El Club Allard Madrid

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

One star restaurant, 2020

All Michelin stars in Madrid All Michelin stars in Spain All 1 star Michelin in Madrid All 1 star Michelin in Spain

OAD

European Restaurants 2019, Recommended

All OAD European in Madrid All OAD European in Spain

Chef

José Carlos Fuentes

Cuisine

Creative

• 2017

5 / 10

Dinner at Club Allard

on 14 Jun 2017

by Tamas Ferencz

We have ordered the tasting menu. One of us had the wine pairing. The menu was uneven, some dishes were very good, some were not to the standard of 2 Michelin star restaurant. Exceptionally good was the cold cherry soup with hering caviar, the quail egg and truffle cupcake. Generally the starters and the amouse bouche were good standard. The mains for us were blend without much creativity. But the biggest problem was the rhythm of the service. All dishes were following eachother within minutes. It... More

We have ordered the tasting menu. One of us had the wine pairing. The menu was uneven, some dishes were very good, some were not to the standard of 2 Michelin star restaurant. Exceptionally good was the cold cherry soup with hering caviar, the quail egg and truffle cupcake. Generally the starters and the amouse bouche were good standard. The mains for us were blend without much creativity. But the biggest problem was the rhythm of the service. All dishes were following eachother within minutes. It was impossible to finish the matching wine with each course or to be able to enjoy the food and the drink together.
The wine pairing itself was excellent, carefully selected. It`s a pity we were so rushed with each plate. Desserts were not memorable, petit four and coffee was nice. Less