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Cafés in Ruzafa

A roaster, market coffee counters and brunch rooms around the Mercado de Ruzafa, south of the old town.

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Ruzafa (Russafa in Valencian) is one of three barris of the Eixample district, south of the old town.1 Its name comes from the Arabic ruṣāfa, garden: the area began as a pleasure garden laid out in the 9th century by Abd Allah al-Balansi, and Ruzafa remained a separate municipality until Valencia annexed it in 1877.2

About 24,400 people lived here in 2023.2 In the 2010s Ruzafa became the city’s fashionable barrio, and restaurants and bars multiplied until residents began to speak of saturation.2 For coffee it has a roaster on Carrer de Buenos Aires, a specialty counter inside the market and brunch rooms on the streets around it.

Local tip: The market counters keep morning hours: Elixir Café closes at 13:30 on weekdays, so go before lunch and save Blackbird or Café Madrigal for the afternoon.

At a glance

43Cafés listed
6With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Fornelino, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00).
  • Closes latest: Café Madrigal, until 00:00 (Daily 10:00–00:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (16%), specialty (14%), vegetarian options (12%).

Blackbird

  • Carrer de la Reina Na Maria, 7
  • Mon 09:00–19:30 · Wed–Sun 09:00–19:30
  • +34 960 05 10 90
  • Takeaway
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Wheelchair access
  • Specialty
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Let It Bloom

  • Carrer de Francesc Sempere, 4
  • Tue–Fri 08:30–17:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00
  • +34680991931
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Fornelino

Fornelino Ruzafa

  • Carrer del Consolat de Mar, 4
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–21:00
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Coffee chains in Ruzafa

Getting to Ruzafa by metro

Metro line 10, opened on 17 May 2022, stops at Russafa, between Alacant and Amado Granell-Montolivet. It runs underground beneath Avinguda del Regne de València and comes to the surface on the way to the City of Arts and Sciences; Alacant, the next stop north, is the end of the line.3

The Mercado de Ruzafa

The market was designed by Julio Bellot with Javier Goerlich, then the city’s chief architect; work began in late May 1957, and it opened in June 1962.4 With 160 stalls on 4,780 m², it is the second-largest market in the Valencian Community after the Mercado Central, and its facades got their palette of colors in a renovation in the mid-2000s.4

Coffee Time Artisan Roasters trades from interior stalls 91 and 92. Elixir Café, on Plaça del Baró de Cortés, opens on weekdays from 09:00 to 13:30 and on Saturdays from 09:30 to 14:00.

Specialty coffee and brunch streets

Bluebell Coffee Co., at Carrer de Buenos Aires 3, roasts its own seasonal coffees from several origins and opens daily from 09:00 to 16:00.5 Café ArtySana on Carrer de Dénia serves specialty coffee and stays open until 20:30 on Fridays, and ikore kofi is on Carrer de Pere III el Gran. At Los Picos Café, on Plaça de Manuel Granero, natural wine shares the bar with specialty coffee.6

Blackbird, on Carrer de la Reina Na Maria, is open 09:00–19:30 every day except Tuesday and has vegan options. Let It Bloom, on Carrer de Francesc Sempere, opens at 08:30 from Tuesday to Friday and at 09:00 at weekends, closes at 17:00, and is shut on Mondays. Milk & Butter is a bakery-café with vegan options and tables outside, and Casa Raíz on Carrer del Pintor Salvador Abril also has a terrace.

Late coffee and an early bakery

Café Madrigal, on Carrer de Puerto Rico, is open daily from 10:00 to midnight, with a terrace and Wi-Fi. Fornelino, on Carrer del Consolat de Mar, opens at 07:00 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends, and serves until 21:00.

The barrio’s parish church of San Valero, which locals call the cathedral of Ruzafa, was rebuilt in 1939 after a fire in 1936.2

Sources

  1. Ensanche (Valencia), Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  2. Ruzafa (Valencia), Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  3. Line 10 (Metrovalencia), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Mercado de Ruzafa, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  5. Bluebell Coffee Co., Bluebell Coffee Co., accessed October 2026
  6. An Updated Guide to Valencia, Spain’s Specialty-Coffee Scene (Isabelle Mani, 7 July 2025), Barista Magazine, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Ruzafa cafés: questions

How do you get to Ruzafa in Valencia by metro?

Take metro line 10 to Russafa station, between Alacant and Amado Granell-Montolivet. The line opened on 17 May 2022 and runs underground beneath Avinguda del Regne de València before surfacing on the way to the City of Arts and Sciences. Alacant, the next stop north, is the end of the line.

When was the Mercado de Ruzafa in Valencia built?

Work on the Mercado de Ruzafa, designed by Julio Bellot with Javier Goerlich, began in late May 1957, and the market opened in June 1962. It has 160 stalls on 4,780 m², second in the Valencian Community only to the Mercado Central. Coffee Time Artisan Roasters trades from interior stalls 91 and 92.

Where can you drink specialty coffee in Ruzafa, Valencia?

Bluebell Coffee Co. at Carrer de Buenos Aires 3 roasts its own seasonal coffees and opens daily 09:00–16:00. Café ArtySana on Carrer de Dénia and ikore kofi on Carrer de Pere III el Gran serve specialty coffee, Coffee Time Artisan Roasters has a stall in the Mercado de Ruzafa, and Los Picos Café pairs specialty coffee with natural wine.

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