Tres Llunes

Tres Llunes sits at the upper end of Carrer de sa Lluna in Sóller, where the old shopping street grows quieter and the shop windows thin out. It is only a few hundred metres from the Plaça de sa Constitució, and yet it feels like a different street altogether. The name means "three moons" in Catalan — and the address, of all places, is Moon Street. Carlota and Héctor have run the house themselves since 2023. The owners do the cooking and the serving, and that sets the tone: the room is small and plainly furnished, the tables stand close together, and it is often full. If you want to be sure of a seat, book ahead. The standard the kitchen holds itself to is a narrow one: everything made in house, from the stocks to the sauces, with ingredients from the surrounding area. That is why the menu stays short — and why you can taste the work in it. Bocadillos, tartare and what Tres Llunes puts on the table The bocadillos are the heart of it. Two count as indispensable here: one with braised oxtail, one with Iberian pork. Then there is the octopus bocadillo on a Galician baguette, with sautéed potato and smoked Pimentón de la Vera — the filled roll guests talk about most. A newer one carries Iberian pork fillet, lettuce, gratinated goat cheese and truffle cream. Even the bread for them draws praise of its own. The hot plates run from Iberian pork cheeks with truffled parmentier through octopus with potato foam to lamb with cauliflower, broccoli and wild green asparagus. Alongside them: beef and salmon tartare, salads with goat cheese or burrata, truffle potatoes, squid, chicken wings. Tapas and starters are meant for sharing. Breakfast, coffee and the sweet finish The day begins with eggs Benedict and the burrata tosta, the two breakfast classics of the house. Beside them stand tostas with house-cured salmon, herbed cream cheese, avocado and poached egg — or simply avocado with poached egg and a white coffee to go with it. What you drink is freshly pressed: juices, smoothies of banana, green apple and kiwi, and a homemade iced tea of lemon and orange. The orange juice comes from the valley, from Sóller oranges. Among the hot drinks, alongside infusions, are flavoured coffees with vanilla, caramel, chocolate or cinnamon. To finish, the house names a gateau of almonds and oranges; a crème brûlée is on the menu as well. Gluten-free, vegetarian, to take away What is remarkable is how far the gluten-free cooking reaches here. Practically the entire menu is made without gluten, two particular sauces excepted. Anyone used to asking in every restaurant can order almost anything here — rarely is it handled so thoroughly on the island. Vegetarian and vegan dishes are a fixed part of it too. Takeaway is possible. For larger groups the house also opens in the evening on request, when a private celebration is planned. Sóller on the doorstep Sóller lies in a bowl of a valley in the Serra de Tramuntana, orange and lemon terraces all around it, the mountain ridges behind. Carrer de sa Lluna runs north-east from the Plaça de sa Constitució and grows more residential with every step. Tres Llunes sits at its quiet end — in the middle of the town, but not in its bustle.