La Paella Real — Restaurant in Madrid

When we lived in Madrid years ago, this was always the best place for paella and great service. Sadly, this is no longer true. The service was horrible. We made a reservation for two of us. Upon entering, the servers rudely assumed we did not have a reservation and even when told there was a reservation, they did not really want to give us a table for two. They are only looking for larger groups from tour busses or their regular local customers, who I saw received excellent service. Their bill was much larger than our 60 Euro bill.

The paella was really good, but not what you’d expect from La Paella Real! I ordered a glass of house white wine and it was not on par with what you’d expect from excellent Spanish Alboriño wine.

Overall, if you’re looking for real paella, I’d opt to go somewhere else with much better customer service,...

Terrible experience...I was referred here by a local and I should have known better once I walked in. One it was all tourist (it is still close to a tourist area), second it was empty, three there were 2 people working the whole place. Be careful because I ordered paella for one and there is a minimum of 2 people per order. So if the total is $16, you will pay $32. If the food was good, I would suggest it. However, completely not worth the money at all. You can go to Mercado San Miguel and get much better food for way less. Do not waste your time at this terrible place with basic food. Also, they will put bread on your table and charge you even if...

Food (Paella mixed) was great, service a lot less... Entering the restaurant there were only 4 other guests, almost finished their dish after ordering, we heard the waiter telling (not so friendly) to new arrivers: we're closing, while it was +1 hour before closing hours. The paella was great, really. After diner, the food just passed our throats and there was the female waiter: dessert? coffee? It couldn't go fast enough when we passed the door, the waiter was already clinging with his keys as said above: the food was great but no place to return to, at least,...