Casa Ciriaco

This over 100 year restaurant was a great choice for lunch while recolouring Madrid’s Calle Major (Main Street). The bar area is a casual drinking and dining area while the rear section serves for more formal dining. Service staff were friendly and helpful even though we only managed a few Spanish words. Highly recommended is their award winning Callos Madrilano, an unctuous stew with beef, tripe and chorizo sausage. Get some bread to mop up all the delicious stew. The Empanadilla is available in many tapas bars but not many have the Rabo de Toro (Oxtail Empanadilla). Don’t miss this and be sure to add the beef gravy when eating the empanada. The ubiquitous Madrid favourite Ensaladila Rusa (Russian Salad) helps provide a light balance to the rich food. The Jamon Croquettes and the Fried Bacalao were both good. Both the Cheesecake and the Vanilla and Strawberry ice cream were spot on and a perfect ending to the meal here. Do order the Vermut here which is served from the tap. Be warned that it packs a real punch and you should stop at two unless you’re heading back to the hotel for a siesta after the meal.

This restaurant with tapas option is a great & authentic choice for food near the palace. We had two dishes and wine. The gallina sauce is what everyone says it is… simply amazing. I wish I could take it home. They have a house wine made for them. It’s devine.

This restaurant is well maintained and the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable, the staff answered all my questions I had about the food. The restaurant has a very good atmosphere as well. The restaurant has part of its restaurant air conditioned and the air temperature was decent. The food was ok and needs some improvement on the quality and flavors. They also have a good selection for beverages as well, overall this restaurant was ok for me.

I drop by to try something on the menu. The ambiance of the restaurant is quite and calm. There was only 1table who’s eating dessert. I decided to try to meatballs, since the waiter recommended it. I am not satisfied. The sauce is like water. It has no flavor at all. The meat is dry like its been reheated many times. But the waiter is nice.

Dropped in because it was suggested by a tour guide. They had just conveniently opened right after my morning tour of the royal palace finished. I walked over and got myself a table overlooking the main street where I watched people come and go. The main dining hall doesn’t open until 1pm so you have to settle for the front area that’s basically a bar. I found myself having a beer at 11am most days. It seemed like the right drink to start the day off. I got a couple items that were both potato based. They like to mix their eggs with potatoes. I’m with it. What I had was just enough to tied me over until my scheduled dinner. I kinda wish I was able to try their proper menu since the only stuff available was the tapas items which was limited. A family I had seen during my tour came in to try to eat, but left after they found out they had to wait another 30 minutes to be able to sit down inside.

Apparently a famous place with some celebrities having eaten here, but I'm not sure why. Food was ok, I wouldn't go back to eat again. Service... Not sure if it's just me being ignorant to Spanish culture but when barman started serving other people in the middle of taking my order and then doing other things I thought.. Hmm, that'll be 3 stars or less depending how it goes after hehe. It feels a little like they all have adhd 😁 now I'm starting to think that maybe I should give it a 5 star for the true Spanish experiences..??

SO Good!!! Recommended us to by a local and it did not disappoint. So tasty and fresh and authentic. We had to try the calamari roll - a Madrid specialty- and so good - as was the oxtail empanadas (with a little side shot of gravy). We will be back.

It seems to enter in a time capsule. All is well proposed, the food is great and the tapas at the bar are really good. I felt the traditional spanish hospitality and mood and ai would suggest this place to everybody.

Dropped in because it was suggested by a tour guide. They had just conveniently opened right after my morning tour of the royal palace finished. I walked over and got myself a table overlooking the main street where I watched people come and go. The main dining hall doesn't open until 1pm so you have to settle for the front area that's basically a bar. I found myself having a beer at 11am most days. It seemed like the right drink to start the day off. I got a couple items that were both potato based. They like to mix their eggs with potatoes. I'm with it. What I had was just enough to tied me over until my scheduled dinner. I kinda wish I was able to try their proper menu since the only stuff available was the tapas items which was limited. A family I had seen during my tour came in to try to eat, but left after they found out they had to wait another 30 minutes to be able to sit down inside.

Incredible character in this XIX century historical restaurant. It serves traditional Madrid cuisine. It is famous for its cocido, and it's callos, gallina en pepitoria. The service bings you to a time of elegant professional waiters, that knew their job well. If you have respect and love for this city, this place will help you understand what cultures it is built on. Don't miss this one.

This one of the best authentic Madrid cuisine I ever experienced! This place has been opened since 1887, really, no kidding. You need to experience this place for once in your life visit to Madrid.

Beware, this restaurant is not customer friendly, we had the worst meal tonight. We waited to be seated because of a large group gathering. Once seated, the waiter rushed us to order our food and would not wait for us to take the time to look at the menu. Both meals were poorly prepared and not good. I posted my concerns on google and the manager approached us and said the posting was a lie. Said we were drunk and could tell good food. He followed us out yelling about our posting. Don't waste your money here.

Yum! While on holiday in Madrid my family and I came here for dinner on our last night. It was completely empty when we got there and stayed that way the whole night, except for one other American family that showed up halfway through our meal. They brought us complimentary bread and some sort of potato salad to start. The bread was crusty on the outside and fluffy on the inside - qualities of a good bread. The potato salad thing was good, even though I don't like mayonnaise. For a starter, we got langoustines (like shrimp but better) and they were so tender and fresh. For our entree we got steak frites and roast chicken to share between the three of us. The steak was cooked perfectly so it was so juicy and seasoned perfectly and the fries were crisp and mealy. The chicken was so moist and flavorful. For dessert we got vanilla ice cream and cheesecake with a berry topping. The cheesecake tasted great but had a weird texture - maybe we were just too used to New York style cheesecake. The best part of our experience was our waiter. He was so friendly and sweet and gave us a little postcard with the history of the building that the restaurant was in.