Mallorca's Best Gourmet Addresses
The largest Balearic island has many a culinary surprise in store - you shouldn't miss out on the following restaurants and bars when you visit Mallorca.
September 2, 2024
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Adrián Quetglas
Gunnar Knechtel
Adrián Quetglas has his roots in Buenos Aires and Mallorca. In his kitchen in Palma, he elegantly combines these influences - for example, when cured beef meets bitter almonds and anchovies.
Adrián Quetglas
Passeig de Mallorca 20, 07012 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel: +34 971 781 119
Web: adrianquetglas.es
Béns D'avall
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The family-run restaurant not only attracts guests with its sunsets (although the view over the west coast is already unique): Benet Vicens uses local produce to create his own version of island cuisine.
Béns D'avall
Carretera de Deià, km 56, 07100 Sóller, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel.: +34 971 63 23 81
Web: bensdavall.com
Dins
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In his restaurant at hotel El Llorenç Parc de la Mar, Santi Taura brings traditional Mallorcan recipes up to date, including stuffed snails. Once, he served a dish of peasant cuisine, and bread with organic sobrassada.
Dins
Plaça de Llorenç Villalonga 4, 07001 Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel: +34 656 738 214
Web: dinssantitaura.com
Brandneu
Guethary
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Aitor Arregi began his career as a footballer, but found his calling at the grill. His new restaurant at Iberostar Selection Hotell" in Palma celebrates local fish and seafood - with blazing flames.
Guethary
Carrer de Marbella 36, 07610 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel: +34 671 709 729
Web: guethary.es
Mar & Duix
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Grand hotel Son Net is one of the island's legendary locations. In the new gourmet restaurant, Sergi Olmedo demonstrates just how much flavor Mallorca has to offer: from peaches from the garden to octopus and tramp and the typical summer salad.
Mar & Duix
Castillo Son Net s/n, Puigpunyent, 07194, Spain
Tel: +34 971 147 000
Web: sonnet.es
Sala de Personal
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This is a crossover of bar and restaurant from the creators of the Chapeau 1987 bar. The menu consists of four drinks and four dishes selected by the bartenders.
Sala de Personal
Pg. de Mallorca 14A,, 07012 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel. +34 971 72 21 75
Web: saladepersonal.com
Relaxed
Mercat Negre
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Even at nine in the morning, you can get the freshest black monkfish, cold melon soup with tuna and well-chosen wine at the counter in the Mercat de l'Olivar. The early start can be seen as an opportunity: It closes at 4 pm.
Mercat Negre
Stand number 6A, Plaça de l'Olivar, 07002 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Web: mercatolivar.com
Bar Bodega Biniaraix
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A Swiss woman and her Canadian-Austrian colleague run this cozy bodega in the 100-inhabitant village of Biniaraix. Home-baked cakes and dishes prepared by different guest chefs make this the perfect place to stop off after a hike.
Bar Bodega Biniaraix
Plaça de la Concepció, 1, 07101 Biniaraix, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel. +34 610 19 36 39
Web: dosalquemistas.com
Mercat Tramuntana
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This hip little café-deli in Puigpunyent serves simple dishes such as pizzas and hummus plates as well as local and sustainably produced food and natural wines to take away.
Mercat Tramuntana
Carrer de Ciutat, 6, 07194 Puigpunyent, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel.+34 655 07 44 15
Web: instagram.com/mercattramuntana
Bars
Más Amor
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Charles Harrington-Clarke has been shaping the bar scene in Palma for years - now, together with Calum Murray Threipland, he has opened a place that serves the bar food you always dream of after the second cocktail.
Más Amor
Carrer de Bonaire, 21, 07012 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Web: masamor.love
Mirall Bar
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A medieval Islamic palace is home to the new Nobis Hotel Palma - at Mirall Bar, bar chef Rodrigo Alvarez Zarza creates cocktails from local ingredients, as unique as the ambience with its nine-metre-high ceiling.
Mirall Bar
Carrer de les Caputxines 9, 07003 Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Tel.: +34 871 555 800
Web: nobishotel.es
Read more: Mallorca - a sea of flavor
This article appeared in the Falstaff TRAVEL issue Summer 2024.