Ibiza

Lunch, Best Restaurants: Those who think "Spanish fare" translates as tapas will be pleasantly surprised when they stop in this cutting edge eatery, where the attitude is hip and upbeat and the stark dining room looks like it could double as an art gallery. Though small plates are available, what really draw the raves are flavorful main courses that focus on grilled sea scallops, braised lamb...

Come here for some of the region's most outstanding Spanish cuisine. Tall ceilings, multipaned windows, exposed brick, and vibrant murals create a backdrop for such extraordinary dishes as steamed lobster with sautéed shiitake and oyster mushrooms, endive foam, and fingerling potatoes, or quail cooked two ways with root vegetables and caramelized onions. A tasting menu is a great way to sample...

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Ibiza's kitchen puts traditional Spanish cookery within a contemporary technical framework. While the tasting menu offered Monday through Thursday evenings serves as a fine introduction, we prefer to delve deeper into complex, full-flavored entrées like roast chicken that gets mileage from aged sherry vinegar and walnuts as well as potatoes baked with bacon, shiitakes and blue cheese, or...

This used to be Pika Tapas, but it didn't get all that much attention until the owners decided to go upmarket and chefs Bollo and Romero introduced the high-flying modern cuisine and wines of their native land. Their menu includes a few traditional dishes, among them pasteles de bacalao, potato-and-cod cakes, and espinacas a la Catalana, sautéed spinach with raisins and pine nuts. But they up...

In Spain, the favorite subject is food. While we are enjoying our lunch we are planning our next meal, and before bed we plan our next meal almost savoring the next day meal. In our restaurants, Meigas and Ibiza we try to share this passion for food to our customers.