"Located on a side street in the quiet Salamander neighborhood of Madrid, this restaurant is a real surprise. We decided to try it because it was located walking distance from our hotel. We had our doubts as to whether it served French food because its name is Spanish. But, it is a French restaurant, and quite a good one. It is a charming, but small restaurant with only 8 tables. Although reservations were suggested, we went at 9 pm (early for dinner by Spanish custom) on a Tuesday and needed no reservation. My wife and I both had the French onion soup which was excellent. I had entrecote de Paris, a steak with a fine tasting sauce which came with sauteed potatoes and a small salad. My wife had a vegetable crepe. Both were delicious. Now for the quirks. There is only one waiter, an elderly gentleman, who I believe was the owner. He was kind, efficient and attentive, but he did not speak either French or English. (On the other hand, whomever was doing the cooking probably had been to France and knew what they were doing). Next, the restaurant had only 3 menu books available. Three were in Spanish and one was in English . However, the English translation was so bad as to be unintelligible. In the end, I used the Spanish menu which was more understandable (after 2 weeks in Spain) than the English one which was useless. And if you did not understand Spanish, you were guessing. If it were not for this, I would give this restaurant 5 stars."
