Editorial place profile
Barracuda MX
At a glance
Barracuda MX is Roberto Ruiz’s Mexican Pacific restaurant on Valenzuela, near Puerta de Alcalá. Ceviches, seafood and tacos sit alongside meat and vegetable preparations, with separate dining-room, reduced, weekday-lunch and group menus.
Practical details
- Choose it for
- Pacific Mexican cooking near Puerta de Alcalá
- Food or dining format
- Mexican Pacific dishes; weekday lunch €39 per person
- Visit distinction
- Reduced menu 16:00–19:30; separate group menus
Pacific cooking with a wider choice
At Valenzuela 7, Barracuda MX combines coastal Mexican dishes with Spanish ingredients. The dining-room menu lists oysters, ceviches, seafood guacamoles and sea bass a la talla, as well as beef, pork and an eggplant taco. A coastal focus does not make every preparation seafood-only.
Sources: Barracuda MX: Pacific cooking and service menus, Barracuda MX: dining-room menu
Lunch and group menus have different conditions
The weekday lunchtime Selección Pacífico is €39 per person, with choices across courses and dessert or coffee. Separate group menus are priced at €70 and €75 per person, with different dishes. Agree the actual menu, drinks and any party conditions when arranging a group meal.
Sources: Barracuda MX: weekday lunchtime menu, Barracuda MX: separate group menus
Opening hours and the available menu
Published opening is daily 13:30–00:30, with a reduced menu from 16:00 to 19:30. Many starters and tacos on the full menu are listed as two units; use the selected dish’s serving description when ordering. The MICHELIN Guide lists this restaurant, while the chef’s earlier Punto MX star belongs to that earlier venue.
Sources: Barracuda MX: Pacific cooking and service menus, Barracuda MX: dining-room menu, MICHELIN Guide: Barracuda MX
Contact and published information
- Restaurant website and published information
- Published menu
- Call Barracuda MX: +34 911 08 89 99
- Address: Calle de Valenzuela 7, 28014 Madrid, Spain
- Published hours: Daily 13:30–00:30; reduced menu 16:00–19:30
Where this place fits
Sources and review dates
- Barracuda MX: Pacific cooking and service menus — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. Roberto Ruiz’s Mexican Pacific restaurant at Valenzuela 7, with daily opening and a reduced menu between 16:00 and 19:30.
- Barracuda MX: weekday lunchtime menu — Restaurant operator menu — checked 2026-10-18. A €39-per-person weekday lunch selection, with choices across courses and dessert or coffee.
- Barracuda MX: separate group menus — Restaurant operator menu — checked 2026-10-18. Menú Pacífico at €70 per person and Menú Barracuda MX at €75 per person, with different published courses.
- MICHELIN Guide: Barracuda MX — Independent restaurant guide — checked 2026-10-18. The exact restaurant is listed for Mexican Pacific cooking; the chef’s earlier Punto MX star belongs to that earlier restaurant.
Author and corrections
Sarah Haddad is responsible for this profile. It is based on the published sources cited here; no firsthand visit or independent service test is claimed.