Ramón Freixa Madrid

My husband and I came here on a recent short trip to Madrid and our night at Ramon Freixa was a very memorable experience for us. The food was very good, but what really set the restaurant apart for us was the service and the presentation of the food.
Watching the servers carry out each course was like watching a well orchestrated play. These guys were completely in sync and really knew what they were doing! There must have been at least 4 – 5 people who were serving us throughout the night and they were all very sweet and very charming.
I think we must have sampled 25 – 30 separate items throughout our meal, not including the wine pairing. The presentation of each was so creative and imaginative. The most memorable for me were the tomato salad served over liquid ice, the Tarantino inspired brain dessert, and the manchego cheese mimetic stone. Everything was tasty. My taste buds were most impressed with the red mullet served over what I would describe as a seaweed bisque.
The restaurant is part of a Hotel Unico (which looked amazing from the lobby) and is in a posh part of Madrid. The meal is pretty pricey but oh so worth it. I would highly recommend if you’re looking for an amazing dining experience.

A 1 Michelin star restaurant experience in my mind. The apps were creative and most were delicious but the entrée fell flat. I had the suckling pig for entrée and it was too salty. The price was too high for the experience though the interior was nicely decorated and the service was exceptional.
In summary:
–3 stars for food
–4 stars for service
–went with 3 stars due to the price I paid and not being blown away with the food

Estuvo excelente. No solo descubrí productos como la hoja de ostra (realmente sabe a ostra!), sino que todos los platos sorprendieron por su elaboración y presentación. Buenísima comida y gran servicio. Muy recomendado!

Had a spectacular meal here in October. The restaurant is quite stark. Tables are huge and spread out and the room is very quiet. My wife loved the atmosphere, I thought it was a bit strange.
The meal however was incredible. We had the «experience» menu which was «introduction,» one starter, one fish, one meat, cheese and dessert for 90 €. We also got the wine pairing for an additional 40 €.
Each course however was really three courses or more, served at one time. The waiters (who spoke English very well) explained each dish and told us the order in which the dishes were to be eaten. The meal turned out to be about thirty different plates. Multiple options were offered for bread, and each was fantastic. Both butter from France and olive oil were offered. My favorite dish of the night was a «Poultry Soup.»
I found the desserts to be a bit of overkill as they kept coming and we were quite full. There was cheese, pre-​dessert, dessert and post-​desserts offered. The wine pairings were generous and each wine was explained.
Overall the meal was one of the top ones we had in Spain and I thought the price was more than fair given the quality. Restaurant is in the Salamanca neighborhood so we were able to walk back to our hotel (Westin Palace).

I was here with my parents and my girlfriend for a nice dinner, when my parents visited. We had a nice big round table directly next to a night skyline picture of Madrid which was behind special glass and looked really great.
When I searched for a restaurant for this evening I decided for Ramon Freixa over the other exquisite restaurants in Madrid because of the rather small restaurant, only around 30 people fit in, with 10 in a desperate room, and also because of the really fare prices for the food, we picked the 3 course menu which is only 85 € including different wines for every course.
The food in total was like expected excellent in taste and quality.
Ordering a 3 course menu resulted in 3 waves of pre starters, then the starter from the menu served on 3 different plates. After the main dish arrived also on 3 different plates with different food. With the main dish the savory part ended and was followed by a predesert and then the desert again on 3 different plates.
So even with ordering just 3 courses, we ended up with around 20 different dishes more or less. The amount of food was in general calculated really good, just our huge appetite for the freshly baked bread from the bakery of the chefs father left us really full at the end.
The atmosphere in the restaurant was not as stiff as we feared at the beginning and we ended up joking with some waiters and so did other customers as well.
The reason I can’t give the full 5 stars for this quite perfect evening in the restaurant is simple and might be a bit harsh, but in order to serve so many plates at once to the different tables the stuff uses serving wagons which are horribly loud on the floor which is covered with small tiles. The noise is so loud, that we had to stop conversations some times because we couldn’t understand each other.