Restaurante La Penela Velazquez — Restaurant in Madrid

How to ruin a good meal when staff don’t know what they are doing….

The meal was all right… fair approximation on how Galician food should be. I mean, if you are really into this geographic cuisine then you are better off taking the effort to travel up north of the country, but for a Sunday night in the capital of Spain it does the job. Now, that’s the food itself. So my two stars are for the great atmosphere they created inside and the chef… other than that, the service was terrible. You can see on the first food picture, the waitress literally threw the plate on the table and a bit of food came out without even caring to say anything… took forever to get noticed, and had to walk up front to be able to pay. I keep saying that no matter how good or mediocre the good is, most of the power relies behind how the service team makes you feel during your meal. And they definitely made us feel worthless during our dinner. So, not sorry, but we...

Amazing food. This is by far the best dinner we’ve ever had. The restaurant is very well kept and elegant. The staff is amazing and available as well as very kind. We ordered their signature dishes: the tortilla, la ternera asada and the filloas con crema. All three were breathtaking. The tortilla was creamy and had crunchy onions. The flavors were strong and the crunch from the onions contrasted the creaminess from the eggs bringing everything together beautifully. The meat melted in your mouth, it was so tender that you didn’t even need a knife to cut it. The dessert was as good as everything else. There were two thin crepes rolled and filled with velvety cream and topped with a thin shell made from caramelised sugar.The portions are very big making it very affordable. Excellent experience. I would fly back just...

It said it is a Galician food but very far from it. The service was horrible and the food too. Please, do not order the spanish Tortilla of Betanzos. My goodness, it was really disgusting. The chef has to go to Betanzos to learn how to do it. We asked for an octopus, nothing outstanding. The baked meat, it was super dry and with French fries because the side that belonged to the dish was no longer available. We asked for a sangria, and they only had tinto de verano. We also asked for clams they did not have more either. The server were very basic and unpolite. I definitely do not...