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Overhead breakfast buffet spread with glazed donuts, pastries, croissants, brownies, a bowl of apples and oranges, yogurts and cereal jars on a burlap-covered table
Bright cafe dining room with white Eames-style chairs, small wooden tables with placemats, table lamps and a bar counter

El Retiro

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This is the restaurant and cafeteria of the Petit Palace Savoy Alfonso XII, a hotel on Calle de Alfonso XII facing the Retiro park. The room has large windows onto the park; it serves a healthy-leaning breakfast buffet in the morning and a cafeteria, restaurant and room-service menu from 8:00 to 22:30.

Background

About El Retiro

The Story

The Petit Palace Savoy Alfonso XII is a boutique hotel on Calle de Alfonso XII, opposite the Retiro. Its restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with room service for guests, and the hotel works with the Too Good To Go app, selling surprise packs of unsold breakfast-buffet food at a reduced price to cut waste.

The Cuisine

A hotel dining room serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, with room service for guests, in a bright room with large windows over the park.

Hours

Breakfast runs 7:00–10:30 on weekdays and 8:00–11:00 at weekends. The cafeteria, restaurant and room service run from 8:00 to 22:30 every day.

Highlights

What Diners Say

Good for FamiliesDog Friendly

Consensus

El Retiro Ratings & Reviews

Diner Ratings

Google

4.5

1569

#498 in MadridGood

El Retiro ranks #498 of 1001 rated restaurants in Madrid.

Reservations

How to Book El Retiro

Booking

Reservations by phone or online via the website.

Experience

El Retiro Dining Experience

It's a bright hotel dining room with large windows looking onto Retiro park, the kind of space set up for an easy breakfast or a calm meal rather than a big night out. Family-friendly and dog-friendly, it fills with daylight through the day at the Petit Palace Savoy Alfonso XII.

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El Retiro Location & Neighbourhood

Address

Calle de Alfonso XII 18, 28014 Madrid, Spain

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Getting There

It's on Calle de Alfonso XII, in the Jerónimos neighbourhood of Madrid's Retiro district, right by the Retiro park.

Nearby

Jerónimos is the museum quarter, calm and green and expensive, wrapped around Museo del Prado. The eating is polished and unhurried, built for people who have spent a morning looking at paintings. Plaza de Cibeles and Palacio de Cibeles mark the way back into the noise.

Details

El Retiro Reservations, Hours & Contact

Opening Hours

DayHours
Monday07:00–22:30
Tuesday07:00–22:30
Wednesday07:00–22:30
Thursday07:00–22:30
Friday07:00–22:30
Saturday08:00–22:30
Sunday08:00–22:30

El Retiro hours verified 2026-09-18. Contact the restaurant to confirm.

Contact

Phone+44 203 499 58 71
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Good to Know

The in-house restaurant of the Petit Palace Savoy Alfonso XII hotel
Breakfast weekdays 7:00–10:30, weekends 8:00–11:00; cafeteria and restaurant 8:00–22:30
Large windows onto the Retiro park
Breakfast-buffet surplus sold through Too Good To Go
Family- and dog-friendly

Questions

El Retiro FAQ

What is El Retiro?

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The restaurant of the Petit Palace Savoy Alfonso XII, a hotel on Calle de Alfonso XII beside Madrid's Retiro park. The dining room serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with room service for guests.

Where is El Retiro, and when is it open?

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At Calle de Alfonso XII 18, in the Jerónimos area of Retiro, facing the park. Breakfast from 7:00 on weekdays (8:00 at weekends), then cafeteria and restaurant service until 22:30.

How much does a meal cost at El Retiro?

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Under €25 per person.

Is El Retiro dog- and family-friendly?

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Yes to both, with a wheelchair-accessible entrance and cards accepted.

Does El Retiro help cut food waste?

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Yes, the hotel works with the Too Good To Go app to cut breakfast-buffet food waste.