Nightlife Previews and reviews in Mallorca

Bony’s bar in Puerto Pollenca’s main square is a great spot full of fun, cocktails and character and with a brilliant view of the goings on in the main market square of the town.

A packed theatre saw the Pirates Charity Gala Event last night raise over €50,000 for the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. In it’s seventh year, the event is supported by British celebrities, local residents and visitors to the island. The evening started with a chance to view the prizes that would be won in the charity auction.

Looking for nightlife in the North of Mallorca? Then you need to make Club Menta a stop on your itinerary, situated in Port D’Acudia this is one of the largest and most well known clubs in the North.

Puerto Portals has a bit of reputation as being the most glamorous (and expensive) resort in Mallorca, with its swanky harbour, Michelin starred waterfront restaurants, and sexy designer cocktail bars. This is where the millionaire yachting community hang out, and visiting celebrities come to party. All in all, it's an impressive set up, and one that will surely test your credit card limits.

Winner of the Trip Advisor certificate of excellence two years in a row, this bistro serves up gastro food by day, offering reasonably priced, beautifully presented breakfast, lunch and dinner’s and then by night turns itself into a live music venue and a karaoke bar finishing at 4.00am.

Bar Weyler is a stylish cocktail bar in the centre of Palma with an excellent selection of spirits and professional staff who know how to work their magic with them.

Rottehullet is a small bar with a big personality in the heart of Cala Major. Sandwiched between a kiosk and a kebab shop, you'd be forgiven for thinking it nothing special. However, if you head inside you'll find tasty tapas, an exciting selection of beers and spirits, and one of the friendliest barmen in Mallorca.

Last Friday the Canadian and I went for an end-of-week drink at the courtyard bar in the Es Baluard art gallery, Palma. As well as being one of Mallorca's best art galleries Es Baluard also commands great views of the Bellver Castle, Palma harbour and the ubiquitous Palma Cathedral making the bar one of the best places in city for an alfresco beer.

There are so many different spots for a good night out in Palma de Mallorca. One of my favourite this summer was in Santa Catalina.

The nights in Palma are busy, there is always something going on. The days are so hot here in Mallorca that one of the best times of day is as the sun starts to set. There's no shortage of great bars and restaurants in Palma and shopping in Mallorca usually continues until about 9pm too. A new initiative trying for your attention combines a bit of everything; Sa Bimbolla night fair and market.

Nightlife in Palma is generally a laid back affair; the warm summer evenings are just made for relaxing with friends on one of the many pavement cafes. And one of the best place to do this is in the arty shabby-chic district of Santa Catalina.

In an effort to impose my own austerity measures in this time of financial crisis, and to show the Canadian something new in Mallorca, last Wednesday we set out on a bar crawl along the Ruta Martiana in Palma's Gerreria district. Every Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, the bars in this area offer tapas and pinxos (little open sandwiches) with either a beer or or glass of wine for just two Euros. This makes it one of the cheapest nights out in Palma de Mallorca and a fun way to see a bit of town often overlooked by tourists but popular with the Palma locals.

Puerto Pollenca is not known for its raging nightlife but if you know where to look you can find yourself a few good spots for an evening out. One of the best places to go for a relaxing cocktail with a view is The Lemon Lounge on the Puerto Pollenca waterfront.

Mallorca is not massively famous for the wine it produces, overshadowed as it is by the Rioja's and Crianza's from the Spanish mainland. However, vineyards cover many hectares of Majorca, from the foothills of the Tramuntana mountains to the central plain towards Manacor and the east of the island.

Ed Sheeran opened Mallorca Rocks last night in Magaluf with a gig that left everyone smiling and started the summer-long festival in style. With nothing more than a mic, a guitar and a looping pedal he owned the Mallorca Rocks venue taking to the stage on his own and playing his entire set without support.

If you are looking for nightlife in the north of Mallorca then the Banana Club in the Port of Alcudia is an absolute must on your party location list. The closest thing the north has to the endless party that is Magaluf; Banana club is a chaos of late night action, theme parties, drink promos, podium dancers and D.Js.