La Bien Aparecida

One of the best meals I have had this year. The tasting menu was fabulous. 7 courses of exquisite food, every dish unique and tasty.

Super high quality Spanish food in one of the nicest streets of Salamanca. Both à la carte and set menu.

Our favorite meal in Madrid! We got the tasting menu with the wine pairing and it was spectacular and quite filling. The appetizers were so creative and the dessert was absolutely delicious. The wine pairing was the best wine pairing I've ever had. It was so thoughtful and complimented each course well. All the wines were also very high quality and afterwards they emailed us the wine list which was so nice. Very good service overall too. They were also able to accommodate my husband's allergy to peanuts and tree nuts. 10/10 would recommend coming here!

A sophisticated restaurant offering an imaginative way of preparing and presenting traditional Spanish cuisine. The cold Tomato Soup & the foie gras were excellent. The Solomillo and the Veal Carretillas were superb. Make sure you don’t miss the Vasca Cheesecake. The waitstaff was helpful and friendly. Highly recommended!

We ate inside on a Friday evening. The food and ambience are wonderful. I particularly recommend the Russian Salad. The service could be improved. On arrival our first greeting was “we need the table back by 9:45” and that set the tone for the rest of the meal. Ordinarily we appreciate prompt service, but this was different levels with plates being taken away while you were finishing your last mouthful. Some staff members were friendly, others a little terse I recommend going for the food but hope you have a better service experience than we did

Amazing food and service. We sat on the terrace and had a lovely couple of hours. Bien Aparecida is a very special place. Our second visit and we'll be back the next time we are in Madrid.

We were so surprised to find the food was so awful. Can’t believe it’s fine dining. We had chicken paella and beef tripe stew. They were both very salty and creamy. Can’t even finish half of it. The bread was very very dry and the desert brownie was dry and plain as well. I even chocked when having it. The atmosphere was good but the waiters and waitresses were not very professional- they can be more elegant and friendly rather than talking to each other and not answering our requests and questions. This was supposed to be fine dining but every penny we paid was not worth it. Surprisingly the worst dining experience in Madrid. Sorry for writing such an honest review, but we just don’t want anyone else to spend so much yet end up with a bad experience.

It was a dinner with a tasting menu: appetizers, two soups, fish, meat, and dessert, with a wine pairing for each course. There was really a lot of food, so if you are planning to come for the tasting menu as well, it’s better to arrive very hungry! Overall, everything was at the highest level. The service was excellent — the waiters were extremely friendly. The only thing is that few of the waiters spoke English, and it would have been nice to have an explanation of each dish in English.

We were very impressed! We did not have reservations and managed to sit in the bar area. Everything was lovely. We had the steak tartare , duck foie gras , hake with lobster tail and stewed chicken with rice. More than enough food for the 4 of us. Service was impeccable, the ambience was lovely and the food was amazing. Highly recommend !!

The staff and overall ambiance at La Bien Aparecida is so lovely! We tried the tasting menu which came with 7 courses and left us absolutely stuffed. There were some hits and misses but the highlights were the steak tartare, eggplant, and cheesecake dishes. Some of the fish dishes were too salty for our taste and we relied heavily on bread to get us through those courses. If I were to come again, I'd recommend just ordering the items that interest you off of the menu vs. going with the tasting menu.

The food was incredible. Truly. We got the tasting, and everything minus the monkfish and the duck (have to keep it real) were delicious and the presentation was beautiful. The big, obvious, and sad downside to this restaurant is the service. It was just bad. Our 7 course tasting was done in a little over an hour (very rushed), we had to pour our own wine the entire night (this is a nice restaurant), and the servers barely told us what we were eating. To be completely transparent, I think it was bc we spoke English. In sum: great food, but service was so bad I wouldn't go again. Bill was 200 Euro for 2 ppl (80 Euro per person + 40 Euro bottle of wine). I think we can have a better experience elsewhere in Madrid. #NoFoodMistakes

Stumbled upon this spot while exploring Madrid on a very empty stomach. Great food! What We Ordered: + Croquetas cremosas de huevo cocido y lacón, 5/5 + La "Purrusalda" (láminas de pasta fresca, crema fina de bacalao, velouté suave de ajo), 5/5 (AMAZING!!) + some gnocchi and meatball dish, 4/5 Our server at the bar table was great, explained all the dishes to us. The "purrusalda" is like a piece of stuffed pasta in a light broth, heavenly! Worth trying and revisiting!

Fabulous restaurant! Gorgeous atmosphere! Amazing innovative food and wonderful service!! Highly recommend.

Overpriced food taste is good but enough from my perspective they are attentive but I feel the anxiety of the people serving the wagyu beef is too sticky the croquettes are good a little bit salty but good, the price vs food need to be fixed I think the restaurant need to improve in a good way. I like the people very caring but they need more effort.

overall food was decent. i'd give it just 3.5 if half stars were an option but since there aren't many reviews i'll go with 4. bread basket had several selections. we got the calamari to start which was just ok. too chewy for my liking. the hake with peas was nice, almost in a pea soup as opposed to a side. we got the french toast for dessert which was fine, not quite french toast, almost like a custard/creme brûlée type consistency. i do have to say we did not have a reservation and we're basically sat outside right in front of the cars despite the fact that people with reservations pretty much no-showed and there were plenty of tables in the enclosed seated area next to the street... front of house could learn from that

Great food artistically served. Lovely outdoor area. Be sure to try the croquettes. They do have English menus as well.