Restaurant · Gallery
Spanish cuisine in the heart of historic Toluca
Paella, black rice, huevos rotos and crema catalana, among art, with no rush.
What to order
The dishes worth crossing the city for
Rice cooked to order in its own pan, huevos rotos with serrano ham, and the Catalan dessert that has always closed the meal. It is all on the menu, with prices.
PaellaSaffron rice with seafood, served in the pan it was made in.
Arroz negroSquid ink, shrimp, clams and mussels. A wedge of lime.
Huevos rotosFried eggs over potatoes, with imported serrano ham and pimentón.The house dessert
Crema catalana
Custard under its burnt sugar crust. The proper ending to any Spanish meal.
What happens here
Three reasons to come
I
Breakfast
The kitchen starts early. Every breakfast arrives with bread, coffee or tea and juice, from MXN 160.
See breakfastII
Spanish comida
Paella, Galician octopus, salt cod, fabada. Lunch runs about MXN 300–400 per person.
See the lunch dishesIII
Current exhibition
The walls change several times a year. To find out what is hanging right now, ask us or look at Instagram.
About the gallery
Restaurant-gallery
You eat surrounded by paintings
El Pairal occupies an old house in the historic center, and every wall has something on it: oil landscapes, gilt frames, a large seascape at the back of the dining room.
The exhibitions rotate, so the room never looks the same two seasons running. In Catalan, a casa pairal is the ancestral family home — which is where the name comes from.
What people say
4.6★
4.6 out of 5 on Google
That is the restaurant's public rating, across 192 reviews. We do not reprint our guests' words here: they are on Google, complete and unedited, and that is where you can read all of them.
Private events
Celebrate at El Pairal
Birthdays, anniversaries, company breakfasts and lunches, exhibition openings. The dining room is small, and that is exactly what makes it good for a gathering.
Location
A few streets from the Cathedral
We are on Avenida Hidalgo, in the Barrio de la Merced, inside Toluca's historic center.
Av. Miguel Hidalgo Poniente 402-ABarrio de la Merced, Centro Histórico
50080 Toluca de Lerdo, Estado de México
Reserve
We'll hold a table for you
Tell us the day, the time and how many of you there are. We'll confirm by phone or email — and if it's for today, calling is faster.