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Cafés in Retiro

A café space in use since 1927 beside the Prado, prize-winning roscón on Antonio Arias and Peruvian beans on Doce de Octubre.

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Retiro takes its name from the park, but the district runs well past it: from the Paseo del Prado east to the M-30, and from Calle de Alcalá and O'Donnell south to the Atocha tracks.1 Its six barrios are Jerónimos, Ibiza, Niño Jesús, Estrella, Pacífico and Adelfas, served by metro lines 1, 2, 6 and 9.1

Coffee splits in two. On the west side, cafés work the museum and park crowd from the blocks behind the Prado. East of the park they serve the people who live there, on Calle de Doce de Octubre, Calle de Máiquez and around Pacífico. Retiro also has more cafés open late than any other Madrid district, ahead of Tetuán.

Local tip: Reserve a Doble Uve Obrador roscón well before 6 January: daily numbers are capped, and each cake must be collected at Antonio Arias 5 or sent within its 10 km delivery range.6

At a glance

74Cafés listed
24With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Café Troy, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–00:00).
  • Closes latest: Six board game café, until 02:00 (Tue–Fri 17:00–00:00 · Sat–Sun 12:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: open late (16%), outdoor seating (9%), card payment (9%).

Oso Café

  • Calle del Doce de Octubre, 28
  • Mon–Fri 09:00–14:00, 16:30–20:00 · Sat 09:00–14:00
  • +34644718815
  • Takeaway
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Bar Cafeteria Alemar

  • Calle de Ibiza, 60
  • Mon–Thu 07:00–13:00 · Fri–Sat 07:00–13:30
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Café Sitio

  • Avenida del Mediterráneo, 38
  • Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00
  • +34 658 72 28 11
  • Card payment
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Da Enzo - Mercatino del Retiro

  • Plaza de Mariano de Cavia, 2
  • Mon–Thu 08:00–21:30 · Fri 08:00–01:00 · Sat 10:30–01:00 · Sun 10:30–21:00
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Haberlas haylas

  • Calle del Doctor Esquerdo, 118
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–21:30 · Sat 07:30–21:00 · Sun 08:00–15:00
  • +34 910703321
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Coffee chains in Retiro

Behind the Prado in Los Jerónimos

Café Murillo sits beside the museum's Puerta de Murillo, in a space that has held a café since 1927.2 Eliza Arcaya founded the current business to rescue a room that had lost its charm, and Guillermo Teixeira, its first employee, is now a partner. The menu mixes patatas bravas with Venezuelan tequeños, and the terrace looks toward the Prado.2 It runs from 12:00, so treat it as a lunch or evening stop.

Plenti, on Calle Moreto, is the morning option. As of November 2026, its menu lists espresso at €1.50, a flat white at €2.40 and toast from €2, with sweets baked daily.3 It opens at 09:00 on weekdays and 10:00 at weekends.

Argentine sweets on Máiquez and Menéndez Pelayo

Suru Café & Alfajores Artesanales, at Calle de Máiquez 50, belongs to Karen, from Argentina, and Jesús, from Spain. The name comes from a child at a family meal trying to say dulce de leche and producing suruleche. Alfajores (sandwich cookies) are made by hand in small batches, and a box of four costs €11.95 as of November 2026.4

Pastelería América - dos, on Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, leans the same way, selling Argentine empanadas, alfajores and yerba mate alongside its cakes.5 It opens at 08:00 every day.

Bread on Antonio Arias, Peruvian beans on Doce de Octubre

Doble Uve Obrador has been a bakery and specialty café at Calle de Antonio Arias 5 since 2022. It advertises the best roscón (Epiphany ring cake) in the Comunidad de Madrid for 2026 and the best chocolate panettone for 2024, and each day has a limited quota of roscones in season.6 Weekend hours end at 15:00, so go early.

Nearby, the owners of El Oso y el Madroño opened Oso Café in 2021, specializing in Peruvian coffee.7 The older bar handles the long hours, from 07:00 to 23:30, while Oso Café closes between 14:00 and 16:30. Nuevo Specialty Coffee, on Calle de Cavanilles, covers Pacífico daily from 08:30 to 20:00 and has Wi-Fi.

Pacífico's brunch and board games

On Calle de Sánchez Barcáiztegui, the menu runs through breakfasts, brunch, gourmet sandwiches and meats cooked at low temperature.8 Vito Acanfora, a cook with two decades in Italy, Argentina, Spain, the United States and Britain, drew on all of them when he opened Café P.A.T.8 It opens Wednesday to Sunday and adds a dinner sitting until 23:00 from Wednesday to Saturday. Six board game café, on Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona, is the other reason to stay in the barrio after dark.

Sources

  1. Retiro (Madrid), Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed November 2026
  2. Sobre nosotros, Murillo Café, accessed November 2026
  3. Carta, Plenti, accessed November 2026
  4. Nosotros y Suru Café, Suru, accessed November 2026
  5. Nosotros, Pastelería América 2, accessed November 2026
  6. Obrador artesano y cafetería de especialidad, Doble Uve Obrador, accessed November 2026
  7. Las mejores cafeterías de Madrid (May 18, 2026), Time Out Madrid, accessed November 2026
  8. Quiénes somos, Café P.A.T., accessed November 2026
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FAQ

Retiro cafés: questions

How old is the Café Murillo site near the Prado in Madrid's Retiro district?

The space at Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 27, beside the museum's Puerta de Murillo, has held a café since 1927. Eliza Arcaya founded the current business, and first employee Guillermo Teixeira is now a partner. The menu mixes Spanish staples with Venezuelan tequeños, and it opens from 12:00.

Where can you buy a prize-winning roscón in Madrid's Retiro district?

Doble Uve Obrador, a bakery and specialty café at Calle de Antonio Arias 5 since 2022, advertises the best roscón in the Comunidad de Madrid for 2026. Each day has a limited quota in season, and cakes are collected at the shop or delivered within 10 km.

Which café in Madrid's Retiro district specializes in Peruvian coffee?

Oso Café on Calle de Doce de Octubre, opened in 2021 by the owners of neighboring El Oso y el Madroño, is devoted to Peruvian coffee. It closes between 14:00 and 16:30, while the older bar runs from 07:00 to 23:30 from Monday to Saturday.

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