Where to eat at and around Fornalutx Petit Hotel
The hotel serves breakfast and nothing else, so dinner is a walk into the village every night. That is less of a hardship than it sounds: the square is two minutes from the door, and the five village places below are all within five minutes on foot, two of them up Carrer Arbona-Colom at the top of the village with the valley in front of their terraces. Each keeps its own closing day, and only Groenk opens every day of the year. For Sóller and Port de Sóller you will want the car or a taxi: the town is 7 to 9 minutes by car, or a 46-minute walk down the valley, and the port 11.
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Es pa de Fornalutx
2 min walkVillage bakery and grocer · €
The village bakery, two minutes from the hotel, and the place for the thing only Mallorca does: an ensaïmada, the spiral of lard pastry dusted with sugar, plain or filled, apricot among the fillings. The almond cake is the other order, with panades and empanadas to take on a walk, and fruit and vegetables on the shelves. It opens 7:00 to 16:00 on weekdays and 8:00 to 15:00 on Sunday; closed on Saturday. Go early, before the ensaïmadas have gone.
Walk inCarrer Major 8, Fornalutx
Bar Deportivo
2 min walkVillage bar on the square · €
The bar on the village square at the foot of the church, with a terrace looking at the mountains. The order is toast on its own sourdough, with tomato and serrano ham, cheese or avocado, or a board of tapas and a slice of cheesecake or lemon cake after a morning's walk. It opens at 8:30 and runs to 21:00 from Sunday to Thursday, closes at 17:00 on Friday and stays shut on Saturday. No bookings: take a table when one comes free.
Walk inCarrer de sa Plaça 1, Fornalutx
- 2 min walk
Charcoal grill, open every day · €€
Opened in 2024, and the village kitchen that never shuts: noon to 22:00 every day, all year, which makes it the answer on any night the others are closed. Steaks from Galicia and Extremadura, fish and burgers go over charcoal, with salads, vegetarian dishes and an Iberian pork schnitzel the house is proud of, and the terrace faces the mountains. Book for a terrace table at dinner. Its sister, Groenk Urban Kitchen, a few steps along at number 3, does fresh pasta and vegetable dishes from April to October.
Reserve aheadCarrer Arbona-Colom 1, Fornalutx
Es Turó
4 min walkFamily-run Mallorcan kitchen with a view · €€
A family-run restaurant at the top of the village, beside the road up to the car park, with a terrace that has the Tramuntana on one side and the roofs of Fornalutx on the other. The cooking is Mallorcan and home-made: sopes mallorquines, tumbet, frit, arròs brut, and a paella or fideuà for two that is worth the wait. Open 11:00 to 23:00, closed Wednesday and Thursday. Book, and ask for a table with the view.
Reserve aheadCarrer Arbona-Colom 12, Fornalutx
- 5 min walk
The village classic, Mallorcan country cooking · €€
The long-standing family restaurant of Fornalutx, just above the village, with a veranda that looks across the valley to the mountains. The menu is the Mallorcan country repertoire: frit mallorquí, roast suckling pig and lamb, stuffed or grilled squid, arròs brut and paella, sobrassada to start and home-made puddings to finish. Lunch and dinner Tuesday to Saturday, 12:30 to 22:00; lunch only on Sunday, 13:00 to 17:00; closed Monday. The view tables go first, so book and ask for the veranda.
Reserve aheadCarrer Arbona-Colom 14, Fornalutx
- 7 min by car
Sóller's own ice cream, since 1994 · €
Sóller's ice cream maker, at it since 1994 as Sa Fàbrica de Gelats, with its parlour in a shaded courtyard off the market square. The flavours to have are the valley's own: the canoneta orange ice cream and the orange and mandarin sorbets, made with juice from its own orchards, and almond with sea salt for the island's other great crop. Freshly squeezed orange juice too. Open every day, from 10:00 (9:30 at the weekend) to 19:30, or 19:00 on Monday. Pair it with the market and the main square, a few minutes' walk away.
Walk inPlaça des Mercat, Sóller
- 9 min by car
Bib Gourmand Mallorcan tasting menus · €€
A Mallorcan town house on Sóller's Gran Via, with stone floors, high ceilings and a rear patio looking over the valley, and Sóller's one Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide. The kitchen cooks modern Mallorcan food from the daily market and island suppliers, served as set menus that change with the season: a shorter one at lunch and longer tasting menus. Lunch from 13:00, Tuesday to Sunday, and dinner from 19:30, Tuesday to Saturday; closed Monday. Book ahead, and ask for a table on the patio.
Reserve aheadGran Via 43, Sóller
- 11 min by car
Beachfront rice and fish, since 1954 · €€€
Run by the same family since 1954, on the front at Platja d'en Repic, with a terrace at the edge of the beach looking across the bay of Sóller. Order the rice: paella of fish and shellfish, black rice or, for an occasion, the caldereta of Sóller lobster, all for two or more, with Sóller prawns off the grill or the fish of the day. It has its own car park. Open 1 March to 31 October, Wednesday to Sunday, for lunch and dinner from 12:30; closed Monday and Tuesday. Book, and ask for the terrace.
Reserve aheadPasseig Platja d'en Repic 21, Port de Sóller
Breakfast
Breakfast is a buffet, served from 8:00 to 10:00 on the patio terrace facing the mountains when the weather allows and in the vaulted dining room when it does not. The rooms are sold with breakfast included, but check that your rate says so. If you want a second coffee or something sweet afterwards, Es pa de Fornalutx is two minutes away for an ensaïmada, and Corel·la Cafè, a minute's walk away on Carrer Jaume Mayol Nadal, does speciality coffee, cakes and toast from 9:00 to 16:00, closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Car hire in Mallorca
Most guests drive: Sóller is 7 minutes away by car or 46 on foot, the beach at Port de Sóller 12 minutes by car, and the village car parks about 200 metres from the door.
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Where can I eat near Fornalutx Petit Hotel?
The hotel serves breakfast and nothing else, so dinner is a walk into the village every night. That is less of a hardship than it sounds: the square is two minutes from the door, and the five village places below are all within five minutes on foot, two of them up Carrer Arbona-Colom at the top of the village with the valley in front of their terraces. Each keeps its own closing day, and only Groenk opens every day of the year. For Sóller and Port de Sóller you will want the car or a taxi: the town is 7 to 9 minutes by car, or a 46-minute walk down the valley, and the port 11. Es pa de Fornalutx, 2 min walk. Bar Deportivo, 2 min walk. Groenk Bistro & Grill, 2 min walk.
Our verdict
Book it for the village and the mountain view from about 180 euros a night, and take the room with the balcony. Pack light: the stairs come with the convent.
Last checked: October 2026