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It is no secret that Mallorca is one of the most visited destinations in our country. But now Forbes magazine has chosen it as one of the top destinations for holidays in 2023. Among the reasons are the incredible nature it possesses, which is highly coveted by cyclists and hikers. In addition, it also has paradisiacal beaches and a city centre for strolling and shopping. Nor can we forget the island’s gastronomic offer. For this reason, we have selected some recommendations of restaurants in Mallorca so that you leave on your holidays with the best taste in your mouth. Take note!
Casa Manolo
If you don’t know Manolo Barahona, don’t hesitate to visit his restaurant in Ses Salines, he is well worth a visit. He is a television producer and a great communicator, and he cooks wonderfully. Above all, seafood. His squid cooked on the griddle with cuttlefish ink is a delight. You can also try the famous ‘arroz de notario’, made with a fumet of eleven varieties of fish, sea snails, cuttlefish with its ink and lobster, and the caldereta de bogavante cooked with rock fish and salt fish: sea bass, snapper, déntol, sea bass? Pure sea!
Ses Salines. Plaça Sant Bartomeu, 2
971 64 91 30 / Web
Carta: 40-50€
Marisco/Mediterránea
Written by: Antonio Beneyto
DINS Santi Taura
Santi Taura offers a gastronomic experience based on the traditional cuisine of the islands and prepared with seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. Here, research is carried out into traditional recipes and elaborations, revised by the chef and his team. Product-based cuisine, maximum attention to flavours, making the most of the seasons and taking a gastronomic tour of the island. It should be noted that DINS is located in the El Llorenç Parc de la Mar hotel, which does not admit children under the age of 16.
Palma. Plaça de Llorenç Villalonga, 4
656 73 82 14 / Web
Menú degustación: 95€
Moderna
Written by: Antonio Beneyto
Quadrat Restaurant Garden
This restaurant is located in the Sant Francesc Hotel Singular, in the heart of Palma’s old town, and offers quality Mediterranean cuisine. Run by executive chef Àlvar Albadalejo, its culinary offer is based on local, market and seasonal products. A creative and honest cuisine based on traditional Mallorcan cuisine, but elaborated with new techniques. It opens the doors to fusion with flavours from other cultures. On Sundays there is a rice menu.
Palma. Plaza Sant Francesc, 5. Hotel Sant Francesc
971 78 72 30 / Web
Carta: 60-70€ / Menú de arroces (sólo domingos): 26,50€
Mediterránea/fusión
Written by: Antonio Beneyto
Oliu
Chef Joan Porcel’s cuisine is seasonal. They have an organic vegetable garden and their produce is often the main ingredient in the restaurant’s daily offerings. He mixes traditional Mallorcan cuisine with more innovative uses and inspirations, but always giving value to the product. In addition, Extra Virgin Olive Oils play an important role in his cuisine. What’s more, the dessert that bears the restaurant’s name is prepared with oil, chocolate and vanilla.
Andratx. Carretera Port d’Andratx, 67
971 23 58 30 / Web
Carta: 70-80€
Mediterránea
Written by: Antonio Beneyto
Casa Maruka
In a classic-looking restaurant, María José Calabria and Alberto Serrano fuse traditional cuisine with revisions of recipes and flavours. Market cuisine together with classic dishes in an adjusted and well thought-out menu such as the spoon rice with deer and mushrooms, the Mallorcan fried fish with egg, the sirviola, avocado and prawn tartare, or their much-appreciated apple tart. Honest cuisine, designed exclusively for the enjoyment of diners and to bring out the best flavours of each of the products.
Palma. Reina María Cristina, 7
971 20 02 72 / Web
Carta: 40-50€
Mediterránea
Written by: Antonio Beneyto
Es Fum
This restaurant is like a jewel of the island for a gastronomic offer that shines inside the St. Regis Mardavall Hotel. It even has works of art by Miró inside. A creative, technical and tasty proposal by the Canarian chef Miguel Navarro, pupil of Berasategui. There are two menus (Petit Menú and Menú Degustación), which offer warm, creative cuisine with a markedly Mediterranean flavour, with some Asian and Latin American touches. It also has beautiful views of the Mediterranean as a backdrop.
Carretera Palma-Andratx 19, Palmanova
971 62 96 29
Petit Menú: 145€ / Menú Degustación: 170€
Moderna/Creativa
Zaranda
This is a legendary restaurant run by chef Fernando Pérez Arellano, located in Palma’s old town, inside the luxurious Es Princep hotel but with a separate entrance. It offers suggestive tasting menus (Hipodermis, Dermis and Epidermis) with curious pickles as appetizers, all of them with nods to the Arab world and the history of the tanks where the skins were marinated and dyed, which are partially visible to the diner thanks to a glass floor. It also has a very careful staging that will not disappoint.
Palma. Bala Roja 1
680 60 25 80 / Web
Menú Hipodermis: 125€ / Menú Dermis: 145€ / Menú Epidermis: 165€
Creativa
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