Minami Japanese Restaurant

The newly revanped monolithic resort, The Unexpected Ibiza Hotel, dominates the bustling Playa d’en Bossa strip with its high-glam setting, luxury accommodation, premium mall and premier dining destinations. Taking the crown for the most exotic menu on offer within the resort’s culinary collective is Minami Japanese Restaurant, serving up Japanese-Mediterranean cuisine with a flamboyant Teppanyaki twist. This Ibiza fine dining restaurant has long been a favourite place for Ibiza’s VIP community to congregate for pre-party meals and this summer is no different.

A subtly lit, sleek and sophisticated interior with exposed bamboo features, living foliage walls and dark wooden tables create an intimate atmosphere perfect for romantic date nights and larger celebrations with friends and family. Situated immediately behind the shell-shaped Ushuaïa Ibiza main stage, the shift from Ibiza fine dining to dancing is a mere hop, skip and a shimmy away at Minami Japanese Restaurant. It also means you’re likely to rub shoulders with the world’s finest DJs as they fuel up before their gigs.

The undisputed highlight of this Ibiza fine dining destination is its exclusive Teppanyaki menu. Served at private tables by your own personal chef, the fiery interactive experience fuses theatre, skills and the very finest ingredients, all coming together in-the-moment. While your chef is, quite literally, centre stage, it’s the food that’s the star of the show at Minami Japanese Restaurant and locally sourced produce is expertly whipped into classic Japanese dishes. A variety of pescatarian and carnivorous options are available at these communal tables, and sharing and caring with the rest of your party is all part of the fun.

If theatrical Ibiza fine dining isn’t your thing, the extensive Minami Japanese Restaurant menu delivers more than enough to keep all tastebuds tantalised. From Kamado-style grilled Wagyu tenderloin or entraña; to marinated free-range chicken with wok-sautéed veggies and Japanese curry sauce; glossy lacquered salmon with house kimchee; and international favourites like Alaskan black miso cod, silky gyozas, Nikkei ceviche and fluffy bao buns – the choices are plentiful, and delicious.

There’s so much more: udon with prawns, traditional sushi, sashimi, gunkan and hossomaki, or more contemporary bites like usuzukuri and nigiri (don’t go past the tuna belly with egg yolk and imperial Oscietra caviar), creative futomaki (hot or tropical, take your pick) and urumaki (give the Ibizan fig variety a try). The expertly curated and beautifully presented Ibiza fine dining menu at Minami Japanese Restaurant is filled with delectable delights – just be sure to leave room for dessert where tropical flavours meet sumptuous textures for the perfect end-of-meal sweet treat (hello mochis!).

East-meets-west on the drinks menu at Minami Japanese Restaurant too. Sake sits alongside Champagne; Kirin and Asahi beers share space with locally loved drops, while Hakushu and Macallan offer a take on traditional whiskies from opposite sides of the globe. Fusion cocktails like the Spicy Bird, made with mezcal, lime, sugar, chilli and raspberries, or the Tiki-Nami – a blend of Brugal Extra Viejo, Luxardo maraschino, lime, cranberry juice and Angostura – will have you spinning out of the Ibiza fine dining space and straight onto the dancefloor. A culinary trip around the world, without having to leave your favourite hotel – very unexpected and very, very welcomed!