⭐️ Santerra 🇬🇧

Madrid | Restaurants from Michelin guide

Everything about our experience at Santerra.

ℹ️ Useful information

📔 Menu
📍 Location: Calle del General Pardiñas 56

Review and Comments

⭐️ Score

📝 Summary

An experience that immerses you in the forest, with every detail of the setting, and the unconventional and surprising “undergrowth” dishes carefully crafted.

Santerra has also been awarded the following titles:

One Michelin Star since 2024 and renewed until 2026
One Sun in the Repsol Guide in 2021 and renewed until 2026
Best croquette in the world in 2018 and 2022 at Madrid Fusión
Best national escabeche in 2020 at Madrid Fusión
Revelation restaurant in 2017 by Metropoli

🍴 Food

The food was very good, and out of the ordinary from conventional dishes with unique presentations.

However, it should be noted that the dishes are generally small. Therefore, it is recommended to order individually the starters. While the main dishes are more abundant and could be shared so that more dishes can be sampled.

💡 Tips: If you want to share the main courses, let them know, as they will serve the dishes in two portions. So, everyone can enjoy their own individual dish.

During our visit, we enjoyed the following dishes:

Bread service, olive oil and appetizer 4.5€
The bread and oil service is somewhat more conventional, but even so, you can’t resist the temptation and leave not a single crumb of bread or drop of oil.
In addition, you can enjoy an appetizer, which in this case was a mussel with mustard sauce. It was just a bite, but super tasty. The mustard added a nice touch to the mussels, which are more neutral in flavor.

Artisanal iberian ham croquette 3.8€
A spectacular croquette with an unbeatable creamy texture.
Its award for “Best Croquette in the World” is undoubtedly well deserved.
Therefore, it is a must that you cannot miss.

Venison parfait and Reineta apple with calvados 16€
The dish has a very striking presentation with the burnt plate and the trompe l’oeil of the two elements.
On the right, shaped like an apple, where you would expect to find the Reineta apple, it is actually filled with venison. The meat was cold, which meant it lost flavor and was less enjoyable.
On the left, you could find a piece of toast with butter, which was the apple, but it didn’t taste much like apple either.

This dish was good, but it was excessively small, as it was barely a bite of each. This means you can’t really savor the dish, which is a shame. Therefore, it’s a dish I wouldn’t recommend.

Wood pigeon soup, salmis bun and seasonal truffle 12€
It was delicious, with lots of flavor. Although one per person is recommended, in this case, it would not be enough. So don’t get distracted and savor every spoonful.

Salsifis 24€
«Salsify treated like gnocchi, smoked butter, guanciale, fried sage, and Parmesan cheese».
This dish was delicious and also very surprising, as it is not common to eat salsify. Salsify is an edible root that looks like white asparagus but has a harder consistency.
In this case, the portion size was perfect for enjoying the dish. It was also half a plate, as it was a main course and therefore more generous, and it was served already divided.

Blue duck à la Royale 37€
«Blue duck à la royale, potato parmentier and truffle».
The duck was presented in a compact cylinder, but it crumbled when cut. The meat was very tasty and juicy. In addition, the sauce surrounding it was very thick and gave it even more flavor.
The duck was accompanied by truffle shavings and mashed potatoes, although the portion of the latter was a little small to be able to mix it with the rest.
This dish was a main course, in which the half portion is reasonable to be able to enjoy and savor the dish.

Fresh milk flan with tonka bean whipped cream 8.5€
The dessert was good, but it wasn’t anything exceptional either, as the flavor was conventional and didn’t taste like goat cheese. The cream had a more exceptional flavor, but it wasn’t anything particularly striking. Everything was covered in a caramelized sauce.

White chocolate-filled meringue
A small detail to finish.

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🍷 Drinks

In our case, standard drinks (beer) were 4.50€.
For a high-end restaurant, the price of drinks was very reasonable, as we expected them to cost more.

💶 Price

💰💰💰 75-100€

In our case, it was around 60€ per person having one croquette per person, two starters to share, two main courses to share, one dessert to share, one drink per person, and bread.
I recommend ordering individual starters so you can enjoy the dish, and sharing the main courses so you can try more dishes.
Therefore, I would suggest the croquette, a couple of starters and a couple of main courses, a dessert, a drink, and bread, which would be approximately 80€ per person, depending on what you order.
Although you could order another dish, as the portions are rather small, you may be left wanting something more.

👥 Staff

El personal fue muy amable y atento. Nos aconsejaron y recomendaron muy adecuadamente los platos.
Además, presentaban los platos en cada momento y también tuvieron un detalle con nosotros al no tener uno de los platos que habíamos pedido.

The staff were very friendly and attentive. They gave us excellent advice and recommendations on the dishes. They presented the dishes at each stage and also made a gesture towards us as they could not serve one of the dishes we had ordered.

📍 Place

The restaurant is very spacious. Although the decor is minimalist, it has a lot of atmosphere. It transports you to the deep forest with its play of shadows and green colors.

💳 Non-show fee

When making the reservation, you must provide a credit card to complete the process and guarantee a deposit.
The no-show fee is 100€ if you do not show up or cancel at least 24 hours in advance.