Restaurants in Menorca: offer and variety of all tastes

If something characterizes a holiday in Minorca is the varied offer for lovers of nature as well as history and culture. Whether it’s to disconnect with family or to enjoy the patron saint “fiestas” with friends, that are organized every weekend in the municipalities, the island has something for all.

Even so, whichever your pick is during your holidays in Minorque, it is certain that you can’t go out without trying the best restaurants where to eat in Menorca!

As with the leisure offer in Menorca, gastronomy in Menorca is rich, varied and offers dishes for all tastes. From the most traditional like red lobster stew, menorquin style filled aubergines or oliaigua (a tasty traditional soup) to the most international dishes worldwide.

Without a doubt, Menorca offers for those who visit a large number of bars, restaurants and gastro bars where you can find flavours and prices of all ranges: the choice is yours! However, if after savouring all the dishes that the island has to offer you still miss the taste and sensation of holidays that Italian food brings, don’t stop reading as following up we recommend the best Italian restaurants in Menorca.

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The best Italian restaurants in Menorca

Even though traditional menorquin cuisine is a cultural wonder that the island offers, we all know that sometimes we like going back to what we know. Who hasn’t fancied having a good pizza, or some antipasti (starters), or a pasta dish whilst on their holidays? That’s why we have created a list of the best restaurants and pizzerias in Menorca.

Rojo Pomodoro

After visiting the most beautiful places of Es Castell, we suggest making a stop at Rojo Pomodoro, a restaurant where we can savour the best of traditional Italian food. Prepared with completely fresh and healthy ingredients, their dishes and pizzas, won’t leave you indifferent.

Just a small advice: make sure you leave room for dessert!

Ciao Belli

Very close to Ciutadella we find the urbanization of Son Xoriguer, famous for its crystal clear water. Here we can find by the beach restaurant, Ciao Belli, one of the best restaurants with views in Menorca, where we can enjoy excellent traditional Italian dishes, as well as their delicious pizzas.

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Dall’Italiano Beach

Dall’Italiano Beach is an authentic Italian restaurant-pizzeria with a Brazilian cocktail bar and terrace overlooking the sea. Located in Platja Gran (Ciutadella), it is the perfect place for those seeking the atmosphere and genuine flavors of Italy. From pizzas to main courses, passing through desserts and starters, each ingredient used is carefully selected and all dishes are prepared on the spot, guaranteeing freshness and an incomparable flavor.

Furthermore, for those who wish to enjoy a delicious drink with a sea view, the Brazilian bar offers irresistible fresh fruit cocktails.

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Maramao

If what you are looking for is the perfect balance between tradition and vanguard, you should visit Maramao. In this small charming and welcoming restaurant in the centre of Ciutadella, you will find numerous amount of signature dishes and tapas created by the chef Massimo Mauri, whose culinary path has been based on the amazing fusion between Italian and Spanish cuisine.

It is an ideal place to savour a unique experience and shouldn’t be missed. Whether it is for lunch or dinner, this restaurant in Ciutadella is a mandatory stop.

Perbacco

Perbacco is a restaurant serving Menorcan and Italian cuisine located in Ferreries. In fact, its owners are Mario, a man from Apulia (a region in the south of Italy), and María, his Menorcan partner from Ferreries.

In addition to the dishes on the menu and the pizzas, Perbacco has a proposal of dishes of the day on the blackboard. These are Italian and Menorcan recipes handed down from grandmothers to mothers and reinvented with the creativity of Mario and María.

Definitely, a restaurant you can’t miss in Menorca!

El  Velero

Pizza, Italian and Mediterranean cuisine in Cala en Porter.

Opera

If we are talking about the best Italian restaurants in Menorca, we must speak about Opera, probably the most known Italian restaurant-pizzeria in Menorca, by tourists as well as menorquin people. We can find Opera in number 252, Moll de Llevant, located in the harbour of Mahón.

Gabriella, the owner, has been living in Menorca for over 20 years and has known how to adapt her cuisine for all tastes that pass by her restaurant. One of the highlights aprt from the stunning views, Gabriella will make you feel at home.

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Restaurante Pizzería Casanova

Also in the port of Mahón, we find another classic spot in Menorca: Restaurant-Pizzeria Casanova. A place where you will enjoy authentic Italian cuisine, especially, pizzas cooked in their wood-fired oven.

Also, Casanova has a wide variety of pasta dishes, from the classic to wholemeal or even gluten-free. No doubt it is one of the best pizzerias in Menorca.

Scarpetta

The Italian restaurant “Scarpetta” is located near Cala Torret, in Binibeca.

Its menu includes several traditional Italian dishes, prepared with fresh and high quality ingredients. In addition, the restaurant offers a wonderful terrace with sea views.

Bar Latibule

If what you are seeking is an informal setting, where you can enjoy with friends an elaborated cocktail, liqueur, or artisan beer, whilst savouring Italian food and delicious starters, your place is Bar Latibule.

Located 50 meters from Cala’n Bosch, the bar offers high-quality food and drinks with a chilled atmosphere where you can enjoy their music or pool table. Sounds like an evening plan, don’t you think?

Don Gelato

We have browsed the best Italian cuisine found in Menorca, however, we haven’t spoken about… ice cream! Don Gelato is a reference point for ice cream lovers in Menorca.

In the main street of Cala en Porter, this Sicilian corner has opened its space on the island, offering also pizzas, crepes, a snack bar, and typical Sicilian desserts, as well as coffee.

Restaurante Sa Barrera

With magnificent views of Cala en Porter, Restaurante Sa Barrera is known to serve some of the best Italian dishes. With an extensive menú, that doesn’t only serve Italian food, Sa Barrera offers pizzas, fresh pasta, risotto, tapas, starters, side portions, meat and fish dishes and desserts.

It is an ideal place to go with a group that doesn’t agree with what to eat, as it gathers the best of Menorca’s gastronomy (traditional and international) covering all tastes and cravings one may want.

A casa mia Menorca

Roman pizzeria located in the port of Mahón, “A casa mia Menorca” also offers a varied menu of tapas, appetizers, first and second courses. In addition to being an Italian restaurant and pizzeria, “A casa mia” is also a wine bar where you can taste local and international wines.

The ingredients of its dishes come from local farmers and breeders. Moreover, the chef offers daily specials prepared with the fresh products of the day.

Sakundi Bar & Kitchen

Sakundi Bar & Kitchen is located in the incredible urbanization of Cala’n Blanes. Managed by Italians, this restaurant offers its diners a unique gastro experience.

With a menu as original as it is varied, you can find a fusion of signature dishes from different gastronomic traditions, like oriental style.

In conclusion

As we can see, Italian cuisine has managed to impose itself across tables all around the world as a symbol of pleasure, disconnection and holiday feel; as a way of treating ourselves after daily routinary obligations.

The universality that pizzas have reached, far from blurring its particularities, has introduced variety and creativity into their dishes.

If we think about it, whether you have travelled with family or friends, after a long day of getting lost in the best “calas” in Menorca or enjoying a relaxing day at the apartment by the beach, there is nothing more comforting, familiar and tasty than a pizza to end the day, right?