Maruxiña Lounge — Restaurant in Toledo

Unfortunately, a very poor experience from this recommended location. We spent the day in Toledo, and we were recommended this location for dinner by our hotel.

TLDR - long wait times (even with reservations), unconcerned staff, disappointing atmosphere.

Our hotel made the reservation for us (albeit a little last minute), and we arrived 5 minutes after the planned reservation time.

It was clear from the moment we walked in that the place was understaffed. It took about 5 minutes for any of the staff to address us (we even walked upstairs to find staff to help). We notified them if our reservation, and we were promptly seated downstairs.

After being seated, we waited about 10min to receive a menu, and after 25min, no one came to take our orders, or offer us drinks. And so we decided to not waste our time anymore, and we left.

When we mentioned our disappointment to the staff on the main floor, they simply waved us away - clearly unconcerned with our frustration and disappointment. No apologies, just dismissive.

Aside from the understaffing issue, the atmosphere was very underwhelming, especially considering how beautiful the rest of Toledo is. There are hundreds of other places with much nicer environments and atmospheres. The downstairs area is a very basic open space with a small bar, lots of tables, and a set of giant mirrors against the wall, where you could watch yourself eat (if you're into that kind of thing).

We never got to try any of their food, which is supposedly good. But from what we saw from the tables around us, it didn't look like anything special - not worth that kind of wait in any event.

There seems to be some partnership between this location, local guides, and hotels to recommend this place. But honestly, if the understaffed service, dismissive attitudes, and general atmosphere is anything to go by - there are many other better options within 5 minutes walk.

To describe the understaffing issue in a little more detail - there was one person downstairs for about 12-14 tables. He was not only the waiter, he was also the barman. So this guy had to take all the orders from all the tables, prepare every drink himself, and then serve the drinks and some of the food.

At some point we noticed what we assumed to be the chef, also running up and down the stairs to deliver food. So he's cooking the food, then delivering it by hand to each table, which would be cool if there weren't two floors of tables with lots of patrons.

I want to feel bad for the staff, but they didn't have a great attitude either. Every other place we went people were generally friendly, but this place seemed annoyed that we even walked through the door, and had the audacity to complain about not being served for 25 minutes.

I would steer clear of this place unless it happens to be entirely empty and you could get someone to take your order within a reasonable...

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Este fin de semana decidimos ir a Toledo, unos amigos nos recomendaron este sitio porque ellos quedaron encantados... y tenía su porque.

Quedamos por la tarde para ir paseando al restaurante, siempre un placer caminar por Toledo, desde la catedral tardamos no más de 5 min. Al ir acercándonos al restaurante ya me impresionó, iluminación moderna, grandes ventanales, zona tranquila, pero lo mejor estaba por llegar.

Al entrar la decoración no te deja indiferente, tonos blancos y negros con una iluminación espectacular.

Para comer tienen dos zonas, la planta en la que entras para picar algo más informal y otra en la planta de abajo que es donde cenamos, mientras tomamos una caña antes de cenar miramos la carta “informal” y nos pareció que todo tenía muy buena pinta.

Nos acompañaron a la meda y nos recomendaron un menú degustación especial que tenían durante unos días y no nos pudimos resistir.

Un pequeño aperitivo de salmorejo y comenzó el espectáculo. Tartar, Risotto, Bacalao, Presa y Torrija.

Empezaron a servir un Tartar de atún con ensalada de Wakame con una pinta buenísima, todos en la mesa pensamos que ese plato era difícil de superar.

Seguimos con pulpo sobre una especie de crema de patatas, muy bueno.

Risotto de foie, al dente cremoso y con sabor.

Bacalao con pisto, perfecto de punto.

Presa ibérica con una especie de pastelito de membrillo y queso, la presa doradita por fuera y súper tierna por dentro.

Terminamos con una torrija con helado de coco (la torrija muy ligera y nada pesada.).

Al terminar pedimos unas copas y las terminamos en una terraza que tienen en el ático muy acogedora.

Muy muy recomendable,...