I have very fond memories on the Son Vida's main restaurant I dined there every night for weeks way back in the early when it was borderline Michelin Start quality. I decided to take my wife and dughter for a meal one...day on a recent holiday to Mallorca. I was astounded once we were seated to discover that the Saturday night was a buffet only affair (no mention of this on the website or when booking) I was close to levaving or trying to transfer our booking to the Es Vi tapas restaurant next door. But the family perused the buffet and decided we'd stay. The buffet itself is reasonably high-end, but no better than many of the Friday-brunches you would find in hotels in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Half-lobsters and langoustines for starters, plus ham (obviously) and a sleection of tapas. About fish and meat mains (vod roasted on red peppers, fillet staek in peppercorn sauce) and an impressive array of deserts. Still this set us back a head, and by the time you've added some bottles of water, glasses of wine (bottles here cost more than other restaurants we ate in during the trip) then we were in for the most expensive meal of the trip, for probably the best food.
