# Hostería del Estudiante

Restaurant en Alcalá de Henares · Alcalá de Henares: university, Cervantes and Complutum

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/where-to-eat/hosteria-del-estudiante · Revisado: 2026-11-13

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The Paradores restaurant in the Trilingual College, open since 1930: Madrid and Cervantes-inspired cooking beside the 16th-century fireplace.

A 1930 inn in the Trilingual College
The Hostería del Estudiante opened in 1930 and was the third establishment of the Paradores network, almost eighty years before Alcalá's own parador existed, which opened in 2009. It occupies the former Colegio Menor de San Jerónimo, the Trilingual, founded by Cisneros in the Cisneros block, right next to the university and with views of the Trilingual Courtyard. The building was handed over by the Sociedad de Condueños de Alcalá to the Patronato Nacional de Turismo to restore and protect it. It is at Calle Colegios, 8, opposite the parador.
The room is Castilian, from the 16th century, with enormous wooden beams and a fireplace where cooking was already done five centuries ago.
The menu: Madrid, Don Quixote and the network
The cooking brings together three things. Madrid tradition; nods to the Cervantes recipe book, in a city that boasts of being Cervantes's birthplace; and the best-known regional specialities of other paradores, so the Hostería works as a showcase for the cooking of the whole network.
The house classics are the Madrid cocido croquettes, the Alcalá sopa boba, migas and duelos y quebrantos, the scrambled egg with torreznos and chorizo that Don Quixote ate on Saturdays, according to the novel's first chapter. Paradores publishes the menu on its website, along with the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve 2026 menus, but not the prices on the restaurant page: if you want to know beforehand, ask when booking.
Wednesday to Sunday, with Sunday at lunchtime only
It is open Wednesday to Saturday, from 13:30 to 15:30 and from 20:30 to 22:15, and on Sunday at lunchtime only, from 13:30 to 15:30. It is closed Monday and Tuesday. Reservations are accepted for arrival between 13:30 and 15:30 at midday and between 20:30 and 22:30 in the evening. Book on the Paradores website, on 91 888 03 30 or at alcala@parador.es.
The parador also has its other restaurant, the Santo Tomás, in the former convent-college, with authentic Madrid cooking; ask its hours if the Hostería is closed.
Opposite the parador, on Calle Colegios
It is two minutes' walk from Plaza de Cervantes. For the car, the parador has a paid garage and there are public car parks near the centre. It fits as lunch on the university and Complutum day, right after the University visit. If you sleep opposite, the Parador de Alcalá is from the same group.

Qué pedir: Alcalá sopa boba or duelos y quebrantos, and cocido croquettes to share

## Practical details

- Address: Calle Colegios, 8, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
- Phone: +34 918 88 03 30
- Email: alcala@parador.es
- Opening hours: Mon y Tue closed; Wed–Sat 13:30–15:30 y 20:30–22:15; Sun 13:30–15:30
- Closed Monday and Tuesday; Sunday, lunch only
- Cuisine: Madrid, traditional
- House specialities: Madrid cocido croquettes, Alcalá sopa boba, Migas, Duelos y quebrantos
- Bookings: https://paradores.es/es/reservas/restaurantes
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://paradores.es/es/restaurante-hosteria-del-estudiante-parador-de-alcala-de-henares
- Coordenadas: 40.4815, -3.3618

## Cerca de aquí

- [Parador de Alcalá de Henares](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/where-to-stay/parador-alcala), a 56 m
- [Guided visit to the old University of Alcalá](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/things-to-do/university-of-alcala), a 141 m
- [Hotel El Bedel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/where-to-stay/hotel-el-bedel), a 226 m
- [La Cátedra Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/where-to-eat/la-catedra), a 226 m
- [Calle Mayor, Plaza de Cervantes and the Santa María tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/things-to-do/calle-mayor-cervantes-square), a 267 m
- [Antezana Hospital](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/things-to-do/antezana-hospital), a 432 m
- [Cervantes Birthplace Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/things-to-do/cervantes-birthplace), a 458 m
- [Monumental staircase of the Escolapias](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares/things-to-do/escolapias-staircase), a 466 m

## Consejos

### Book Sunday
It is the only service of the day and coincides with the end of the university tours.

### Combine lunch with the university
The 13:00 tour ends in time for you to sit down at the house next door.

### Monday and Tuesday, closed
Those days ask about the parador's Santo Tomás restaurant.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is the Hostería del Estudiante open on Sunday?
Yes, at lunchtime, from 13:30 to 15:30.

### Which days is it closed?
Monday and Tuesday.

### What is typical at the Hostería del Estudiante?
Madrid cocido croquettes, Alcalá sopa boba, migas and duelos y quebrantos.

### Since when has it existed?
Since 1930; it was the third Paradores establishment.

### Do you have to stay at the parador?
No, it is open to everyone.

Destino: [Alcalá de Henares: university, Cervantes and Complutum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/community-of-madrid/alcala-de-henares.md)