With ten Michelin-starred restaurants and a host of scenic settings, Mallorca offers a smorgasbord of unique gastronomic experiences across the island. And if there’s one thing we love even more than a great restaurant, it’s a great restaurant with a view. Envision a long lunch overlooking the twinkling Mediterranean, or a few hours on the beach before stepping from the sand to your table. Here at Engel & Völkers Mallorca, we have compiled our top ten sea view restaurants on the island so that you can take your pick. Enjoy!
Let’s start our culinary adventure in Palma, the island’s capital famed for its historic centre, palm trees and Gothic cathedral. The cultural Balearic city sits on the coast, framed by a sweeping bay with sandy beaches, yacht-lined marinas and excellent restaurants.
Mar de Nudos is a smart brasserie in the port closest to the cathedral, known as Marina Moll Vell. With south-facing views over the sea and harbour, the setting has a distinctly maritime mood with a soundtrack of splashing waves. Owned by Italian restaurateur Marco di Loreto, Mar de Nudos is an elegant, detail-oriented affair with efficient service and contemporary decor infused with a nautical twist. The swish menu fuses Mediterranean and Japanese cuisine, showcasing creative dishes that take the finest ingredients to blend unexpected flavours and create unique combinations. In line with the aquatic theme, try the octopus carpaccio with horseradish cream, lemon oil and foam of avocado and wasabi, followed by fresh fish, such as wild sea bass in a salt crust from the local market.
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In the heart of La Calatrava, a district in the city’s quintessential Cascuo Antiguo, the hotel of El Llorenç faces the seafront and Parc de la Mar. Within this 5-star design hotel, Restaurant El Llorenç serves traditional dishes with a contemporary twist led by Michelin-starred chef Santi Taura. The menu offers locally sourced seasonal produce that create refined dishes and delicacies, such as pan-fried artichokes with caviar or Mallorcan ‘porc negre’ suckling pig or carpaccio of red Menorcan beef chateaubriand.
Palma’s Old Town is a desirable residential location for many reasons. The city’s historical heart is conveniently located close to the sea with the airport only 10 minutes away. The vibrant centre offers a plethora of impressive properties housed within historic buildings, ranging from restored palacios with interior courtyards and traditional features to contemporary apartments and penthouses with views of the cathedral and the Mediterranean. Explore our selection of exclusive properties in Palma’s Old Town to discover the right home for you.
Cap Rocat is one of Mallorca’s most iconic hotels, an ancient fortress in a secluded area of the Bay of Palma near Cala Blava. Originally designed for defence, the hotel is carved out of the sandstone cliffs, blending seamlessly into the landscape of the surrounding nature reserve and marine protected coastline.
This golden architectural masterpiece offers two restaurants: La Fortaleza and the Sea Club, which have two different approaches to gastronomy. With a terrace overlooking the Mediterranean, the Sea Club serves Spanish favourites, including grilled fish or meat and traditional rice dishes, washed down with crisp, cold local wines. La Fortaleza, headed by chef Víctor García, is known for reinventing Mallorcan recipes using avant-garde techniques and the freshest local ingredients. What do both restaurants have in common? Undeniably dreamy sea views.
Also located in the municipality of Llucmajor, Mhares Sea Club is our fourth recommended restaurant that sits on a clifftop. An exclusive club with a pool and terrace area with plentiful sunbeds overlooking the sea, Mhares is the perfect spot for a relaxing day with friends, followed by a few cocktails, then lunch or dinner. Enjoy Mediterranean delights like elevated tapas, cheese platters and salads or rice dishes, like traditional paella, with unbeatable views of the sunset.
Cap Rocat and Mhares Sea Club are located in Llucmajor, the largest municipality on the island, which is a convenient central base for exploring Mallorca. Engel and Völkers has a diverse range of properties in Llucmajor, the eponymous traditional town with a pretty square, and its rural surroundings. Explore characterful countryside fincas with original features or new-build modern apartments—where you can relish the tranquillity of Mallorquin life close to the coast.
Las Terrazas is a beautiful garden restaurant within the charming four-star Hotel Bendinat on the island’s southwestern coast. This tranquil spot is perfect for an alfresco lunch or a romantic dinner overlooking the Mediterranean. The a la carte menu curated by chef Sebastián Bellocchio highlights fresh, classic dishes with an innovative slant.
The sought-after and exclusive residential area of Bendinat enjoys a prime coastal location only 20 minutes from Palma. With an undeniably pretty setting surrounded by verdant hills, Bendinat overlooks the natural bay and the sea. The well-maintained neighbourhood features predominantly modern properties, ranging in size from apartments to detached houses, all within easy reach of the beach, Cala Bendinat, and other sandy beaches with turquoise water, including Illetas and Platja de Portals Nous.
A gourmet hot spot in Puerto Portals, Baiben is headed up by chef Fernando P. Arellano, who possesses a Michelin star and another fine dining restaurant in Mallorca, Zaranda. With local cuisine as its starting point, Baiben’s menu includes South American touches that will tantalise your taste buds. Perfect for a special occasion or a fun dinner with friends, enjoy cocktails at this chic venue with views from the marina over the sea and the yachts. And if you’re looking for somewhere to host a private event, Baiben offers exclusive dinner experiences in a space called The Workshop, located on the restaurant’s first floor.
Positioned on the seafront at Port de Andratx on the southwestern coast, Sumailla serves a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian flavours known as Nikkei: a distinctive cuisine that takes ingredients from Peru and shapes them with Japanese techniques. Indulge in cod carpaccio or tuna tempura before sampling Peruvian-style turbot, with coconut milk and yellow chilli pepper, or ceviche, sushi and sashimi. Sumailla’s elegant terrace meets the water’s edge with excellent views out to sea—this is also a prime point for the sunset.
Tradition is synonymous with Bens d’Avall, a Michelin-starred restaurant that has been advocating for Mallorcan cuisine for over fifty years. Nestled on a cliff that looks northwards out to sea, this mountain-side restaurant is led by chef Benet Vicens, his wife Catalina Cifre and their son Jaume. This welcoming establishment invites visitors to discover the best of the Balearic Islands through its dishes: a mix of traditional family recipes and high-quality local products moulded with contemporary techniques. Fish, meat and rice dishes are among the specialities.
If you are seeking peace and tranquillity, this region of the Tramuntana Mountains, which includes the pretty towns of Sóller, Valldemossa and Deià, could be your dream residential location. The epic coastline reveals the jagged mountain tops with remote beaches that are wild and natural. Our portfolio of properties encapsulates apartments on the seafront, traditional townhouses in the sandstone villages and luxurious houses in the mountains.
For creative gourmet cuisine and fresh seafood, Port Petit offers an artistic menu with a diverse range of dishes with a French influence, including lobster, guinea fowl, and chateaubriand. Enjoy the atmospheric port-side location and the open-air terrace with views of the harbour and its sleek white yachts, along with the wine from the restaurant’s vineyard.
The holiday town of Cala d’Or, meaning ‘golden cove’, is situated within the municipality of Santanyí, which occupies 35 kilometres of the island’s southeastern coast, where sandy beaches are in abundance. This rural area is pretty and quaint, with several traditionally authentic towns and villages, including the eponymous town of Santanyí, Portopetro and Cala Figuera. From elegant townhouses and stone fincas with panoramic views to newly-built villas, Santanyí is a quintessential Mallorcan region that offers a tranquil way of life—and some of the island’s very best beaches.
Our final stop takes us to the luxurious seaside hotel of Can Simoneta in Canyamel in one of the most northeastern points on Mallorca. Sitting on a green stretch of land surrounded by olive, palm and pine trees, this 5-star 140-year-old building perches on a cliff with unbeatably broad views of the Mediterranean. Chef David Moreno leads the kitchen, curating the avant-garde menu, offering tasting dishes that innovatively fuse Mediterranean and Mexican flavours. A nod from the Michelin Guide only adds to Can Simoneta’s allure.
Northeastern Mallorca is home to the traditional town of Artà that sits in a valley with a dramatic mountain backdrop. Here, we have a roster of properties, including sprawling countryside retreats with land and panoramic views. In Canyamel, the sleepy resort town with a sandy beach, we represent some exclusive modern mountainside villas with large gardens and direct sea access.
If you’re keen to discover more about any area of the island, our team of experts at Engel & Völkers will be more than happy to assist you. Over forty years of experience make us the go-to real estate company for everyone looking to invest in a property in the Balearic Islands.
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