Finally found some time to put together my trip report for our 12 days of heaven from the 9th to the 20th June.
We stayed above Aures two doors away from Imperial in a beautiful
apartment rented out from a lovely lady.
Arrived on sunday afternoon and after unpacking went to C'an Josep for a cooling drink and lovely lunch. Josep remembered us and we promoised to come back for dinner again. A mammoth G and T back at the apartment and time for a shower shave and a kip and off to Bonys for pre dinner drink. First night dinner is always
Nicos and after a bear hug from Marcos we tucked into crazy chicken and a prawn quesadilla and back to Bonys for cocktails and then home for cards on the balcony and more g and t.
Monday and I was despatched to hunt for fresh croissantes of which I returned with 4 Spar specials and one hour later were on the beach
Lunch was had at the new Santa Fe which we were impressed with, top burgers then beach then back for standard apartment routine and off to Dragon Orient. Really liked this place over the last few years but we were really disappointed with the poor service and the tasteless food. The staff were all different to the ones we were used to and we left disappointed to console ourselves with cocktails in Bonys.
Tuesday should have been a trip to Arta but Debbie annoyed me by taking ages ( two and a half hours ) to get ready so I had a man strop and proclaimed " right, I am off to Alcudia, coming? " Which was a good idea as we had a great day and some beautiful tapas in Sa
Placa. After apartment routine we decided on Centric as we had read top reviews here.
WOW great evening. Superb argentinian steak for me and lovely fresh turbot for Debs. Great service, lovely food and great atmos. Well done new owners.
Wednesday was beach again with a special sandwich in c'an Pescador for lunch, a quick dip in the Med and back for , yes, you guessed it, apartment routine, g and t followed by shave and shower and kip. Then off to Luna Miel for what was a proper quality Chinese. Good service and lovely food and stacks of it too. Debs was also pleased with her free hand fan which reminded me of a novelty table tennis bat.
Next day off to Palma. Such a beautiful place. After decining many offers from the Brazilian acrobats to join their troup I stuffed my face with a pizza and continued shopping.
Got back for usual stuff and went on the ruta del tapeo of which my review is on the dedicated thread.
Beach day on Friday including lunch at Taps which was nice but nothing special but I do feel it needs to be visited for dinner to experience it properly. Dinner that day was one of Debs faves in Brisas Marina. Again she enjoyed the fresh fish of day and I had a very gristly sirloin which was very disappointing. Again consoled myself with huge cocktails in Bony.
Beach day again on Saturday with more swimming and what I thought was going to be a quiet lunch in C'an Josep until about 80 people arrived within three minutes and chaos reigned supreme. Even Josep looked harassed. Still, nice pizzas.
Off to Pascalinos for dinner as Debs had a dodgy tummy and " fried rice and noodles is the only thing that makes it better Martin "
. Hmmmmmm.
More OK ish steak for me and cocktails and off to bed early as the naughty rice and noodles had not done their job properly.
Next day was sunday and our favourite day as off to the market in the old town to mooch around the stalls and stare at massive vegetables although I was told off by Debbie for doing something childish with a large squash.
Lunch was mixed tapas and sangria at Calvary at the foot of the steps whilst being serenaded by a superb spanish folkish acoustic band called Rumba Katxai. Got back and went shopping followed by a couple of pints by myself at cafe algar checking out which players had declined to join Palace. Apartment routine followed by another visit to Nico's where I had the best most juicy succulent steak I have ever had for 21 euros but it was well worth it. That was the first time I had not eaten crazy chicken in 11 years of going to Nicos and I must admit I was hugely suprised by the quality.
God, this just goes on and on ..........
Nearly there now, keep concentrating at the back.........
Monday was beach again with lunch again at Santa Fe which we really like and will try dinner there when we come back next. Evening meal was the best meal in the world at La Goleta. Paradilla de Cordero - shoulder of lamb was as usual to die for. Loads of meat on the bone and flavoured superbly. Debs enjoyed her chicken with some stuff on top. Treated ourselves to lovely tia maria coffees and back to Bonys for cocktails. Superb service in La Goleta as usual.
Tuesday was Cala Ratjada in the morning and after looking arounf the tired town, ate in a pizza bar. The area is a little tired and sometimes appears like a ghost town and it essentially a german resort so even if, like me, you speak to people inSpanish, you will be answered in German.
Dinner that nighta was at Osteria of which we were not overly impressed witn. Food was a little poor and not too tasty and the service was slow although friendly, see my review in its own thread.
Final day was the beach with lunch at Santa Fe again followed by final apartment routine and out to Nicos for splendid ribs in sauce and final cocktails in Bonys. Said goodbye to Andres and his sister Caterina and the other lovely lady there with the ponytail and stomped off sadly as another holiday comes to an end.
Fave restaurants were in no order La Goleta, Centric and Nico's
Fave meals were the lamb in La Goleta, the steak in Nicos and the steak in Centric.
Apologies for the length of the report.
Thank you Puerto Pollensa. We love you and cant wait to see you again hopefully in September as it is my choice this year Debbie so we are not going to poxy Crete again.
Adios.