Not one more Michelin Star, but not one less either. The Michelin Guide has frozen the unstoppable climb that began in Ibiza’s restaurants in 2020 with the awarding of the first star to the restaurant Es Tragón in Sant Antoni de Portmany.. In the following years, were awarded the restaurant La Gaia of the Ibiza Gran Hotel (2021), the Etxeco of the Hotel Bless in Cala Nova (2022) and the Unic of the Migjorn apartments and the sushi bar Omakase by Walt (2023). All of them keep it according to the list made public on Tuesday at the Víctor Villegas Congress Center in Murcia. Es Tragón remains in the universe of restaurants with Green Star, an award with which the prestigious guide scores the premises “at the forefront of the most sustainable practices”. The list has incorporated nine restaurants to reach the 57 local standard bearers of sustainability in Spain, acting as references or prescribers of good practices for all. As for hotels and although there are numerous awards that have been receiving the hotel plant of Ibiza, the establishments of the island are left out of key hotels with the travelers guide. The International Director of the Michelin Guide, Gwendal Poullennec, has pointed out that “our inspectors are in love with Spain, there is no doubt, and year after year they confirm that we are a really top gastronomic destination. In this selection, they are also impressed with the culinary level found outside the big cities, in small towns or villages where the culinary proposal goes beyond what we see on the plate”. “They have seen an undercurrent of commitment, as the chefs usually work with small producers nearby and seek to get involved in the field, in many cases acting as a driving force in economic and social development,” he said.
Michelin Stars in Mallorca
Mallorca has kept 10 Michelin-starred restaurants in the Michelin Guide 2025 and has lost one, Adrián Quetglas in Palma . Thus the restaurant Voro, in Canyamel (Mallorca), retains its two Michelin stars, while the Mallorcan Sa Clastra, in Es Capdellà and Andreu Genestra, in Llucmajor, do the same with the star they had been awarded, as well as DINS Santi Taura, Marc Fosh and Zaranda, in Palma; Es Fum, in Palmanova; Maca de Castro, in Port d’Alcúdia; Fusion19, in Muro; and Béns d’Avall, in Sóller.
Casa Marcial: New ‘three stars
In this edition, ‘Casa Marcial’, the new three-star restaurant, has stood out. Located in Arriondas (Asturias), it means referring to the Manzano family, with Nacho and Esther behind the stoves (well supported by Jesús, the latter’s son) while Sandra ensures that everything is perfect in the dining room. The Asturian landscape and its unmistakable flavors take center stage in the dishes from creativity, with incredible elaborations that exalt sustainable concepts -also awarded with the Green Star- and that can be enjoyed both in the à la carte service and through three tasting menus (Nordeste ‘El Cachucho’, Nordeste ‘El Fitu’ and La Salgar), each one of them linked, with its name, to a key point of the environment. In parallel to this novelty, the rest of the three Michelin Star restaurants in Spain have demonstrated that they continue to offer unique cuisine, that which by itself “justifies the trip”, thus renewing the highest distinction: ‘ABaC’, ‘Cocina Hermanos Torres’, ‘Disfrutar’ and ‘Lasarte’ (Barcelona), ‘Atrio’ (Cáceres), ‘Noor’ (Córdoba), ‘Quique Dacosta’ (Dénia), ‘Akelare’ and ‘Arzak’ (Donostia – San Sebastián), Aponiente’ (El Puerto de Santa María), ‘El Celler de Can Roca’ (Girona), ‘Azurmendi’ (Larrabetzu), ‘Martín Berasategui’ (Lasarte-Oria), ‘DiverXO’ (Madrid) and ‘Cenador de Amós’ (Villaverde de Pontones).
Three new ‘two stars
With the three new establishments that achieve this distinction (‘Alevante’, ‘LÚ Cocina y Alma’ and ‘Retiro da Costiña’) there are already 33 restaurants with exceptional cuisine, those for which the Michelin Guide indicates that, in any route we do ‘it is worth the detour! Alevante’, inside the Gran Meliá Sancti Petri hotel in Chiclana de la Frontera, takes the baton from Ángel León in his three-starred ‘Aponiente’. With their own personality, chefs Cristian Rodríguez and Alan Iglesias invite us to embark on a fabulous journey through seafood, always taking as a reference the brilliant and creative proposal of the master chef from Jerez. LÚ Cocina y Alma’, in Jerez de la Frontera, gives even more shine to the already outstanding Andalusian gastronomy. The chef Juanlu Fernandez tells us about this land reconciling respect for the local flavors with originality, as his dishes reinterpret the regional recipe book coexisting, in turn, with the best technique of Gallic base and incredibly unctuous funds, as can be seen in its original Atlantic sea bass to the roteña. In turn, ‘Retiro da Costiña’, in Santa Comba, A Coruña, shows us the love for the hotel and catering business within a family business that has not stopped growing and improving over the years. This, together with the hard daily work, has led it to become an institution of Galician cuisine.
32 new stars
On this occasion, as usual, the shower of stars is particularly intense in large metropolises such as Barcelona (‘Fish*logy’, ‘MAE Barcelona’, ‘Prodigi’ and ‘Teatro kitchen & bar’) and Madrid (‘Chispa Bistró’, ‘Gofio’, ‘Pabú’, ‘Sen Omakase’ and ‘VelascoAbellà’); however, we see that they are also widely spread throughout the country. Along with the indomitable personality of each establishment, two regions are particularly striking: The Canary Islands, where we find great restaurants closely linked to its extensive hotel offer -‘Donaire’ and ‘Il Bocconcino by Royal Hideaway’, both in Adeje (Tenerife); ‘Kamezí’ in Playa Blanca (Lanzarote) and ‘Muxgo’ in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria)-; and Aragon, a community that, specifically in the province of Huesca (‘Ansils’, in Anciles; ‘La Era de los Nogales’, in Sardas and ‘Casa Arcas’, in Villanova), has made a really striking leap in quality to present itself as a new gastronomic hotspot. With these 32 novelties, the total number of restaurants with a Michelin Star in Spain stands at 242 establishments, as they are added to those that renew the distinction (in Andorra, specifically in Soldeu, there is one more -‘Ibaya’- that appears in our publication and has renewed its distinction).
