El Machi Ida y Vuelta

Ai, the chef had an off-day we hope! The dishes we ordered were out and we could wait 20 minutes. That of course is no problem! we never mind waiting for freshly prepared food bring it on! A complimentary pâté of fishes was offered for the waiting. It came in two pans. We saw it immediately. Arroz de marisco with extremely overcooked clam,(3), Congolese (2) and shrimp (1). You know when you overcook fish? It smells off. But ok, maybe the rice was nice. We love paella, but this rice was half raw. Give it 5minutes more, add some stock and make it nice… not like this. Partner’s dish same failure. Broken spaghetti with some sausage sliced. Pâté, yes, arroz, no. It is quite exceptional to have a good menu with over 100 dishes on it. Give me 10 good . Tourist trap? Almost there

We were the only customers inside the restaurant, but the staff were more focused on playing with each other than paying attention to the customers. We ordered prawns and paella, and we can say that neither was average! The prawns were flavorless and the paella was salty and dry. This wasn't what we expected from a fresh seafood place. The paella was rice and very little seafood! It was a disappointment, and I don't recommend this restaurant.

This place was pretty good! It was pricier than normal, but we liked the appetizer and all the dishes we ordered. Four stars because of a surprise we got when two people ordered the same dish - I ordered the Arroz Negro and got a whole pan for myself, but two ordered the Paella Marinera and had the same sized pan with the same amount of food split between them...but we were charged for TWO orders!!

Very good restaurant. The food was very tasty and special and the service was very good. I had cod fish in ink and my wife took 3 kind of fish stew. We took only main course and both dishes were enough for dinner. The place recommendation for dessert was quite a disappointment so the waiters removed it from the bill. We enjoyed it very much.

The food tasted very good. Servers nice, took care of us all the time on timely manner. It is beside the street but it was not a problem.

Food is amazing! Had the marinero rice and recommend it very much. Everything we ate was good. Its on the pricier side but worth it

I know this family of restaurants from their locations in Madrid and after coming to Santander I wanted to give it a try and I’m glad I did. They offer great authentic Spanish seafood and other dishes with great ingredients from the region. It’s a little pricy but the quality is spot on. Don’t miss their cheesecake at the end!

After reading some of the reviews we decided to order rice and we were not disappointed, we had the arroz de mariscos caldoso/meloso, it was absolutely outstanding.......great restaurant, great food and great service.......I would drive here from Madrid just to eat this rice again!