Matilda Café Barrio de Las Letras — Restaurant in Madrid

Unfriendly service caused by miscommunication by the restaurant lack of advertisement. We booked a table for 13:30, when we showed up, we are told that the kitchen only offers the menu of the day. This is acceptable and we kindly tell the waiter that we are not interested. To this the formerly kind waiter told us that he could have reserved our table for someone else. In this very moment he took the establishment's incompetence and put it on our shoulder. Why are there no Matilda Café Website informing patreons of the lack of food on the weekend? Why weren't we, as costumers, told that menu of the day was the only option when we phoned them? We were looking forward for a good experience but was met with rudeness and impoliteness. This is not the spanish charm any tourists nor spanish person wants. 0 stars...

It is a very cosy place an people enjoyed the food they where eating. Unfortunately we where invisible for the guy that served for about 10 minutes. He didn't even said hello when we entered or when he passed our table. When we asked him if we can order he looked at us very surprised and he said that we have to wait because we are the last that came. The menu is not printed and he explains it to everyone and serves at the table in chronological order. Only after he finishes with one table (explanation and serving) gets to the next one to say "hi!" and explain the menu. We couldn't event take a drink while waiting... Mabe its worth staying if you are not in a hurry - we had just one hour before heading to...

Fantastic. Tucked away from the main road this little cafe has both amazing food and service. The brioche bread on the sandwiches changed my life. The Tart made me consider moving to Spain simply to eat it everyday. Beyond the outstanding food the owner of the cafe was personable, kind, and efficient. I overheard him tell another patron something along the lines of "the pastries sometimes look imperfect and that's exactly how we like them.". I believe it is a zero waste cafe based on my rudimentary Spanish listening skills. Overall, on a trip filled with wonderful food and beautiful places I will never forget my visit here and cannot encourage you...