Fatigas del Querer

This place was fabulous! Just recently (Nov 2015) visited Spain and this, by far, was our favorite restaurant! Patatas Bravas to die for! And very generous servings of vino tinto! Staff was very friendly and quick service even though the place was packed! Highly recommend!

We came for a drink at the bar and their tinto list was huge so we asked for our bartender’s opinion. He was very helpful and knowledgeable too. We let him choose the wine for us and it was very nice. My first favorite Tinto Rioja in Spain – the start of my education.
He clearly loves his job and wine. It is so fun to meet people like that. I wrote down his name but I lost it along the way. He is a red-​head with a heavier lisp than typical in Madrid. I hope this place recognizes a wonderful employee as he is (maybe his name is George?)
We came back for Sangria on another day and enjoyed watching the staff make it. After reading all the reviews, I wish we had been hungry when we came. Next time :-)

Food was awesome and service was good. It was our first time having Paella and it was worth the wait!

Delicious food with really reasonable prices! BUT the portions are huge. My tall male friend and I split the fried potatoes and each got our own meal — I got the Spanish tortilla and he got the paella. Really tasty but we couldn’t finish it all and were thrown in a food coma afterwards. So unless you’re ravenous, I suggest you do only one plate per person! The sangria is also delicious and a bottle was the perfect size for two people to have 3 – 4 small restaurant glasses each. :)

Really enjoyed this spot. The food was great. I made the mistake of ordering the wrong wine. Fortunately, the wine is cheap and I remedied the situation with another bottle. I had the paella and the squid. Outstanding. I plan on going back tomorrow! Great crowd and good service!

Amazing food and really nice staff.
The only problem: its always full!
Suggestions: Gambas al ajillo and Entrecot.
Also try the Vermouth from the tap

Great experience. Early dinner. Pulpo was good. Lively and friendly atmosphere. Great for people-​watching.

Came here just for drinks after dinner. Fun place; great vibe. everyone seems to be having a good time.

For the type of place this is, it gets 4 stars. Not for the sophisticated or fussy diner it offers good value. My companions had Tripe and the Oxtail. both first time experiences and well worth their experiment. Another had the lamb chops and was equally impressed. My seafood paella was on dry side but OK. Having enjoyed a freshly made one a few days earlier it paled by comparison. Wine selection excellent and well priced. Server was pleasant and efficient. Visit based on review by UK Guardian newspaper. Took pix but they would only replicate those already posted. Visited over Christmas period.

Me he tenido que tragar mis propias palabras, y es que pensaba que este sitio era un timo y un lugar en el que atraían a los turistas y les timaban con platos cutres y a unos precios de locos. No sé por qué, porque nunca había entrado, pero por la zona en la que está pues tenía prejuicio sobre el loca. Pero he de decir que me he llevado una buena leche en la cara jajaja. Tampoco es que sea mi sitio favorito pero he comido estupendamente y a un buen precio la verdad!
El sitio estaba llenísimo pero como era una buena hora pues no hemos tenido que esperar y nos han sentado, antes de comentar la comida he de decir que el servicio debería ser un pelín mejor, nos ha tocado el camarero raro creo, porque no se enteraba muy bien del asunto jajaja. Primero al carta en inglés, no nos ponían los platos, luego tardaban en traer la bebida, luego que si entendió mal el postre… un poco deficiente en este asunto pero la comida a compensado totalmente.
Eramos 3 comiendo, 2 hemos pedido menú, a 19 euros cada uno con 2 platos, bebida y postre y el otro ha pedido unos huevos rotos con jamón que eran a 6 euros una fuente bastante llena.
De primero pedimos almejas en salsa y sopa de cocido! Que rico!!! las almejas estaban buenísimas y la sopa increíble y muy placentera para el frío que hace. Los segundos han sido osobuco que se deshacía en la boca y tenía una salsa increíble y un cabrito que estaba delicioso! No he podido comérmelo entero porque estaba llenísima pero estaba tremendo.
Luego el café estaba bastante decente y la tarta de chocolate me han dicho que era un poco rara porque no sabía dulce y eso que era de chocolate con nata, pero bueno no la he probado así que ni idea.
Creo que es un sitio perfecto para ir entre semana porque no hay tanta gente y para llevarte a algún amigo extranjero que quiera probar una buena comida y no el timen. Porque 44 euros me parece fenomenal :)
PD: el cocido tenía una pinta estupenda!!!

Muy buenas raciones a buen precio en general: ricas y abundantes. Recomiendo especialmente la sepia y los chipirones porque yo soy muy de mar pero cada vez que he llevado a alguien con otros gustos también ha salido contento y satisfecho. Suelen estar a tope pero no por ello dejan de ser amables en la atención. Ah! Y tienen la cocina abierta todo el día, que para los que solemos comer a deshora está muy bien.

If you are very hungry, this is the place to be.
It is a popular busy place, great interior; friendly people, bustle.
The food and drinks are nice and the prices are good!

We went here for lunch and the waiter was very helpful! His English was fairly decent and he told us the three most popular main dishes to order. My plate was just a ton of shrimp and it was delicious and filled with garlic. Prices were good, service was good, Id definitely come back

Bad and rude service. Bad experience. The food is «OK» good but I m totally upset about their service. Discriminate To those who don’t speak their language, which is Spanish. I didn’t speak Spanish. So, I have a dinner there a hour ago with my girlfriend. We sat down and I was ordering food, and as I was speaking, in half way, the waiter took the menu away before I complete my ordering. He Walked away quickly and randomly made some order for us (we seated close to the kitchen and heard him speak to the kitchen with random dishes name.) We were shocked and took us a while to draw him attention and asked him what he made order for us, we have to made him «stay» on our table and REORDER our food. Unbelievable, he showed no interested to listen and ended up missed one of our orders as I laterally told him 3 dishes that we Would like to order. 1) fried mushroom (it’s ok, cheap but very oily) 2) tripe stew (not bad) and 3) paella (which is the missing one) and 2 drinks. At the end, We finished the 2 dishes and drinks and no paella. We waited 20min and still nothing! We were pissed and We called the bill and the same waiter took FOREVER to give us the bill and found out he didn’t make the paella order for us. No apology and took the bill immediately, Rushed, right after I paid. Why I felt discriminated because we observe the same waiter while we WAITING for our PAELLA, he would talk to other customers who speak in Spanish and spend much more time to make their order.
Left with unsatisfactory and hungry stomach. Worst dining experience in Madrid.
Sad. Please don’t support this restaurant. There are many other great food and better service restaurant. I made a bad choice.

Were looking for a nice late night place to grab some drinks (sangria and cerveza to be exact) and Fatigas del Querer delivered. There were a few bar seats and lots of tables here to lounge around and additionally enjoy some tapas. We were there just for drinks, but they also gave us some complimentary mini cracker sticks and mini chorizo sausages with our drink purchase. There are a lot of food and drink options on Calle de la Cruz but it doesn’t seem like you can go wrong here. My brother loves «sweeter» sangria and the sangria here was definitely on the sweeter side with a few chunks of fruit and not overkilled with red wine.

Fantastic food great atmosphere really good evening paella portions large enough for two hungry people to share. Hope to go back

super friendly and food is super good and great price. I love it!
local people recommended this place. cuttlefish and garlic shrimp are so good!

This restaurant is super busy! They serve tapas, but the portions are huge! I was used to the small sized tapas and accidentally over ordered.
I ordered:
— Shrimp with garlic sauce — This was good, but anything in garlic sauce is good.
— Patata Bravas — Probably the best I had in Madrid. The potatoes were fresh and I really loved the sauce!
— Oxtail with potatoes — This was so big! We couldn’t finish the oxtail, which made me so sad. But the oxtail was yummy! The meat was so tender that it was falling apart and melt in your mouth ready. I wish there was more sauce. Tip: I’d recommend only order the Oxtail or Patata Bravas and not both, unless you have a lot of people. We had way too many potatoes left over.
— Paella — It was OK. Too fishy for my taste. Not something I’d highly recommend
The service was decent as well. It’s hard to flag waiters down when they’re busy but also because we are tourists and just have a hard time communicating sometimes.
Not a must try, but definitely better than all the restaurants near the touristy areas!

Food: After running the Rock n’ Roll Madrid Marathon, I was super hungry. So I walked from my room to this place based on the reviews. I ordered their paella, the tripe stew, and a glass of Berceo red wine. The paella was pretty good and I love seafood! But the tripe stew wasn’t that great. It was a bit overcooked and chewy for my taste.
Service: I had good service and they were able to understand English, but my waiter totally sized me up and thought I couldn’t eat everything that I wanted to order. So I had to prove it to him by eating the paella first and then ordered the tripe stew. That caused a rather lengthy wait because it took a while to cook the tripe stew. I guess it’s not a very popular item on the menu.
Location: It was pretty loud and seemed like a really popular place to be.

Nosotros estábamos buscando un sitio en Madrid donde poder un buen plato de callos. Al final nos decidimos por este sitio porque nos moló el interior del local, y la verdad es que dimos en el clavo, los callos con una copita de vino… Buf, espectacular!!!

Doy dos estrellas porque el sitio mismo no esta mal, aunque en la zona hay muchos iguales. La razon por la que me gustaria darle –5 es el jefe y su forma de tratar a los clientes. Es un chulo agresivo que no sabe apreciar la gente que entra en su sitio. Por suerte alrededor hay muchos sitios donde te sirven la comida igual de buena (si no mejor) y con el merecido respeto.
P. S.: Ha habido un malentendido entre un camarero y nosotros y el jefe decidio echarnos la bronca y tratarnos como si fueramos unos crios en vez de escucharnos por solo un segundo y solucionarlo de forma normal. Sitio que no quiero volver!

favorite tapas joint we hit up in madrid. chiperones a la plancha were fantastic… sepia a la plancha was well executed and legit overflowing the plate. server was young but awesome… even letting us know that he thought we ordered too much food… hahah. little did he know we had grown second stomachs for our trip to spain. :).
chorizo was beautiful glistening on warm bread… and the rioja de la casa for one euro 80 was better than a 15 dollar glass in the US.
awesome spot for people watching if you can get the same table we did at the very front.
big fan of this place.

Regular. Las croquetas y calamares, ok. Pero los huevos rotos, bastante flojos, muy por debajo de la media en Madrid.

Ok, this place seems like a scene, people are loud and want to have some fun! It’s a packed house tonight. We had to wait a bit, before we got a seat. What we ordered:
Sangrias: We had to order another round, since it was yummy
Tripe stew– Yes, this is not for the faint of heart! Haha, the waiter kept on warning us, you sure, you want this… we said «yes.» This is a heavy and more traditional dish. But, gosh, it was sooo tasty!
Omelette-​tasted like potatoes and mayo, but still ymmy
Shiitake mushrooms-​fried dip in ranch dressing, different twist other than calamari? Not bad
Paella-​was average, but I thought it went well with the tripe stew.

Madrid is one of my favorite cities. From the wonderful people to the plethora of Tapas Bar’s. SO when me and a friend walked into Fatigas del Querer, I was so pleasantly surprised to see how friendly the staff was. Actually not surprised at all, as we were treated like Canadian’s and not the American degenerate pig bastard, that we have become everywhere, except Thailand.
That being said the bartenders kept us busy with our broken Spanish and there better English. Try the Iberico, Try the Chorizo, try, try, try! Loved it all. The wine the food the company! Although I thought Florida shrimp aioli is better, I was still impressed.
Can’t wait to get on a plane again.

A las melodramáticas como yo, ya sólo el nombre, os va a encantar, y es que hay que ver la fatiguita que nos da a veces el querer.
Y ya dejando de lado este tipo de detalles que quizás sólo me gustan a mí, he de decir que es sitio está bastante bien para el tapeo céntrico. Unas patatas, unas croquetas, unas gambas a la plancha, un surtidito de ibéricos, un trocito de empanada de atún…aquí tienes pa’ dar y tomar.
Sitio bonito, buen trato y a buen precio, ¿qué más quieres?

El local ya llama la atención desde fuera con esos azulejos que nos avisan deque la historia dle local viene de lejos. Fue abierto en los años 20, y reabierto, como Las Fatigas del Querer, hace sólo unos años, pero han intentado, en la medida de lo posible, conservar la decoración original, tanto fuera como dentro. Es un sitio de tapeo y racioncitas para pasar una mañana de fin de semana perfecta con amigos o familia. Los platos son tradicionales: patatas, oreja, chorizo, jamón, tortilla, callos, y no os sigo relatando que sé que se os hace la boca agua. También, si queréis, podéis ir a comer o cenar, que tienen platos más «para sentarse a disfrutar», como paella o rabo de toro, pero a mí para racioncitas es como más me gusta.

Lugar especial, el menú del día de auténtica calidad, y el trato estupendo.
Lo frecuento con asiduidad y a los pocos días ya me encontré entre amigos. Personal muy agradable y profesional. Lo de especial es porque tiene un sabor, cómo diría yo … muy especial. Algo ruidoso pero es lo de menos. Es preciso visitarlo para comprobarlo.