Restaurante La MARYLEON — Restaurant in León

This is a terrible tourist trap. Don't waste your time or money coming here. For the price, the food is average at best. We have been walking the Camino de Santiago for the last 3 weeks and this was by far the worst meal we have had, and that includes €10 per person pelegrino menus in tiny villages. On top of the mediocre food, the management is deceptive. The menu del dia states that you get one drink, but when you ask for water they bring you bottled water and claim that this was your drink. When we got the bill, they charged us for the beer and Coke that we thought came with the meal. This is the first time in Spain that we were charged for water in this fashion. At most restaurants we have gone to they brought bottled water to the table for free or offered us tap water. After questioning this situation with the manager, he proceeded to lecture my wife in Spanish and then me in English about how it clearly states that you get one drink with the menu etc. etc.Wow! Thanks! Lecturing your guest for 20 minutes about the "clearly marked" fine print on the bottom of the menu is a fantastic way to instil good will in someone who just reported being unhappy with the meal they just had. If he would have just said something like, oh I don't know "sorry" or "what could we have done better," I would have probably just paid the bill and left without ever writing this review. Instead I left even more annoyed then when I received the bill. To his credit, after the lecture, he took off the extra drinks. Perhaps, he could have just done that, but then again that would make...

Great food. Rude hostess.

As you asked, I will explain.

My wife and I went to lunch with no reservations. There were 8 empty tables outside. One was reserved. The others empty. We asked for a table. We were given one in the sun with no umbrella. The worst table.

We asked to be moved and were told no. Then others ( locals) arrived. They obviously had no reservations. They were given other tables.

When we left 2 1/2 hours later , 4 outside tables were still empty. Never used.

I do not know why we were treated like that. Maybe because we were not local.

Perhaps non local people should go...

Sitio fenomenal, por mi experiencia todo merece una puntuación más que buena (y una recomendación asegurada para acertar en el paladar). Decoración que crea un ambiente medio campiña francesa muy acogedor además de muy acertada en la mezcla del diseño y sus colores (incluyendo la presentación en mesa). Te ofrecen además de la carta, un menú de entre semana y de fin de semana, a elegir entre tres o cuatro opciones por plato (entrante, principal y postre, incluyendo además pan y una bebida); no necesitan darte una experiencia gourmet con ingredientes excéntricos para acertar en la mezcla de sabores y hacer de la comida tradicional, un toque especial y una mezcla de sabores muy potente. Fuimos dos personas y elegimos como segundo plato un arroz marinero para compartir (cantidad adecuada para dos personas), súper rico y además hecho en el momento. Hay postres que los hacen también en cocina. En general, muy buena experiencia si te gusta disfrutar de la gastronomía tradicional con un toque diferente. Además: local muy amplio, consta de tres plantas siendo la tercera para grupos grandes y reserva anticipada, el segundo piso a la altura de un patio interior que aporta bastante luz natural y donde también están los aseos (higienizados debidamente y limpios) y la planta calle aún más amplia y con una parte del techo reformada hace poco y aportando bastante luz y altura. Para quien vaya con problemas de movilidad no hay problema porque reservando con tiempo y teniendo esto en cuenta, en la plata calle está bien adaptado el restaurante. Nos atendió un camarero aparte de buen profesional, muy amable y con dotes de carisma, de ojos claros y pelo ondulado: no recordamos tu nombre pero, enhorabuena por tu trato y el trabajo de todo el equipo! No dejéis de ir pero RESERVA...