Jan Edwards

We’re off to Japan for my Restaurant of the Week, with a visit to Quinta Avenida in Palma. Located on the Avinguda del Comte de Sallent, known locally as the ‘avenidas’, it’s only a short walk from the Intermodal station at Plaça de Espanya and…

Only weeks after Can Salom in Petra was my Restaurant of the Week this summer, the owner and restaurant director, Joan Riera Salom, closed the doors and announced a future change of concept. When Joan reopened it at the end of September as Can Salom…

I probably wouldn’t have discovered Sa Figu Morisca Gastrobar if it weren’t for a Dutch friend in the nautical sector who recommended it to me. I wasn’t familiar with Sardinia’s regional specialities and had never heard of this Palma restaurant, so I…

Over the past few summers, we’ve had lunch or dinner several times on the terrace of the rural hotel Rotana La Reserva – just a few minutes’ drive from Manacor. As the hotel has been closed for renovation for most of this summer, we’ve missed eating…

Only a short walk from Plaça d’Espanya, you’ll find Bar Rey Sancho, which, despite its name, is a restaurant – and a surprisingly good one that’s off the tourist-beaten track.If you glance from Carrer del 31 Desembre along Carrer del Rei Sanç, you…

When you find a restaurant in Palma that is already almost booked out for its New Year’s Eve celebration, before September has even begun, it’s fair to say you’ve found a restaurant worth a visit. That’s the case with Pedro’s Day Bar Restaurant in…

Earlier this year, I first tried the restaurant Ayt Iraten, within the adults-only, boutique hotel Juz de Yartan in Artà. I’d gone there because Gabriel Nebot, a chef whose food I’d appreciated in his previous hotel restaurant, was now leading the…

As much as I enjoy summer eating out by the sea in Mallorca, I’m also a fan of dining in rural restaurants for a more relaxing ambience. And, yes, easier parking!My chosen restaurant is only a short drive from Artà, but it feels a world away from…

The Mallorcan town of Vilafranca de Bonany is the home of the annual melon fair, and the melon, in different varieties, is an important crop in the surrounding countryside. Vilafranca is less famous for its restaurants and, until recently, I’d never…

After a morning appointment in Palma on a day that was unbearably hot and humid, we needed somewhere cool to eat lunch – preferably away from that day’s cruise-ship crowds in the city centre.Our choice was cool in more than one sense of the word: the…

Tucked away in one of Artà’s back streets, off the usual tourist route, is the local Co-operative’s old building, where farmers used to bring and weigh their carobs and almonds. In October 2024, the Co-operative transformed this space into a bistro…

Sometimes, if you’re driving to a familiar destination, it’s easy to pay little attention to places you pass on the way. This was the case with Mos Restobar, which has been open for five years in Son Serra de Marina. I must have driven past it…

Son Serra de Marina is renowned for its beautiful Alcúdia Bay views and virgin beach backed by extensive dunes. But this place would have looked very different today if the 1970 plans to develop the area near the dunes into a large holiday resort had…

Mallorca’s inland village of Petra seems likely to have more visitors this year. Not only is it the birthplace of the 18th-century Franciscan friar Junipero Serra, who founded missions on the West Coast of America, but it’s also the home of two new…

The Manacor area has a new restaurant – and it’s one to try if you enjoy rural settings, no parking hassle, and, most importantly, delicious food made from the freshest of produce.Es Mayolet is the ‘agroturismo’ on the 17th-century finca that’s also…

Although I’ve never stayed overnight in the iconic Castillo Hotel Son Vida, I’ve visited many times over the years for various reasons, drawn there by the unbeatable, panoramic views of Palma and the Bay of Palma, as well as the splendour of this…

If eating tasty Mediterranean cuisine with a side order of sea view and cooling breezes appeals to you, A Popa Sea Club restaurant at the 5-star Hotel Santos Nixe Palace ticks those boxes. ‘Popa’ is the Spanish word for the nautical term ‘stern’.…

Nothing says that summer is almost here like eating out with your toes buried in the sand. Especially when that sand is on a beach widely considered as one of Spain’s best – Platja de Muro.

My previous Restaurant of the Week was in a winery; this week’s also has a point of difference because it has a small museum on site. The restaurant Molí de Son Rafal is in the inland town of Llubí, which is also home to the Rosselló company – famous…

Many wineries in Mallorca offer space for private events, including dinners, but so far, only one bodega has a restaurant open to the public. The family winery, Blanca Terra, in Montuïri opened its restaurant for the first time in mid-March this…