Ses Boques sits on a small cove on the south coast below Es Cubells, with wooden tables set more or less on the sand and Formentera across the water. It cooks fish, which arrives whole and salt-baked or in a rice, and it has been doing that long enough that the drive down is part of the story.
That drive is the thing to plan for. There is no easy approach, and the cove has nothing else on it.
Getting there
From the church at Es Cubells a rough track drops about a kilometre to the cove. It is steep, unsurfaced in places and slow, and plenty of people arrive at the bottom wishing they had come by sea.
By boat it is straightforward, and a good number of the tables each lunchtime belong to people who anchored off and came in by tender. Our team can arrange either.
What to order
Whole fish, baked in salt or grilled, is what the kitchen is set up for. Beyond that there are rice dishes and paellas, and a lobster stew for anyone making an afternoon of it.
Lunch runs long here. The kitchen opens in the early afternoon and keeps going into the evening in high summer, and nobody is rushed off a table.
Good to know
It is seasonal. Roughly late April to late October, and shut through the winter.
Book in July and August. The cove is small and so is the restaurant.
Check the closing day when you book. It has traditionally closed one day a week, and the listings no longer agree on which, so it is worth a call through our team rather than a wasted drive.
Quick answers
Where is Ses Boques? On a cove below Es Cubells, on the south coast.
What does it serve? Fish, mostly whole and salt-baked, plus rice dishes.
How do you get there? A steep unsurfaced track from Es Cubells, or by boat.
Is it open all year? No. Roughly late April to late October.
Do you need to book? In summer, yes.
Is it good for children? The setting is easy. The drive down is the harder part.
Nearby
Cala d'Hort and the Es Vedra coast are twenty minutes west, and Cala Jondal is fifteen minutes east.