Where to eat in Ibiza: my 33 favourite restaurants
Nobody eats well following the tour buses. These are the 33 restaurants in Ibiza I'd send a friend to: the cheap neighbourhood place, the one locals keep to themselves, the splurge that's genuinely worth it. No photo menus.
Amnesia★ 4.1 · EUR 40-80 door · Nightclub · technoA converted farmhouse on the San Antonio road that became one of the defining rooms in dance music. Directions
Bar Anita★ 4.5 · EUR 12-25 · IbicencoThe village bar at Sant Carles, opposite the church, with the old postboxes still on the wall from when it was the only address the hippies in the hills had. Directions
Bar Costa★ 4.5 · EUR 12-25 · Ibicenco · ham and cheeseOn the square at Santa Gertrudis, hams hanging from the ceiling and the walls covered floor to ceiling in paintings traded for meals by artists who could not pay. Directions
Beso Beach Ibiza★ 4.1 · EUR 50-90 · Beach club · BasqueSand floors, Basque cooking and no shoes, on the beach at Cala Bassa. Directions
Blue Marlin Ibiza★ 4.2 · EUR 60-120 · Beach club · Mediterranean★ Tip: Lunch is the way in without a bed booking: a table in the restaurant costs a fraction of a daybed and puts you in the same place. Book it, because walk-ins are turned away in season. Directions
Ca n'Alfredo★ 4.1 · EUR 35-55 · Ibicenco · classic★ Tip: Book it. It is small, it is booked out days ahead in season, and it is the one restaurant on this list where turning up hopefully will not work. Directions
Cafe del Mar★ 4.1 · EUR 12-20 a drink · Sunset bar★ Tip: The whole strip faces the same sun, so pick by crowd rather than name. Arrive ninety minutes before sunset for a rock at the front, or take a drink from a kiosk and sit on the sea wall for nothing. Directions
Cafe Mambo★ 4.3 · EUR 12-20 a drink · Sunset barNext door to Cafe del Mar and the one that books the bigger names: pre-parties with residents from the clubs playing to the sunset before everyone moves on. Directions
Cala Bonita★ 4.2 · EUR 35-60 · Beach · MediterraneanOn the sand at S'Argamassa near Santa Eularia, feet-in-the-sand tables, grilled fish and rice. Directions
Can Caus★ 4.3 · EUR 25-45 · Ibicenco · grillA farm restaurant on the Santa Gertrudis road grilling its own lamb, goat and sobrasada, with animals in the field beside the terrace. Directions
Casa Maca★ 4.2 · EUR 50-90 · Mediterranean · farmA finca on the hill just outside Ibiza Town, garden-led cooking on a terrace looking back at Dalt Vila. Directions
Cipriani Downtown Ibiza★ 3.8 · EUR 90-160 · Italian · VenetianThe Ibiza branch of the Venetian family, on the Marina Botafoch waterfront: bellinis, tagliolini gratinati and a room that turns over slowly and expensively. Directions
Croissant Show★ 4.1 · EUR 5-12 · Bakery · FrenchA French bakery on the market square in Ibiza Town that has been the island's breakfast and its 6am last stop for decades. Directions
DC-10★ 3.6 · EUR 30-60 door · Nightclub · underground★ Tip: It is a daytime club: things get going in the afternoon and the best of it happens in the light. Dress down, not up, and take cash for the taxi because the queue for one afterwards is long. Directions
Eden Ibiza★ 3.5 · EUR 25-50 door · NightclubSant Antoni's main room, rebuilt with a serious sound system and priced well below the Playa d'en Bossa clubs. Directions
Es Boldado★ 4.3 · EUR 40-70 · Seafood★ Tip: Book a terrace table for about an hour before sunset. The dining room has the same food and none of the reason you came, and the access road is a rough track that a small hire car will manage slowly. Directions
Es Torrent★ 4.2 · EUR 70-120 · Seafood★ Tip: Order the bullit de peix, the island's own fish stew, served in two courses with the rice made from the broth afterwards. It is what the restaurant is actually about and it needs to be ordered for the table. Directions
Es Xarcu★ 4.1 · EUR 70-130 · Seafood★ Tip: Fish is priced by weight and chosen at the counter, so ask what a whole one will come to before you nod. The access track is genuinely rough: leave the low hire car at the top and walk the last stretch. Directions
Hi Ibiza★ 3.7 · EUR 50-90 door · Nightclub · electronicThe newest of the big rooms, on the Playa d'en Bossa strip where Space used to be, built for scale: two main rooms, a garden, and production that is the reason people fly in for a specific night. Directions
Hostal La Torre★ 4.3 · EUR 35-60 · Mediterranean · sunset★ Tip: Book weeks ahead for a sunset table, because there is no walk-in version of this. If you cannot get one, the bar terrace takes a limited number of standing drinkers from about an hour before. Directions
La Bodega Ibiza★ 4.1 · EUR 20-35 · TapasInside the old town gate, a small tapas room with a chalkboard and a short list done properly. Directions
La Oliva★ 4.1 · EUR 45-75 · French · MediterraneanOne of the oldest restaurants inside Dalt Vila, on a stepped lane with tables out on the cobbles. Directions
La Paloma★ 4.5 · EUR 35-60 · Mediterranean · gardenA family house in the orange groves at Sant Llorenc, tables under the citrus trees, vegetables from the garden behind. Directions
Nikki Beach Ibiza★ 4.3 · EUR 60-120 · Beach club · internationalThe Santa Eularia outpost of the white-on-white beach club chain, quieter and more polished than the west coast, with Sunday brunch as its signature. Directions
O Beach Ibiza★ 4.3 · EUR 20-40 entry · Beach club · pool partyThe daytime pool party on the Sant Antoni side, all podium dancers and champagne parades, running from lunch until early evening. Directions
Pacha Ibiza★ 4.1 · EUR 50-80 door · Nightclub · house★ Tip: Buy online before you fly. The door price is higher than the advance price on almost every night, and the big nights genuinely sell out. There is a dress code and it is enforced: no beachwear, no sports kit. Directions
Sa Punta★ 4.3 · EUR 60-100 · Mediterranean · JapaneseAcross the water from Dalt Vila at Talamanca, with the lit-up old town as the view and a menu that runs Mediterranean into Japanese without falling over. Directions
Sublimotion★ 4.1 · From EUR 1,500 pp · Immersive tasting menu★ Tip: This is a show with food, not a restaurant with visuals, and the price is per person before drinks. Book months ahead; there are twelve seats a sitting and the season is short. Directions