September 14, 2024
10/10
Fabulous food. We had baby squid with peppers and eggs as a shared starter followed by suckling pig. Lovely.
Radu F. • 21 reviews
September 10, 2024
9/10
Very good service! Good food!
Roland H. • 1 review
August 31, 2024
10/10
The food was incredible, the servers were friendly and helpful, gave great recommendations and explained everything. And we loved the classic charm, you really know that you are in a historic space full of old world style and charm.
David L. • 1 review
August 16, 2024
10/10
Fantastic paella
Ismail H. • 2 reviews
August 8, 2024
8/10
I ordered the suckling pig, the skin was soggy, I had this dish on many locations and the skin it is always crispy. In other words not was I was expecting.
Tan A. • 2 reviews
August 3, 2024
6/10
Lovely restaurant and the food was good, however the service was mediocre. No smiles from any of the waiters, very blank faces and we felt they did the bare minimum.
Varvara A. • 4 reviews
July 27, 2024
7/10
Good food (not exveptional) and nice place but service below average...
DONNA M. • 1 review
July 26, 2024
7/10
Paella was good, not excellent. Service was not wonderful, servers spoke very little English and we spoke no Spanish. We ordered a Pinot Noir, not what we got....the bottle said pinot noir but it was sweet like a dessert wine. The sausage appetizer was good and the after dinner drink they serve complimentary was good. Just average to me.
Pei-Hung H. • 1 review
July 13, 2024
10/10
Very welcoming servers. Generous complimentary shot.