La Taberna de Peñalver | Arroces Alicantinos en Barrio Salamanca Madrid | Paellas

Madrid, spain- We were recommended this restaurant because of their paella. We made reservations at 10:30 and got there at 10:38 PM and we’re rushed to our table. The hostess instead of the waiter asked us if we were ordering paella and asked us which paella we wanted. We decided we were going to order two of them. the hostess was very rude and was pushy and rushing us quickly. The waiter came out an older gentleman and was very nice and funny. He wanted to shake our hands which was very unusual for a restaurant, but I liked it, and thought it was funny. He cracked a lot of jokes and was entertaining. we ordered mushrooms, which were very good and ham, which was very good. We got our orders very quickly, and was very surprised by the quick service. The black squid ink paella in the picture we received within 10 minutes. The taste was very good, unfortunately it wasn’t how I was described. it felt like it was undercooked. Usually it has some crunched to it where it was toasted with the pan. But this was only soft and no crutch. We also ordered the seafood traditional paella and never received it. By the time we finished our Paella, they brought us out the check without even asking if we wanted the check. There is still a lot of people there, and to me they were trying to get everybody out of the restaurant. they started stacking up chairs around us, even knocking our table and chairs while we were still drinking our cocktails. with the check came some small chocolate covered ice cream‘s, which were also very good. I think I came towards the end of the late night shift and everything was bad timing where everybody wanted to leave work. I’ve heard nothing but great things about this place, but in this circumstance, I had a bad experience. I can’t say that I will not recommend this place, I would just recommend to go there early and not be rushed out when you’re trying to have a nice dinner.