Ibiza Style presents the best breakfast cafes. The top addresses for a pleasant start into the day.
Crossaint Show
Eating breakfast at the Croissant Show is to eat a slice of Ibiza for breakfast, of that stay-out-all-night Ibiza which blends with the early morning one, the one which belongs to those who finish one of their long nights with those who begin one of their splendid days a de los que terminan una de sus largas noches con los que comienzan uno de sus espléndidos días. Although, without a doubt, it’s the croissants that are the star of the cabaret, all the freshly made pastries in the purest French style, the baguettes that turn into taste the sweet or savoury toasted sandwiches or a good imperial breakfast with champagne will tickle anyone’s fancy.
Croissant Show
Plaza de la Constitución 2
Mercat Vell
T. 971 317 665
Le Fournil
More than 30 kinds of bread – freshly made every day in their own oven – this tiny find off the tourist circuit, but which has become over the last five years in an obligatory stop for lovers of French style pastry. Wholewheat or multi-cereal bread along with onion, raisin or olive bread share the counter with classic or chocolate croissants. Its muffins, made of chocolate or almonds, or the classic ‘Grandma’s home recipe’ fruit tarts, made in the most natural way, are the favourites of those who come to eat breakfast at El Fournil every morning.
Le Fournil
Isidoro Macabich 59
T. 971 305 339
Montesol
If the building of Montesol, standing majestuously on its corner of Vara de Rey, is a building that is emblematic of Ibiza, the first hotel on the island, then equally so are its famous toasted sandwiches. You can just as easily find the occasional tourist, the Ibicenco who loves a good chat or the celebrity incognito who doesn’t want to miss out sitting down to eat one. There’s tradition too in the excellent service - friendly and ever attentive to the customer - and on the menu with the option of having the very best chocolate with fritters – all homemade – from the island or choosing the classic coffee with ensaimada.
Hotel Montesol
Paseo de Vara de Rey 2
T. 971 310 161
Hostal Talamanca
Eating breakfast right on the beachfront, with your feet practically in the water, is a privilege; at Hostal Talamanca, what is more, you can do so with an extensive menu which goes from continental breakfasts with pastries and honey rolls made right there to eggs ‘of all varieties, ham and bacon, muesli bread toast with goat's cheese and onion marmalade, also homemade, or the very Spanish tomato with anchovies among others. What's more, always with the guarantee of 100% Ibizan produce.
Hostal Talamanca
Playa de Talamanca
T. 971 312 463
Passion Juice
Just as not every breakfast includes toast, nor is everything in Playa d’en Bossa excess: Passion Juice invites its customers to be ‘vegetarians for a day’ and try out the delights of healthy food. Its breakfasts range from ‘New York’ buns with syrup to muesli with yogurt, not forgetting fruit, eggs and all kinds of international breakfast with one sole purpose: healthy, natural cuisine. An oasis of health in the ever-cosmopolitan Playa d’en Bossa.
Passion Juice
Playa d’en Bossa 3
T. 971 305 130
Café Sidney
You don’t have to be an early bird to have breakfast: Café Sidney offers its customers an extensive breakfast menu until the day is well underway, with great culinary variety based on highly select, fresh ingredients. What’s more, its position makes this cafe unique owing to its cosmopolitan atmosphere and location among yachts and exclusive boutiques whilst enjoying marvellous views of Dalt Vila. For the more adventurous, it is the ideal place to have a champagne breakfast.
Café Sydney
Marina Botafoch
T. 971 192 243
Chiringuito de Es Cavallet
Just as the Chiringuito in Es Cavallet is totally integrated into the marvellous landscape of one of the most beautiful beaches on the island - between the sea, the dunes and the salt flats - its breakfast menu is equally integrated into the philosophy of this beach. So it is that fruits and natural juices - with cucumber, celery and exotic fruits – take a leading role when it comes to offering its customers a fresh and natural breakfast to prepare them for a wonderful day on the beach. And if anyone needs something more filling, there is no lack of eggs, pastries and croissant s – all of them prepared with the establishment’s customary quality.
El Chiringuito
Playa Es Cavallet
T. 971 395 355
Café Es Galliner
They don’t just pay lip-service to the notion of a pleasant, family atmosphere at Es Galliner where Pepa treats her clients as if they were family. Complete breakfasts from 9 in the morning based around farmhouse sausages such as butifarra, ham, cheese or sobrasada, free range eggs and, of course, bread with tomato would set anyone up to take on a new day. What is more, during the Sant Josep festivities they are the organisers of the Vino Payés competition and all of the wines taking part in the contest are made available by them to the customers.
Café Es Galliner
Carrer de l’Ajuntament 4
Sant Josep
971801554
Racó Verd
The terrace of Racó Verd transports us to a time not so far off when the word hurry was meaningless in Ibiza. Its breakfasts are based on fresh ingredients and ecological produce, with muesli and fresh fruit accompanied by a wide collection of fresh juices such as berry frappé, tropical burst or rayo de sol. But if the “what” is important, even more so is the “how”: listening to music beneath the shade of its trees and parasols, seated at wooden tables or relaxing in its couches, its terrace’s different spots are an invitation to make breakfast the most important meal of the day.
Café-Terraza-Música Bar Racó Verd
Plaza de la Iglesia
Sant Josep
971800267
Xocolata
Seafaring men know that you cannot set sail on an empty stomach and that is why the Club Náutico, a meeting point for anyone who has anything to do with the port of Sant Antoni, prepares from 8.00 AM hearty breakfasts that set sailors up to go to sea. Eggs in any style, scrambled, hard boiled or in various kinds of omelette are the mainstays of these breakfasts accompanied with bacon, ham or cheese. The diner may also choose to get by with just a bite from the bun counter, but a day on the high seas is very long.
Cafetería Xocolata
Menéndez Pidal 46
Sant Antoni
971804848
Club Náutico
Seafaring men know that you cannot set sail on an empty stomach and that is why the Club Náutico, a meeting point for anyone who has anything to do with the port of Sant Antoni, prepares from 8.00 AM hearty breakfasts that set sailors up to go to sea. Eggs in any style, scrambled, hard boiled or in various kinds of omelette are the mainstays of these breakfasts accompanied with bacon, ham or cheese. The diner may also choose to get by with just a bite from the bun counter, but a day on the high seas is very long.
Club Náutico
Paseo Marítimo s/n
Sant Antoni
971340645
Royalty
First opened in 1933, one of the phrases you are most likely to hear of a morning in the Royalty is “Juan, my usual”, but then that’s because more than a café, it has become an institution within Santa Eulària and its “lifelong” staff may claim to know almost all their customers. The starting off point for tourists beginning their day, meeting point for neighbours waiting for the sun to ease off a bit before continuing their routine and a landmark on the map that visitors bring with them, it offers breakfasts to suit all tastes, not to mention Royalty toasted sandwiches with bacon, chicken, tomato and hard-boiled eggs and its own pastries such as Ibizan fairy cakes.
Royalty
Plaza del Ayuntamiento
Santa Eulària
971331819
Croissant Show
A slice of France transported, stone by stone, croissant by croissant, to the very centre of Santa Eulària, bringing all the bohemian atmosphere and cosmopolitanism of Parisian cafes along with the most typical pastries and bread from beyond the Pyrenees with it to Villa del Río. A place that invites you to have a chat while you wait to be served one of the many kinds of coffee, tea and natural juices to accompany any one of their tarts, cakes and croissants or a healthy bowl of fruit and muesli.
Croissant Show
Paseo S´Alamera 5
Santa Eulària
971319610
Can Costa
They don’t go in for signature cuisine and nor do they have live music, but few visitors to the island leave it without having passed by this emblematic spot in front of the church of Santa Gertrudis. Can Costa’s bocadillos and tapas, served from 8 in the morning, rival the island’s most typical products in popularity and serve just as well for breakfast as for lunch or supper as the secret lies in nothing other than the excellent quality of their cold meats and cheeses. If, what is more, you throw in the atmosphere of this tiny village – gateway to the lesser exploited part of the island and the refuge of bohemians and artists, it could just become the perfect morning.
Can Costa
Plaza de la Iglesia
Santa Gertrudis
971197021
Hotel Hacienda Na Xemena
If getting there is hard, then leaving is even harder because Hotel Na Xemena has everything you could hope for: luxury atop one of the most spectacular areas in one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean. But then there’s no doubt the best thing about the 150 products on the buffet that comprises the breakfasts at Na Xemena is the peace and quiet and the beauty of the surroundings 180 metres up and with two kilometres of coastline surrounded by a forest of Mediterranean pine trees. One of the last intact areas on the ecological map of Europe in the heart of a large nature reserve.
Hotel Hacienda Na Xemena
Port de Sant Miquel
971334500
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