Reinventing a classic

Sandy’s Bar & Restaurant – at the beginning of Santa Eulalia’s famous ‘restaurant street’ – is steeped in folklore of Ibiza days gone by. But in 2011, it’s what’s inside, beyond the unassuming street front, that counts: a high quality restaurant given a new lease of life by brother and sister Benedict and Chloe Gorman.

All-new are the spacious modern dining area with a distinct gastro-pub vibe and all-weather retractable glass roof and bright and breezy garden dining space, plus a swish private dining room and adjacent open-air Twinkle Terrace upstairs.

Renowned Dublin chef Benedict brings his passion for healthy, homemade cuisine to the table. Pre-beach brunches are served daily from 9.30am until 3pm, with options for all appetites, from eggs benedict and steak sandwiches to superfood salads and mezze plates. Dinner commences at 7pm, a modern Mediterranean affair with regularly changing, produce-driven specials.

Of course, that legendary cocktail bar – an eccentric, antique filled space that was the original heart and soul of Sandy’s - remains. Sit right where stars like Errol Flynn, Laurence Olivier and Freddie Mercury (and many more!) mingled in their heyday, and sip on a Bloody Mary, as was the late, great proprietor Ivor ‘Sandy’ Pratt’s penchance! After all, if it ain’t broke…

Published on May 17, 2011.