Mama Chicó | Restaurante Malasaña — Restaurant in Madrid

Extremely disappointing menu del dia, especially considering the reviews, something doesn’t add up. For my first course I ordered a caesar salad with crunchy chicken. They don’t seem to understand what a caesar salad is, it isn’t supposed to have tomatoes, but it is supposed to have croutons, as well as a parmesan and anchovie dressing, which it was missing. Instead there was a piece of fried chicken with a lot of mayonaise, edible, but not at all what it was supposed to be, for the second course, they were supposed to have secreto iberico with potatoes and a sweet glaze. They ran out of the secreto so they replaced it with pork tenderloin. The quantity was good, but this has to be the driest piece of meat on the planet, and there wasn’t nearly enough sauce to compensate, the potatoes were ok. The closest thing to redemption the meal had was the rice pudding, which had excellent flavor, although the rice was crunchy for some reason. Even paying took a ridiculously long time since they use some strange machine that they have to feed the bill and it spits out the change, I know they can’t cook, but are they unable to operate a cash register? Sadly a waste of time, a bad meal and just overall seems like a tourist trap. I hate to leave such a negative review, but every single thing here was executed wrong. On the up side, the employees...

The restaurant is cozy, the athmosphere is fine, and the waiters are nice. But I mostly go to restaurants to eat well. And that criteria was not fulfilled. That is why I would give a rate of 2 out of 5. To give more details, I went there with my girlfriend on a Friday night for her birthday. I chose this place because of the pictures online, the appealing menu and the good reviews ... I should have been more careful! We ordered the scallops for starters. 16,5 euros for smokey medium quality sea food: not worth it. For the main course we had the salmon and the argentinan steak. Thankfully we noticed that there was no sides with it so we proactively ordered some: 4,5€ for basic fries. The meat was not good. Nerves, undercooked, and above all cold! We even crunched on something hard that could not be identified. The salmon had the same taste as the one I make at home bought for 10€ in Liddl. Black risotto ok. But again I don't go to the restaurant to eat ok. And I think the clams that accompanied the salmon were the worst taste of the meal, we could not eat them. The only positive touch was the wine. The total meal was 90€ for a meal that left us disappointed and half hungry. In a word, "No", I don't recommend. The lesson is that restaurants with well presented dishes don't necessarily mean good...

MAMÁ CHICÓ - Comida - Reseña extensa.

🍽 CALIDAD DE LA COMIDA

Platos elaborados, con mezcla de productos de calidad y presentados con gusto. Comida rica y gustosa, con sabor sin abusar de la sal. En esta ocasión degusté el Menú del Día y elegí:

1º Mousse de Aguacate con pico gallo de gambas y espuma de burrata. El mousse refrescante no excesivamente manipulado y con el sabor clásico del aguacate, por encima el pico gallo con las gambas, estas con buen sabor y punto, y acompañando la espuma de burrata aportando el contraste de sabor fuerte al plato, decorando flores y brotes. Un buen plato.

2º Pizza margarita a la brasa. Elegí este plato porque el día anterior comí risotto, y no soy mucho de pescados espinosos :) y porque entendía que tendría algo especial el plato, sin embargo aunque estaba rico, era una pizza clásica, con masa artesana y un tamaño que hasta a mi que soy un glotón me costo terminar. Yo le hubiese añadido unos champiñones o algún ingrediente que no encareciese el plato ( es de un menu del día) pero que diese juego en el mismo. Simple, sencillo, no le entiendo muy bien dentro de un menú, aunque yo lo pudiese :)

Para terminar una tarta de queso sin nada que reseñar, una tarta normalita, sin decorar.

Para beber, una caña con tiro mediocre, no aguanto la crema ni 3 minutos en el vaso. ¿Es tan difícil tirar bien una caña? No,jajaja he trabajado años en una barra.

Pan rustico integral cortado en trocitos.

En general me gustó. Una nota global de 7 sobre 10

👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 AMBIENTE

Dentro del local, suena música tranquila a un volumen adecuado pero con entrecortes y lluvia constantes que resulta molesto si como yo, comes sin compañía. Se escuchan constantes gritos de cocina informando de salida de platos ( hay otros sistemas) Decoracion rustica y agradable… En mi mesa luz natural aun estando en un pasillo interior. No es un local ruidoso a excepcion de las mesas que estan en el pasillo de transito de camareros, 6 mesas en total, donde hay trajin continuo de camareros y se oye a cocina cada 2 minutos

🦠SEGURIDAD COVID

Gel hidroalcoholico a disposición en el acceso.

Mesas insuficientemente separadas, yo estuve en un pasillo de acceso a la cocina y no había posibilidad de poner nadie cerca, sin embargo otras mesas no había ni 50cm entre comensales de diferentes mesas, nadie diría que han reducido aforo, ya que veo complicado albergar más mesas en un aforo completo.

Diferentes tipos de mascarillas entre el personal.

🤵🏽 SERVICIO

Al llegar y no tener reserva, me ofrecen 2 mesas, una en un pasillo sin salida bastante extraño donde podia estar sin limitación de tiempo y otra más dentro del restaurante dnd tenia que levantarme a las 15:00 porque estaba reservada. Me decanté por esta ultima.

El servicio es amable y rápido. Sin destacar a nadie.

💶 PRECIO POR PERSONA

Menu del día 12,90€ es lo que yo pague. Relación calidad...