The Boat ESSOESS

Eat & drink

Where we eat in Palma

Everyone asks the same question on the way back into port: where should we eat tonight? This is the answer we give — the places our crew actually books, from the lunch stops you can reach by tender to the wineries worth hiring a car for.

Nothing here is sponsored and nothing is a partnership. It is simply the list we have built up over years of living and working in this bay.

The map

Every place below, pinned. Berth 4 is the anchor — most of the city spots are a short walk from the boat.

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Steps from the boat

Four places on Palma's waterfront, all close enough to walk to straight off the passerelle. Useful when you have come in late and nobody wants to find a taxi.

Lunch

Long, slow lunches with the sea in view. Cap Rocat and Bendinat are easy to reach by water, so we can drop you off and collect you again after coffee.

Cap Rocat Sea Club

Cala Blava, Llucmajor

  • Beach club
  • Hotel restaurant

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Las Terrazas del Bendinat

Bendinat, Calvià

  • Mediterranean

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Portixol Hotel & Restaurant

Portixol, Palma

  • Hotel restaurant
  • Seafood

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Dinner

The full list, from the small kitchens of Santa Catalina to the city's two market halls, where you pick the fish yourself and somebody cooks it in front of you.

Patron Lunares

Santa Catalina, Palma

  • Mediterranean

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La Rosa Santa Catalina

Santa Catalina, Palma

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Mercat de l'Olivar

Plaça de l'Olivar, Palma

  • Market hall

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Mercat de Santa Catalina

Santa Catalina, Palma

  • Market hall

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Restaurante Illeta

Camp de Mar, Andratx

  • Mediterranean
  • Seafood

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Cocktails

Sundowners, late ones, and the beach clubs in between. Ábaco is worth seeing once even if you only stay for one drink.

Gran Folies Beach Club

Cala Llamp, Port d'Andratx

  • Beach club

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Bar Ábaco

La Llotja, Palma

  • Cocktail bar

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Wine tasting

Mallorca's wine country sits half an hour inland, around Binissalem and Santa Maria. All four take visitors — book ahead in summer.

Ice cream

One entry, because there is only one answer.

We don't run any of these places, so book with them directly. If a table is proving hard to get, tell the crew and we'll see what we can do.

Hungry yet?

Tell us where you'd like to end up and we'll build the day around it — lunch at anchor, a swim on the way back, and a table waiting when you step ashore.