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Abierto hasta tarde · Madrid

Late Cafés in Madrid

Cafés open past 22:00, from San Ginés by Sol to Bravo Murillo and Malasaña.

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Abierto hasta tarde, open late, means something different in a country where dinner runs from 20:30 to 23:00 and the merienda, an afternoon snack, comes around 18:00.1 A café that stays open until 22:00 or later covers the whole evening, from coffee after a lunch that usually starts around 14:00 to a cortado after dinner.1

Chocolatería San Ginés, in the Pasadizo de San Ginés off Puerta del Sol, opened in 1890 as an inn and became a churrería in 1894. It made its name with audiences leaving the nearby Teatro Eslava, and later with the crowd from the Joy Eslava nightclub.2 It now serves chocolate con churros around the clock.

Local tip: On a weeknight after 01:30, when the metro has stopped, La Mina on Calle de Francos Rodríguez is still open until 02:00, and the búhos night buses run until 06:00.34

Where these cafés are: Retiro (12), Tetuán (10), Malasaña & Conde Duque (8), Arganzuela (6), Chamberí (5), Salamanca (5), Carabanchel & Puerta del Ángel (4), Lavapiés (3), Chamartín (2), Ciudad Lineal (2), Sol & Ópera (2), Vallecas & Moratalaz (2), La Latina (2), Chueca & Salesas (2), Usera (1).

At a glance

66Cafés listed
66With opening hours
00:00Earliest opening
03:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: La Bicicleta, from 00:00 (Daily 00:00–02:00, 10:00–00:00).
  • Closes latest: Cafetería Mayrs Madrid, until 03:00 (Mon–Fri 06:30–09:00 · Sat 07:00–03:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (15%), open by 6am (12%), wheelchair access (9%).
Tetuán

Cafetería La Villa

  • Calle de Francos Rodríguez, 66
  • Mon–Thu 08:00–00:00 · Fri–Sat 08:00–00:30 · Sun 08:00–00:00
  • +34914594775
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Arganzuela

Cantina Sputnik Legazpi

  • Calle del Hierro, 33
  • Mon–Wed 08:00–23:30 · Thu–Fri 08:00–00:30 · Sat 09:00–00:30 · Sun 09:00–22:30
  • +34 645511702
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Sol & Ópera

Chocolatería San Ginés

  • Pasadizo de San Ginés, 5
  • Open 24 hours
  • +34913656546
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • 24 hours
  • Open by 6am
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Salamanca

Mistura Ice Cream & Coffee

  • Calle de Goya, 50
  • Mon–Thu 08:00–23:00 · Fri 08:00–00:00 · Sat 10:00–00:00 · Sun 10:00–23:00
  • +34 910 51 28 26
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Where cafés stay open late

Retiro has the most late cafés, ahead of Tetuán and Malasaña & Conde Duque. In Retiro, Cafetería Los Gauchos at Calle del Doctor Esquerdo 209 runs from 07:00 to midnight Monday to Thursday, El Oso y el Madroño on Calle del Doce de Octubre from 07:00 to 23:30, Monday to Saturday, and Six board game café on Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona until 02:00 at weekends.

In Tetuán they line two long streets. On Calle de Francos Rodríguez, Bar Gema at number 76 is open 07:00–00:00 every day and La Mina at 94 from 06:00 to 02:00, or 02:30 on Friday and Saturday. On Calle de Bravo Murillo, Cafetería Estrecho at 179 runs 06:00–00:00 from Monday to Saturday. Mucho Gusto on Calle de la Infanta Mercedes stays open until 02:00 daily.

In Malasaña, Café de la Luz on Calle de la Puebla serves daily 10:00–02:00, Dos Passos at Calle de San Bernardo 42 from 07:30 to 01:30, and La Rue on Calle de Colón until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Coffee after midnight

Three places never close: Chocolatería San Ginés, La Doña, at Calle de San Bernardo 57, and Open 25, at Calle de Antonio López 88 in Usera. Elsewhere the latest closes come at weekends. Mamúa, on Plaza de Cascorro in La Latina, stays open until 02:30 on Saturday and Sunday, and Santa Isabel, at Calle de Zurita 1 in Lavapiés, until 02:30 on Friday and Saturday.

Some cafés start when others finish. AlmaCheli Hecho A Mano on Calle de Santa Engracia in Chamberí opens at 18:00 and closes at 02:00, and Café - Bar Moratines in Arganzuela runs from 18:30 to 00:30. Churrería La Mejor, on Calle del Camino de los Vinateros in Moratalaz, splits its day into 06:00–13:00 and 17:00–22:00.

Getting home after a late coffee

The metro runs every day from 06:00 to 01:30. It has stayed open all night only on special occasions, such as World Pride in summer 2017 and the snowstorm of January 2021.3 After it closes, the night buses known as búhos, owls, run from 23:45 to 06:00.4

Sitting outside has its own curfew: from November to mid-March every terrace has to be cleared by midnight, even where the room behind it stays open.5

Sources

  1. Spanish cuisine: meal routines, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Chocolatería San Ginés, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  3. Madrid Metro, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. Memoria de análisis de impacto normativo del proyecto de Ordenanza de Terrazas y Quioscos de Hostelería y Restauración, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Dirección General de Coordinación Territorial y Desconcentración (July 29, 2025), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Open late in Madrid: questions

What time do people eat dinner in Madrid, and how late are cafés open?

Dinner in Spain usually runs from 20:30 to 23:00, with a merienda snack around 18:00. In Madrid many cafés stay open past 22:00: Café de la Luz in Malasaña serves until 02:00, and La Mina on Calle de Francos Rodríguez in Tetuán until 02:00, or 02:30 on Friday and Saturday.

What are the opening hours of Chocolatería San Ginés in Madrid?

Chocolatería San Ginés, in the Pasadizo de San Ginés off Puerta del Sol, serves chocolate con churros around the clock, every day. It became a churrería in 1894 and made its name with audiences leaving the Teatro Eslava and later the Joy Eslava nightclub.

Which Madrid cafés are open 24 hours?

Chocolatería San Ginés off Puerta del Sol, La Doña at Calle de San Bernardo 57 in Malasaña and Open 25 at Calle de Antonio López 88 in Usera are open around the clock. The Madrid metro runs from 06:00 to 01:30, and the búhos night buses cover 23:45 to 06:00.

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