Los Timbales — Restaurant in Madrid

Our dinner experience was excellent. Our waitress, Elizabeth, was very attentive and welcoming. We asked her to guide us for our dinner options, and she immediately suggested the house specialty: rabo de toro, along with a cachopo asturiano for the main courses. For an appetizer she offered molleja, and a tinto de verano with a sangria for drinks. The drinks came promptly, along with bread and olives. Then the mollejas came out sizzling and were a great start to the dinner. Elizabeth later brought the main dishes which were more savory than we expected. Throughout dinner, Elizabeth checked in on us to make sure we weren’t lacking of anything. Dessert was also a recommendation from Elizabeth, a warm tarta tatin de manzana with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, then Elizabeth brought us a couple of waters to balance out the dessert sweetness - a great finish to our dinner. Definitely recommend Timbales, and ask for Elizabeth if you want to have an awesome...

The owner of the restaurant made us feel awkward and uncomfortable. We ordered disk of lamb with request to cook it medium rare. They brought out a well-cooked lamb dish. When we brought it up, the owner came and insisted that this is “medium” as we ordered and that they cooked it right. We kinda ok and let it be. Then when we got the bill, he overcharged us 1 bottle of water. When I showed him that we did not use the second bottle, he again insisted that we must pay for it. He speaks little English, but he made us feel very uncomfortable the way he handled things there and wanted us to pay whatever he thought he should be paid. I would not recommend this place if you don’t want to ruin your...

Cozy place and seems like no need to reserve. The service was excellent. As for the food, it was just average. The only standout dish was the pulpo ala galleta, which was very soft and flavorful! Other okay options are the ox tail croquette and the chulletilas (fried lamb).

The mixed paella was way bigger than expected and lacked taste. We ordered 2 portions but it can easily serve 4-5 people. The seafood they used were very tiny lobsters and crab legs with no meat at all. 😢

Other orders were unremarkable: callos, huevos salsa de rabo (ox tail sauce with fries), sopa marisco (seafood soup), beans, and ox tail meatball (good taste but too mushy...