I’ve become such a country girl since we moved to rural Mallorca in 2004. Although I love the buzz of eating out in Palma and the pleasures of a seaside restaurant, sometimes I crave the tranquillity of eating in a rural restaurant. There’s something about hearing birdsong and cicadas along with the soft buzz of conversation and gentle sounds of cutlery meeting crockery that soothes my soul.

Here are some of my recommended rural restaurants – all located in hotels – where you don’t have to be staying overnight to eat.

Mirabona, Binibona

Mirabona, the restaurant of the hideaway retreat Can Beneït in Binibona, is a blissful haven from the buzz of summer in Mallorca. Its elevated terrace offers panoramic views – yes, that is the Mediterranean in the distance – and a carefully tended orchard and vegetable garden. This is farm-to-table eating in style, with the cuisine of head chef Raúl Linares Pinzón, accompanied by a cracking wine list curated by sommelier Amy Dunn.

Miranona is open all day every day, from 1pm until 10.30pm.

Check out the seasonal menu at Mirabona here. A tasting menu is also available.

De Tokio a Lima, Valldemossa

There’s a De Tokio a Lima restaurant in the heart of Palma, but also a rural ‘branch’ offering the same menu and prices within the adults-only Hotel Valldemossa, part of the IT Mallorca portfolio of boutique hotels.

You’ll have good views from the dining room or whichever of the two terraces you choose. One faces La Cartuja, where Chopin famously spent a winter.

The cuisine is a creative fusion of Japanese, Peruvian, and Mediterranean influences, prepared by chef Ricardo Rossi. Open for lunch and dinner with an à la carte menu and a tasting menu with Veuve Clicquot champagne. Diners can use Hotel Valldemossa’s car park during their restaurant visit.

5’S, Sant Llorenç

The restaurant of the adults-only Son Penya Petit Hotel, 5’S offers creative cuisine from chef Gabriel Nebot, who’s worked at the hotel for almost twenty years.

The restaurant name 5’S is an abbreviation of 5 Sentidos or ‘five senses’. Chef Nebot’s signature Mediterranean cuisine with Asian touches, based on seasonal local produce, is designed to appeal to each of those senses. In fine weather, eat on the terrace, gazing at the surrounding countryside and enjoying the serenity and the birds singing.

Although it may feel miles (or kilometres) from anywhere, Son Penya Petit Hotel is just a few minutes’ drive from the Sant Llorenç roundabout on the Ma15.

Part two is to follow.

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