Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Palma for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Palma for grown-ups.
Brassclub has mixed cocktails on Passeig de Mallorca in Palma since 2013, under a ceiling built from more than three thousand suspended bottles.
Signature drink: Signature cocktails from the house list
Food: Snacks, pintxos and Mallorcan charcuterie
Tip: Signature cocktails run roughly €13 to €16.50. Book at weekends, the room is small.
Toutatis Bar Craft Beer pours a Belgian-leaning draught list on Plaça de Santa Magdalena in Palma, opened by a Belgian architect who settled on Mallorca.
Signature drink: Belgian-style craft beer
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Open every evening from 17:00 to midnight, which is later than most Palma beer bars.
La Rosa Vermutería & Colmado pours house vermouth on Carrer de la Rosa in Palma, running as a tavern, a grocery counter and a dining room at once.
Signature drink: House vermouth on tap
Food: Tavern plates and counter pintxos
Tip: Open noon to midnight every day, which makes it the easiest fallback in the old town.
Bodega La Rambla has poured vermouth and served variats on Via Roma in Palma since 1940, plating the island's combination dish across small portions.
Signature drink: Vermouth
Food: Variats, tapas and raciones
Tip: Evenings run Thursday to Saturday only. Sunday and Monday are lunch alone, and it shuts for a summer break in August.
Bar Espanya stacks pintxos along the counter on Carrer de Can Escursac in Palma, with patatas bravas under sobrassada and croquettes filled with bullit.
Signature drink: Island-brewed craft beer
Food: Pintxos and tapas, with vegan options marked
Tip: The counter pintxos go fast. Arrive at opening, 13:00 or 18:30, for the full spread.
Can Frasquet is an all-day bar and kitchen on Carrer d'Orfila in Palma's old town, running Mediterranean plates and burgers from 11:30 to 23:30.
Signature drink: Wine by the glass
Food: Mediterranean plates and burgers
Tip: Straight-through service makes this one of the few old-town kitchens open at 17:00.