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    El Gran Barril

    4.6 (18 reviews)
    PriceySeafood, Spanish
    Closed 12:00 pm - 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM - 1:00 am (Next day)

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    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    Toshio U.

    All the dishes were prepared very well. Contemporary and blight ambiance and well trained staff, very professional and helpful! Plus quality wine listings. Highly recommended.

    Shrimp paella
    Vicky G.

    Food was great. It's a block away from our hotel . Service was good. Our waiter was attentive but had a little trouble understanding us, so we got shrimp paella instead of lobster paella as we ordered. It was delicious though.

    Sam S.

    The El Barril is a chain of restaurants around Madrid specializing in tapas, fresh seafood and other choices like paella and arroz a Banda. I was taken here by friends who are from Madrid and we had a fabulous evening. It's certainly not cheap but the quality of the seafood here is amazing. Unfortunately like most of Madrid the choices for vegetarians are limited. We had quite a few seafood starters and I had a whole grilled fish for main. Absolutely loved the red prawns and it was one of the juiciest prawns I have ever had. The grilled fish was also very nicely done and I picked it clean :-) service was very good and staff were always around to check up on us. I would say it's one of the best places for seafood in Madrid and I am glad we went here. It was packed throughout the evening and there is places to sit outside as well. The interior of this restaurant is posh and the waiters are very well dressed. Happily come here again.

    Table setting for group dinner, cute plates!

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    El Barril - Seafood cadavers' long wait at El Barril

    El Barril

    4.7(27 reviews)
    1.5 kmSalamanca
    €€€

    One word. SQUID. Actually...not squid, CUTTLEFISH. (Bc they are different now that I looked it up…read moreon google.) Get the grilled cuttlefish with garlic salt. Top notch, the most drool-inducing cephalopods I've ever tasted/consumed in my life. Walking in sans reservations on a drizzly Monday evening in Madrid, the restaurant was about 60 % full. The space is rather deep and essentially occupies the first floors of two adjoining townhouses. Deceptively large since upon entering you walk backwards thru the restaurant but u-turning right and walking back towards the front of the building, there is an equally long space with tables lining both sides of the wall and a larger open seating area by the front windows of the restaurant. Service was polished and super professional. The atmosphere was a bit on the more formal side and most men wore sports jackets. Being a seafood restaurant, the menu had an extensive list of options, including both oven-finished and fire-top grilled items. We ordered as appetizers: a plate of Iberico ham, fried white anchovies with roasted red peppers, sea bass and scarlet prawn ceviche. For mains: grilled cuttlefish, baked hake, grilled sole. For dessert we split one item: (we were stuffed by then!): brioche French toast with a scoop of ice cream. We had a bottle of white wine recommended by the restaurant and it paired well with the food. The servings were very generous--and all was cooked well. The olives they served on the side before the meal were delectable. The fried anchovies were a bit difficult for me to eat since they were fried pretty much so you could eat bones and all, but I couldn't help being a bit paranoid about some of the slightly larger bones, but the amazing-ness of the squid ...oops, CUTTLEFISH... alone would bring me back here in an instant.

    Lots of freebies! Warm friendly service despite the server having to manage many tables. They were…read moreable to accommodate us without a reservation and groups. I especially enjoyed the tomato salad, the chorizo, olives, and bread. The grilled octopus could have used more flavor other than just olive oil and the chocolate cake slice was dry.

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    El Gran Barril - seafood - Updated July 2026

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