La Dolores — Restaurant in Madrid

Completely unprofessionals.

Overpriced dishes, in rush services with people pushing you to orders fast which brakes completely the vibe of the place.

Also, we have asked to split the bill and the owner pretended he didn’t hear and put the all bill in the first card we passed. It was not honest!! The owner clearly hided the price before I pass the card and after he turned the receipt down to not realize what he did. I turned back and asked why he did the opposite of what I asked and he smiled pretending he didn’t understand what I asked before , which was not true because is was actually in a pretty clear Spanish.

In a such amazing city as Madrid, you DEFINITELY need to avoid places like that! It was by far our worst experience in the city and didn’t worth one sigle euro spent in there.

Go to somewhere else please! Save your energy for other amazing bars and...

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