Sun 15 Jun 2008
Restaurante Lamucca
Posted by Robert under Eating in Madrid: Restaurants & Tapas Bars , Malasaña , Recommended1 Comment
The sign on the door says ‘Drink, Eat and Take Home the Furniture’. The idea is that you do just that, by buying the table you’ve eaten at or the copy designer chair you sat on during your meal. This place is conceived to make you feel your in a trendy restaurant in NY. Bare brick, bare wooden/metal beams, the menu written in chalk on blackboards and the staff ann dressed in black. It works pretty well, the space is very open, large windows, which are open in summer, and tables on the plaza Carlos Cambronero mean you can sit comfortably inside or out. The bar is a nice place for a drink if that’s all your after. As far as the furniture, I thought some of it was quite nice, but I’ve no idea if the prices are reasonable or not. Still it’s a nice idea you actually get to try a chair or table before buying it.
Where this place falls a little short is the food itself, which was a little disappointing. The menu’s a little too eclectic including things like thai soup, nachos, burghers or filet steak with french fries covered in truffle oil. More importantly the food wasn’t as good as I felt it could be. There’s a decent and not too expensive wine menu and a few wines which can be had be the glass. Our meal, in which we shared 2 starters and a main course, had a couple of glasses if wine each, 1 desert and coffee came to 25 euros per person.
Overall I’d reccommend this place. I suspect the food could improve, as it’s only been open for about a month, and in madrid getting even decent food in a terraza is worth recommending. If your a tourist looking for the authentic spanish-tapas experience, this is not the place but if you’re looking for a decent place in a pleasant modern atmosphere including the possibility to sit outdoors then this is a good choice.
