Café del Lago — Restaurant in Madrid

Reading other reviews I was hasty to eat here for lunch but we took the plunge and it was worth it! Was a little queue when we arrived after visiting the swimming pool at Lago at 2.15pm but we were quickly seated and ordered with our starters, despite it being busy, within 15 minutes. It's a lovely peaceful terrace and view feels so far away from the city. Starters of Brussel sprouts and bacon (sounds weird but bloody delicious and well cooked!) and a spinach and feta tart with salad good portion size. Mains dorada and potatoes again delicious, desserts good selection I had apple cake as pictured and boyfriend had profiteroles. Both great and with a drink and bread, menu del día was 12.50€ each. Service was brilliant friendly waiters! We were pleasantly surprised and would come again. Great midweek menu del día and...

The portion of food was huge. Even the food from children menu. I hate to waste food, but I have never seen that much of spaghetti in my life before. I hope the management could consider about this matter. Anyway, the waitress was very lovely, I ordered food for myself and my kids first, while my husband was still on his way to the restaurant. When my kids almost finished their starter, I ordered the steak. The waitress found her manager told me that the steak was too much for me, I then explained that the steak was for my husband. Then they said it’s ok for a man. But, the moment we saw the steak, I knew my husband couldn’t finish the whole thing. It’s big enough for two men. Overall, whole meal was quite expensive, and it’s shame we didn’t enjoyed...

We approached the entrance and after having a look at the menu of the day (14€) told the waitress that we would divide a menu between the two of us. The answer was: “genial”.

After sitting however the waitress that took the order told us that we are not allowed to share a menu and that we could order two half menus instead. The price would have been 10€ per menu (20€ in total) and would include either a primero or a segundo.

We accepted, only to find out when paying, that the price was 21€, instead of 20€. The waitress told us that this was actually a discount on the actual price of 10,95€ per menu!

Avoid this place if you do not want to be charged an arbitrary amount of money. By the way, the food was mediocre and warmed up in...