Mallorcan roasts beside the Torre de Canyamel · €€€
The classic of the valley, a few metres from the Torre de Canyamel, the old tower 2.4 km west of the hotel. The dish is porcella, Mallorcan suckling pig roasted over a holm-oak wood fire, from pigs raised on the owners' own farm, Els Olors; lamb is the other order, with Mallorcan wines and a terrace beside the tower. Lunch 13:00 to 15:30 and dinner 19:00 to 23:00, Tuesday to Sunday; Monday dinner only. Book for dinner.
Reserve aheadCarretera d'Artà a Canyamel, km 5, Capdepera
Family-run tapas and dinner in Canyamel · €€
A small family restaurant on the main street of Canyamel, run by Paqui and Antonio, and the nearest easy dinner on a night when Voro is dark or a tasting menu is one too many. Tapas and plates of fish, seafood and meat: fried calamari, prawns in garlic, meatballs in a home-made sauce, grilled octopus, then home-made puddings. Paella is cooked only to order, so ask for it when you book. Dinner only, 18:00 to 22:30; closed Wednesday. The owners ask for a booking.
Reserve aheadVia de les Coves 43, Canyamel
Mexican-Mallorcan dinner on the cliffs · €€€€
The other serious dinner on this stretch of coast, in the adults-only Can Simoneta hotel on the cliffs south of Canyamel beach, with the sea in front of the terrace. Chef David Moreno, from Mexico, cooks what he calls Mexiterráneo, island produce through the flavours of his youth. Can Simoneta Gastronòmic, in the MICHELIN Guide without a star, serves the tasting menu, Mexiterráneo 9600; La Terraza does an à la carte of fish tacos, octopus zarandeado and sea bass al pastor at 28 to 38 euros a dish. Both serve 19:00 to 22:00, Tuesday to Saturday, to over-16s only; closed Sunday and Monday. Book.
Reserve aheadCarretera d'Artà a Canyamel, km 8, Canyamel
Village café on Capdepera's square, since 1957 · €
A family bar on the tree-shaded Plaça de l'Orient since 1957, a short walk from Capdepera's castle, with a Solete from the Repsol Guide, its award for long-standing local places. Breakfasts and the small llonguet rolls are served from 9:00 to 12:00; after that come bocadillos, pa amb oli, tapas and raciones and a plato del día of home cooking. Open 8:00 to 23:00, Monday to Saturday; check before a Sunday. Pair it with the castle.
Walk inPlaça de l'Orient 4, Capdepera
Café and restaurant on Canyamel beach · €€
On the sand at Canyamel, and the easy lunch after a morning on the beach. Coffee from 9:00, then grilled fish, mussels, calamari and paella, with salads and burgers; it belongs to the same Torre de Canyamel group as Porxada de Sa Torre and Can Simoneta. Open every day from 9:00 to 18:00 in summer, so treat it as breakfast or lunch, and call ahead about dinner. By road it is 11 minutes round the valley; the short way is 4 minutes to the top of the north end of the beach and 3 minutes down the steps.
Reserve aheadCarrer Nuredduna, Platja de Canyamel
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12 min by carWood-fired bakery for ensaïmadas · €
The stop for the thing only Mallorca does: the ensaïmada, the spiral of lard-enriched dough dusted with sugar, here plain or filled with almond or cabell d'àngel, the candied pumpkin strands, from a bakery that bakes in a wood-fired oven. Mallorcan bread, panades and cocarrois make the picnic. Open 8:00 to 14:00, Monday to Saturday; closed Sunday. Go early, because it sells out by mid-morning, and order a large ensaïmada two days ahead, paying in cash.
Walk inCarrer de l'Agulla 20, Cala Rajada
Blackboard cooking in an Artà courtyard · €€
Behind a big gate on Carrer de la Rosa in old Artà, a courtyard restaurant with no printed menu: the day's dishes go up on a blackboard and are explained at the table, mostly fish and seafood with Mallorcan and Spanish cooking around them, calamari, cod, sole or John Dory when the boats have it. Open from 9:00 Monday to Friday and from noon on Saturday; closed Sunday, and on Tuesday, Artà's market day, it closes at 16:00. Book for dinner.
Reserve aheadCarrer de la Rosa 1, Artà
Paella house behind Cala Rajada's harbour · €€
A family restaurant since 1997 in the lanes behind Cala Rajada's harbour, cooking Mallorcan and Spanish dishes with vegetables from its own garden, and the rice is the order: paella mixta at 19 euros a head, fish and shellfish at 22, a vegetarian one at 15, black rice and fideuà, with sole a la plancha and Mallorcan lamb chops for anyone who will not share a pan. Lunch 12:00 to 16:00 and dinner 18:00 to 22:30; closed Wednesday. Book: it fills.
Reserve aheadCarrer Monturiol 28, Cala Rajada
Breakfast is an international buffet, much of it made in the hotel's own kitchens, served every day from 7:30 to 11:00 by the pool, in a traditional Mallorcan building with high ceilings and a three-level terrace over the Canyamel valley; ask for a table outside. The rates on sale for May 2027 include it, but check that yours says so. Service slows on busy mornings when the resort is full, so go down early. For a morning off the estate, Cafè L'Orient on Capdepera's square serves breakfasts from 9:00 to 12:00, 10 minutes away by car, and Arenal de Canyamel opens on the beach at 9:00.
