Raimundo Burger

The burgers at Raimundo Burger carry names, not numbers

The menu is short and stays that way. La Italiana combines melted mozzarella, grated parmesan, lettuce, tomato and pesto. La Mexicana goes for guacamole, cheddar, goat cheese, red onion, chipotle mayonnaise and corn tortillas. La Americana is the classic line with cheddar, crisp bacon, fried onions and barbecue sauce.

La Raimundo is the house's own: triple cheese, triple bacon. Melted Edam and grated parmesan sit inside the burger, along with onion jam and bacon-flavoured corn chips — and a camembert cream that is injected only at the end. La New York brings caramelised onion jam, smoked bacon, shoestring potatoes, double melted Monterey Jack and a fried egg off the griddle. La Vegetariana works with a Beyond Meat patty, goat cheese, tomato and guacamole. In principle every burger can be ordered vegetarian, and every one of them can be made gluten free.

What the Battle of the Burger brought

At the first edition of the Battle of the Burger on Mallorca — a competition in which every participating house develops its own small burger for the visitors — Raimundo entered La Francesa: grilled beef, Roquefort, sliced mushrooms tossed in butter and a compote of caramelised onions with red wine and chocolate. The public and the jury each gave it first place.

At a later edition at Son Fusteret, La Canadiense won, and it has remained the best-known burger of the house ever since: peanut butter, melted cheddar, smoked bacon, Granny Smith apple, spicy raspberry jam — and the maple syrup that is injected with a pipette. The house describes it as its version of the American peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Starters, sides and sweet things

Before the burgers come Nachos Raimundo — corn tortillas with melted cheese, homemade chili con carne, jalapeños, pico de gallo and guacamole, with meat or without — and a salad with goat cheese, tomato, guacamole, red onion and peanuts caramelised in honey. To share there are fries with rosemary and sweet potato fries with parmesan and lime. For dessert the menu carries an Oreo brownie with vanilla ice cream and the cheesecake of the house. On top of that the kitchen regularly designs a burger of the month, and has worked with pastry chefs and cooks from the island on it.

The place on Plaça de Raimundo Clar

The room is small: a few low tables in front of the open kitchen, high tables and a counter by the entrance, plenty of wood and a window front that lets daylight in. Outside, the terrace stands on the square, and on warm evenings that is the real reason to come early. Booking goes through the house's own reservation system, which keeps a separate form for this location — given the size of the room, that is not a bad idea. Takeaway and delivery are possible too.