IBIZA - SANT LLORENC DE BALAFIA - RESTAURANTE ES PINS

ES PINS

When heading north of the Island on the famous Restaurant Road towards Sant Joan de Labritja, you will find this old-school, traditional roadside Restaurant, Es Pins.

There is plenty of parking outside the Restaurant, which serves mainly Ibicencan staples such as roast lamb, pork chops, rabbit, pan-fried halibut, paella, and arroz de Matanzas (a traditional Ibicencan dish usually made in winter after the pig slaughter using pork, chorizo sausages, rice, and spices such as nutmeg, saffron, and allspice). Their aniseed bread is unique, straight out of the wood-fired oven, and considered some of the best on the Island.

The meat dishes are cheaper than the fish, and the portions are enormous. Thus, this Restaurant caters more to the local farmers and workers of this northern village than the tourists who stumble by.

Es Pins is fitted in traditional Ibicencan style, with wooden tables and chairs and a well-stocked bar.

There are two dining areas and a terrace.

Start with the homemade aioli, green olives, and bread.

Then try the sofrit pagès, which costs €14. Other mains start from €8. We tried the three-course menu del dia for €13

Typical Ibicencan salad.

A small portion of sofrit pagès (a traditional Ibicencan stew. It's made with different meats such as lamb and chicken, sausages such as botifarra and sobrassada, and various vegetables such as bell peppers, artichokes, and potatoes).

Greixonera (a famous local dessert, a kind of bread pudding made from ensaïmadas (a croissant-like pastry) with an appetising touch of cinnamon, served cold). (Vegetarians, beware: it contains lard.)

The main courses include calamare (squid) and chips.

Steak and chips.

The Restaurant has cult status around the Island. During our lunchtime visit, it was full of locals who used it as a kind of canteen.

We will probably choose the main menu in the future, but if you are watching your pennies, the menu del dia is good value. It includes a drink and coffee. Service was friendly in a busy, rustic atmosphere. It is closed on Wednesdays.

They don't allow reservations, so it's first-come, first-served. On Sundays, you can only go until 13.00.

ES PINS Carretera C-733 Eivissa, Sant Joan de Labritja. km 14.8, 07812 Sant Llorenc de Balafia + 34 971 32 50 34

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