Calucha’s Menorcan Lobster Open Omelette, popular cuisine with a seafaring soul

Bep Al·lès/Port de Maó - Some dishes are born from the wisdom of home cooking and end up becoming a small gastronomic celebration. Calucha’s Menorcan lobster open omelette is one of those creations that brings together memory, local produce and generosity in a dish with a distinctly Menorcan identity.

The base is an open omelette, softly set and creamy, acting as the bed for a combination as simple as it is powerful: potato, spicy green peppers and Menorcan lobster as the undisputed star. The lobster meat, generously distributed across the dish, brings marine sweetness and depth, while the whole keeps that popular, direct character that makes Calucha’s cooking so recognisable. It is a dish made to be shared, enjoyed without hurry and understood as proof that luxury can also take the form of a family recipe.

Located in the Port of Maó, Calucha has made omelettes, home-style Menorcan cooking and local produce its own way of understanding hospitality. An honest, flavourful proposal deeply rooted in the island.

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Restaurant: Calucha
Address: Moll de Llevant, 306, 07701 Maó, Menorca
Reservations: +34 871 577 187
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Sunday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Closed on Mondays.
Cuisine: Menorcan and Mediterranean cuisine, specialising in home-style cooking, omelettes, tapas, fish, seafood and local produce.
Average price: €20-40 per person. Lobster dishes may vary according to market price and season.
Recommended for: Lovers of home-style Menorcan cooking, soft-set omelettes, local produce and seafood dishes made for sharing.
Useful information: Located in a privileged spot in the Port of Maó, Calucha is a benchmark gastrobar for its potato omelette, its variations with Menorcan ingredients and its off-menu market dishes. Menorcan lobster is prepared in different formats and usually by advance order, so booking and checking availability is recommended.