FORN de Sant Joan

Staying in Palma and my husband checked out other reviews before booking a table. Fabulous food, tasty and well presented. Service was excellent and all staff polite, attentive and knowledgeable. Surprised how busy it was for a Monday night. Would recommend if you want to splash out.

After a great deal of research, I reserved myself a table here for dinner and words cannot express how incredible not only the food was, but the service! I cannot recommend dining here enough! And I must say the patatas bravas were absolutely incredible but the croqueta…I died and went to heaven! Also, the lobster pasta was recommended by the staff, and again I was blown away! To top it off the strawberry dessert, you just have to try it, trust me (and again, the staff). This will be your best meal in all of Palma!

This is a fabulous venue for sexy, elevated tapas, wine, cocktails and interiors. The tapas is next level. The mini cornet with sea bass & langoustine ceviche & coconut foam is extraordinary. Feels like a dessert, tastes deliciously savoury. The shrimp croquettes are some of Palma’s best-rich with flavour and not greasy. The mini beef burger is served with chips & feels like a clever take on a regular burger. Cocktails are exceptional and the wines are excellent-loads of Mallorcan & other Spanish options. Interiors are well lit and elegant. A fantastic venue for a great night out.

A great dining experience in the heart of Palma, with attentive service and interesting twists on Mallorcan specials! Definitely recommend a visit!

The food here is unquestionably excellent, particularly the duck fritter and sea bass cornet. I also felt that the service was to a very high standard. My only issue was with the atmosphere in the room where we were seated. While the bar and downstairs dining area seemed to have a great vibe and buzz, we were seated upstairs, which was very flat and quiet. I would definitely recommend visiting this place if you want to try a truly interesting take on tapas. However, be sure to ask for a table downstairs, as a better atmosphere would have made the experience even more enjoyable. With that, I wouldn’t hesitate to give this place 5 stars—something I very rarely do - if the atmosphere lived up to the food.

An absolute gem in the heart of Palma! From the moment we walked in, the service at Forn de Sant Joan was exceptional—warm, attentive, and professional without being intrusive. The staff made us feel welcome and taken care of throughout the evening. The food was equally impressive. The lamb was cooked to perfection—tender, flavorful, and beautifully presented. The sausage burrata pesto ragu was a standout, rich and savory with an irresistible depth of flavor. We started with the octopus appetizer, which was wonderfully succulent and set the tone for a memorable meal. The atmosphere added even more to the experience—elegant yet cozy, with just the right level of energy for a relaxed evening out. Forn de Sant Joan delivers both in flavor and ambiance. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a top-tier dining experience in Palma.

Fine dining and modern Spanish food!!! Best I’ve tasted. Great atmosphere and cocktails!

Great service and great food! The restaurant is much larger than expected (3, maybe 4 floors?). My favorite dish was the fresh pasta with lobster. Sooo good!

My review will be short and sweet as per usual. The staff was extremely friendly. We didn't have to wait for our waiter. All of the wait staff asked how our dinner was and if we wanted to order more. The food... out of this world. We had 4 tapas which I have added as well as a phenomenal amuse-bouche compliments of the chef. The oxtail brioche was so delicate and tasty. Easily my favorite dish! This is a must visit if you are in Palma!

Best meal we had in Mallorca. Beautiful and elegant restaurant, but they still offered a kids menu. Makes a family feel welcomed to relax and enjoy. Stick to the tapas - they are very creative and beautifully portioned. We also ordered the suckling pig, which was perfectly fine, but it really didn't compare to the smaller plates. Cocktails were great. Service was brisk (which was fine for us because we were with kids) and they treated us extremely well. Not a fan of the bread charge, particularly since we were charged for my husband who actually abstained, but beyond that, Forn de Sant Joan gets my highest recommendation. Clientele dressed casually so don't feel concerned if you are traveling with kids. They were very welcoming.

My sister and I were here last week. We were wandering around looking for a cute restaurant and decided to stop here! The servers are all sooo nice and helpful and the crowd seemed very, shall we say, prosperous. We ordered the mini burgers and the rigatoni. The rigatoni was AMAZING. The sauce was to die for. The burgers weren't that good. I got a tropical smoothie too. That was decent enough. Then one of the servers walked around to each table offering bread. We said sure - later realizing they charged $2.50 per slice! Or per person. Either way it was sneaky. They do have wifi and the decor is cute. I think we also met the manager or owner and he is great. His family owns 4 restaurant/bars in Palma including Koa which is across from Forn. That place was cool and the strawberry cake drink is yummy.

We just happened to stumble on this place. Absolutely amazing!!! The tapas was out of this world, every bite was a culinary adventure that got better with every bite. Macarena, our server was so sweet and her recommendations were spot on. I highly recommend this place for food, ambiance, and service.

Great and creative tapas! Service was great! We asked for wine suggestions and got our own wine paring with each coarse from the Somm! His pairings where spot on. Don't ignore the entrees. The suckling pig was perfect and they split it up for us on two plates.

Our last dinner in Palma was at Forn de Sant Joan. I largely made the reservation on the strength of various 'Top 10'-type of articles, which can be a bit of a gamble - but in this case, it paid off in spades. Even though our reservation was at 7 PM - right when the restaurant reopens for dinner - it filled up quite quickly, albeit it mostly with other tourists as well (I heard German and Japanese amongst the other languages being spooked)...so perhaps not as late a start as other local restaurants get. The service was quick and to the point, with shared dishes (all of them for us) brought out in a thoughtful manner, and with drinks being brought out in quick fashion as well. I had a couple of cocktails here - a basil-infused vodka cranberry, as well as mojito infused with elderflower - that were very refreshing and on-point. My wife's glass of red was very aromatic and paired well with our food as well. If you are looking for straight-up traditional tapas here, this might not be the exact place to come. For one, the portions tend to be on the larger side and less of the finger-food bite-sized variety. Additionally, the flavors are a little more interesting, but that works out in a very positive manner. Our first bites were the black angus entrecôte and the octopus, both of which were really good. I enjoyed the very modest red wine reduction that gave the steak a slight hint of sweetness, but the meat itself was juicy and tender, and the thin slices of Parmesan combined with a little bit of rocket made every bite pleasing. The octopus was cooked perfectly, with a good amount of texture but not overly done, with a nice spiced aioli (courtesy of the kimchi infusion) and something resembling slightly thicker mashed potatoes underneath it. Our next plating was the rigatoni pasta dish and the beef cannelloni...while the rigatoni was very good (I enjoyed the caramelized onions imparting a bit of sweetness on the pasta, although it clashed a bit with the truffle), the cannelloni was a revelation. It looks heavy given how drenched it is in melted cheese, but wow - it packs an incredible amount of flavor. The shredded beef inside is very succulent, and it pairs off so well with the truffle-infused melt on the outside. In all, that was probably my favorite dish of my trip here to Palma. Dessert was strawberries filled with creme brûlée - a very unique presentation of a common dessert where you would usually have the opposite (strawberries dotting the brûlée). While the cream was a little sweeter and less caramelized on the top than it would usually be, the ratio of fruit to cream worked very well as a dessert enjoyed bite by bite. For anyone making a trip to Palma, I would highly recommend making a stop here for a meal. The service is accessible, with most waiters having better knowledge of English relative to other spots we were at. The ambiance is also quite cozy, with 2 levels of seating with low ceilings, wooden slats and mid-level lighting giving it a nice, intimate feel without being crowded at all. Make sure to book a reservation as it does fill up, but it will definitely be worth it!

This was my favorite restaurant during our entire European trip. The atmosphere is so fun and friendly and the food was superb! Definitely get a local wine. The Ribas was amazing. Everything on the menu looked incredible. We tried the ham plate, ham croquettes (my new fave), sea bass entree, and the creme brûlée stuffed strawberries to finish!

Excellent food, courteous and prompt service, comfortable ambiance and locale. Recommend it!

Excellent restaurant in Palma downtown. Good choice considering other places nearby could not have a good reputation. The atmosphere is great, the staff serviceminded and the food is modern and full of taste. Recommend trying a little of everything as this place will not let you down.

My mum and I had dinner here on a Wednesday night in late July 2013. Although we arrived at around 9pm without a reservation, we still managed to get a table, but I suspect this was a stroke of luck, and that larger parties should definitely book ahead in the high season, as almost every other table in the three-storey restaurant was full. There is no getting around that this is a pretty posh place, and is was brimming with affluent tourists on our visit, which made us feel a bit intimidated, but we received the same attentive and friendly service as everyone else. Before being presented with the food menu, we were given the cocktail menu, and these were indeed very good. We also received a starter of crispy bread chips and black olive and cream cheese padte, which was delicious. We chose to start with two tapas; mini hamburgers and foie gras with sherry caramel. The burgers were tasty, but nothing special, but the foie was simply divine - we literally sat speechless while devouring it. A serious of caution, however: do NOT have a heavy main if you choose to start with the foie gras. The portion size is enormous, and a large bowl of foie gras (yes, I said large bowl) plus a large main course equals fat consumption overload and an upset stomach causing you to swear of the stuff for a long time afterwards... As we did not realise this (silly Norwegians), we ordered gorgonzola ravioli and lightly seared tuna with teriyaki sauce as our main courses. The tuna was a bit of a let-down, but probably only because it tasted so similar to sushi I have tried before, as opposed to the mind-blowing flavour revelation that was the ravioli. The gorgonzola-filled ravioli was served in a cream sauce tasting lightly of pear (our waiter explained that it contained pureed pears), and topped with a scattering of walnuts and a few splashes of peppermint oil - a true stroke of brilliance which again left us lost for words. The prices at Forn de Sant Joan are befitting to the level of poshness, and thus a bit higher than most of the other restaurants in the old city of Palma, but it must be noted that the portion sizes are also considerably larger. Apart from making ourselves ill by over-indulging in the excellent food, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit to this restaurant.

Very special Tappas Restaurant in the centre of Palma one of the best its kind. If you like goose liver that's the place to go and oder slices chilled good liver.

I came here with two other people on a hotel recommendation. One of the waiters said they were full and asked if we wanted to wait for a table and we said sure. hey sat us at a table downstairs that was not an actual dining table(the dining tables are upstairs) but at a table near the entrance next to pictures of celebrities that I assume was a bar table. We asked for drink menus and it took more than five minutes for the waiter to get them to us. Then it took another fifteen minutes or so to flag down the waiter to get our order for drinks. Meanwhile, while this was going on, people were walking in and being seated without reservations. We asked the waiter when we were going to get a table. She said they will get a table ready soon. One of the people in my party thought the waiter was treating us differently than the other guests. We felt we were dressed appropriately(button up shirt and pants) but even if we weren't or if there was another reason they refused to give service to us like everyone else, they should have told us rather than give us the pathetic service they gave us. After initially looking through the main menu to decide ahead of time what to order for dinner, we decided to leave after only buying drinks and gave the waiter the main menu back. She didn't even seem to care about the service that we were receiving. It was like we were a "backup" party in case not enough people they wanted to serve(with or without reservations) showed up to eat at their restaurant. It's so unfortunate that we were treated the way we were because our dining experience here had the potential to be a really good one(The drinks we had were excellent).