Restaurante Membibre

The service here was amazing. The waiter recommended three dishes to us and we loved all of them. The wine he recommended was also delicious. The food was fresh, tasty an the ambience went from casual to more formal depending on which area of the restaurant you sat in. All in all, 5 stars!

Traditional place now under cuisine renovation, with creative (and fantastic, in general) starters and high quality products for main dishes. Absolutely impressive gambas a la sartén or verduras naturales con criollo, beautiful croquetas. Urta is also great. Service is a attentive but a bit slow on a busy Saturday lunch, with inside and outside (sidewalk) tables pretty full. Probably a must in Madrid this year

Steak, steak and more steak! Whilst eating red meat may well be a less frequent pastime for many of us, on the rare occasions that you may choose to do so, I can highly recommend Membibre. One is left in no doubt what is on the menu when looking in the restaurant's window, which is more akin to a high class butchers than fine dining, with various cuts on display. Steak can be ordered by the kilo and cooked to your requirements, add a classic Rioja from their excellent wine list and as a carnivore you can't go wrong!

Very good food! But the wine list and the sommelier really make me want to come back, a simple wine list with depth and very interesting wines - priced very fairly and with some great surprises like Malus Mama! Worth the visit! Both either the restaurant or the high Tops!

Excellent fish. Very fresh, prepared right. Don’t know how they were able to crisp up the skin so nicely on my turbot, but it made a delicious piece of fish even better.

We ordered the long degustation menu. Since this changes with time there is no point in going through it in detail. It consists of 15 dishes: 5 appetizers (counting the butter with bread), 2 veggies, 2 from the sea, 3 metas, and 3 desserts (one of them a cheese sampler). Dishes were a creative and often involved mixed of very good quality ingredients of traditional Spanish cuisine with a twist. Let me just give one example, my wife, who would not normally order sweetbreads thought these were delicious (in a reduction of its own juice with a "salsipies" sauce). One of the fish and one of the meat dishes were too big for a degustation menu, so beware it may be too filling (we shouldn't''t have finished those). We accompanied this with a bottle of red, from the last section of their wine chart which has special collections that are however not pricy (ours was 50EUR); the waiter recommended it and we thought it was superb. The restaurant has a front section wit h"hight tables" for small dishes. We sat in the back room which is for proper dining. They also offer a short degustation menu and one can order a la cart. The service was fast and friendly, very professional. The place is decorated simply but attractively. Noise level was low (except for one waiter that had a loud voice -not the one serving us). We are certainly coming back!

Friendly, upscale place that accommodated us for a relatively early lunch when we did not have reservations. Although possessing limited English, the staff was very helpful with my limited Spanish. The complimentary starter was excellent lentils with chorizo and pork belly. Our main course of hake with mayonnaise was superb. They custom assembled their milhojas, which was exemplary. Of the many fantastic restaurants offerings in Madrid, this was probably our favorite. Definitely a special place to enjoy!

The food was good and we were advised to sit in the tapas section because we wanted to try the variety. But the staff suspected tourists and were given the dining area menu ( more expensive ) and larger quantities ( which was unnecessary) for 2 people. And only after a friend who was a local and a regular at the restaurant came by, we were offered the tapas menu ( in the tapas section) and then the staff kept apologizing that they were sorry and thought we wanted to have a heavy meal . Without them asking us anything and us calling in a day in advance to make a reservation in the tapas section. Good food, but bad experience!

Amazing and a must have for the T bone steak for two. Croquettes best in Madrid if not the globe. Need a reservation. Be prepared to be amazed and delighted by this gastronomic gem.

Cannot say enough good things. Right from the time you enter the restaurant the way they greet you. The free appetizers. The food. Desserts. Service. Everything is top notch. For half the price of a similar US restaurant, but food and service twice as good. Will definitely come back

We went with my husband's co-workers who are local to the neighborhood. They handled all the ordering of tapas and wine typical to the area. Everything was delicious. Very attentive service. I loved every bite of every tasty tapas we had. I believe the wine was Ribera de Duero.