La Malvasia is a mediterranean budget eat in Casco Antiguo, Palma.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Multi-day trip · 3 days
A three-day sailing expedition through the waters of Ibiza, focused on sustainable underwater fishing. We catch what the sea offers us, cook it on board, and enjoy it ...
3 hours
Get hands-on learning with a typical Mediterranean fusion meal, created by you and your chef/instructor. Sip on local wines as you chop, sizzle, and savor the locally-...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Taste the real Palma: a delicious mix of history, local life, and authentic Mallorcan food. Small groups, passionate guides, and flavors you’ll remember long after the...
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.
OrderArròs brut, then gató almond cake with almond ice cream.
TipThe 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.
OrderPatatas bravas topped with sobrassada, then a bullit croquette.
TipPintxos 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.
OrderThe variat, Mallorca's combination plate, with the ensaladilla rusa on the side.
TipOne 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.
OrderA plain ensaïmada, the benchmark against which the filled ones are judged.
TipBreakfast 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.
OrderOrder the hot chocolate with an ensaïmada to dunk.
TipThree 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.
OrderArròs brut, then gató almond cake with almond ice cream.
TipThe 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.
OrderA llonguet with sobrassada, the most Mallorcan of the seven or eight fillings.
TipA 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.
OrderPatatas bravas topped with sobrassada, then a bullit croquette.
TipPintxos 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.
OrderThe variat, Mallorca's combination plate, with the ensaladilla rusa on the side.
TipOne 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.
OrderA plain ensaïmada, the benchmark against which the filled ones are judged.
TipBreakfast 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.
OrderOrder the hot chocolate with an ensaïmada to dunk.
TipThree centuries of trade and it still costs less than a hotel breakfast. Open until 21:00.
