Taberna El Schotis — Restaurant in Madrid

It's is a shame that this opened la cava baja. The 60 years of history they claim refers to the restaurant that was their before. They opened this place three weeks ago... We had pimientos al padrón, burata, gambas al ajillo and rabo estovado. We already ordered "save" choices because the restaurant is run by a man that runs three other restaurants in the street and the other ones are tourist traps. Sadly the burata was both, frozen, dry and wet at the same time, while managing to be tasteless. The gamba's turned into mush in our mouths as they had been abused in some way in the kitchen. The pimientos were my favourite, most of them were cooked 👍... Top tip, the two restaurants you see when walking out of the door are really nice (Julian Tolosa and Calla de Illan, but so is anything north of it...

So glad that we stopped in at El Schotis, as the food and the vermut were really good. It has patio and interior seating, and we sat inside. On a Monday night it was very busy and we were fortunate to get a table for two and, as we were not in a particular rush, we were able to enjoy the ambience. It would have been nice to have been offered a drink or approached by the waiter within ten minutes if being seated, but they were busy.

When we did order, the food was delivered in good time and we found it easier to ask for second (or third!) drinks. When not under pressure the staff were engaging and friendly. I would rate the...

Never happened to me. Food was good, waiter was a cool guy. After I finished my beer(and dinner) I had to go to bathroom. In my absence (5 minutes ONLY), my girlfriend was asked to leave to make place for other customer. Better, i was taking a shit, in a doorless bathroom, and someone (maybe the owner) asked my girlfriend to leave without ceremony or manners. She asked to wait for me and they didnt allow it. We actualy order stuff and didnt make any trouble. No és...