We saw two of these Museo del Jamons near Puerta del Sol. They were always packed because they were doing a promotion where you could get a draft beer for a Euro and a filled roll for a Euro. The walls of this restaurant/shop were lined with hams.
Written Jan 1, 2012
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
At this chain of restaurant-cafe you can buy some very good bread with ham, salami or with other fillings of various sizes.
Museo del Jamon is also a restaurant. I cannot recommend it at the moment because I only went there once.
Favorite Dish: Bocadillos (these are bread with fillings).
Updated Oct 23, 2011
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
This place is certainly a must if you are in Madrid. The prices are unbelievable (ie very cheap) and the food is delicious. If you want a place that is typically spanish, both the food and the service, this is where you must go.
To give you an idea of choice and price, we went here as a group of nine at around half ten. The place was full and there was a great ambience, but there was still room for us to sit (the salón is upstairs and is quite big!)
{by the way, these "raciones" are bigger than individual portions and they are to share. If you are wanting individual plates, you would choose media ración and it would be obviously cheaper}
We had:
two big plates of olives (dos raciones de aceitunas) (they were enormous, extremeley tasty and very popular) at €5.60,
two plates of ham croquettes (dos raciones de croquetas de jamón) at €12.50,
a plate of fried whitebait (una ración de boquerones - a popular dish in Spain) at €9.50,
a plate of cured ham (una ración de jamón serrano), at €9,
a plate of octopus (una ración de pulpo) at €15,
a spanish omelette (una tortilla espanola) at €6.90,
a plate of chorizo,(una ración de chorizo) at €5.90,
a plate of mushrooms with garlic (una ración de champiñones a la plancha) at €8.80,
a plate of prawns cooked on the griddle with salt (gambas a la plancha) €12.50
8 breads (pan), €4
Three bottles of white house wine (Valdepeñas - very nice), €10.50 - yes, total for all three!
One bottle of casera (this is like somewhere between a lemonade and tonic water) at €1.50
For vegetarians there are also salads, fried peppers etc.
We also got great service by the very kind, speedy and attentive waiters.
This all came to €101.60 which, between the nine of us, came to something close to 10 euros. Unbelievably cheap! We would have loved to have tried a million of the other things on the menu but we were simply too full!
If you are looking for a take-away meal to eat whilst on the go, or to take with you to the airport, I suggest you come here too. Downstairs in the bar/shop area, they had big sandwiches of ham or cheese or chorizo for €1.80. Even better is the menu option where you can get a sandwich+drink (bottle of water/can of coca cola/can of amstel lager) + an orange or an apple for €2.
Strongly recommend this place. Don't miss it! Unbelievable choice and prices, especially whilst being literally at the door of Sol.
Favorite Dish: Boquerones : extremely tasty
Olives : the biggest, fattest olives you'll ever eat
Prawns : juicy, tasty
The ham is very good - so it should be, considering it's Museo del Jamón!
All the food was delicious.
Written Aug 2, 2011
Address: Carrera de San Jerónemo, from Sol.
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
We were in need of lunch as we had not had any breakfast. So we stopped here, the service was fairly quick if not a little abrupt. I can recommend the Ham and Cheese Croissant which was just the right size. I cannot remember the price, eating by the square is never going to be cheap.
Museo Del Jamon (Museum of Ham) is part of a chain of shops and restaurants. It is worth having a look in one of their shops even if you don't intend to buy anything. If you walk from Sol metro towards Playa de Mayor, you will see some of the shops on the way.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Playa de Mayor
At the beninning, I was a bit confused when I saw the sign "Museo del Jamon" which litteraly means "Ham Museum". I was expecting a museum, but the window reminded me of a butchery, and in the end the place is a restaurant, where, of course, ham is the main dish of all courses!
We ate in between hanging hams, an extremely peculiar location indeed!
Updated Feb 27, 2011
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
Museo del Jamon is basically a place where you can taste all kinds of Spanish Ham, and of course not only Hams, you will also find salads, tortillas and much more. I strongly recommend to visit one of the many Museos del Jamon..
Favorite Dish: I tried here: Manchega Salad and Tortilla
Updated Aug 25, 2007
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
I was starting my way along the Gran Via and before I saw the beauty of the famous avenue I noticed the name of the shop - Museo Del Jamon. Since I looooooooooove Jamon (Spanish for ham) I couldn't resist entering the place. Once I was inside I realized why the name of the place is "Museum". Long rows of Jamon are hanging all over the shop, which is quite big, and all these "hanging legs" are different types of Jamon. The taste, quality, and of course price of Jamon depend on many things like time of preparation, type of pig, and even type of food a pig was fed with before it became ham.
Like evey normal VTer I started taking pictures. The employees seem to be used to tourists and cameras don't bother them. However, besides shooting pictures of endless rows of jamon you're more than welcome to sit down and have jamon sandwich. The price of course depends on type of ham you decide to try.
Besides sandwiches you can purchase Jamon by kilogram or to leave the shop with the whole leg.
They do sell some cheese too, but the variety of it is nothing in compare to the meat section.
Updated Apr 19, 2007
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
From Reading the reviews on VT I thought this place was a must, But after eating here I was dissapointed. The hams were ok at best some of it reminded me of a ham you would have for sunday dinner at home. The interior of the resteraunt is nice and fun but definetly not a must. Try the shrimp that was good.
Written Feb 26, 2007
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
The chain restaurant with the interesting name, Museo del Jamon was one of our favourite restaurants in Madrid and we ate here numerous times.
As you can tell from the name it's speciality is ham though there are also good selections of cheese, wine and pork as well. It's a very popular place with the locals and most of them eat at the counter, tapas style. The food is very good value and they also serve takeaways which can be useful for picnics.
We visited two of the restaurants, on Calle de Alcala and on Paseo del Prado, though there are many more branches around the city.
Updated Nov 21, 2006
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
Museo del Jamon this is a net of shops-restaurants with excellent choice od spanish delicious ham (jamon). sausages (salchicio) and chees. You can eat there inside or get the food takeaway.
Favorite Dish: of cours the tasty jamon - the sandwich with ham is called bocadillo jamon
You can drink here too cerveza ( beer), very good is the local beer Mahou.
Very good is too paella and tortilla.
Updated Sep 4, 2006
Address: Gran Via, 72; Alcalá, 155; Atocha, 54
Phone: (91) 521 03 46
Website: http://www.museodeljamon.es
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