HABANERA

Amazing ambient with lovely staff who even gave us some complimentary treats :) the pulpa/octopus had the desired softness and well rounded taste. Warning that the size of the appetisers can easily make it a main dish :)

Very small portions, which could be explained if the food was excellent or very high quality but didn't seem like it. Wont come back, spent 100€ and ate in less then 5min, that's how small the portions are.. The beef solomillo was excellent though and was truly delicious. Disappointed and won't come back, but the interior is truly beautiful

The food was fine. Everything else was an absolute mess. From the moment we sat down, the staff made it painfully clear they wanted us out as quickly as possible. The pressure was constant, subtle at first, then embarrassingly obvious. Our friends arrived twenty minutes later and were immediately hit with both their starter and main within minutes. That’s literally definition of a restaurant openly rushing people so they can flip a table. It was a birthday dinner, and before the candle was even blown out, the bill was already dropped on the table. No awareness, no respect, not even the basic decency you’d expect from a place pretending to be hospitable. And then there’s the bread. €25 for a single basket of bread. No warning. No explanation. Just quietly added to the bill with the confidence of a place that assumes you won't question it. When we did, we were told the price is fixed “no matter how much bread you eat.” Fascinating that this policy was never mentioned at any point prior, almost as if transparency was optional. The manager’s attempt to smooth things over with a free shot only highlighted the lack of competence. If anything, it underscored how little they understand about real service recovery. This restaurant operates with the attitude of a place that believes its guests won’t notice or won’t push back. Unfortunately for them, we did. And we won’t be returning. Do yourself a favor: choose literally anywhere else. At least then you’ll be treated like a guest, not an inconvenience

Very good place! Nice food! And thanks a lot to Adolfo Calle for the very good attendance!!!!

Nice and well-decorated ambience. We arrived 25 min before the reservation time & they seated us directly , Fast service, happy and helpful staff. Prices above average especially The salad ; the portion was too little for the price given 😊. Over all their shrimp tacos & sea bass were really Good ; Loved the flavor . for dessert we had creamy cheesecake

We celebrated New years Eve. Excellent service, great atmosphere. Love the music. Fixed menu $160 € approximately the food was not good at all for the occasion and the name, it's a cuban restaurant we were expecting traditional food, the fish was cold. overall, we had a good time

We had an overall okayish dinner slot on a Saturday on the terrace. On the positive side, the staff was very accommodating when we showed up with 9 people instead of 8 and quickly added a chair/ cutlery. However, we were dissatisfied with the service and food. The mains partially arrived together with the starters and especially the sides (with the salmon) were cold. The wine was warm but we got ice cubes after asking for it. Requests took very long to handle (but it was also a busy time), but the waiters could have been more friendly. We had to leave our table at 11pm even though there was no later reservation for it. Given the quality of the food, it seemed overpriced. The location itself is very nice though but I still wouldn’t visit again.

Nice place to have dinner with friends in a pleasant atmosphere. The place is spacious, nicely decorated and located in a premium area of Madrid. Dinner has an strict time window and afterwards the lower floor of the place becomes a club with rather loud music making it impossible to hold a conversation at the dinner table. The cocktails (mojitos) were good, but the food was rather average or somewhat overpriced considering the quantity and quantity. Definitely an area with some room for improvement considering the many alternatives in the vicinity.

My fiancé and I visited her friend in Madrid and she took us to the dope spot called Habanera. The food took a while to come out but it was worth it. Highly impressed of the quality of the food.

Upon researching this place, I saw it is on a list of "the most instagramable restaurants" and I would say that list would be correct! The vibe is so trendy and stylish! This is a perfect date night place, but they also had a lot of big tables for larger groups. What I ordered: I got "el ultimo mojito" to drink. It was good, but maybe not worth the price. To eat we ordered the eggplant with hummus and the truffle tortilla española. Both were absolutely delicious. The tortilla española was some of the best I've had here! The price was totally worth it for the quality! If I could do it all again- I probably wouldn't order a mojito again. It wasn't worth 10€ to me. This restaurant was so fun and everything is so well thought out! I would highly recommend it!

First night in Madrid and this was our first sit down meal. I love the ambiance of the restaurant. It was in the heart of Madrid, lots to see on the way there. Location , a plus! Food, as pictured, we shared everything. So about 7 plates for 6 people. Everything was really tasty. It had an Asian fusion flavor for what i do remember. The olives that came with the table were so delicious. Olives like that costs $5-$7 in America. So i was happy that it was free :). I wish i had more to say about each dish but i can't remember now that i am Home :(

Beautiful place! amazing atmosphere and friendly waiters. The food was some of the best I've ever had in Madrid and their brownie dessert was perfect. Definitely worth a visit

For me, this place is a mess. The food is just a mix of for instance jamón serrano, with aguacate and bread; and other options equally uninspiring. No serious plan but instead a gross accumulation of basic simple-taste standards without neither elaboration nor concept. Definitively no research or use of the complex Caribbean cuisine whatsoever. The space is an unpleasant basement in a congested corner of the city. It feels like being in an underground parking. But the worse is a dated and sketchy decoration that in their website, with no embarrassment, claims to be "colonial". To the owners: please be aware how offensive this is. To the rest, it seems to me to have ended up being a pastiche of what disinformed minds who never had interest about Cuban culture and history think Cuba is about. This decoration is so wrong (with a mixture of Thai basket work and China-made plastic plants), that it makes Edward Said wake up from his grave. Ultimately. Failure place, that shows the damage thematization does in the hands of ignorance. I would try to avoid this one. Specially in a city with some of the best restaurants on earth.

Delicious!!! Food was great. I would definitely recommend it while in Madrid. Great food, great price!

Hott, Happenin' Place Food was good, not cheap, extremely trendy Was not a fan of the Salmorejo but Tuna Belly Salad was delicious. Everything else was at least decent as well. Come here for the vibe, trendiness and people.

Great cuban dishes restaurant. Fantastic decoration. Great service. Amazing live cuban band

I agree with the comments below that this place is not tourist friendly ! Bad services and eon't offer their full menu before 2pm on Saturday and Sunday even though its not written anywhere on their menu... weird !

1 night in Spain And Habanera was definitely our first choice! What a beautiful restaurant, with a sweet band and great food. But let me tell you the service was horrible !!!!!!!!! Sala

Amazing!!! The atmosphere, decor, wait staff, food and drinks were incredible. Top notch service and food. Try the shrimp tacos and the wok!! Great pricing for amazing quality food. Dress up and make a night out of it as this place is open until 2:30 AM and has delicious cocktails!

Contemporary style restaurant in Madrid. Ambianc was nice, dinner menu was good. Fresh tomato appetiser was really nice. I had the squid, very tasty but couldn't finish as the sauce was very rich.

Service was humiliating and distasteful here, and made us conclude they don't want Americans to eat there. Although the beautiful downstairs was completely empty at 8 p.m., they seemed very reluctant to offer us a table, finally seating us upstairs at the casual ba but around a corner where no one could see us. Then they gave us a brunch menu and no wine list. To top it off, the waiter told us to go find him when we wanted to order. Needless to say, we did not stay. Easily our worst dining experience in two weeks of travel throuout Spain.