Iroko
Palma Nova | ££–£££ PER PERSON | Tapas-style sharing + a party
The number one rated restaurant in Palma Nova, and it earns it. Warm, jungle-leaning interiors, a room that stays lively well into the night, and a menu of sharing plates that keeps the table happy. Iroko is on the pricier side for the strip, but it’s the kind of spend where nobody’s complaining by the end. Worth knowing before you book: inside and outside both have their place. The terrace is calmer and prettier, but if you’re staying for the night, inside is where you want to be: dedicated space, closer to the action, and you won’t lose your table when the live music starts at 10 pm, and the DJ takes over at 11. Plan your booking around that.
Verdict: Come here when you want your holiday dinner to feel intentional. Then pace yourselves.
Atmosphere ★★★★☆
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: Book ahead, pick your spot deliberately, and get there before 10 pm if you want dinner before it becomes a party.
Carrer Duc Estremera, 3, Local 9, 07181
Siso
Palma Nova | ££–£££ PER PERSON | Beachfront Mediterranean with holiday cocktails
All you can smell when you walk in is garlic, which is how you know it’s going to be good. Siso Beach is a big open terrace that sits right on the water — sandy neutrals, warm wood — and at sunset, it earns every photo. The food is more expensive as far as Palma Nova goes, but with good reason. Order the steak tartare and have it prepared at the table, which is either impressive or slightly chaotic, depending on how many cocktails in you are. Speaking of cocktails, the piña colada comes in a literal coconut, and you’re going to want three. Pre-warning: service can be slow. But if you’re willing to take the night at a pace, the view makes it very easy not to mind.
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: Go with a fully charged phone — the menu is QR code only. Beachfront means breezy — lovely in summer, uncomfortable out of season. They have blankets, but not enough for everyone, so bring a cardigan if you’re travelling before June or after September. Seasonal, open 28 Feb through November.
Avinguda de Son Maties, 6B, 07181 Calvia
Tabana
Playa de Palma | ££–£££ PER PERSON | dinner + live entertainment + late-night cocktails
Exposed stone walls, warm lighting, tables packed in close enough that by dessert you know your neighbour’s life story. Tabana is built around a central stage, and from 8:30 pm short acts fire every 15 minutes — dancers, acrobatics, fire, the occasional contortionist — while you eat. It’s not background entertainment, it’s the whole point. The food is Mediterranean and Japanese, steak and sushi territory, and the open kitchen means you can watch that being made too. At 11 pm, the show ends, the DJs take over, and the dancefloor is yours until 2 am. The whole night is designed so that leaving never quite feels like the right call.
Verdict: Don’t book this for a quiet catch-up. Do book it if you want the night to escalate elegantly.
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: Book downstairs by the stage — upstairs, you’ll miss most of the show. It’s more expensive than average for Playa de Palm,a but the entertainment is included in that, so factor it in rather than being caught out.
Avda Son Rigo, 4, Playa de Palma, 07610
Lio
Paseo Marítimo | £££–££££ PER PERSON | dinner + cabaret + nightclub
If the name rings a bell, that’s because Lio started in Ibiza. Its sister venue sits on the Paseo Marítimo in a dramatic tiered venue with the Bay of Palma as a backdrop. Dark, glamorous, and built around a central stage — singers, dancers, acrobats — performing while you eat. At 11:30 pm the stage becomes the dancefloor, and it runs until the early hours. Minimum spend is €200 per person, so go in with eyes wide open. But if your group wants to dance until 2 am with the whole night completely handled, there’s nothing quite like it. Skip it if nobody wants a club night; the dinner alone won’t justify the bill.
Verdict: maximum theatre, maximum photos, maximum “how is it only midnight?”
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Drinks value ★★★☆☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: Seasonal, opens May, closes October. Dress code is strict: glamorous, with purpose. And it books out, don’t leave it late.
Av. Gabriel Roca, 31, 07014 Palma
Sky Nudos
Moll Vell | ££–£££ PER PERSON | DJ sunsets + sushi
Formerly Tree House by UM, Sky Nudos kept everything that made it worth the trip — the same rooftop, the same 360 views over Palma marina and the cathedral — and built on it. There’s a DJ that eases into sunset, sushi platters that more than hold their own against the cocktails, and a pace that’s a nice gear change from the more party-forward restaurants on this list. Chill without being boring; it’s a spot where one drink becomes three very quickly. After, head to the 49 Steps Bar one floor below for marina views and a nightcap, or make the short walk to Door 13 — a speakeasy cocktail bar near La Rambla that’s worth the detour.
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: Book before you go. Walk-ins are not always treated with the love they deserve — in fact they can be downright rude about it, and it’s better you know that now. A reservation changes the whole experience.
Carrer del Moll 6, 07012 Palma de Mallorca
De Tokio a Lima
Passeig del Born | £££–££££ PER PERSON | Nikkei fusion + people-watching
Set inside the Can Alomar hotel right on Palma’s most glamorous boulevard, De Tokio a Lima is peak people-watching. The menu is Nikkei-leaning fusion — Mediterranean meets Japan and Peru — so think ceviche, scallops, tartare, sashimi alongside richer mains. The kind of menu where everyone ends up trying a bit of everything without meaning to. Cocktails are polished, the wine list holds its own, and the whole thing has that subtle hotel-terrace feeling where a second round feels inevitable.
Verdict: Born terrace + seafood starters + cocktails = the Palma holy trinity.
Atmosphere ★★★★☆
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★☆☆
Good to know: It’s on the spenny side and it knows it — book ahead if you want a terrace table at prime time. This is a nice night, not the chaotic one.
Carrer de Sant Feliu, 1, 07012 Palma de Mallorca
El Camino
Old Town | ££–£££ PER PERSON | marble-counter tapas + natural wine
If you loved Bar Canete in Barcelona, you’re going to be obsessed with El Camino. You sit shoulder to shoulder at a long marble bar while chefs cook right in front of you — no chaos, no Bear-style shouting, just pure mastery. It’s tightly packed and genuinely buzzy, the kind of place where you arrive for dinner and realise two hours later you’re still ordering. Get the croquettes that burst open when you cut into them, and do not skip the fig tart with coconut ice cream. Honestly, one of the best desserts going.
Verdict: Sit at the bar, order everything, don’t fight the momentum.
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: That bar seating is the whole experience — which means it doesn’t work for bigger groups. Skip it if you can’t all fit in one taxi. Small and popular, so book ahead or spend the night somewhere less good.
Carrer de Can Brondo, 4, 07001 Palma de Mallorca
DOME
Palma Centre | £££ PER PERSON | Design-led dinner + serious cocktails
Dôme does that rare thing: it can feel calm, considered but still have a pulse. Curved architecture, warm lighting, a soundtrack that’s doing more than background noise. The menu is globally influenced and built for sharing — the popcorn falafel is the standout, the kimchi cauliflower taco gets ordered twice, and the cocktails are taken seriously enough to be a reason to come in their own right. Downstairs, Sala Mana is a different room entirely: dark, intimate, Jazzhouse music, the kind of space where dinner slides into cocktails without anyone suggesting it. For stylish Lisbon hen weekends rather than shouty ones, this is the one.
Verdict: Cool without trying, and the cocktails will keep you there longer than planned.
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: Half price cocktails 4–7pm if you want to start early.
Carrer Unio 2A, 07001 Palma de Mallorca
Spot
Santa Catalina | ££–£££ PER PERSON | Dinner that turns into a dancefloor
One of those Santa Catalina addresses that quietly derails your plans. You book it as dinner — and it is — but by dessert the music’s louder, the cocktails are flowing faster, and someone at your table has stood up just for one song. It’s Palma’s viral TikTok hotspot, and it very much looks the part — mid-century interiors, moody lighting, and chairs that belong on Pinterest. Glass frontage that opens onto the street, an open kitchen, and a wood-fired oven doing most of the heavy lifting. It’s less three-courses-and-go, more graze, sip, escalate.
Verdict: Come for dinner. Stay because the DJ won’t let you leave.
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Drinks value ★★★★☆
Hen-friendly ★★★★☆
Good to know: Santa Catalina is about ten minutes on foot from the old town, close enough to combine both in one night. Just have a plan for getting home at 1am, taxis in the area can be a scramble.
