La Malvasia is a mediterranean budget eat in Casco Antiguo, Palma.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A glass of the house Malvasia with whatever fish is on the board that day.
Tip: Kitchen runs non-stop from 11:30, so you can eat cheaply outside Spanish meal hours.
Address: Plaça del Mercat 15, 07001 Palma
Celler Sa Premsa has poured from wine barrels near Palma's Mercat de l'Olivar since 1958, serving arròs brut, sopes mallorquines and gató almond cake.
Try: Mallorcan celler cooking
Order: Arròs brut, then gató almond cake with almond ice cream.
Tip: The set lunch is the cheapest route into a proper Mallorcan celler meal in central Palma.
Bar Espanya stacks pintxos along the counter on Carrer de Can Escursac in Palma, with patatas bravas under sobrassada and croquettes filled with bullit.
Try: Pintxos by the piece
Order: Patatas bravas topped with sobrassada, then a bullit croquette.
Tip: Pintxos are priced by the stick, so a filling counter meal lands well under €15 with a beer.
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.
Try: Variat
Order: The variat, Mallorca's combination plate, with the ensaladilla rusa on the side.
Tip: One variat and a vermouth is a full lunch. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and it shuts for a summer break in August.
Forn Fondo has baked on Carrer de la Unió in Palma since 1911, now run by the fourth generation of the Llull family behind a Modernista shopfront.
Try: Ensaïmades and coques
Order: A plain ensaïmada, the benchmark against which the filled ones are judged.
Tip: Breakfast here costs about €4 with a coffee, which undercuts every café on the Born.
Ca'n Joan de s'Aigo has served hot chocolate, ensaïmada and almond ice cream on Carrer de Can Sanç in Palma since the original shop opened in the 1700s.
Try: Hot chocolate with ensaïmada
Order: Order the hot chocolate with an ensaïmada to dunk.
Tip: Three centuries of trade and it still costs less than a hotel breakfast. Open until 21:00.
Celler Sa Premsa has poured from wine barrels near Palma's Mercat de l'Olivar since 1958, serving arròs brut, sopes mallorquines and gató almond cake.
Try: Mallorcan celler cooking
Order: Arròs brut, then gató almond cake with almond ice cream.
Tip: The set lunch is the cheapest route into a proper Mallorcan celler meal in central Palma.
Can Trispol builds llonguets, the split Mallorcan roll, in a back street of Sa Gerreria in Palma, with seven or eight fillings and island wine by the glass.
Try: Llonguet sandwiches
Order: A llonguet with sobrassada, the most Mallorcan of the seven or eight fillings.
Tip: A llonguet with island wine by the glass lands under €12. The room is tiny, so call ahead.
Bar Espanya stacks pintxos along the counter on Carrer de Can Escursac in Palma, with patatas bravas under sobrassada and croquettes filled with bullit.
Try: Pintxos by the piece
Order: Patatas bravas topped with sobrassada, then a bullit croquette.
Tip: Pintxos are priced by the stick, so a filling counter meal lands well under €15 with a beer.
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.
Try: Variat
Order: The variat, Mallorca's combination plate, with the ensaladilla rusa on the side.
Tip: One variat and a vermouth is a full lunch. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and it shuts for a summer break in August.
Forn Fondo has baked on Carrer de la Unió in Palma since 1911, now run by the fourth generation of the Llull family behind a Modernista shopfront.
Try: Ensaïmades and coques
Order: A plain ensaïmada, the benchmark against which the filled ones are judged.
Tip: Breakfast here costs about €4 with a coffee, which undercuts every café on the Born.
Ca'n Joan de s'Aigo has served hot chocolate, ensaïmada and almond ice cream on Carrer de Can Sanç in Palma since the original shop opened in the 1700s.
Try: Hot chocolate with ensaïmada
Order: Order the hot chocolate with an ensaïmada to dunk.
Tip: Three centuries of trade and it still costs less than a hotel breakfast. Open until 21:00.
