Sidrería El Llagar — Restaurant in Madrid

Not a good start; on-line booking slots start at 19:00, so we chose 19:30 to give them time to get organised. When we were shown to our table, we were told that the kitchen opens at 20:00. It was hot and stuffy whilst we waited, as they didn't put the air conditioning on until 8 pm. At 20:05 the waitress took our order, which came at 20:30. Meanwhile, at the bar next to us, a man in his 40's was making out with his new girlfriend, and the 3 people at the adjacent table were having a competition to see who could speak the loudest. Our sirloin steak was OK, as were the accompanying salad and roast potatoes. The sweet cider and red wine were lovely. After sitting on a hard wooden bench for 2 hours, we were ready to go. A friendly waiter had thankfully given my wife a cushion. We were going to have their fantastic pancake with fruit and cream, but could not stand the noise from the table next yo us anymore. So we paid and left. We have been coming here for around 15 years, but I doubt if we shall ever...

We went here on a quiet Sunday afternoon where only around 4 other tables were being served. We sat outside in the covered patio and were constantly refreshed by the cooling spray system overhead (outside temp was over 30′C) Waiting staff were fantastic and absolutely accommodating of us trying to converse with them in Spanish. They had a decent enough menu both in terms of price and variety of food options. We were initially brought a few complimentary side dishes of paella and mini breads (one had accompaniment of a blue cheese dip and the other with potato salad). The dishes we ordered were served fairly quickly but not all at once. Standard of the food was off the charts! One of our table ordered the house special pizza which was absolutely incredible. Would definitely eat here again when I...

Ya después de tantas veces, tengo que comentar. Hace años este sitio era espectacular, carta distinta, comida muy buena, raciones abundantes. Llevo yendo desde que era pequeña, en un local pequeñito que tenían en la calle que sale de la plaza. Y he visto como ha ido cayendo en picado, por méritos propios. Reducción en la cantidad, hubo una vez que pedimos una ración de pulpo y la pata era enana (19€).. pero ya el trato al cliente es demasiado. El señor mayor (Tino) aún jubilado sigue por ahí danzando (y sirviendo). Un día de invierno le tiró 2 litros de cerveza a mi madre encima en la terraza, se le volcó la bandeja y todo le cayó encima. Todo un detalle que nos invitaran a los cafés después de estar empapada y helada y tener que tirar un bolso al habérselo estropeado. No volvimos a ir en mucho tiempo, pero siempre que hemos vuelto(muy poco), hemos coincidido en que la calidad y cantidad ha bajado mucho. He de decir que Moha, es el único que trata mejor, que no sé ni si sigue trabajando ahí porque como digo apenas voy dados los sucesos... Hoy, habiendo vuelto después de tiempo, indicamos al camarero que por favor que la pizza de morcilla y manzana no llevase canela, y la trajeron con canela. Menos mal que no somos alérgicos... cuando estamos terminando, Tino de nuevo nos indica de malas maneras que si nos queda mucho que van a cerrar porque madrugan mucho (eran las 22H y estábamos terminando de cenar en la terraza, dentro estaba lleno). Esta es su manera de tratar al cliente de años, al cliente de su barrio. Mi recomendación es no ir, la comida está muy buena y es distinta, pero sales con dolor de estómago de lo 'simpáticos' que son. Si tienen que madrugar que no monten un bar y se dediquen a vender pulseritas en sus ratos libres, que bien que me sirven la cena (y me la cobran,claro) y luego me dicen que me de prisa que tienen que madrugar, sí, a las 22H. Si tienen prisa, no sirvas cenas a partir de las 20H, o directamente ni las sirvas, porque para mí pedir a las 21H de cenar no me parece descabellado.... Qué vergüenza ajena y qué mosqueo después de tanto tiempo recibir un trato...