Pelotari

Name: Pelotari
Address: Recoletos, 3, Madrid, 28001, Spain
Price range: €55 (Average meal price calculated on the basis of appetizer/entrée or entrée/dessert, excluding drinks, according to the prices provided by the restaurant. The average price is an estimate only. )
Rating: 9.3

9.3/10

577

Recoletos, 3, 28001 MadridSee map

Average price €55

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This restaurant is following the relevant safety practices*:

Card payments accepted

Contactless, digital or single use menus

Extra cleaning services implemented at the tables, toilets and kitchen

Guest spacing 2m

Hand sanitizer for customers

Single use products on the table

Staff wearing masks

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Selected by INSIDER

A rare pearl among our careful selection of the best addresses right now

El nombre es inequívoco. Y la decoración, clásica y un punto rústica, también. Ese mural con un pelotari en plena acción es definitivo. En cuanto cruzas la puerta de este restaurante sabes que estás en un asador vasco de toda la vida que te va a servir cocina vasco-navarra de siempre, con un muy buen producto de temporada y sin demasiada intervención de los cocineros. Pocas filigranas y mucho sabor. La materia prima (carnes rojas de vacuno y de buey, pescados de las mejores lonjas españolas, verduras y hortalizas de Tudela, legumbres de los campos de Castilla...) se transforman en platos de gran calidad. Cuánto mérito tiene la sencillez bien entendida. Lo fácil siempre es lo más difícil.

Más allá de la propuesta gastronómica merece la pena destacar el servicio de sala, de lo más profesional, y la carta de vinos, con 250 referencias de todo el mundo que cambia cada medio año y a la que se añaden semanalmente dos vinos de zonas emergentes y, cada mes, uno de prestigio con gran relación calidad-precio. Para después del ágape, destilados premium (rones añejos, whiskies de malta de pequeñas destilerías, ginebras innovadoras...) y una cava de habanos que hace las delicias de los fumadores.

INSIDER tip

El nombre del restaurante no es postureo; sus responsables son tan aficionados a la pelota vasca que llamaron así al local en homenaje al desaparecido y vecino frontón Recoletos.

Restaurant menu

Average price €55
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Average price
Average meal price calculated on the basis of appetizer/entrée or entrée/dessert, excluding drinks, according to the prices provided by the restaurant. The average price is an estimate only.
American express Welcome

Rape negro a la parrilla: €27
Merluza en salsa verde y kokotxas: €28.5
Chuletón de vacuno mayor (1 kg para dos personas): €49.5

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Ratings & Reviews

Excellent

9.3/10

based on 577 reviews

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Quality of food :9.5/10

Service :9.5/10

Setting :8.6/10

Pilar s.
December 26, 2020 • 7 reviews
10/10
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Carlos s.
December 26, 2020 • 6 reviews
9.5/10
excelente
SANTIAGO P.
December 3, 2020 • 53 reviews
8.5/10
Excelente trato tanto del maitre como de Monica !
Estrella U.
March 7, 2020 • 4 reviews
9.5/10
Muy buena calidad
Juan Manuel D.
March 5, 2020 • 258 reviews
7.5/10
Bastante bien
Jesus M.
December 7, 2019 • 61 reviews
9/10
Todo como se esperaba
Rafael L.
December 7, 2019 • 10 reviews
8.5/10
Volveremos!
Carlos s.
November 9, 2019 • 6 reviews
9/10
carne espectacular
Juan E.
October 28, 2019 • 12 reviews
10/10
Best Basque restaurant in central Madrid! Great food at a fair, but not cheap price.
Juan E.
October 14, 2019 • 12 reviews
10/10
Once again, this is perhaps the best Basque restaurant in Madrid. Highly recommended to all. ‘We’re lucky enough to live 2 blocks form Pelotari and will repeat there many, many times.
Javier F.
October 12, 2019 • 8 reviews
6.5/10
The food was really good. However the portions were not too big. The waitresses were lovely. However the waiter that was taking the order was not welcoming. Overall was OK but not a place I would come back.
Juan E.
October 2, 2019 • 12 reviews
10/10
One of, if not, the best Basque restaurant in Madrid. Great fish, meats.
Juan E.
August 16, 2019 • 12 reviews
10/10
Luckily there’s still a few traditional Basque restaurants in Madrid, and this is among the best. Great food, fresh, well made at a good price / quality relationship.
Luis K.
July 27, 2019 • 5 reviews
9/10
This is a place that delivers quality and value without being pretentious. Food and customer satisfaction is their business and they do precisely that. However, It wouldn’t hurt to have a maître d'hôtel to elevate the experience a notch. Just food for thought.
Juan E.
May 29, 2019 • 12 reviews
10/10
Best Basque restaurant in the center of Madrid. Great food, great service, great price/quality ratio.
Natalia W.
May 15, 2019 • 183 reviews
10/10
La carne deliciosa
Pablo S.
May 6, 2019 • 5 reviews
8/10
Recomendable
Juan Antonio S.
April 9, 2019 • one review
6/10
Precio caro.
Carlos s.
April 6, 2019 • 2 reviews
8.5/10
Excelente materia prima
Juan E.
April 5, 2019 • 12 reviews
9/10
One of the best Basque restaurants in Madrid!