If this summer you have decided to spend your vacations in the Balearic Islands, we have selected 3 restaurants from each island, which we recommend and you should not miss in Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera.
One of the main reasons why we travel is to live experiences, the taste of the food, the aromas, the decoration, the environment and to keep them in our memories. Thanks to gastronomy we can accumulate a series of unique and unrepeatable experiences.
Shall we discover them?
MALLORCA
Cassai Gran Café & Restaurant
In this 300 year old Mallorcan house with traditional rustic style stone walls and a patio decorated with plants native to the island;
Tapas, pastas, fish, meats, homemade desserts, and the best selection of traditional Mallorcan and Mediterranean cuisine with a touch of avant-garde. They are committed to a fusion of flavors with top quality products.
10 minutes away you can take a relaxing swim in the waters of the beach Es Trenc where you can feel the Mediterranean in its purest form.
Beach Club Gran Folies
In this club you have the possibility to try the chef’s suggestion which is the bullit de peix, rock fish stew with Mallorcan potatoes and a variety of starters to nibble, salads, rice, fish and meat for all tastes while enjoying the magnificent views of the coast of Cala Llamp.
For more than 40 years it has become the best Beach Club on the island. Its bar and restaurant have been embedded between the rocks of the beach. You can also access by boat, after a pleasant walk.
With its pool on the seafront, you can enjoy the views, with a relaxed atmosphere, perfect place to take a cocktail at sunset.
Arume Sushi Bar
If you are passionate about sushi, you cannot go to Mallorca and not visit Arume Sushi Bar. Its chef, Pau Socias, seduces his customers with a new type of Japanese food fused with a touch of Mediterranean, Thai and Asian cuisine..
It is a very quiet restaurant that combines the ingredients of Mediterranean food with Asian food;
It has a menu from Monday to Friday that changes weekly, so you will taste a wide variety of textures and flavors.
The kitchen is in full view of diners, who are impressed by the chef’s skills, abilities and creativity. Fish, seafood, frozen foods, meats, gastronomic delicacies, sausages, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants, spices, preserves and condiments, olives, wine, bars, bakery and confectionery. They also offer culinary workshops…
Its location is inside the Santa Catalina Market. The interior design is modern, harmonious and sophisticated.
The truth is that there are not many people who know this place, so the atmosphere is mostly local and know these corners that offer a great gastronomic quality..
RESTAURANTS IN IBIZA
Jul`s Ibiza
Although you are in Ibiza, the dishes and flavors of this magnificent restaurant will transport you to Greece itself.
The place combines different atmospheres in which colors, textures and materials are taken care of to the maximum. Each corner of the place gives off its own history.
Using high quality ingredients from all over the world, without a doubt, the main objective is to provide the customer with an unrepeatable experience.
Izakaya Asian Kitchen & Bar Restaurant
In the heart of Marina Botafoc Ibiza, overlooking the old town and the harbor, is Izakaya Asian Kitchen & Bar.
The izakayas in Japan, are small “afterwork” taverns offering dishes that are made for sharing and this same concept has been recreated in Ibiza as a high-end gastronomic experience fused with extravagant cuisine and South American influences..
With each dish of this restaurant you will enjoy a wide variety of international flavors. It is especially inspired by the high Japanese and Peruvian cuisine..
As soon as you unfold its menu, you’ll see that you can choose from delicious robata-grilled meats and fish, or opt for sushi and sashimi. It also offers a sophisticatedSakana menu – a variety of dishes created with the Hibachi fire bowl, a small Japanese hot dish.
SUSHI BOXES to go. The restaurant offers three options of sushi and sashimi boxes, available “to go” from 19.30h to 00.30hrs. .
Before leaving, we recommend you try one of their signature cocktails that have been recognized and praised by critics;
Aiyanna Beach Club Ibiza
Nestled in the bay of Cala Nova where from 13:00 to 20:00, you can enjoy incredible sea views and delight your palate with cuisine from as far away as Asia, the Caribbean, Mexico and Indonesia with fresh seasonal organic produce grown in their own garden.
There are craft stalls where you can explore some handmade products and live music.
If you want to start the day taking care of your mind and body, they offer yoga classes in the morning;
As for the ambiance, its wooden terraces have opted for a mix of design with a chic and harmonious style;
RESTAURANTS IN MENORCA
Es Bec d’Aguila
At the top of a hill on the island surrounded by a beautiful rural landscape, we find Es Bec d’Aguila, a finca that you can rent for weeks to spend your vacations. Here, you will have the privacy of being alone in the house, but with all the comforts of a hotel exclusive in a natural, intimate and discreet environment.
The cuisine of this finca is based on fresh foods such as vegetables, organic vegetables, aromatic herbs, eggs and honey. All of them produced on the land of Es Bec d’Aguila.
A cook will prepare meals that can be adapted to any dietary requirement.
Es Bec Nou 07730 Alaior
It also has conciergeservice who will be able to arrange in advance tennis classes, yoga sessions, fitness training, pottery workshop, car rental, boats, bicycles, childcare, guided tours, beauty services, massages and anything else you may need.
Restaurant Cap Roig
Founded in 1983 and located in Cala Sa Mesquida, this restaurant is unique, offering excellent food with unique views;
Their food is based on fresh fish and seafood from the island. As starters, you can also order mussels from the port of Mahón, spiny dogfish, prawns, nettles, grilled squid and cuttlefish… and different types of fish, prepared grilled, seafood or grilled. They are also famous for their rice dishes and, of course! the lobster, which they offer grilled, in stew, with rice or lobster paella.
The place is not too big, which makes the atmosphere intimate and pleasant;
From any point of the restaurant, you can contemplate the wonderful landscape of Cala Sa Mesquida.
Road Sa Mesquida, 13.
Balearic Coffee
It is located in the heart of the port of Ciutadella and, despite the passage of time, has maintained its philosophy “from sea to table”. Here you can taste dishes made from fish and seafood freshly caught by its own boat.
It was born in the 70’s as a tavern in the port and at the present time, it is a restaurant of reference in Menorca.
As you can imagine, they offer all kinds of seafood and fish freshly caught by their own boat.
Passeig es Pla de Sant Joan, 15, 07760 Ciutadella
RESTAURANTS IN FORMENTERA
Es Molí de Sal
If you want to discover a marisquería that you can also choose the typical dishes of Formentera, this old renovated mill is the ideal place;
Among its menu you will find a wide variety of options cooked in the purest Mediterranean style always accompanied by a wide range of selected wines.
With unique views of the beach of Illetas on one side and the port of La Savina on the other side, it is also a privileged place to enjoy the best sunsets of Formentera with the island of Es Vedrà cutting the horizon in the background.
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Beso Beach Formentera
It is a beachfront chiringuito that fuses Mediterranean food with Basque touches during the day and drinks and partying at night..
Located in the Ses Salines Natural Park and declared a biosphere reserve;
It is the most fashionable beach bar in Formentera and you can easily meet with national and international celebrities such as Mariah Carey, Alejandro Sanz or DJ David Guetta.
Why is it so successful?
Because for food they have a good product and eat well, the place is nicely decorated and you have a guaranteed party in one of the best beaches of Formentera. “Beso Beach” an original name, “no summer without a kiss” a perfect slogan for an unforgettable experience.
Can Carlitos Restaurant
To spend a day from 12:00 to 2:00 in the morning we recommend the restaurant Can Carlitos run by the prestigious chef Nando Jubany, a benchmark of Catalan haute cuisine. .
Port de la Sabina beach overlooking Ibiza and the islet of Es Vedrà
Starting at noon with a vermouth accompanied by an original variety of tapas, followed by a canned rice, paella or creamy, a dessert tapas in the afternoon and a cocktail to welcome dinner, are unforgettable moments that we want the time not to pass to be able to stay and enjoy a good meal with great views.
The products are local and seasonal, selected by the chef, going from the garden to the plate.
We hope that, if you spend the summer on any of these islands, you will try some of these emblematic restaurants, because eating well is a pleasure for all the senses.