Illy Coffee Shop

Gate-side caffeine fix in T before early Ryanair runs

Illy Coffee Shop sits airside in Terminal T at Palma de Mallorca Airport, close enough to the Schengen gates that you can watch boarding lines form while you drink. It’s a straight shot for passengers on Ryanair, easyJet, or Eurowings morning departures who want real espresso instead of push-button machine coffee from the generic bars scattered around the concourse.

Prices run typical airport-high: think around €2.20–€2.50 for a single espresso and roughly €3.50–€4.20 for cappuccinos and lattes. A small selection of pastries and sandwiches usually sits in the glass case, with croissants and jamón-and-cheese baguettes hovering in the €3–€6 range. If you’re trying to keep a family of four caffeinated and fed, expect to burn through €20–€30 without trying very hard.

Opening hours track the main flight banks, so the counter is generally going by about 05:00 and stays open into the late evening wave of holiday flights. This matters on Saturdays in July and August, when PMI feels like half of Europe is leaving the island at once around 06:00–09:00 and the regular café lines at other stands snake 15–20 people deep.

The Illy branding means predictable Italian-style coffee: straight espresso, macchiato, cappuccino, and simple milk drinks rather than syrup-heavy dessert drinks. If you care about taste, stick to a normal espresso or cappuccino and grab a plain croissant; the pre-made sandwiches do fine for a quick bite but are standard-issue airport cold case quality. Skip anything that looks like it has been sitting with visible condensation under the dome for more than an hour.

Lines spike around T’s big departures at :30 past the hour, especially before flights to LGW, STN, and FRA, so the practical play is simple: hit Illy 20–30 minutes before boarding starts, grab your coffee and pastry, and take it to the gate instead of waiting for the last-minute rush.