Location: C/ De Los Cuchilleros, 17. Madrid 28005, Spain

Web site: http://www.botin.es/INGindex.html

Telephone number: Spain (+34) 913 664 217

Date of visit: 23/09/2010

Approx. cost per head: 40 euro (fixed 3 course price plus wine)

Comments on wine list/beer: Good Spanish selection

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Review:

Booking – easy, online with confirmation
Atmosphere – terrific, authentic and waiters were fantastic
Menu – we went for the 40 euro fixed price which was 3 courses plus half bottle of house wine)
Classics I noted were Roast Suckling pig or lamb and baby eels (eels 96 euro !!)
What we had:
Starter – Gazpacho soup – delicious and a great appetizer – tomato, peppers, cucumber and crutons added by the waiter to your liking.
Main – Roast suckling pig – fantastic flavour served with roast potatotes (but nothing else) no apple sauce !
Pudding – good home made ice cream with chocolate sauce
Bread – dissappointing, a bit stale
Wine – house red – Rioja crianza 2006 – very palatable
Overall experience – good night out, very busy at 8pm with tourists but second sitting looked much more like locals !
Would we go again – yes but choose off the menu

Nev Davies

Hi,

I am off to Glasgow for a reunion with ex colleagues, can you reciommend somewhere?

I am also in Mardrid for a short holiday later this year, again, any recommendations?

Nev

Thanks for you questions, my recommendations are as follows:
 
They are all reasonably priced except the last 2 in Madrid.
 
Glasgow
Babbity Bowster – 16 Blackfriars St G1 1PE 0141 552 5055
This is a fun place and is good for a gathering traditional Scottish Fare witha French twist.

http://www.list.co.uk/place/19508-babbity-bowster/
 
Re Madrid,
 
Botin, oldest restaurant in the world, walking distance from the grand via, excellent roast suckling pig, suckling lamb. Book now!
http://www.botin.es/INGindex.html
 
For seafood, try
 
http://www.ladorada.es/
 
Used to have Julio Inglesia as a part owner in the 80s. Short taxi ride from Grand Via.
 
 
Or, if you are visiting the Prado Museum (don’t queue downstairs. You can get in upstairs and its a shorter queue) or the Tyssen Museum,
try the garden restaurant in the Ritz Hotel
 
http://www.ritzmadrid.com/web/orit/hotel_ritz_madrid.jsp?c=ppc&p=worldwide&cr=rtz_dynamic&gclid=CIKMuffYiKMCFR4B4wod7zDWZQ
opposite the Museums. This is slightly pricier.
 
To go all out at over €100 plus a head, try Le Terezza de Casino (round the corner fdrom Grand Via). This is serious cooking, the chef was trained at El Bulli (was best restaurant in the world) and the menu mirrors El Bulli – similar to The Fat Duck.
 
Regards
 
E