The best restaurants L'OUEST

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.

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.

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.

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.

Opened in the spring of 2016 by a friendly French restaurant couple, Valerie and Franck, this chain specializes in preparing take-out picnics (up to 70 meals), made with fresh, and local, produce whenever possible: salads, poke bowls, sandwiches, desserts, fresh juices, and homemade beverages, offering vegetarian and vegan options for almost every dish, and even lending out a cooler and icepack. Everything is good, carefully prepared and eco-friendly, and the location is central, just steps from the Cathedral.

A menu of fish, meat, but also simpler dishes such as pizzas or salads. Prices vary greatly according to your choice: Crawfish paella or hamburger… this is the question! At the end of the port, it's a real treat!

Small, air-conditioned room or terrace in the pedestrian street.

La Cayena is the place to be if you are a traveller. Pabo, Mónica and their grandchildren, Nico and Martín, have travelled around the world and brought back various experiences and influences, including culinary ones. For more than ten years, the restaurant La Cayena has been offering a culinary journey to the four corners of the world: Mediterranean salads, Thai woks, Japanese tempura, Italian and Moroccan specialities, Tex-Mex, Indian or Pakistani cuisine... Made with local products, they are served on the terrace and prepared with love!

Map in French. You can eat only a salad and pasta, but it would be a pity not to taste fish. Take 30 € and more if you ask for crustaceans. The best restaurant at the moment. Everything is good!

However, if the prospect of finding you in the middle of the tourist doesn't seem to be exciting, let us dine on the terrace of one of the port's restaurants. From 13 to 15 € per person, a little more for seafood. Modest budgets or small appetites would be relaxing on the countless tapas bars in the harbour area, which is busy at night.

Roasted meat and vegetables, cheese trays and tomatoes and aioli to spread.

This bar-restaurant offers its customers an attractive concept: you go shopping at the markets (check opening hours), to stock up on the freshest products, and cook your food on the spot! Otherwise, the menu gives pride of place to seafood specialities with typical tapas and some more original dishes to enjoy on the terrace. A nice surprise!

This is the main restaurant of the Suites del Lago hotel. Tastefully decorated in a Spanish colonial style, from breakfast to dinner you'll enjoy specialties made with local and ecological products: most of the ingredients come from the hotel's vegetable gardens, chicken coop and fishing boat. The speciality remains wood-fired cooking: fish, meat and vegetables are roasted to perfection for authentic, tasty flavours! An address to discover with appetite!

Would you like to escape to Peru in the heart of Menorca? Head to the restaurant at Ecohotel Suites del Lago to discover Kaypa (for "here and now" in Quechua), the territory of young, audacious, award-winning chef Omar Malpartida, renowned for his creativity from Lima to Mexico to Spain. The man works Peruvian recipes of yesteryear with contemporary techniques and ultra-fresh ingredients (the ceviches are to die for). A sweet moment awaits you, with a good pisco sour in hand! A wonderful discovery.

Godai is the world's first Japanese-Minorcan fusion restaurant! Under the guidance of Michelin-starred chef Julián Mármol, local products are processed using high-precision techniques from Japan, in the elegant, contemporary setting of a service room open to the four winds. The man interprets and modulates, plays with traditions, flavors and textures, and the result is stunning. Admittedly, it's not cheap, but the experience is worth it. Don't forget to book in season!

Set in the majestic Finca de Son Vell, one of the hotels of the Vestige Collection group, and surrounded by more than 180 hectares of fertile land, the Sa Clarissa restaurant's elegant terrace is surrounded by nature. Its menu pays homage to the island's produce, with dishes featuring light, inventive flavours, imbued with both the Mediterranean and the Menorcan countryside. An exclusive address, between tradition and avant-garde, with options for every palate. A wonderful rural and gastronomic experience.

Enjoy their terrace overlooking Son Xoriguer beach, where you can bask in the sea breeze while savoring their original creations. The menu of this beach restaurant offers a fusion of Asian and Mediterranean flavors combined with the freshness and quality of local produce (sushi, poke bowl, ceviche, tartare...). You can also sip a good cocktail, from refreshing mojitos to more sophisticated creations. It's worth noting that the atmosphere is quite friendly. If you're passing by...

Restaurant Faustino in Ciutadella offers the perfect combination of pleasure and well-being with its Mediterranean cuisine based on local producers. The restaurant's patio takes on a golden hue at sunset, offering a haven of peace in the heart of Ciutadella's lively nightlife. The continental breakfast and simplified lunch menu, as well as the option of preparing a healthy vegetarian menu, make Faustino an ideal dining venue.

We're fans of the sparkling setting and creative cuisine of this charming address nestled in a pedestrian street not far from the Cathedral. There's a small terrace in front of the restaurant, and inside, a warmly decorated room in shades of yellow. The dining experience is just as colorful and surprising. There's no hesitation in mixing flavors to awaken the taste buds. As the name suggests, seafood is well represented on the menu. Try the ceviche, for example, a pure delight. A resolutely modern cuisine.

Located on Plaça des Born, right in the center of town, this trendy café-bistro is a good choice if you want to enjoy healthy, modern cuisine woven from local traditions. Es Born opens its doors in the morning, offering guests an efficient and comprehensive breakfast (not a bad way to start the day!), and continues its service at lunch and dinner, with excellent menu proposals featuring typical recipes brought up to date. On the terrace or in the dining room, tourists and locals mingle.

We love this little café full of sweet and savory delights for eating on the go (or to take away) right across from the cathedral. The food is prepared with fresh ingredients, and you can feel it in every bite. As well as tasty sandwiches and bagels, you can try Argentinian and Uruguayan specialties such as alfajores, medialunas, croissants with dulce de leche and empanadas. And to top it all off (which is no mean feat for a café...), the coffee is really good!