My friend and I spent a week in Madrid and ate here three times. It is full of locals and has a wonderful atmosphere. The food is super and the lovely waitress was so thoughtful in guiding us through the menu...I think we got it...right by the last day👍👍👍 have absolutely no hesitation in recommending and the Albariño wine is divine.....More
We liked the look of this place from the outside with its tiled bright exterior. Inside it's beautifully decorated 'old style' with lots of tiling and photos of bull fighters with a large bulls head on the wall. We ordered 2 cana small beer and...were given a free tapas of paella. It was good flavour and the beer was nice a cold. There's limited seating round the bar and then tables for people wanting to order meals. We were only after a drink so didn't try any of the food to be able to comment. But for the interior and the nice paella if I was back in the area I'd certainly try the food.More
This place was a little gem. We ate the best asparagus that we've ever had, and we both ordered cod dishes that were excellent. We loved the tilework and classic Madrid ambiance, and the people were wonderful. I'll confess we'd had trouble finding a good...restaurant in Madrid. There are so many options and we'd had OK food, but nothing special until this. Sadly, we found La Chata on our last night in Madrid or we'd have been back.More
Visited La Chata with my family. This is truly an authentic family run tapas taverna. The menu and the way things are done have not changed for some time it seems. That would have been ok if the food was great and the venue pleasant....But sadly it wasn’t. It was mediocre at best (with a clear exception for the deep fried cod which was fantastic). It is still a charming old fashioned taverna (in dire need of a touch up), but with all the serious competition in the same street this place needs to up its game quickly.More
This is one of the best tapas places I experienced in Madrid. It's in the Cava Baja street where many other restaurants and bars are located. You can bar-hop all night, but be sure to make a stop in La Chata. You can stand in...the bar and ask for a "cañita" (small glass of beer) and you'll also get a complimentary small plate of tapas, one plate for each caña you order! Best deal ever. Don't expect anything fancy, very simple and traditional, this is exactly the charm of the place! I was there in May and they had the calendar for all San Isidro festival bullfights, so cool!More
A must visit when coming to Madrid. A lovely welcome and a chilled bar with good prices and appetisers. Will be back on our next Madrid visit!
The experience at the bar/restaurant was brilliant. The place itself is quirky, full of charm. We took the tapas plate and a bottle of wine and we were amazed by both, the tapas are classics but extremely well made, and reasonably filling. We would absolutely...come back for more.More
Great atmosphere- full of locals enjoying tapas and drinks! Good service and tasty mixed tapas. Would come again!
We loved this place. The traditional tiles adorning both the out and insides of this charming place gave it a really retro feel. The restaurant part is entered through a tapas bar, whose counter divides the space in half. It was thronged on our arrival,...so we opted for the 'seated' section. The food was simple but very well cooked; fried eggs on thinly sliced potaoes with calamri, delicious, dessert was leche frita. The waiting staff were great, so friendly and helpful. We were made to feel very welcome. A lovely experience.More
Great ambience, good food, friendly service, reasonable prices. Lots of bullfighting pictures everywhere. Enjoyable evening out here.
On a recent short trip to Madrid we found this restaurant when the taxi driver recommended the street to us for good places to go. The waiters were friendly and quick, the tapas and mixed meat/cheese platters great to share and the atmosphere relaxed and...informal. The walls are adorned with photos of Matadors and bull fighting -apparently they eat here after the matches/events. Definitely would recommendMore
Great service, good priced drinks. Great atmosphere and extremely friendly staff. We only had drinks here but service was amazing with continual filling our plates with nibblies.
Looks amazing from the outside, slightly scruffy on the inside walls covered in prints and photos and artefacts. Slightly off putting seeing a print of Franco but it’s part of Spain’s history. You walk into a bar with a restaurant on the other side of...low wooden wall that also acts as a bar for drinking and eating tapas. Only had a cana (small beer) each and were given a plate of fried bocadillo . Restaurant was pretty full and had a good turnover of covers whilst we were there. Quirky place and our chairs were in fact kegs of beer with cushioned and curtained seating.More
We ate in about 5 tapas bars and this was my favourite. There were 2 of us and we ordered the tapas meal for 2 people. This worked our well for us as we are not that experienced with tapas. It was very filling.
We had a good selection of tapas and good wine together in this slightly scruffy restaurant. Service was OK and the food good, hot and good size. Not the best in Madrid but certainly not the worst.
