Sally M.
Yelp
This review is for the attached restaurant. This place is not a tourist trap. Nothing is in English, and it gets full. Luckily I speak Spanish so I was eager to try out the menu of the day. You choose from a generous selection one course of a starter, a main, and a dessert plus a bottle of wine for 10,25€ per person.
I had the caldo Gallego which is a chicken broth based soup with greens and deliciously nasty bits of chicken hearts, pig ears, and greens. My main was ternero asado which is like roast beef with gravy and potatoes. Flan for dessert. Everything was homemade and delicious!
I went back again the next day because the choices vary daily and it was near my hotel and got the mushroom lasagna starter and the mero (grouper) in tomato sauce. Flan again for dessert. The house wine was drinkable and just fine and they give you bread as well.
Service was gruff one day and more pleasant the next day but I loved it. Directly across from the Prado Museum. An affordable gem among many expensive or touristy places. Great place for a meal before the museums or to walk off in the nearby Plaza del Retiro. You'll be stuffed but not broke!