Spanish tapas€€casco-antiguoMon-Sat 13:00-16:00, 18:30-00:00; closed Sun
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: Patatas bravas with sobrassada, Croquettes
Order: Patatas bravas topped with sobrassada, then a bullit croquette.
Tip: The counter pintxos go fast. Arrive at opening, 13:00 or 18:30, for the full spread.
Sandwich€€sa-gerreria
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.
Signature: Llonguet
Order: A llonguet with sobrassada, the most Mallorcan of the seven or eight fillings.
Tip: The room is tiny and the schedule moves with the season. Call ahead rather than turning up on spec.
Brasserie€€santa-catalinaDaily 09:00-21:00
Café Poupette runs brasserie service beside the Sa Feixina park in Palma, open from 09:00 to 21:00 every day for coffee, lunch and evening plates.
Signature: Brasserie plates
Order: A brasserie plate on the park terrace, at whatever hour suits.
Tip: One of the few Palma kitchens serving straight through, useful between Santa Catalina and the old town.
Vegan€€la-lonjaMon 13:00-17:00 and 19:00-22:00; Tue-Sat 13:00-16:00 and 19:00-22:00; closed Sun
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.
Spanish€€casco-antiguoMon-Sat 12:00-16:00, 19:30-23:30; closed Sun
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.
Signature: Arròs brut, Sopes mallorquines
Order: Arròs brut, then gató almond cake with almond ice cream.
Tip: It is the most tourist-facing of Palma's cellers, but the Mallorcan menu is the real thing.
Mediterranean€€casco-antiguoMon-Sat 11:30-22:00; closed Sun
La Malvasia is a red-fronted room on Plaça del Mercat in Palma pouring Ca'n Pico Malvasia alongside Mediterranean plates and a long celiac menu.
Signature: Tapas, Fresh fish
Order: A glass of the house Malvasia with whatever fish is on the board that day.
Tip: One of the few central Palma kitchens with a properly worked-out gluten-free menu.