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Per Person Brunch deal for €19.90 gets you; coffee or similar, juice or similar, two courses of choice from the large brunch menu - although some dishes have small supplements.
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Website https://www.rollmadrid.com/
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Salmon & Cream Cheese toast was perfectly serviceable, pretty generous in size and that smoked salmon was richly flavoured. If we were looking for a note, this and the French Toast could use a bit of visual love. We don't want garnishes for the sake of it, but an edible detail or two could make them look as good as they taste.
Eggs Benedict with bacon appeared with seasoned potatoes, which isn't typical but not to be sniffed at. Portion size is not to be knocked then. Plenty of bacon too. Do we have notes? We do. Chapata rather than muffin was ok, as we should allow there might be supply issues at present. The hollandaise wasn't quite right, though. Flavour wise it was on the money, with nice acidity, but it needed to be more like mayonnaise and less like a liquid sauce. Tasty? yes. Unctuous (word of the day!)? not this time.
Change one thing? They don't serve coke. While we can see why this might be a choice, it does mean some customers who don't roll with it will be disappointed.
Revisitability? Good to very good. Range of choices met expectations very well. Only the soft drink question and that hollandaise consistency inconsistency are details we'd need to manage.
Pro Good to very good value depending on menu choices.
Con Portion sizes are uneven.
Con Portion sizes are uneven.
Pay
€€
Per Person Brunch deal for €19.90 gets you; coffee or similar, juice or similar, two courses of choice from the large brunch menu - although some dishes have small supplements.
Find
Website https://www.rollmadrid.com/
✔ Dietary Icons on the online menu.
♿Access Step free to front seating area.
♿Access Step free to front seating area.
In Pictures
On Google Images
The Story
Hopes? Menu looks generous, extensive and interesting, potentially good VFM, although a Full English breakfast seemingly without bacon for, nominally, €13 looked steep.
Reality? €20 well spent. We left reeling from the portion sizes and rolling down the street.
First Impressions? At 1200 on a Saturday, quiet. Some might say an oasis of calm. Furniture is wooden and heavy, decor is faded early 20th century elegance. There's a lot of 19/21-era Adele in the background.
USP? Two Ps. Price and portion size.
The offer in three words? No eyebrows raised.
Service? As diners we were very happy. Everything came snappily and as and when. Later arrivals seemed to be getting twitchy though as things seemed to slow down as tables filled up.
On tap? 10+ craft beers on the board.
Eat me! 
French toast with Strawberry Compote (other sauces are on offer) ticked lots of buttons and I'd order it again. Can't say fairer than that, really.
French toast with Strawberry Compote (other sauces are on offer) ticked lots of buttons and I'd order it again. Can't say fairer than that, really.
Salmon & Cream Cheese toast was perfectly serviceable, pretty generous in size and that smoked salmon was richly flavoured. If we were looking for a note, this and the French Toast could use a bit of visual love. We don't want garnishes for the sake of it, but an edible detail or two could make them look as good as they taste.
Eggs Benedict with bacon appeared with seasoned potatoes, which isn't typical but not to be sniffed at. Portion size is not to be knocked then. Plenty of bacon too. Do we have notes? We do. Chapata rather than muffin was ok, as we should allow there might be supply issues at present. The hollandaise wasn't quite right, though. Flavour wise it was on the money, with nice acidity, but it needed to be more like mayonnaise and less like a liquid sauce. Tasty? yes. Unctuous (word of the day!)? not this time.And so to Huevos Rancheros
which our - not brilliant - photo doesn't do justice to. This is, simply enormous. There's enough here for two to share - and if you've started with one of the toasts even then you might struggle. This is the sauciest dish we've had in years, It's a colossal volume of food, with eggs (natch), tortilla and beans lurking in the depths amongst the tomato, cream cheese and guacamole. And that's our main beef, really. It doesn't resemble my mind's eye view of huevos rancheros. I'm expecting baked eggs in a sea of tomatoey sauce with some nice accompaniments. This looks more like a giant plate of enchiladas. A crazily generous portion we'd reduce everything by 20%, maybe cut the beans entirely and not just save some money, but avoid wasting food when one person is never going to finish it.
which our - not brilliant - photo doesn't do justice to. This is, simply enormous. There's enough here for two to share - and if you've started with one of the toasts even then you might struggle. This is the sauciest dish we've had in years, It's a colossal volume of food, with eggs (natch), tortilla and beans lurking in the depths amongst the tomato, cream cheese and guacamole. And that's our main beef, really. It doesn't resemble my mind's eye view of huevos rancheros. I'm expecting baked eggs in a sea of tomatoey sauce with some nice accompaniments. This looks more like a giant plate of enchiladas. A crazily generous portion we'd reduce everything by 20%, maybe cut the beans entirely and not just save some money, but avoid wasting food when one person is never going to finish it.
Friend friendly? Vegetarians will be satisfied, we think. Vegans may be light on options to choose more than one brunch menu.
Rating for dating? Definitely, maybe. A lengthy drinks and cocktails menu makes for a decent choice for that all-important second one, perhaps.
Change one thing? They don't serve coke. While we can see why this might be a choice, it does mean some customers who don't roll with it will be disappointed.
Revisitability? Good to very good. Range of choices met expectations very well. Only the soft drink question and that hollandaise consistency inconsistency are details we'd need to manage.
Food ☀☀☀☀ Service ☀☀☀☀ VFM ☀☀☀☀
