A Walkable Food Tour of Historic Madrid de los Austrias - AFAR
"As the largest royal palace in Western Europe with more than 3,400 rooms, this monumental complex includes state reception spaces, a royal library, and offers tours that illuminate ceremonial history; official state business is sometimes conducted here while the royal family resides elsewhere." - AFAR
This City Was Just Named the World’s Most Walkable
"A grand historic royal residence in the city center, this stately landmark draws tourists for its architecture and ceremonial significance and is easily walked to from surrounding squares and cultural sites." - Taryn White
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We celebrated our big Nepali festival here twice with large crowds, and both times the event went smoothly. The venue is beautiful with plenty of parking space. Perfect for any celebration and very well managed. We would love to host more events here in the future. Highly recommend!
Kendall Bryte
Google
It’s great to see an older building be revamped and in such big ways. The beer is always cold and the space is fantastic! Definitely a must see and I recommend checking it out for yourself.
Brooke Moorer
Google
Hey so I’ve been here a handful of times and I’m also renting this venue out for my own Concert and every interaction has been super positive. The building alone is Sooooo nice. They really elevated its environment in its entirety. The bar and the Area in the basement is a wholeee vibe. The Area upstairs is SUPER big and versatile for alll kinds of events. And even renting it out the prices is super fair. I highly recommend for any client that needs a nice space ranging from baby showers to parties, intimate events etc 🫶🏾
R.L.M R.L.M
Google
Great experience and staff. Excited about the future of my Artist Residency with this Venue!!
Drink specials and food are delicious and reasonably priced.
Byron Delpinal
Google
We hosted an event with 90 people at The Royal Palace and the team here made this process seamless. Communication was easy, they were very available and answered all of our questions. The setup was easy and the venue was gorgeous. Acoustically, very great as well, we had live music. Highly recommend! Photo credit goes to the incredible Tim Fitzwater.
Sierra Crane
Google
I love place. Great music great staff great food great ppl in there. There's different events at the bar downstairs everyday
Hemanta Tirwa
Google
It’s one of the best and nice place to do the event. The owner are so nice and supportive. The parking has lots area and also it’s clean. I always love it
Gemini Floyd
Google
Cleanest dope bar to be at good food , good music always good vibes, no drama .check it out your gonna love the royal palace
Lisa H.
Yelp
Yum! Every Thursday is spaghetti night from 4-8. You have a choice between regular or garlic spaghetti. It comes with salad, bread, cake & coffee. There is a full bar if you want drinks. My husband got us some sweet red wine which was yummy. The spaghetti comes in a bowl & it doesn't appear to be a huge portion until you dig in. They bring the different cakes around to choose from. It's all very tasty. This place is not wheelchair accessible. You have to go down a flight of steps and they serve an the basement of the building. If there is a door down there to the outside, I couldn't find it. $9 for adult dinners & 7.50 for children.
Bill M.
Yelp
First, this place is still going strong.
Second, the food is still excellent.
Finally, the prices still are great...that's $7/dinner for spaghetti. My earlier review of $12/dinner was for 2.
This place is a must do.
Anthony R.
Yelp
The experience and the atmosphere were interesting. I really enjoyed the meatballs and spaghetti. The salad left a lot to be desired. The Italian bread was excellent. I would still come back for the pasta, bread and homemade cake slices. The experience was very different from other Italian restaurants that are Americanized. I recommend giving it a try on Thursday Night for the spaghetti dinner.
Robert S.
Yelp
Went last night and it was as amazing as ever. It looks like they have some younger help in the kitchen which will help this awesome Thursday evening tradition continue. This is the real deal served by the real deal. Portions are generous, the price is one of the best deals in town, and you never know what is going to be on the dessert tray. Check it out!
Burl R.
Yelp
I have been to this place the past 2 Thursday evenings for the $7.00 dinner and it has been a great exp. both times the pasta with meat balls was the best I have had ! And last night I had the Aglio olio ( Garlic and oil) pasta ! It too was great ! You get a small salad , great bread , and your main plate choice , plus a home made desert !! They have a drink counter for your drinks for an extra cost . I will now try to make it there as much as I can ! No more Italian joints for me ! :-)
Angelina R.
Yelp
Worst possible manager and customer service I am active duty Military I am 5 months pregnant and my husband is deploying -- I am from this area so I wanted to have my baby shower here since I will be flying in and we are of Italian descent and use to frequent this establishment as young children-the first night I called the manager said they don't do Military discounts because they give to enough charities--how insulting-we are defending your freedom -- we are not a charity-- to further the conversation she stated that she couldn't answer any questions because they have a dinner going on and she has ppl to serve-- then she lied about the rental price told my cousin completely different rental price hundreds of dollars cheaper than she quoted me-- 725.00 for 40 ppl shower does not even sound feasible-- most unprofessional manager -- lost all of our families business!!! No support for the troops -- what a place!!
Larry P.
Yelp
Good spaghetti ... hey! It IS THE Italian Center!!! Friendly "home style" seating and you'll always see someone you know. It's a fun place to go on Thursday nights. Enjoy!!!