Fonda La Savina

Fonda La Savina is the restaurant of Hostal La Savina, on Avinguda de la Mediterrània in La Savina, Formentera, facing the Estany des Peix. The hostal's restaurant was formerly called Quimera. Its new name goes back to the Fonda La Savina of the 1960s port, a simple place to eat and sleep that became a meeting point for fishermen, artists and travellers. The family business behind it was registered as a café in 1951, as a fonda in 1954 and as a bar-restaurant in 1958.

The food

The cooking is current Mediterranean, built on produce, pasta and the grill. To share there are Santoña anchovies with smoked butter (€12), provolone with sobrasada, jamón ibérico de bellota on focaccia (€32), tortillitas de camarones, a prawn and squid fry and home-made croquettes from €11 to €15, red prawn among them.

Starters include a caprese, an octopus and potato salad, a parmigiana, raw red prawn with fish of the day (€35) and Galician clams. The pasta is pasta alla Norma (€26), spaghetti vongole (€24) and cannelloni of pig's trotters and foie. From the grill come Balfegó bluefin tuna parpatana (€32), lacquered octopus (€26), fish of the day at market price, a lacquered poussin with sriracha and butifarra sausage. Desserts cost €12 to €13.

Visiting

Dinner is served from 19:00 to 23:30. In the same hostal, breakfast is served from 08:00 to 13:00 looking out over the Estany des Peix, and a gastro bar with tapas and cocktails opens from 17:00 to 23:00 for the sunset. Tables are booked through the hostal's booking page, linked from the menu. Phone: +34 971 322 279.

Nearby

The Estany des Peix lagoon is right in front, the ferry port of La Savina is about 400 m away, and the Far de la Savina lighthouse is a short walk from the harbour.