Where to eat at and around Can Ferrereta

Close by, on foot or by car

• Laudat

  4 min walk

  Mediterranean kitchen by the church, in the MICHELIN Guide · €€€

  An old Mallorcan house beside the church of Sant Andreu, with a patio-terrace in the shade of a lemon tree, and the one table in town besides Ocre that the MICHELIN Guide lists. The cooking is plain Mediterranean done carefully: red prawn carpaccio, octopus and saffron rice, turbot with red beans, an Iberian pork chop, with mains at 32 to 36 euros, or a 90 euro tasting menu served to the whole table. Dinner Monday to Saturday from 18:00, lunch as well on the market days, Wednesday and Saturday, and closed on Sunday.

  Reserve aheadCarrer de Sant Andreu 18, Santanyí

• Bar C'an Mañas

  4 min walk

  Village bar, open from 6:00 · €

  The bar where Santanyí itself has its coffee, round the corner from the bakery on Carrer de s'Aljub: a counter, a terrace and a crowd that is mostly local. Bocadillos and toasts are the thing, simply made and cheap and served mainly on the market mornings, with homemade tapas on Saturdays. It opens at 6:00, or 7:00 on Sunday, and runs until 23:00, closed on Thursdays. Come for breakfast before the market, or for a beer on the terrace in the evening.

  Walk inCarrer d'en Sebastià Vila 24, Santanyí

• Manique

  5 min walk

  Brazilian charcoal grill in a town house · €€€

  A Brazilian chef, Marcos Lee, cooking fish and meat over wood and charcoal, with Mallorcan produce, in an old house on Carrer Portell. Order the corvina grilled on a banana leaf, the grilled octopus or the Angus tomahawk to share, with farofa and coconut rice on the side; dishes to share run from 42 to 72 euros, single mains from 17 to 32. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 18:00, kitchen until 23:00, closed Monday and Tuesday, with live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Book, and note that tables are held for two hours in high season.

  Reserve aheadCarrer Portell 14, Santanyí

• Forn S'Aljub

  5 min walk

  Ensaïmada bakery · €

  The town bakery, for the island's own pastry: the ensaïmada, a spiral of dough enriched with saïm, Mallorcan pork lard, and dusted with icing sugar, plain or filled with crema cremada, the burnt cream that is the one to order here. Vegetable empanadas, sandwiches, bread and croissants as well, for a picnic on the way to the coves. Open from 6:30 to 14:00, until 14:30 on Sunday, and closed on Monday. Buy to take away; a whole ensaïmada can be ordered and collected freshly baked the same day.

  Walk inCarrer de s'Aljub 8, Santanyí

• Voramar

  8 min by car

  Rice and seafood over Cala Santanyí · €€

  Up the steps on the Costa d'en Nofre side of Cala Santanyí, above a small supermarket, with a terrace that looks straight down onto the beach nearest the hotel. The kitchen is about rice and fish: seafood paella, black squid-ink rice, grilled octopus, sea bass and bream, with croquetas to start. Open from 13:00 to 22:00, closed on Mondays. Terrace tables go first, so book one online, and come at the end of a morning on the sand below.

  Reserve aheadCarrer de sa Costa d'en Nofre 26, Cala Santanyí

• Cassai

  9 min by car

  Courtyard restaurant in Ses Salines · €€

  A centuries-old house in Ses Salines whose plant-filled courtyard, roofed over when the weather turns, is the reason to drive here. The menu runs from sushi rolls to Mallorcan plates: Josper-grilled octopus with crushed potatoes and paprika, cod with tumbet, slow-cooked Mallorcan suckling pig, and a pistachio crème brûlée to finish, with mains at 23.50 to 31 euros. Open every day from noon, lunch through dinner. Book for dinner in summer.

  Reserve aheadCarrer Sitjar 5, Ses Salines

• Casa Manolo, Bodega Barahona

  10 min by car

  Family fish restaurant, since 1945 · €€€

  Opened as a village bodega on the square of Ses Salines in 1945 and now run by the third generation of the Barahona family, this is the classic fish restaurant of the south-east, with a Sol in the Repsol guide. Order the calamar de potera, jig-caught squid and the house dish, with the crisp pan de cristal; the arroz del notari, the house rice, has to be ordered 24 hours ahead. Lunch and dinner Tuesday to Sunday, closed on Monday. Book well ahead: it is one of the most popular tables in the south of the island.

  Reserve aheadPlaça Sant Bartomeu 2, Ses Salines

• Pura Vida

  10 min by car

  Clifftop terrace at Cala Figuera · €€

  On the cliffs just south of the fishing harbour at Cala Figuera, with a lower terrace at the water's edge and nothing in front but the sea. The restaurant is open every day from 10:00 to 22:00, with breakfast until 12:30, octopus, mixed fish and seafood platters, and sushi from 15:30 on most days; the bistro upstairs opens at 18:30 for drinks and sharing plates. Walk round the harbour first, then book early for a table at the front.

  Reserve aheadCarrer des Tomarinar 25, Cala Figuera

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