With seasonal restaurants and hotels beginning to open for 2026, it’s time for me to start posting again on this blog. I do maintain the eatdrinksleepmallorca Instagram and Facebook pages through the winter, but take a break from posting here, which gives me more time to concentrate on my novel-writing* and restaurant reviews for Mallorca Sunshine Radio.

Eat Out with Mallorca Restaurant Week

First, Mallorca Restaurant Week lasts for five weeks and not only one. This pre-season restaurant promotion – the second edition – is happening now and continues until the end of March. Its organisers describe it as a ‘cultural and economic platform that brings together restaurants, chefs, local producers, the territory, and the media’.

For diners, it’s a chance to try menus exclusively created for Mallorca Restaurant Week by the participating restaurants – of which there are some fifty this year, including some with Michelin stars.

The menus are seasonal, use local produce, reflect the restaurants’ level of cuisine, and are priced for appeal. It could be an opportunity to discover previously untried restaurants or to take advantage of the quieter time, before the busy holiday season begins, to revisit a familiar one.

The participating restaurants include some of my favourite places: Yara in Puerto Portals, Es Fum in Costa d’en Blanes, Terragust Degusta near Manacor, and in Palma, Izakaya, Botànic, Aromata, La Vieja de Jonay Hernández, Fera, and The Merchants. Locations also include Alcúdia, Calvià, Port de Sóller, and Fornalutx.

Find all the details and make your booking through the promotion’s website, https://restaurant-week.es There are still a couple of weeks to take advantage of Mallorca Restaurant Week, subject to table availability. Best to book now!

No Béns d’Avall in 2026

This Michelin-starred restaurant on the northwest coast will not be open in 2026 – news that was a big surprise to many. The restaurant’s dreamy location has been the backdrop to numerous romantic lunches and dinners, with hard-to-beat views of the Mediterranean. I’ve had some memorable lunches in this beautiful spot.

This is what the Vicens family has said:

“After over half a century of trajectory in haute cuisine, we announce the closure of our current ‘etapa actual’, closing a cycle that has marked the gastronomic evolution of the Balearic Islands.

‘This decision comes from a strategic reflection towards evolving our project and adapting to new hospitality and culinary formats. This is not an end point, it’s a transformation.’

The family’s new project is planned to launch in 2027, preserving the values and essence built over decades, while embracing a new contemporary proposal both in the kitchen and the dining room.

‘We close one door to open another, but the passion continues. The best is yet to come.’ And I’m already looking forward to it.

* If you’d like to read either of my published, contemporary romance novels, both set in Mallorca, here are the Amazon links:

Daughter of Deià https://books2read.com/u/4Dx8ad

The Mallorca Cat Café https://mybook.to/M3pg

Jan Edwards ©2026