# Best Restaurants near Retiro Park

> Fourteen restaurants on the streets ringing Madrid's Retiro park, from Quique Dacosta's two-Michelin-star Deessa to open-air kiosks inside the park itself.

- **Canonical URL:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/best-near-retiro
- **City:** Madrid, Spain
- **Published:** 2026-09-27
- **Updated:** 2026-10-04
- **Author:** Justin Mota, Guidavera founder
- **Reading time:** 16 min

## Introduction

Quique Dacosta's Deessa sits inside the Mandarin Oriental Ritz on Plaza de la Lealtad, two Michelin stars deep in Jerónimos, one of several neighbourhoods that ring Madrid's Retiro park. Fourteen restaurants across those streets, Calle de Montalbán, Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, Calle de Ibiza, Calle de Narváez and Calle de Alcalá near the Puerta de Alcalá, make this list, from that two-star dining room to a cluster of open-air food kiosks inside the park itself.

## Key picks at a glance

- **Best splurge** — [Deessa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/deessa): Quique Dacosta's two-Michelin-star tasting menus inside the Mandarin Oriental Ritz.
- **Best Galician table** — [Alabaster](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/alabaster): the Madrid room of the group behind Alborada in A Coruña, one Repsol Sol.
- **Best for afternoon tea** — [Palm Court](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/palm-court): all-day dining under the Ritz's crystal canopy, listed in the Michelin Guide.
- **Best value pick** — [La Montería](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-monteria): a Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen running since 1963, still chef-owned by the founders' son.
- **Best for eating inside the park** — [Kioskos de Florida Park](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kioskos-de-florida-park): six tapas kiosks under the trees, with flamenco at weekends.

## A guide to Retiro Park in Madrid

### What's the restaurant scene like around Retiro park?

It splits fairly cleanly by neighbourhood. Jerónimos, between the park and the Prado, leans toward hotel dining rooms and chef-led fine dining, while the Ibiza barrio to the south, along Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo and Calle de Ibiza, is one of Madrid's denser clusters of tabernas and neighbourhood kitchens.

### What is a taberna?

A taberna is a traditional Spanish tavern built around wine and small plates or raciones, usually with a working bar at the front and a more relaxed pace than a full sit-down restaurant.

### Can you eat inside Retiro park itself?

Yes. Kioskos de Florida Park, a set of open-air kiosks, sits on the park's own grounds, on Paseo de Panamá, rather than just on a bordering street.

### What do Repsol Sol and Solete mean?

They're distinctions from the Guía Repsol, Spain's other major restaurant guide alongside Michelin. A Sol marks a kitchen the guide rates highly; a Solete is a separate, lower distinction for good, honest cooking at a fair price.

### What is a Bib Gourmand?

A Bib Gourmand is a Michelin Guide distinction for good food at moderate prices, awarded separately from a Michelin star.

> "The streets ringing Madrid's Retiro park run from a two-Michelin-star room inside the Ritz to open-air kiosks serving fried tapas under the trees."

## How we built this list

We built this list from the restaurants whose own address, street or barrio puts them in or right against the neighbourhoods that border Retiro park: Jerónimos, the Ibiza barrio, and the pocket of Recoletos around the Puerta de Alcalá. We cross-checked against the Michelin Guide's own Retiro-district listing and a handful of Madrid food writers who cover the same streets, then read each restaurant's own page for the facts that made it into these write-ups. We're naming streets and barrios rather than walking times or distances, since we don't publish a number we can't stand behind. A few restaurants worth knowing about, Horcher among them, sit right on these streets but don't have a full entry here, usually because they're temporarily closed; we've said why in each case.

## The 14 best Restaurants Near Retiro Park, compared

| # | Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Price | Distinction | Signature dish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Deessa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/deessa) | Jerónimos | €€€€ | Michelin 2-Star · Repsol 2 Soles | Cubalibre de foie-gras with lemon frost and wild arugula |
| 2 | [Alabaster](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/alabaster) | Jerónimos | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Merluza de pincho with lemon pil-pil |
| 3 | [Palm Court](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/palm-court) | Jerónimos | €€€€ | Michelin Selected | — |
| 4 | [Em Sherif](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/em-sherif) | Jerónimos | €€ | — | — |
| 5 | [Barracuda MX](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/barracuda-mx) | Jerónimos | €€€ | Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol | Corvina ceviche with passion fruit |
| 6 | [García de la Navarra](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/garcia-de-la-navarra) | Jerónimos | €€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Black-truffle croquetas |
| 7 | [La Gamella](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-gamella) | Los Jeronimos | €€ | — | Caesar salad with a drop of Jack Daniels |
| 8 | [Taberna Montalbán](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/taberna-montalban) | Los Jeronimos | €€ | — | — |
| 9 | [Kulto](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kulto) | Ibiza | €€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Tuna tartare |
| 10 | [Casa Rafa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-rafa) | Ibiza | €€€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Cantabrian lobster salpicón |
| 11 | [La Montería](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-monteria) | Ibiza | €€ | Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Solete | Salmorejo with egg and pork loin |
| 12 | [La Catapa](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-catapa) | Ibiza | €€ | Repsol 1 Sol | Potato and truffle croquetas |
| 13 | [Kioskos de Florida Park](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kioskos-de-florida-park) | Jerónimos | €€ | Repsol Solete | Fried calamari rings |
| 14 | [Taberna Marcano](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/taberna-marcano) | Ibiza/Niño Jesús | €€€ | Repsol Recomendado | Our Gildas |

## The 14 best Restaurants Near Retiro Park in Madrid

### 1. Deessa

*Quique Dacosta's two-Michelin-star room inside the Ritz*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid, Plaza de la Lealtad 5, Madrid, 28014, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin 2-Star · Repsol 2 Soles
- **Website:** https://www.mandarinoriental.com/en/madrid/hotel-ritz/dine/deessa
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/deessa

Deessa is chef Quique Dacosta's first restaurant in Madrid, set inside the Mandarin Oriental Ritz on Plaza de la Lealtad, in the Jerónimos neighbourhood. It won its first Michelin star eight months after opening and a second the year after, and now holds two stars, retained in the 2026 guide, plus two Repsol Soles. Two tasting menus run at lunch and dinner: Histórico Quique Dacosta, built on classics from his three-Michelin-star restaurant in Denia, including the cubalibre de foie-gras with lemon frost and wild arugula, and Contemporáneo QD Ritz at €195 per person, created for this room. A shorter Chronos menu lets diners pick their own dishes on weekday services. The dining room sits in the hotel's Alfonso XIII salon, a domed space with gold-leaf detailing and illuminated salt sculptures, with a terrace onto the hotel garden. It's closed Sunday to Tuesday and through August.

**Order:**
- Cubalibre de foie-gras with lemon frost and wild arugula
- Histórico Quique Dacosta tasting menu
- Contemporáneo QD Ritz tasting menu
- Chronos menu

### 2. Alabaster

*Galician cooking from the group behind Alborada*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** C. de Montalbán, 9, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://grupoamicalia.com/alabaster
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/alabaster

Alabaster is the Madrid restaurant of Grupo Amicalia, the group behind Alborada in A Coruña, on Calle de Montalbán in Jerónimos. Chef Antonio Hernando has led the kitchen since it opened in 2014. It's recommended in the Michelin Guide and holds one Repsol Sol. Antonio Hernando leads the kitchen; Óscar Marcos runs the dining room, having trained at the Hotel Escuela de Colmenar before years at Zalacaín under Custodio López Zamarra and Benjamín Urdiaín. The carta runs Galician: merluza de pincho with lemon pil-pil, huevos fritos especiales con carabinero, grilled octopus, clams stewed in green seaweed sauce and jumbo red prawns with potatoes and fried egg, alongside a Rubia Gallega beef sirloin and roast pigeon with foie royale. Staff skip the word 'pairing' for 'armonías', harmonies instead, drawn from a cellar of more than 1,000 references. A tasting menu runs €85, or €129 with the sommelier's pairing. Open Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday.

**Order:**
- Merluza de pincho with lemon pil-pil
- Huevos fritos especiales con carabinero
- Jumbo red prawns with potatoes and fried egg
- Rubia Gallega beef sirloin

> "Traen lo mejor de su anterior proyecto Alborada." — Con El Morro Fino

### 3. Palm Court

*All-day dining under a crystal canopy at the Ritz*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** Pl. de la Lealtad, 5, Madrid, 28014, Spain
- **Price:** €€€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected
- **Website:** https://www.mandarinoriental.com/en/madrid/hotel-ritz/dine/palm-court
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/palm-court

Palm Court is the all-day dining room of the Mandarin Oriental Ritz, on Plaza de la Lealtad in Jerónimos, set under a crystal canopy ceiling. It's listed in the Michelin Guide, a listing rather than a star. The kitchen, guided by chef Quique Dacosta, reworks classic Ritz dishes across breakfast, lunch and dinner, with vegan options on the menu. It runs from 08:00 to 23:00 every day, a different rhythm from Deessa, the hotel's tasting-menu room, under the same chef. Expect roughly €40 to €100 per person for a kitchen this polished, in a room built around potted palms and green upholstered armchairs, with a three-tier afternoon tea stand among the things that have come off the pass.

### 4. Em Sherif

*Lebanese fine dining on Calle de Alcalá*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** Calle de Alcalá, 54, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/em-sherif

Em Sherif is the Madrid room of a Lebanese fine-dining group with sister locations in Beirut, Kuwait, Damascus, London, Monaco, Doha and Oman, on Calle de Alcalá. It opened in January 2026 and runs two sittings a day, 13:00 to 17:30 and 19:00 to 23:30, seven days a week. The cooking is modern, creative and seasonal, handling the Lebanese repertoire rather than simply reproducing it, and the room reads elegant and refined. Expect hot and cold mezze like fattet batenjen and grilled octopus, bokjat jebneh from its own furn and kunafa; the group's Instagram is the most current channel, since the Madrid room has no site of its own. Cards, debit and contactless are accepted, and there's paid parking nearby.

### 5. Barracuda MX

*Pacific Mexican coastal cooking near Puerta de Alcalá*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** Calle de Valenzuela 7, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Selected · Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://barracudamx.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/barracuda-mx

Barracuda MX is chef Roberto Ruiz's most personal project, opened in 2021 on Calle de Valenzuela, beside the Puerta de Alcalá in Jerónimos. Ruiz founded Punto MX in 2012, which he presents as the first Mexican restaurant in Europe to earn a Michelin star; Barracuda MX is recommended in the Michelin Guide and holds one Repsol Sol. The cooking travels Mexico's Pacific coast, from Sonora and Sinaloa to Nayarit, Jalisco and Baja California, with tortillas made daily from freshly nixtamalized corn. The carta runs from three guacamoles and Yucatán oysters to corvina ceviche with passion fruit, huitlacoche quesadillas and tacos of wild king prawn, rib-eye and Ibérico al pastor, most dishes between €16 and €23. A weekday lunch set menu, Selección Pacífico, runs €39. Reservations are essential.

**Order:**
- Corvina ceviche with passion fruit
- Huitlacoche quesadillas
- Rib-eye taco
- Ibérico al pastor taco

### 6. García de la Navarra

*Family vinoteca with a 700-label wine cellar*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** Calle de Montalbán, 3, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://www.garciadelanavarra.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/garcia-de-la-navarra

García de la Navarra is a family restaurant and vinoteca on Calle de Montalbán in Jerónimos, run by brothers Pedro, in the kitchen, and Luis, on the cellar and dining room. The García de la Navarra brothers opened it in 2011, after running La Taberna de Pedro together. It holds one Repsol Sol. There's no fixed carta; the kitchen works from the day's chef's suggestions, seasonal artichokes, red cardoon Navarra-style, black-truffle croquettes and partridge stewed Toledo-style among them, alongside spoon dishes like chicken broth and verdinas with baby squid and clams. The wine side is the other pillar: more than 700 references and 1,900 labels, kept in climate-controlled cellars so each bottle reaches the table at the right temperature, with wines by the glass chalked up daily on a slate. It's open Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday.

**Order:**
- Black-truffle croquetas
- Partridge a la toledana
- Verdinas with baby squid and clams

### 7. La Gamella

*American-Spanish bistro open more than twenty years*

- **Neighbourhood:** Los Jeronimos
- **Address:** Calle de Alfonso XII, 4, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://lagamella.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-gamella

La Gamella is a long-standing restaurant on Calle Alfonso XII in Los Jerónimos, by the Retiro and close to the Prado and Thyssen, open more than twenty years. It calls itself a contemporary classic of creative cooking that fuses American and Spanish in a bistro register: a Caesar salad with a drop of Jack Daniels and American burgers are the signatures, alongside steak tartare, seasonal plates and a small-plate platillos option of four to six mini dishes. The restaurant is wine-focused, with its own vinoteca selling bottles to take home alongside a carta running from Cava and Champagne through Rioja and Ribera del Duero. There's a menú del día alongside the à la carte options, and tables can be booked by phone or online.

**Order:**
- Caesar salad with a drop of Jack Daniels
- American burgers
- Steak tartare
- Platillos (small-plate option)

> "Ideal para momentos en familia o en pareja." — Con El Morro Fino

### 8. Taberna Montalbán

*Family-run taberna reviving childhood Madrid recipes*

- **Neighbourhood:** Los Jeronimos
- **Address:** Calle de Montalbán, 3, 28014, Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Website:** https://www.tabernamontalban.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/taberna-montalban

Taberna Montalbán opened in 2025 on Calle Montalbán in the Los Jerónimos barrio, by the Retiro. The idea came from Miguel, a fan of traditional cooking; his daughter Paloma now runs it, cooking family recipes meant to bring back the flavours of childhood, with quality ingredients and a modern twist on the classics. There's terrace seating out front, and the room is set up for groups and families, dogs welcome. Hours vary through the week, daytime early on and later at weekends, and reservations run through the restaurant's own site, tabernamontalban.com.

### 9. Kulto

*Almadraba red tuna from a Cádiz-born kitchen*

- **Neighbourhood:** Ibiza
- **Address:** C. de Ibiza, 4, Retiro, 28009 Madrid, España
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://kulto.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kulto

Kulto is a contemporary Mediterranean restaurant with Asian touches on Calle de Ibiza, founded by Laura López and José Fuentes, who first built the concept in Zahara de los Atunes on the Cádiz coast before bringing it to Madrid. They opened it in December 2015. It holds one Repsol Sol. Almadraba red tuna arrives weekly from Cádiz and runs through the menu: a grilled tuna satay, a creamy Russian salad with almadraba tuna, tuna tacos with guacamole, a lightly smoked tuna tartare and semi-raw tarantelo in a fresh escabeche, alongside Madrid classics like callos a la madrileña and the KultO pepito. There's a bar downstairs, a dining room upstairs and a terrace, and it's open Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday.

**Order:**
- Tuna tartare
- Tarantelo in fresh escabeche
- Callos a la madrileña
- KultO pepito

> "Una cocina divertida, con chispa, de fusiones múltiples." — Gastroactitud

### 10. Casa Rafa

*Family seafood restaurant on Narváez since 1958*

- **Neighbourhood:** Ibiza
- **Address:** Calle de Narváez, 68, Retiro, 28009 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://restauranterafa.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/casa-rafa

Casa Rafa has served seafood on Calle de Narváez in the Ibiza barrio since 1958, opened as a small bodega before growing into today's full-service restaurant. It's now run by the second generation, cousins Rafa and Miguel Ángel De Andrés, sons of founding brothers Rafael and Rodrigo Andrés, and it holds one Repsol Sol, which by its own account it has carried every year from 2018 to 2025. Shellfish depends on what's at its best that day: Santa Pola white prawns, langoustines, spider crab and Garrucha red prawns. The carta also runs to a Cantabrian lobster salpicón, an ensaladilla rusa with bonito belly, wild grilled turbot, and old Madrid stews like veal trotters and snout. It seats just twenty tables and is closed Mondays except on holidays.

**Order:**
- Cantabrian lobster salpicón
- Ensaladilla rusa with bonito belly
- Wild grilled turbot
- Veal trotters and snout Madrid-style

### 11. La Montería

*Bib Gourmand Andalusian cooking since 1963*

- **Neighbourhood:** Ibiza
- **Address:** Calle de Lope de Rueda 35, 28009 Madrid (Barrio de Ibiza, Retiro), Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Michelin Bib Gourmand · Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://lamonteria.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-monteria

La Montería has cooked in the Ibiza barrio since 1963, founded by Juan José and his wife Mercedes, from Cazorla, he behind the bar and she at the stoves. Their son, Miguel Ángel Román, self-taught from childhood helping his parents, took over in 1987 and still runs it as chef-owner. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a Repsol Solete. The kitchen is Andalusian at heart, enriched with Catalan, Basque, Navarrese and Galician influences, and puts the product first: game, slow-cooked stews, wild fish and red tuna in every cut. The carta runs from salmorejo with egg and pork loin to boneless oxtail, venison ragout and aged beef loin by the kilo, with most mains between €17 and €25. It's open Monday to Saturday, closed Sunday.

**Order:**
- Salmorejo with egg and pork loin
- Boneless oxtail
- Venison ragout
- Red tuna tartare with wasabi

### 12. La Catapa

*2025 taberna award, cooking since 2010*

- **Neighbourhood:** Ibiza
- **Address:** Calle Menorca, 14, 28009 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol 1 Sol
- **Website:** https://tabernalacatapa.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-catapa

La Catapa is a Madrid tavern on Calle Menorca in the Ibiza barrio, opened in 2010 by chef Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who stepped away from fine dining to run a more casual, tavern-focused project. It holds one Repsol Sol, and it won the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía's 2025 award for best bar or taberna. The kitchen blends classical Spanish cooking with contemporary technique, and its Madrid-rooted carta includes potato and truffle croquetas and cecina among the dishes ordered at the bar. Expect to spend €26 to €50 per person, and it's part of the same Ibiza-barrio taberna cluster as Zalamero.

**Order:**
- Potato and truffle croquetas
- Cecina

> "Desde que Miguel Ángel Jiménez se instaló en la calle Menorca, su barra siempre ha sido una de las más demandadas." — Gastroactitud

### 13. Kioskos de Florida Park

*Six tapas kiosks on an open-air terrace inside the park*

- **Neighbourhood:** Jerónimos
- **Address:** Parque de El Retiro, Paseo de Panamá, s/n, 28009 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Solete
- **Website:** https://www.floridapark.es/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/kioskos-de-florida-park

Los Kioskos is the big open-air terrace of Florida Park, the historic leisure complex inside Parque de El Retiro itself, on Paseo de Panamá, and it holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol. Six kiosks serve tapas among the trees: crisp torreznos, Iberian ham croquetas, Retiro-style bravas, Spanish omelette and burgers, with drinks and cocktails alongside, and flamenco artists play live at weekends. It's a warm-weather terrace, open from late afternoon into the night Wednesday to Sunday, though hours shift by season, so it's worth checking current times before heading over. Expect €26 to €50 per person, with the park's own trees directly overhead.

**Order:**
- Fried calamari rings
- Croquettes served in wooden boats

### 14. Taberna Marcano

*Basque haute cuisine from a chef trained under Arzak*

- **Neighbourhood:** Ibiza/Niño Jesús
- **Address:** Calle Doctor Castelo, 31. 28009 Madrid, Spain
- **Price:** €€€
- **Distinction:** Repsol Recomendado
- **Website:** https://restaurantemarcano.com/
- **Full profile:** https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/taberna-marcano

Taberna Marcano is chef David Marcano's restaurant on Calle Doctor Castelo, in the Ibiza barrio on the residential edge of the Retiro. Chef David Marcano has run it since 2012. He trained under Arzak, and the kitchen is built on product quality, with Basque roots and Asian and American influences. It has held a presence in the Michelin Guide since 2015, per its own site, and holds a Repsol Recomendado. The room splits into a dining room and a bar with high seating overlooking the open kitchen. The carta opens with the house gildas and a croqueta of the week, and runs to red tuna tartare with fried egg, squid in its ink and hake with squid in ink following Juan Mari Arzak's recipes, and veal cheeks.

**Order:**
- Our Gildas
- Spicy Almadraba red tuna tartare
- Baby squid in its ink
- Veal cheek in Port wine

## Honourable mentions

- **[Horcher](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/horcher)** (Jerónimos) — Central European fine dining on Calle Alfonso XII facing the Retiro since 1943, run by the fourth generation, Elisabeth Horcher; closed temporarily since 8 June 2026 for structural work unrelated to the kitchen, so confirm it has reopened before booking.
- **[Zalamero](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/zalamero)** (Ibiza) — A wine-led taberna on Calle Narváez in the Ibiza barrio, opened by two sommeliers, Ana and David, with a bar, a cosy dining room and a terrace.
- **[La Raquetista](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/la-raquetista)** (Ibiza) — A tapas and market-cooking restaurant on Doctor Castelo in the Ibiza barrio, opened in 2015 by brothers Javier and Paco as a homage to their family's Basque-pelota heritage, listed in the Guía Repsol.
- **[Dong Feng](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/dong-feng)** (Ibiza) — A Chinese and pan-Asian restaurant on Calle de Ibiza, with wonton soup, spring rolls and Beijing- and Cantonese-style roast duck on the menu.
- **[¡Tu! Pasta](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/tu-pasta)** (Ibiza) — An Italian restaurant and fresh-pasta shop on Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, selling homemade pasta and pizza alongside a shop of pasta, cured meats and wine.
- **[Barrio Húmedo](https://guidavera.com/spain/madrid/restaurants/barrio-humedo)** (Ibiza) — A Spanish tapas bar on Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo holding a Repsol Solete, a narrow room clad in reclaimed timber with a terrace, good for groups.

## The Retiro Park scene in Madrid

The Retiro's edges don't share one restaurant identity. On the Jerónimos side, closest to the Prado and the Ritz, Deessa and Palm Court work out of the Mandarin Oriental under chef Quique Dacosta, and Alabaster brings Galician cooking from the group behind Alborada in A Coruña. A few streets over, Barracuda MX brings a recent, chef-led Mexican kitchen to Calle de Valenzuela. South of the park, the Ibiza barrio runs denser and more casual: Kulto, La Montería, La Catapa and Casa Rafa share Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo and Calle de Ibiza, a run of tabernas and family kitchens that's been feeding the neighbourhood for decades in some cases. Inside the park's own grounds, Los Kioskos de Florida Park runs an open-air kiosk terrace.

## Know before you go

### 1.

García de la Navarra and Kulto both run on a daily chef's-suggestion sheet rather than one fixed carta, so ask what's on that day instead of expecting the same menu every visit.

### 2.

Kioskos de Florida Park is a seasonal, warm-weather terrace with live music Thursday to Sunday. Hours shift by season, so check before heading over.

### 3.

A few kitchens here close for all of August, Deessa and Horcher among them, so call ahead if you're visiting in high summer.

## Glossary

- **Taberna** — A traditional Spanish tavern serving wine and small plates.
- **Vinoteca** — A wine-focused restaurant or shop built around its cellar, often selling bottles to take home.
- **Bib Gourmand** — A Michelin Guide distinction for good food at moderate prices, separate from a star.
- **Almadraba** — A centuries-old bluefin-tuna trapping technique practiced off the Cádiz coast, most famously in Barbate.

## Frequently asked questions

### What are the best restaurants near Retiro park in Madrid?

It depends on the night and the budget. For a splurge, Deessa runs two Michelin-star tasting menus inside the Mandarin Oriental Ritz on Plaza de la Lealtad. For a taberna crowd, La Montería has run an Andalusian, Bib Gourmand kitchen in the Ibiza barrio since 1963.

### Is there a Michelin-starred restaurant near Retiro park?

Yes. Deessa, chef Quique Dacosta's restaurant inside the Mandarin Oriental Ritz on Plaza de la Lealtad in Jerónimos, holds two Michelin stars, retained in the 2026 guide.

### Can you eat inside Retiro park itself?

Yes. The open-air Kioskos de Florida Park sit on Paseo de Panamá, inside the park's own grounds.

### Where can I eat near the Puerta de Alcalá?

Barracuda MX is on Calle de Valenzuela, beside the Puerta de Alcalá, and Em Sherif is on Calle de Alcalá, both in Jerónimos.

### Where can I get tapas near Retiro park?

La Catapa and Taberna Montalbán both serve tapas and raciones on streets in the Ibiza and Jerónimos barrios, and Kulto works Madrid classics like callos alongside its almadraba tuna dishes.

### Is Horcher, the restaurant facing Retiro on Calle Alfonso XII, open?

Not currently. Horcher closed temporarily on 8 June 2026 for structural work on the building, unrelated to the restaurant itself. Confirm it has reopened before booking.

### Where can I get a budget-friendly meal near Retiro park?

Kioskos de Florida Park, the open-air kiosks inside the park, runs around €10 to €50 per person, and Taberna Montalbán, on Calle Montalbán, is in the same €10 to €50 range.

## About the author

**Justin Mota** — Guidavera founder

Justin Mota is the founder of Guidavera. He has lived in Spain for over 10 years and runs a native AI agency alongside building this platform. Food has always been the way Justin connects with friends, and Guidavera started as the list he kept sending to everyone visiting Barcelona. He built it for himself and his friends first, and now hopes it can transform the way people discover great food experiences everywhere.

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