Taberna del Colono

Robert P. • 4 reviews

December 13, 2024

10/10

Very cosy with lots of of character place. The food is brilliant I like the food.

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Lewis T. • 1 review

July 24, 2024

2/10

Food was dire, clearly reheated - don’t understand any of the reviews here. it was incredibly hot inside and not very busy. The chorizo in white wine was like pepperoni in water and the calamari was like eating a car tyre.

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Pepijn S. • 2 reviews

July 9, 2024

8.5/10

Very good, classic cuisine from Madrid, excellent meat, although the chef was quite heavy-handed on the salt.

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João M. • 16 reviews

June 11, 2024

9.5/10

Overall, this a common tapas restaurant. The food was tasty and the portions were also good for two. Definitely try the calamari, they were delicious. The employees were nice bit sometimes it was hard to for them to come to the table when called. However, it was a positive experience!

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Jean C. • 1 review

May 3, 2024

10/10

Excellent local cuisine, nice presentation

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Dawn A. • 9 reviews

March 27, 2024

9/10

Fantastic traditional bar with great selection of food. I’d recommend the Raciones de la taverna. Larger than tapas dishes, each option served 3 of us. We opted for 5 dishes but would have managed with 4.

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Francesco G. • 1 review

March 26, 2024

10/10

Very cozy environment and soothing music. The food is amazing, in particular the meat and the cheesecake they make. We will go there again!

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Cristina L. • 2 reviews

November 29, 2023

9.5/10

Very nice place with real food (not microwaves or god knows what…). It’s simple but tasty. It’s not a fancy place but you will eat well:) I recommend it and will go back.

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Cecilia M. • 1 review

November 23, 2023

10/10

Really nice! Went to some drinks and tapas with my friends and everything was great

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Alasdair M. • 1 review

July 9, 2023

10/10

Excellent food and service.

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Clare W. • 1 review

March 11, 2023

10/10

Was such a great experience. Food was fantastic and so reasonable. Staff were really friendly. We were a group on 14 and everyone enjoyed the night so much. Couldn’t recommend it more

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Gilbert C. • 40 reviews

September 20, 2022

8.5/10

Very good atmosphere, the waiter was really helpful and happy to suggest us.

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Michael P. • 3 reviews

August 29, 2022

10/10

We really wanted some authentic Spanish food and we stumbled upon this lovely place. This has to be one of the best meals we had in Madrid. The food was simple yet extremely tasty–and aren’t all the best meals made this way? If you ever find yourself in Madrid, I highly recommend Taberna del Colono. Our host was very patient (since we spoke little Spanish) and really looked after us. Every dish we ordered–from the tapas to the main courses to the dessert–was excellent ❤️

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Leonor A. • 4 reviews

August 4, 2022

6.5/10

The food was good but not great, the ambience was really nice

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Conner M. • 6 reviews

May 27, 2022

9/10

The food was fantastic, and it was a lovely place. My only negative is that it had a very limited amount of drink options.

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David P. • 5 reviews

April 12, 2022

10/10

Great place, great service, great food, highly recommended!! The owner also gave us advise to go for a drinks afterwards, we had a great night out, the area is also worthy!

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Aleksandra M. • 6 reviews

October 17, 2021

2/10

Inedible food, dirty, poor service. Wine is ok. Had positive expectations based on the reviews, but it was the worst restaurant experience I've had in years, and definitely the worst in Madrid. The place was completely empty when we entered and the plate of my companion was dirty underneath. We thought of leaving but decided to give it a chance as the reviews were so good. The server recommended octopus. It arrived within a minute and was obviously reheated, served on cold slices of potatoes, oily, no taste, and very overcooked. Nothing about it was fresh- I've had excellent octopus many times in Madrid (shout-out to Taberna Mas Al Sur and Pulperia Victoria), and that was not it. We tried to eat it but after 2 perfunctory bites each, we couldn't. It was literally inedible. The server just shrugged- no apology, no offer to make it better in any way. At c€17 that we had to pay for the dish, I'd expect to at least be able to eat it. I rarely leave bad reviews, I'm happy with most restaurants, I don't expect Michelin-level cooking from a local taberna. But this was beyond bad- from food, to cleanliness level, to service. The wine was ok.

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Gaia g. • 11 reviews

September 21, 2021

8.5/10

It’s a typical restaurant in a central area, the atmosphere is very nice inside. The food is good, I’m not Spanish so I can’t give an objective rating, but I think the picañha was superb! On the other side I have to say that in general the food is full of spices (I think it’s typical of their cuisine) so be careful if you don’t like strong flavours!

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Laura R. • 10 reviews

July 17, 2021

10/10

Ok

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Jaime L. • 2 reviews

July 5, 2019

2.5/10

Very bad, food was clearly reheated and the picanha came cold, when shown to the manager he confronted us. Aweful atitude, do not recomend despite some positive coments here...

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