Café Carmen 17 Bistro

Very good Tapas. Portions are big! Try the Croquettes - they're so good! Friendly waiters and fair prices.

Wonderful little gem in the heart of madrid! We were looking for a place to have dinner. Our 4 year old is very picky. Despite the fact that there was no plain omlette on the menu, the owners didn't hesitate and happily fixed us a specialized omlette for the child.
Beside that - the food was absolutely incredible. Wonderful biscuit of tuna and avocado, crispy fried calamari, and the crown jewel - one of the best empanadas I've ever tasted. Their outer shell was thin and crispy, their insides were filled with the most tender meat, and combined they were just heavenly.

The host kept coming to the tables and making sure everything was good, infusing jokes into the meal which lightnened the mood and overall made the experience extremely pleasant.
The prices are ridiculously low and give the best value for money we had on this trip.

A big big recommendation to check out this place and enjoy a truly wonderful dinner!!!

Amazing gem. Had the veggie paella, chorizos for appetizers and tapa de jamón ibérico. Everything was amazing. The lemonade is homemade with mint. Torrijas for dessert and I'm done!!!!

They got a bit of everything. I had a Santa Clause hot chocolate (vanilla ice cream dipped in hot chocolate with thick whipped cream on top. What's not to like?) and paella with squid ink. Where else can I have hot chocolate and then paella? Haven't decided what to eat? Stop by. You'll find something you like.

I don't even speak Spanish but managed to get what I wanted, and get friendly polite service! Highly recommend

Amazing breakfast!! The food was delicious, the staff super nice and the ambience relaxed, with great music. Also, the service was very fast, didn't have to wait a lot!!

Little gem and great paella

Amazing food and great service. Great place to visit

This is a great place for breakfast , with great location, the staff is very friendly, good variety of dishes, orange juice is really good, is not that pricy, for 4 persons with coffee or juice was 30 euros.

Great music, super friendly service and they have some outdoor spaces to sit. The food is very Spanish tapas like, don’t expect anything fancy! Still, great place to stop for some tapas and some cañitas

I'm going there few times per month. The staff is awesome, i like this place cause the price and service are as it should. You can have as breakfast as dinner here by checking the menu, you'll definitely find your best mix.

Was a bit packed when i visit, but still service was ready. Order the tortilla is their best dish. Caffe was very good too. Great place for a quick bite or for breakfast

Today I was there, everything was very good, I liked it a lot, I'm going back to London with the Spanish flavor.

Nice place, holded by Laura and Giovanni,
Thanks!
Food was perfect!!!

Good food for reasonable price in the city centre. I also enjoyed the bass vibrations of the played music under my culo :3

10/10 would come here again

Great service, Good Food, a lot of choice and clean and good looking inside and outside!

Excellent

Nice breakfast options. Staff were nice. Prices were good.

The potato omelette is superb. Asknfor the refreshing (but pricey!) sangria.

Delicious food, reasonably priced for breakfast.