Alfileritos 24

Tavern at the front, galleried courtyard at the back

Alfileritos 24 occupies an old house on Calle Alfileritos, in Toledo's old town, a few minutes' walk from Zocodover. It works in three spaces: a tavern for breakfast, aperitifs and tapas; a restaurant in the covered courtyard, with wooden galleries round it, where you sit and eat at leisure; and a cocktail bar with a barman. It belongs to the Grupo Vive Toledo, the same as the Cervecería Abadía, and reopened in August 2026 after a break, with a new menu in the tavern since July.

The premises are adapted for people with disabilities, and the house declares itself suitable for coeliacs: gluten-free or adaptable dishes are marked on the menu and served with a little flag; tell the waiter.

The restaurant menu

The cooking describes itself as creative: flavours of the region with a contemporary touch. To share, the house PicaPica (€23.80) brings together croquettes, tuna tartare, venison and a duck roll; there is also hand-cut acorn-fed Iberian ham (€26.50), La Mancha cheeses with quince cream (from €12.90), beef and mussel croquettes (from €7.50) or oxtail cannelloni with truffle sauce (€15.20).

Among the fish, from €23.50 to €27.50, from low-temperature salt cod to roast turbot with pil pil. Among the meats, wild boar loin (€24), venison with a herb crust (€26.90), grilled milk-fed lamb chops (€27.90), a crispy suckling pig roll (€28.20) and a 400 g grilled bone-in sirloin (€34.40). Desserts run from €7.60 to €8.50, with a brioche torrija and a La Mancha cheese flan. Bread is charged separately, €1.50, also gluten-free.

If you prefer not to choose, there is a tasting menu for €54.50 per person, without drinks, with an appetiser, three starters, fish, meat, pre-dessert and dessert, bread and water, subject to availability.

Breakfasts and continuous hours

In the morning, the tavern serves scrambled eggs with two ingredients of your choice, Iberian ham and tomato molletes, smoked salmon or lacón with cheese ones, and pancakes with cream. It is open every day from 10:30: Sunday to Thursday until 23:30 and Fridays and Saturdays until 00:30, with no afternoon closure. If your visit to the monuments runs on, you can have lunch at four.

Book with the button on its website, and the house calls to confirm, or on 925 239 625. For the weekend, ask for a courtyard table in advance.

By the Recaredo escalators

You cannot park in the old town: leave the car in a car park outside and go up the Recaredo escalators, which leave you a few minutes away. From here, Santo Tomé and the Burial of the Count of Orgaz and the Jewish quarter are a walk away. To sleep nearby, the Casa de los Mozárabes is in the same old town.