The Standard Ibiza Old Town sits on the corner of Carrer de Ramon, within sight of the Marina port, and it does something that very few hotels on this island manage: it makes you want to stay in. After a week of super clubs, sangria in quantities that felt aspirational at the time, and the particular kind of exhaustion that Ibiza specialises in, arriving here felt less like checking into a hotel and more like being handed a very cold glass of white wine and told, politely, to sit down. Which is, in fact, exactly what happened.
A Property Built for the Long Stay
The Standard Ibiza opened on 28 April 2022, according to Hospitality Net, slotting itself into the Old Town with the kind of confidence that comes from a brand that has always understood the value of location over spectacle. The property holds 67 rooms and suites, including 14 within Casa Privada, a more private configuration for those who want the full Standard experience with an added layer of seclusion, as listed on The Standard Events. On arrival, guests are greeted at the glass-fronted entrance with an Alhambra beer or a glass of chilled local white wine, a gesture that reads less as a formality and more as a statement of intent about the pace you are expected to adopt for the duration.
The lobby doubles as something of a boutique. Merchandise is laid out with a retail editor’s eye: a special-edition giant More Joy by Christopher Kane tote bag printed with ‘More Ibiza’ in a sharp, sunny yellow; Hunza G bikinis in a full spectrum of colour hanging against a backdrop of pasta shapes and pool inflatables. It is playful without being chaotic, which is a difficult line to hold.
Rooms That Favour Calm Over Clutter
The Deluxe rooms are clad in panels of light walnut wood and set on cool stone floor tiles with a low, almost imperceptible shine. The palette is neutral throughout, furniture and textiles folding into the walls in a way that feels deliberate rather than safe. The warmth of the wood carries through to the bathroom, where a long cream stone sink anchors the space and two Crittall doors divide the shower from the toilet. Amenities by Davines arrive in sleek chrome bottles, releasing a jasmine note with each pump. The brand’s upside-down logo appears in small, recurring gestures across the room: on the white seersucker slippers and dressing gowns, on the earplugs, on the glass bottles of water placed on either bedside table. The bed is dressed in crisp white linen. Light brown marble sits on either side, lit warmly.
What the room does well is hold its restraint. There is nothing here designed to impress at first glance and disappoint on closer inspection. The materials are honest, the proportions are considered, and the effect is that rare hotel-room quality of feeling genuinely rested in by the second morning.
The Standard Ibiza Old Town on the Rooftop and at the Table
On the sixth floor, the rooftop restaurant and bar UP opens daily from 10am to midnight, according to The Standard Hotels. The terrace looks out over the Catholic Church, Dalt Vila, and the scatter of Ibizan rooftops and shops stretching to the horizon. Dusty red day beds are arranged around the pool, and the planting, a mix of cacti and palms in terracotta pots, mirrors the ochres and dusty roses of the view behind them. The menu runs to sushi and Japanese-fusion cocktails, and by early evening the energy shifts: by 6pm a table is difficult to find, and by 8pm, as the September light dissolves, the soundtrack tips into the house music the island trades on, threaded through with something more soulful.
On the ground floor, Jara, the Mediterranean restaurant, opens from 8am to 1am daily, with a Happy Hour running from 6pm to 8pm each evening. A marble bar sits at the centre of the room, the ceiling above it inset with neon-lit ovals that cast a warm, slightly theatrical pink. The menu is confident without being complicated: a Chuleton Madurado, dry-aged rib-eye with fries and piquillo peppers, arrived alongside a bottle of Marchesi Antinori Tignanello that made the case, again, for not overthinking dinner.
Ibiza does not lack for hotels that promise a retreat from themselves. The Standard Ibiza Old Town is one of the few that actually delivers one, and the doors open at 8am if you need somewhere to start.
