Mediterranean cuisine restaurants Balearic Islands

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.

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.

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.

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.

This small restaurant nestled in the corner of an alleyway in Sóller was born in 2011 from a family of food lovers with a passion for their native island. Only the freshest and most local products possible are used to make the house specialty: pintxo. Pintxos are small skewers made of various products from the island, each one tastier than the last. Don't miss the "Solomillo Rockefeller", a delicious fillet mignon with goat cheese and caramelised onions. A very popular address.

Bep Caules, creator and founder of the renowned Cafè Balear in the port of Ciutadella, opens the doors of Pins 46, a place where you can rediscover traditions such as the Vermut moment, dishes and recipes from the 1970s. Located in the heart of the historic quarter, in a typical Menorcan house with a welcoming interior patio, you can enjoy excellent tapas made with products from the island, such as the speciality eggs and bouquets from Ciutadella. Croquettes, octopus a la gallega, carpaccios, meatballs or mussels complete the menu.

For 10 years now, this excellent downtown restaurant has been housed in the bright, spacious setting of an elegantly decorated ^17th-century patio. Chef Andreu Genestra's contemporary Mallorcan cuisine flirts with gastronomy: the man knows the island's terroir like the back of his hand and plays with its textures and flavors. In the evening, a tasting menu and wine pairing delights diners, while the lunch menu is a perfect incursion into the island's fine cuisine at an affordable price. A renowned address.

It offers the same specialities as the previous one.

El Rais restaurant invites you to an inventive gastronomic experience in Port de Maó! This new address is the brainchild of the owners of the Ses Forquilles restaurant. The restaurant specializes in rice-based dishes, hence the name "El Rais", a play on the word "rice". The original, gourmet tapas to share make an excellent introduction. The proportions are small, but the flavors are there! A fine wine list.

With its giant lobster overhanging the roof, the Capri is a classic of the island, one of those popular addresses where locals and travellers mix. The cuisine is typically Mediterranean and based on the tradition of the fishermen who are still very present in Formentera. On the large illuminated terrace you can enjoy the chef's dishes: parillada, calamari a la planxa and some tasty meat dishes like duck breast or solomillo. The property manages the small hostel located in the same structure.

At the foot of the Carthusian monastery, this bakery-café has been open for a century now (founded in 1920) and is the ideal place to eat a small pastry but also some tapas, or simply to refresh yourself with a beer or a pressed orange juice. It's relaxing and calm in the shadow of the imposing monastery. The most curious will taste here the coca de patata, a typical sweet bread of the city elaborated from potato, egg and sugar.

Es Bruc has been a benchmark for over 50 years. Situated at the start of Sant Tomàs beach in a privileged location, it enjoys spectacular views over the islet of Binicodrell. Starting point or return point for excursions to Binigaus and Cala Escorxada. On the Es Bruc terrace, you can enjoy hearty salads, typical Menorcan meats and specialities based on fresh fish of the day, all at a good price. The plates are generous. Lunchtime queues can be long in July and August, so remember to be seated before 1pm.

You will appreciate its beautiful garden planted with cactus and fig trees, its large covered terraces and its tasty Mediterranean and international cuisine. For example, you can start your meal with a guacamole tartar with scampi or a delicious zucchini gratin. Lamb, pork with apples, fondue bourguignonne, cod confit or salmon with honey en papillote will make a good main course. Sorbets and chocolate mousse for dessert. The restaurant is located on the road leading to the plateau of La Mola.

Nice café with a spectacular view of the Peix pond. Very good for a hearty breakfast, a brunch at noon, a milkshake in the afternoon or a drink in the evening. On the menu, salads, a wide choice of pizzas (classic or special), fresh pasta (we recommend the dish of Chitarrine con bogavante, salsa de tomate cherry y albahaca fresca or the Spaghetti con almejas), fish and meat. And for those who are crazy about pizza, they even offer a Nutella pizza for dessert. Prices are quite high, as everywhere.

This cafeteria, in the city centre, offers many tapas, and also breakfast. Appreciated by the Ibizencos who find themselves on the terrace still packed. International atmosphere.

Sit in the small room at the ceiling of beams and stone walls or on the shaded terrace in the pedestrian street to test the producer toulon oli, the speciality of the house, served with grilled vegetables.

Breakfast, sandwich (4 €), salad (from 7,5 € to 10,50 €), tables of cheese, blocks, salmon (12 € to 13 €), tapas. Ice and sorbets. Air conditioned room or a pleasant terrace on the central square of Explanada.

Map in French. Wide choice of pizzas (from 6,50 € to 12,90 €), paella (14,50 €), fish (14,20 € to 19,90 €)… Terrace is calm and shaded, very pleasant service. Good address.