Restaurant in Palma, Spain
Mallorcan tasting menus without the €€€€ commitment.
A Michelin Plate holder for 2024 and 2025, Aromata delivers contemporary Mallorcan cooking at €€€ inside Palma's HM Palma Blanc hotel. Its tasting menus and ingredient-led à la carte make it the most practical entry point to Palma's serious dining scene without the €€€€ spend of the city's top-tier addresses. Easy to book and well-suited to couples or business meals.
Yes, with a clear caveat: Aromata is the right call if you want contemporary Mallorcan cooking at a mid-to-upper price point (€€€) without committing to the higher spend of Palma's €€€€ fine-dining tier. Set inside the HM Palma Blanc hotel in the Ponent neighbourhood, it holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025, which signals consistent kitchen quality even if it sits below star territory. For a first visit to Palma's better restaurant scene, it is a dependable entry point — ambitious enough to impress, accessible enough not to require a special-occasion budget.
The HM Palma Blanc's architecture leans contemporary rather than classically Mallorcan, and Aromata's dining room follows suit. The hotel setting means the energy is measured rather than lively: expect a calm, hotel-restaurant register — composed rather than buzzing, with the kind of ambient sound level that makes conversation easy throughout the meal. For first-timers who associate hotel restaurants with anonymous, corporate dining, this one reads differently. The kitchen has a clear point of view, and the room reflects that , unhurried but purposeful.
If atmosphere and energy are your primary considerations, it is worth knowing that Aromata skews toward a more composed, relaxed mood even during peak service. That makes it a good fit for business meals or couples who want to talk, but a less natural choice if you are looking for the convivial noise of somewhere like the tapas bars in the old town. For livelier evenings with a strong local feel, our full Palma bars guide and full Palma restaurants guide will point you in different directions.
A Michelin Plate indicates that inspectors consider the cooking good and consistent , it is a positive signal, not a consolation prize. At Aromata, the contemporary cuisine is shaped by island ingredients and what is available on any given day. The menu structure gives first-timers a useful range of options: à la carte for flexibility, a lunchtime set menu with choice of dishes (the more practical format if you are eating between sightseeing), and two evening tasting formats , Aromata and Sentits , with an optional cheese course supplement on both.
The kitchen also maintains its own urban vegetable garden and a botanical garden-terrace, which signals that the sourcing philosophy is taken seriously and that plant-forward dishes are likely to be among the more interesting options on any given menu. For a first visit, the tasting format named Aromata is the most direct way to get a representative read of what the kitchen does at its most considered. The Sentits format likely covers more ground , the cheese supplement is worth adding if you have the appetite.
The wine program at a Michelin Plate restaurant sitting inside a design hotel, with a kitchen explicitly committed to island ingredients, should in theory anchor itself in Mallorcan and broader Spanish producers. Mallorca's wine scene , led by D.O. Binissalem and D.O. Pla i Llevant , has developed serious depth over the past two decades, and a restaurant with this profile and its own kitchen garden is the kind of venue where you would expect those local labels to appear alongside a thoughtful Spanish selection. Whether the list goes wide into international bottles or stays tightly regional is not confirmed in our data, so ask the team directly when you arrive. What is worth noting is that the Sentits tasting menu, with its optional cheese course, creates a natural structure for a longer wine pairing , something to factor in when choosing between the two evening formats. For context on how Palma's wine culture sits within Spain's broader landscape, our Palma wineries guide is a useful companion read before you visit.
Aromata sits at €€€ in a city where the headline names , Marc Fosh, Zaranda, and DINS Santi Taura , operate at €€€€. That price gap matters. If your budget is flexible and you want the most technically ambitious cooking in Palma, those three are the stronger bets. If you want Michelin-recognised quality without the full outlay, Aromata is the practical choice. Against Adrián Quetglas, the other €€€ contender, the choice comes down to style: Quetglas runs a more personality-driven, cosmopolitan room; Aromata offers a quieter, more island-rooted experience. Both are worth considering depending on the mood you are after.
Beyond Palma, if you are benchmarking against Spain's contemporary dining scene at large, Aromata sits several tiers below the flagship addresses , Quique Dacosta in Dénia, El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, or Azurmendi in Larrabetzu , but that is not the point. It is not trying to compete at that level. Within its own category on the island, it earns its Michelin Plate consistently.
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| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aromata | Contemporary | Chef Andreu Genestra’s cuisine, in the impressive surroundings of the HM Palma Blanc, a hotel combining the essence of the Mediterranean with a more innovative architectural design, continues to be influenced by a contemporary gastronomic philosophy and the island’s culinary traditions. The à la carte, which always aims to showcase the best ingredients available daily, is complemented by a successful lunchtime menu (with a choice of dishes) and two tasting-style options in the evening: Aromata and Sentits (to which a selection of cheeses can be added for a supplement). Aromata also has its own urban vegetable garden and a botanical garden-terrace.; Michelin Plate (2025); Michelin Plate (2024) | Easy | — |
| Zaranda | Mallorcan, Creative | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| La Bodeguilla | Wine Bar, Traditional Cuisine | Unknown | — | |
| DINS Santi Taura | Mallorcan, Modern Cuisine | Unknown | — | |
| Marc Fosh | Modern Cuisine | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Adrián Quetglas | Modern Cuisine | Unknown | — |
What to weigh when choosing between Aromata and alternatives.
Aromata sits inside the HM Palma Blanc, a contemporary design hotel, so the setting is more modern and urban than traditionally Mallorcan. The kitchen holds a Michelin Plate (2024 and 2025), which signals consistent, quality cooking rather than experimental fine dining. At €€€, it occupies a useful middle ground in Palma's dining scene: more serious than a neighbourhood bistro, but less of a financial commitment than Zaranda or DINS Santi Taura. Come for the evening tasting options if you want the full picture; the lunchtime menu is a lower-stakes way to try the kitchen first.
The evening format is structured around two tasting-style options — Aromata and Sentits — with a cheese supplement available on either. Specific dish details are not published, but the kitchen explicitly builds its menu around the best ingredients available daily, with produce from its own urban vegetable garden informing the plates. If you want the broadest representation of what the kitchen does with Mallorcan ingredients, the longer Sentits option is the logical choice. The à la carte exists if you prefer to order selectively rather than commit to a set progression.
Aromata is set within the HM Palma Blanc hotel, which typically means there is more operational flexibility for groups than at a standalone chef's table. That said, specific private dining or group booking details are published details are limited. For groups larger than six planning a tasting menu evening, check the venue's official channels to confirm whether the Aromata or Sentits format can be structured for your party size — some tasting menus require all guests at the table to order the same option.
A hotel restaurant at the €€€ level is generally a comfortable option for solo diners: the professional service structure that comes with a hotel setting tends to mean solo guests are handled without awkwardness. The à la carte format at Aromata gives solo visitors the option to eat at their own pace without committing to the full tasting progression. If you are solo and want company at the counter, Marc Fosh nearby also runs a contemporary format and may offer a bar or counter option worth comparing.
Bar seating details are not confirmed in available venue data for Aromata. The restaurant operates within the HM Palma Blanc hotel, which may have a separate bar area, but whether the Aromata menu is served there is not documented. If bar dining is a priority, check the venue's official channels before booking — or consider La Bodeguilla in Palma, which has a more casual, drop-in-friendly format if you want flexibility without a reservation.
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