The old merchant quarter between the cathedral and the port, with garden dining rooms, marina kitchens and vegan cooking in stone mansions.
Botànic is the plant-forward dining room in the garden of Can Bordoy in Palma's La Lonja, where vegetables lead and fish and meat play support.
Order: Whatever the garden menu is built around that month, with fish or meat as a supporting plate.
Tip: The walled garden is the point. Ask for a table outside rather than in the indoor room.
Mar de Nudos sits on the Moll Vell marina in Palma, running a Mediterranean and Japanese menu from a dining room that stays open until 01:00.
Order: Raw fish from the Japanese side of the menu, eaten on the marina terrace.
Tip: The kitchen runs straight through from 13:00, which makes it useful for a late or early meal.
Mouna cooks vegetarian and vegan plates from organic Mallorcan produce inside an old mansion off Plaça Drassanes in Palma's La Lonja quarter.
Order: The seasonal vegetable plates, built from organic island produce.
Tip: Service runs straight through from 13:00 to 23:00, so it also works for a mid-afternoon plate.
Ca n'Ela Vegan Restaurant is a fully plant-based kitchen on Carrer de la Mar in Palma's La Lonja, plating Mediterranean vegan food across two services.
Signature: Seasonal vegan plates
Order: Whatever the kitchen is running as its seasonal Mediterranean plate that week.
Tip: Two services only, lunch and dinner, and it closes Sundays. The room seats very few.
Mistral Coffee Banc is the roaster's second Palma counter, a small standing room on Carrer del Banc two minutes' walk from the Passeig del Born.
Signature drink: Espresso from Mistral's Mallorca roast
Tip: Standing room mostly, and it shuts at 16:00 on weekdays. Come for the coffee, not to linger.
Mistral Coffee Banc is the roaster's second Palma counter, a small standing room on Carrer del Banc two minutes' walk from the Passeig del Born.
Tip: Standing room mostly, and it shuts at 16:00 on weekdays. Come for the coffee, not to linger.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Mar de Nudos sits on the Moll Vell marina in Palma, running a Mediterranean and Japanese menu from a dining room that stays open until 01:00.
Try: Sushi and Mediterranean plates
Order: Raw fish from the Japanese side of the menu, eaten on the marina terrace.
Tip: The only marina kitchen in Palma reliably serving food past midnight, seven days a week.