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Balearic Islands

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Mediterranean beaches and island cuisine

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The Balearic Islands split their serious dining across Palma, Ibiza, and a smaller set of island towns. In our guide, 5 Michelin-starred restaurants hold 5 Michelin stars in total, all in Palma or Ibiza Town. Michelin Plates and Star Wine List awards appear on other restaurants and bars. Star Wine List awards are held by Bar La Sang in Plaça de l’Hospital, Burgundi and The Wine Side in Centre, and Idilio Cocina y Vino in Nord. CAV. vins in El Molinar, Mercat Negre in Palma de Mallorca - Mercat Olivar area, and Echezo in Ibiza Marina also hold a Star Wine List award in 2026. Opinionated About Dining ranks El Bigotes in Cala Mastella and Es Xarcu in Es Cubells. Pollença's wineries in our guide are Bodegas Xaloc and Can Axartell, both with Falstaff Winery stars in 2026. In Deià, El Olivo, inside Belmond La Residencia, holds a Michelin Plate and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.

Michelin-starred dining

The 5 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide are DINS Santi Taura in La Calatrava, Marc Fosh in old town, and Zaranda in Palma old quarter, plus La Gaia in Ibiza Town and Omakase by Walt in Ibiza Town (Eivissa).

  • DINS Santi Taura

    DINS Santi Taura in La Calatrava is the restaurant inside El Llorenç Parc de la Mar. Service is a tasting menu called Origens, and the wine list is extensive. It holds a Michelin star and a Star Wine List award in 2026. Opinionated About Dining ranked the restaurant #476 in 2025.

  • La Gaia

    La Gaia in Ibiza Town is inside the Ibiza Gran Hotel. Chef Óscar Molina offers two tasting menus plus à la carte. Live preparation stations are in the room. The wine list is extensive, and a sommelier leads it. It holds a Michelin star, 96 Falstaff points, and Guía Repsol 2 Soles in 2026. Summer brings four-hands events with visiting chefs.

  • Marc Fosh

    Marc Fosh in old town occupies a 17th-century seminary. Finca Son Mir supplies the kitchen, and the menus include a weekday lunch and the dinner-only menu Aromas del Mediterráneo. The wine list is extensive, and a sommelier leads it. It holds a Michelin star, a Star Wine List award in 2026, and Guía Repsol 1 Sol in 2026.

  • Zaranda

    Zaranda in Palma old quarter is inside Es Príncep. Three tasting journeys are named Hipodermis, Dermis, and Epidermis, and a glass floor shows the site's ancient tannery. The wine list is extensive. It holds a Michelin star and a Star Wine List award in 2026.

Wine bars and natural wine

Bar La Sang, The Wine Side, Burgundi, and Idilio Cocina y Vino each hold a Star Wine List award. Bar La Sang, Burgundi, and The Wine Side pour natural wine.

  • Bar La Sang

    Bar La Sang in Plaça de l’Hospital is the first bar in Mallorca to pour only natural wine, and it is also a bottle shop. The bottles come from small producers, and bar food is served with the wine. It holds Star Wine List awards in 2025 and 2026.

  • The Wine Side

    The Wine Side in Centre holds a Star Wine List award in 2026. The wine is conventional and natural. Seafood from Mallorca and tapas are what the kitchen sends. The space has a private room and a terrace.

  • Burgundi

    Burgundi in Centre is a compact bar. It pours natural wine from Mallorca and beyond, with cocktails and snacks. Borja Triñanes earned a Sol Repsol for his earlier Palma project, Sala de Pers. The bar holds a Star Wine List award in 2026.

  • Idilio Cocina y Vino

    Idilio Cocina y Vino in Nord holds a Star Wine List award in 2026. Sommelier Alejandro recommends the bottles and chef Ricardo sends the tapas. The wine poured here is conventional.

Seafood and island casual dining

El Bigotes in Cala Mastella serves lunch only, and Es Xarcu in Es Cubells bakes local fish and sends rice dishes. El Romero in Mahón center runs seafood and vegetarian tasting menus with gluten-free options, and Juan y Andrea in Playa Illetas serves Mediterranean seafood à la carte on the sand.

  • El Bigotes

    El Bigotes in Cala Mastella serves Bullit de Peix from the morning's fish, and wood-fired cooking is visible to diners. The meal is lunch only. Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe ranked it #246 in 2024 and #261 in 2025.

  • Es Xarcu

    Es Xarcu in Es Cubells is a family-run seafood restaurant. The kitchen bakes local fish, including rotja and denton, and also sends red prawns and rice dishes. Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe ranked it #149 in 2023 and #222 in 2025.

  • El Romero

    El Romero in Mahón center holds a Michelin Plate and Guía Repsol 1 Sol in 2026. An Italian-origin couple runs four set menus of Menorcan seafood and vegetarian cooking, with gluten-free options. Fish comes from local fishing boats and produce from island farms, and the wine list includes natural wine.

  • Juan y Andrea

    Playa Illetas restaurant on the sand, built around Mediterranean seafood and an à la carte format. It has Opinionated About Dining recognition and an extensive wine list.

Hotels and wine-led estates

365 in Pollença foothills is inside Son Brull, El Olivo in Deià is inside Belmond La Residencia, and Bodegas Xaloc is a winery in Pollença. 365 and El Olivo serve tasting menus, and Bodegas Xaloc produces still red, rosé, and white wines.

  • 365

    365 in Pollença foothills is inside Son Brull and cooks from its own farm, with a dedicated vegetarian menu plus tasting-menu and à la carte formats. The wine list is extensive, and a sommelier leads it. It holds a Michelin Plate and Relais Chateaux Awards for 2025 and 2026.

  • El Olivo

    El Olivo in Deià is the dining room at Belmond La Residencia. Chef Pablo Aranda offers two tasting menus. The cooking is modern Mediterranean, with Arabic inflections. The wine list is extensive, and a sommelier leads it. It holds a Michelin Plate, Guía Repsol 2 Soles in 2026, and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.

  • Bodegas Xaloc

    Pollença hillside winery on about three hectares of organically farmed vines, shaped by the cooling Xaloc wind. It produces still red, rosé, and white wines, and holds Falstaff Winery 3 Stars in 2026.

Planning FAQ

Which Balearic Islands neighbourhoods have the strongest wine scene?

Centre, Plaça de l’Hospital, Nord, El Molinar, Palma de Mallorca - Mercat Olivar area, and Ibiza Marina are the neighbourhoods of the Star Wine List bars in our guide. Bar La Sang in Plaça de l’Hospital, Burgundi and The Wine Side in Centre, Idilio Cocina y Vino in Nord, CAV. vins in El Molinar, Mercat Negre in Palma de Mallorca - Mercat Olivar area, and Echezo in Ibiza Marina hold Star Wine List awards.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in the Balearics in our guide?

There are 5 Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide, holding 5 Michelin stars in total. In Palma they are DINS Santi Taura in La Calatrava, Marc Fosh in old town, and Zaranda in Palma old quarter. In Ibiza they are La Gaia in Ibiza Town and Omakase by Walt in Ibiza Town (Eivissa).

Where should I go for tasting menus?

Palma, Ibiza Town, and Deià are the main tasting-menu centres. DINS Santi Taura, La Gaia, Marc Fosh, Zaranda, and El Olivo all work in tasting-menu formats, with Palma offering the deepest range.

Where are the best natural wine bars?

Bar La Sang in Plaça de l’Hospital, Burgundi in Centre, and The Wine Side in Centre are natural wine bars in our guide. Bar La Sang pours natural wine only. Burgundi pours natural wine with cocktails and snacks. The Wine Side pours natural wine and conventional wine. All three hold a Star Wine List award in 2026, and Bar La Sang also holds one for 2025.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Maca de Castro

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Alcudia, Spain

Maca de Castro

Mallorca's most decorated creative kitchen sits on the first floor of a villa-style building in Port d'Alcúdia, where chef Macarena de Castro, the island's first female Michelin-starred chef, honoured since 2012, runs a single surprise tasting menu built around seasonal produce from her own one-hectare garden in Sa Pobla. La Liste ranked the restaurant 90 points in 2025. The Jardín Bistró operates on the ground floor for a more accessible format.

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Balearic Islands

Where to eat in Balearic Islands

Selected entries from the current guide for Balearic Islands.

Béns d'Avall restaurant in Soller

Soller, Spain

Béns d'Avall

Suspended between Tramuntana pines and the sapphire sweep of the Mediterranean, Béns d'Avall distills Mallorca’s soul into an elegant, contemporary culinary narrative. The celebrated father-and-son kitchen crafts coastal haute cuisine that’s luminous with wild herbs, mountain citrus, and the day’s catch, translating the island’s rugged beauty into poised, modern plates. Candlelit terraces, salt-softened breezes, and a quietly attentive team create an atmosphere of rarefied ease—an intimate stage for sunset tastings, notable Balearic wines, and a sense of place that lingers long after the last morsel.

Soller, Spain
Zaranda restaurant in Palma

Palma, Spain

Zaranda

Within the storied walls of Es Princep, Zaranda channels Mallorca’s soul through a cosmopolitan lens, led by chef Fernando Pérez Arellano—an unofficial ambassador of the island’s cuisine. Three tasting journeys—Hipodermis, Dermis, and Epidermis—unfold with couture precision: Arab-accented pickles and canapés echo the site’s ancient tannery, glimpsed beneath a glass floor, while dishes such as chermoula-grilled monkfish in silky pil-pil and the sculptural “Mármol vitello tonnato” harmonize texture, heritage, and modern elegance. Expect lighting and pacing that whisper rather than shout, service that anticipates rather than announces, and pairings that illuminate the island’s leading ingredients with international savoir-faire.

Palma, Spain
Can Font restaurant in Ibiza

Ibiza, Spain

Can Font

Located within Ibiza's UNESCO-listed Dalt Vila, Can Font holds a Michelin Plate for consecutive years and delivers à la carte and tasting menu formats anchored in the island's produce: sustainably caught fish, local olive oils, and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Chef Andoni San Martín's approach treats Ibizan ingredients as the architecture of modern regional cooking, not mere garnish. Rated 4.9 on Google from verified reviews, the restaurant occupies its own entrance within the old town's upper walled quarter.

Ibiza, Spain
La Bodeguilla restaurant in Palma

Palma, Spain

La Bodeguilla

A Michelin Plate-recognised wine bar and tapas destination on Carrer de Sant Jaume, La Bodeguilla has been running as a family operation in central Palma long enough to function as a quiet reference point for the city's traditional Spanish wine-and-food scene. Two levels of barrel-table dining, a serious all-Spain wine list, and a €€ price bracket that sits well below its starred Palma neighbours make it an intelligent stop for visitors who want depth without the tasting-menu commitment.

Palma, Spain
Ca´n Boqueta restaurant in Soller

Soller, Spain

Ca´n Boqueta

Ca´n Boqueta holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) for its updated take on Mallorcan regional cuisine, served across three evolving tasting menus inside a traditional stone house in central Sóller. The rear patio overlooks the valley's orange groves, framing among the more composed dining settings in the Serra de Tramuntana. Price range is mid-tier (€€), making it one of the more accessible entries into serious Balearic cooking.

Soller, Spain
Adrián Quetglas restaurant in Palma

Palma, Spain

Adrián Quetglas

At Adrián Quetglas on Palma's Passeig de Mallorca, a Buenos Aires-born chef distils stints in London, Paris, and Moscow into a Mediterranean-led tasting menu that Michelin has recognised for two consecutive years. The bistro-set room, with its vertical garden and jazz backdrop, keeps the mood approachable while the cooking operates at a different register. A five- or eight-course format, with optional wine pairings, delivers one of Spain's stronger quality-to-price propositions at this level.

Palma, Spain

Balearic Islands

Where to stay in Balearic Islands

Selected entries from the current guide for Balearic Islands.

Sant Francesc Hotel Singular hotel in Palma

Palma, Spain

Sant Francesc Hotel Singular

A restored 19th-century neoclassical mansion on Plaça de Sant Francesc, Sant Francesc Hotel Singular holds a Michelin 1 Key (2024) and 93.5 points in La Liste Top Hotels 2026. Its 42 rooms apply a near-monochrome scheme to original frescos and wood-beamed ceilings, while the Quadrat restaurant moves from former stables into a courtyard garden. The rooftop pool, with the basilica as backdrop, frames the hotel's position at the sharper end of Palma's independent luxury tier.

Palma, Spain
La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel, Mallorca hotel in Deià

Deià, Spain

La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel, Mallorca

A sixteenth-century stone manor in Deià, set between the UNESCO-listed Tramuntana Mountains and the Mediterranean, La Residencia is Belmond's Mallorcan flagship. Seventy-three individually designed rooms, three pools, an award-winning spa, and three distinct dining venues, including El Olivo, housed in a 500-year-old olive press, sit on grounds shaped by decades of creative patronage. The property holds a Michelin 2 Keys distinction (2024) and reopens 12th March 2026.

Deià, Spain
Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden hotel in Palma

Palma, Spain

Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden

A 12th-century heritage building in Palma's old town, Can Bordoy Grand House & Garden holds a Michelin Key (2024) and 92.5 points from La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. Its 24 rooms sit across two restored historic buildings with an interior garden, heated pool, and rooftop lounge. The hotel's restaurant, Botànic, draws on organically sourced produce, and the service calibration across all spaces keeps the atmosphere stylish without tipping into formality.

Palma, Spain

Balearic Islands

Where to go for a drink in Balearic Islands

Selected entries from the current guide for Balearic Islands.

Bar Imperi bar in Ciutadella

Ciutadella, Spain

Bar Imperi

Bar Imperi occupies one of Ciutadella's most architecturally charged addresses, the storied Plaça des Born, where the city's trading and social history converged for centuries. The bar draws its character from that setting, positioning itself as a serious drinking destination in a town better known for its cobblestone promenades than its cocktail programs. Visitors arriving for the Menorcan summer season find here a measured, curated back bar worth sitting down with.

Ciutadella, Spain
La Margarete bar in Ciutadella

Ciutadella, Spain

La Margarete

La Margarete occupies a quiet address on Carrer de Sant Joan Baptista in the old city of Ciutadella, placing it within the tight network of stone-paved lanes that give Menorca's western capital its particular unhurried character. The bar draws attention for its cocktail focus in a town where wine and gin-tonic have long dominated the drinks order, making it a point of interest for anyone tracking Spain's broader shift toward technique-led bar culture away from major urban centres.

Ciutadella, Spain

Balearic Islands

Which wineries to visit in Balearic Islands

Selected entries from the current guide for Balearic Islands.

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