Little Madrid Tapas-Café

Amazing Spanish restaurant in Chicago! The food is authentic, flavorful, and clearly made with great ingredients. The croquetas were absolutely incredible — perfectly crispy outside and creamy inside, just like in Spain. Great atmosphere, friendly staff, and excellent service. You can really feel the passion behind the food. Highly recommend if you want real Spanish cuisine. I’ll definitely be back!

Food is absolutely amazing and their bathrooms were extremely clean. The ambience in the restaurant was spectacular and I would give them six stars if the service wasn’t so bad. They have two people running the entire restaurant. The gentleman hung out at the back table, I’m assuming with his friends as the woman randomly checked on tables and wiped the bar. We needed things several times it was no one to help us. Again, I would come back for the food, but not the service.

The potatoes, mussels, meatballs, and croquettes were the clear highlights among the tapas for me. I’d skip the cheese platter. The ambiance felt like I was exactly in Madrid, and one time a guy came around and poured wine down everyone’s throats.. yeah kinda cool. The dishes that were good were really really good, but not every dish is on that level.

We loved everything about this place!!! Especially the paella. We tried the sangria and the Madrid on the Rocks drink, both were refreshing, and they truly made me feel like I was in Madrid.

went for happy hour brunch on a saturday and it was a wonderful experience. ended up paying ~40 per person for quite a lot of food with drinks. the food was delicious and our server was very helpful with recommendations. brunch paella is a must. also really enjoyed the euro bacon, patatas alioli, and spanish tortilla as well, but everything we had was delicious. very excited to revisit for the brunch paella again!