Entre suspiro y suspiro
Entre suspiro y suspiro
Entre suspiro y suspiro is a Mexican restaurant on Calle Caños del Peral in Palacio, the historic western edge of central Madrid. The room is quiet and elegant, service is warm and attentive, and the kitchen works traditional dishes alongside more modern, creative ones. Cocktails are part of the point. It's closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Background
About Entre suspiro y suspiro
The Story
Entre suspiro y suspiro opened in 1993 on Plaza de la Marina Española, a small, elegant room with paintings by Mexican artists on the walls and tequila bottles of every shape around them. The Castañeda family, who own it, later moved to larger premises, an old mansion by Plaza de Ópera on Calle Caños del Peral, without losing the eye for detail. Their own telling is a family one: grandparents who left home and crossed the sea, and a family tree now transplanted back to bear new fruit, a cooking of two worlds. It carries a Recomendado listing in the Guía Repsol.
The Cuisine
Mexican haute cuisine rooted in popular recipes but refined, with no folkloric clichés. The carta is split into Los Secretos (starters), Los Suspiros (tacos and panuchos, two to a plate), Los de Siempre (mains) and desserts, with cocktails and a huge agave collection given equal billing, alongside a Spanish-leaning wine list.
Secretos and Suspiros
Starters include the family-recipe guacamole with corn totopos, a white-fish ceviche with ají amarillo, shrimp chicharrón with guajillo, sopa azteca, provolone baked in salsa divorciada, huitlacoche quesadillas and a nopal salad. Tacos run €8.50 to €12: seasonal vegetables, Baja-style battered fish with chipotle mayo, octopus with butter and citrus, chicken tinga, al pastor with pineapple, norteños of pork, beef and chicharrón, pork belly Castakán, Ibérico secreto with pasilla chilli, and Michoacán-style Ibérico cheek. There are panuchos of lamb in chilli adobo, and pre-Hispanic dishes of grasshoppers or chinicuil worms and escamoles, ant larvae in brown butter.
Los de Siempre
Mains, around €17 to €24, include a vegetarian tortilla lasagne, pescado a la talla, prawns al ángel, a la diabla and 'rey' on red onion cured in hibiscus, manchamanteles pork from Laura Esquivel's recipe with chillies, cumin, pineapple and cinnamon, Yucatán cochinita pibil in achiote and orange with xnipec onion, Ibérico pork sirloin with mango, mustard and tamarind or with Doña Lidia's mole poblano, a huarache of beef on fried masa, and a sliced ribeye served with seven salts of Mexican herbs, flowers and chillies. Desserts include a mango and soursop mousse, a chile de árbol chocolate cake and a tequila tangerine sorbet.
Tequila and Cocktails
The tequila bar is closer to a museum of agave, with more than 1,500 bottles of tequila and mezcal, which the house calls the largest collection in Europe. Margaritas run to more than a dozen flavours, from tamarind and hibiscus to jalapeño with rose petal, alongside mezcalitas, a mezcal Patada de Mula with ginger beer, the habanero-spiked Nahual, micheladas and Mexican beers, and aguas frescas of hibiscus, tamarind and guava. A €28 set menu with a craft beer is available for couples or even-numbered groups.
The Team
The Castañeda family owns the restaurant, and Adrián Castañeda has been its maître from the start, guiding diners through the menu and the tequilas.
Highlights
What Diners Say
Consensus
Entre suspiro y suspiro Ratings & Reviews
Professional Ratings
decor 7.0/10, service 6.5/10, typical spend 40€
Diner Ratings
TheFork
4.65
1087 reviews
4.6
1443
TripAdvisor
4.2
495
Entre suspiro y suspiro ranks #188 of 1001 rated restaurants in Madrid. Diners rate it 4.65/5 on TheFork (1087 reviews) and 4.2/5 on TripAdvisor.
Reservations
How to Book Entre suspiro y suspiro
Booking
Reservations by phone or online via the website.
Experience
Entre suspiro y suspiro Dining Experience
The energy is quiet and the room reads elegant, closer to a long dinner than a quick one. Service is warm and attentive. The cooking sits between traditional Mexican and something more creative, the cocktails are a real part of it, and the pricing reads as fair for what's served.
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Entre suspiro y suspiro Location & Neighbourhood
Address
C/ Caños del Peral, 3, 28013 Madrid, Spain
Get directions→Getting There
Calle Caños del Peral, 3, 28013, in Palacio, the grand western stretch of the centre wrapped around the Palacio Real and Plaza de Oriente. Its coordinates put it about 350 m south-west of Gran Vía in a straight line.
Nearby
Palacio is the grand, historic western edge of the centre, wrapped around Palacio Real de Madrid and Plaza de Oriente. The eating runs from tavern cooking that has not changed in generations to small rooms doing something quieter and more modern. Teatro Real and Jardines de Sabatini set the pace, which is slower here.
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Details
Entre suspiro y suspiro Reservations, Hours & Contact
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 13:30–16:00 & 20:30–23:30 |
| Thursday | 13:30–16:00 & 20:30–23:30 |
| Friday | 13:30–16:00 & 20:30–23:30 |
| Saturday | 13:30–16:00 & 20:30–23:30 |
| Sunday | 13:30–16:00 |
Entre suspiro y suspiro hours verified 2026-08-10. Contact the restaurant to confirm.
Contact
Available online
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Questions
Entre suspiro y suspiro FAQ
Where is Entre suspiro y suspiro?
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Calle Caños del Peral, 3, in Palacio, the historic western edge of the centre around the Palacio Real and Plaza de Oriente.
When is Entre suspiro y suspiro open?
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Wednesday to Saturday, 13:30 to 16:00 and 20:30 to 23:30, plus Sunday lunch from 13:30 to 16:00. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
How much does it cost?
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Mid-range, roughly €26 to €50 per person. Menu prices are on the venue's own site.