The best restaurants Balearic Islands

A nice terrace where you can enjoy one of the dishes of the menu which offers an interesting choice of Mediterranean cuisine. Fish, meat, salads, soups, paella…. Impeccable service.

Opened in 1970 and renovated in 2015, Café Balear offers an interesting daily lunch menu. Very popular with the locals, this is one of the best restaurants in Ciutadella, with a long queue of customers in the summer (we highly recommend taking a seat around 8pm at the latest to avoid the wait). Once you are settled, you will enjoy a typical Menorcan gastronomic experience, based on products brought back every day from the sea by the Rosa Santa, the restaurant's fishing boat.

Es Ventall is a restaurant opened in 1982 by the Bonet family, offering ibicenca and Mediterranean cuisine that has nothing more to prove, as the large proportion of attic premises is proof. Traditional recipes such as bullit de peix, sofrit Pagés and also some creative dishes prepared by the son of the owners who became the chef emeritus, Jose Miguel Bonet Cardona. Some of his creations include the tartar of espardenyes (sea cucumber) with orange or the salad of mollejas (sweetbreads) and caramelised chicken.

Located in the village of Sant Climent, this restaurant is a veritable institution. Vicent Vila, an expert Valencian restaurateur and long-time expatriate in Menorca, has converted this former ^19th-century grain mill into a modernist restaurant specializing in rice dishes! The man honors his Valencian origins with a wide range of paellas and other superb arròs prepared according to traditional recipes, sometimes reinterpreted. Local products and straightforward flavors!

Right in the heart of Maó, Le Romero treats regulars and visiting travelers alike to fresh Menorcan-inspired seafood dishes in a more modern version. Fabio and Francesca, an Italian couple, will welcome you with a smile and will be happy to guide you according to your tastes: fresh fish and seafood (no meat) and organic vegetarian dishes to enjoy on the terrace or in the dining room. The entire menu is gluten-free, and products are sourced from eco-responsible production chains.

Es Tap Nou is a well known address for locals, where you can go at any time of the day for a short and easy repair stopover! Market gardeners before being restaurateurs, the owners of the place run a shop selling fresh local fruit and vegetables to which they have added a volley of tables on the terrace, offering salads as copious as they are very good, solid toast (goat's cheese in particular!), but also superb batidos (juices) of various fruits (on the slate, the juice of the day). Everything is good, healthy, and not expensive!

A natural cave in the heart of the old town. It is here that you will find this little gem of a French bistro. If the owner Nicolas is a fine sommelier who has worked in excellent addresses in Paris and New York, "French" cannot sum up the subtlety of the cuisine served here. The new chef, Begoña Arizmendi, is skilfully at work in her open kitchen, combining skills from the four corners of the world with ingredients full of freshness: ceviche, turbot meunière, duck confit... The wine pairing is impeccable.

This little restaurant is well worth a visit! You'll be able to eat seafood and fish, as well as delicious cod croquettes and other typical dishes. Toni's cheerful welcome makes for a really friendly atmosphere. Recipes are based on fresh local produce, such as grilled mussels, eggplants or squid stuffed with Menorcan-style stuffing. Some products are also imported from Galicia, such as oysters and sautéed lobster. Typical dishes include calderetes and paellas. Excellent desserts.

It is often confused with Es Cranc, but they are two different restaurants although they are the same property. Cranc Pelut is located at the entrance to Fornells, at the beginning of the port. If Es Cranc is the specialist in caldereta, Cranc Pelut is one of the best places in Menorca to eat paella. A word of advice: don't take an appetizer, the paella for two is absolutely gigantic (you can eat it for four without any problem). The kindness of the waiters and the pretty view of the port do the rest. An excellent address.

A mythical place, known by all the local population as well as the tourists. In the bar room, the walls are covered with old photos from the hippie era. There is a great atmosphere in the evening, with a joyful mix of village grandfathers and young people from all over Europe. In the restaurant part, they serve à la carte meals, with good fish. Very good value for money. You can eat everything here, especially grilled fish. It is also a good place to have breakfast. Not to be missed for the nostalgic of the sixties..

This restaurant offers, almost with its feet in the water, an excellent cuisine in a very neat and well shaded setting. The chef, Jérome Palayer, prepares a refined cuisine that gives pride of place to seafood, but also offers grilled meats (filet mignon and bavette à l'échalote) and informal dishes, such as a selection of six burgers or large salads. The place is frankly pleasant, with a chill-out style decoration: we could spend the whole day there! Also perfect for a drink.

Founded in 1934, the restaurant Ca N'Alfredo is an institution in the city that offers typical Ibizan cuisine such as Guisado de pescado or Cuinat (typical of Semana Santa), excellent soups but also good paellas, fresh fish and homemade desserts. The owner, Alfredo, is often there to monitor the quality of the service. You will find an extensive wine list of wines from the islands and the peninsula (about a hundred) to accompany your dishes. A good place to taste the traditional flavours of Ibiza.

Just a few tables and a small outdoor terrace (with a tree growing in the middle!), this is a restaurant with a warm and intimate atmosphere. Helena, the owner, offers tasty home-made dishes, often made with organic (or even gluten-free) products. Falafels, vegetarian burgers, vegetable gratins, inventive salads, soufflé filled with goat cheese and vegetables, muffins and cakes to die for. It's also a great place to have breakfast in Es Pujols. We love it!

A small French evening canteen run by the inspired barman Charles and his communicative joie de vivre, the 1805 bar is located on a square in the picturesque Sa Penya district. On the menu: mastered hexagonal specialities such as croque-monsieur, goat's cheese salad, entrecote steak and of course the mussels and chips (home-made!) which have partly made the reputation of the place. The other part probably comes from the man's masterful cocktail-making skills, with the Green Beast, based on absinthe, lime and cucumber, as a star attraction.

Patrick, a Frenchman who has lived in Menorca for many years, offers French specialties combined with local produce. The menu varies according to the season... and the imagination of the chef, always ready to explore new trends. Some suggestions? Duck confit with orange and carrot purée with cumin, aubergine-tomato crumble, vegetable Tarte Tatin... The place is very pleasant, starting with the terrace-pergola open in summer. In winter, it's best to head for the welcoming indoor lounge. Excellent wine cellar. We love it.

Since 2016, this restaurant has moved to a brand new location on the emblematic Carrer Santa Clara. Here, the art of "slow-food" is practiced. The menu is based on local and seafood products, prepared with taste and passion by Silvia and Toni. Es Tast de na Silvia offers gastronomy based on old recipes revisited in Silvia's very personal style: fish and seafood, meat and charcuterie, seasonal fruit and vegetables, artisan cheeses. An intimate meal that brings you closer to authentic Menorca.

Certainly one of the best kept secrets in Ibiza. In the heart of a typical Balearic landscape, a crystal clear beach hidden between cliffs, fine sand and pine forest. Amante Ibiza, overlooking the bay of Sol d'en Serra, has a "rural" restaurant, offering a simple and very well made cuisine, based on ecological products, while in the coal oven grills delicious pieces of meat and fish. In high season, there are open-air movie nights, and from Monday to Friday you can participate in morning yoga on the beach.

Faithful to the post for more than twenty years now, Rita's canteen treats locals and travellers to a whole range of simple and well-made culinary creations. The gastronomic influences here are multiple, like the Indonesian preparations - shawarma, nasi and bami goreng are worth the detour - or the continental, English, German breakfasts... You can also stop here for a tapas break, a sandwich or an ice cream. In short, you will have a good time on this small terrace always full of people.

Can Paco has something of the romance of Spain from another time. One usually pushes the door when the sun is at its zenith and the burning streets are deserted, to discover a nice cheeky atmosphere provided by the locals happily feasting. A restaurant where you can enjoy traditional cuisine: paella, meat, and for fish, it depends on what they have on the day of your visit. The paella is delicious, and all the vegetables come from the garden. Really warm welcome and nice view. A must see!

In one of the quietest streets in the center of Ciutadella, this historic establishment opened in 1992. It's "the place to be" for pizza. Wood-fired oven, fresh quality ingredients, dough and artisanal know-how... the perfect combination. In addition to the extensive pizza menu, à la carte dishes offer good value for money. Varied salads, grilled vegetables, a selection of Iberian charcuterie, shrimps, mussels and calamari, carpaccios, rib steaks and grilled monkfish. Pizzeria Roma belongs to the famous Cafè Balear.