Restaurante Iván Cerdeño-Cigarral del Ángel

This was an amazing meal, rivaling three Michelin star dinners we have had. Each course was not only beautiful, but uniquely delicious. The setting is an amazing garden, and the views in every direction from the dining room are stunning. We hope to be able to return.

The food here was absolutely stunning. Somehow rivalled by the excellent location in a beautiful old building. A restaurant well worthy of 2 Michelin stars. The food showed impeccable technique and was creative. The wines unexpected and sommelier was knowledgeable and he adapted the wines to guest tastes. Will be returning.

What can I say? We ate the most beautiful food we ever saw. We drank (a bit to much) very interesting wines. Staff was excellent. We had a great time. We choose the large tasting menu with in total about 20 small modern dishes all based on classic Spanish cuisine. The wine pairing consisted of 12 glasses. What I found really interesting is that in the wine pairing there were a few sherry's and also some older vintages. I tasted quite a few wines I never had before so I learned a lot. All this comes at a price. However, it was well worth it.

I had a wonderful meal here with a large group of friends. The food was consistently excellent throughout the meal, never boring, and with a mix of more classically prepared food (the last savory dish was an impeccably prepared pigeon with tater tots, also a sort of mushroom "stew" was a crowd favorite) and creative dishes (my favorite was a cauliflower "cheesecake" that was presented at around the middle of the menu, but there were also many creative small dishes at the start of the meal that hit the mark, some of which were playful takes on classic Spanish cuisine). The sommelier suggested very nice wines from nearby vineyards. The service was excellent (we were a large group of loud Americans, and the service team was professional and friendly) , and the front of the house was very accommodating when we wanted to make changes to our reservation just days before the meal. We ate during the lunch hour, and given how beautiful the landscape is, I would recommend this as opposed to dinner. The grounds are beautiful and it was nice to spend some time walking around before and after the meal. We chose the Monte y Ribera menu at lunch time, but during the week they also have a smaller lunch menu as an option. It is worth the train ride from Madrid to have a meal here and do some walking around the old town of Toledo.

Great experience. The food is very good and devinitively keeps up with the spectacular view of Toledo. The Cheese, Spices and Saffron dessert was certainly one of the best I have ever had. The service is very harmonious and took good care of me as a single unaccompanied guest. Thank you very much!

It was our first time in Toledo and this restaurant made it special. It has minimalist and elegant decor, located in such a beautiful garden. The place was already an appetizer before we even started eating! The staff are attentive and are knowledgeable about the food and drinks being served. Their smiles demonstrated enthusiasm. The food was extraordinarily tasty. I want to emphasize the great focus on texture and variety - which made every dish enjoyable. My personal favorite was the pigeon meat which was cooked perfectly. The wines served were all one-of-kind especially the one made for the restaurant, and the one from Andalucia. Everything comes together and brought us to a wonderful experience in Toledo. And they catered for my friend who is lactose intolerant - despite our failure to inform them in advance.

Really great. Deserves it's stars. Food was spectacular and the service was delightful. We did find that even the 15 course menu was a bit too much. Will definitely be back, but will go for the 12 course next time!

[After giving it some thought, I have modified my original scoring. While food and table service are indeed outstanding, we would not return to Iván Cerdeno nor recommend the place to a personal friend, so it would be quite inconsistent to award it a 5 score with google. It's simply questionable hospitality to put guests who booked the biggest menus weeks ago at the worst table of the whole restaurant, while the good ones went to locals who only appeared for a very limited amount of time and consumed little, i.e., mostly these tables were kept empty for their comfort. I will not spend again more than 400 EUR with an elevator view, sorry.] I recommend any locals to choose among the many gourmet options in Madrid.] My original five stars referred to cooking (in our opinion, deserves more than one Michelin star; except for one course, everything was totally outstanding, the one course was excellent, but fell short of outstanding) and to service (very friendly and efficient). I would wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant to any foodie. That being said, I do NOT recommend it for any special date. We booked weeks ago, specifying in the reservation that we will go for the full menu, and they still put us on the worst table in the whole restaurant (check our photos with the view to the lovely elevator in the background). Several tables with a view to the city were empty when we arrived, occupied later for a short time, and freed much time before we left (as the customers lucky enough to get these hardly consumed anything). Worse, one much better table than ours remained empty during all the time of our stay. Adding insult to injury, in reply to a message complaining in private about this situation, they told us that thus far they considered our table one of the best. Well, if you are an elevator geek, maybe! Anyway, cooking in this place is superb, and it is a real pity that reservation services fall so much short of cooking standards. Still, if you wish to eat there, I urge you to clearly insist while reserving that you want a good table; we were naive enough to believe that they would follow standard practices, which they failed to do; you'll see the consequences in our photos with the lovely elevator background.