Dabiz Muñoz
Three Michelin stars at DiverXO, the best chef in the world three years running, one star more for RavioXO and now Ibiza. Dabiz Muñoz sees the world as nothing but a place of constant, creative and unstoppable expansion. This summer, StreetXO— his most irreverent concept, which democratised his food without compromising on quality—is coming to the IBIZA Gallery at The Site Ibiza. Three zones, one philosophy and a promise from the chef with the conviction of someone who has never failed. This is going to be absolutely wild.
Some chefs open restaurants and other chefs open universes. Dabiz Muñoz, without a doubt, belongs to the latter. Ever since he first fired up the stoves at DiverXO in Madrid, which has been awarded three Michelin stars since 2013 and placed at number four in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, his career has been defined by a series of bold moves that others might consider reckless but which he sees as inevitable. Founded in 2012, StreetXO is the wildest and most affordable version of his food, which Muñoz himself dubbed ‘street haute cuisine’—a displaced alleyway anywhere in the world where flavours, cultures and techniques from every corner of the globe collide without asking permission.
‘If there's one audience that’s going to enjoy StreetXO, it’s Ibiza’, says the chef with his characteristic confidence—not arrogance, but conviction born of a track record of success. And he is absolutely right. Ibiza, which has built its reputation on experiences and has been exporting hedonism and unabashed casual luxury for decades, is now welcoming a chef whose cuisine is exactly that: a mind-blowing sensory feast.
StreetXO Ibiza is the brand’s wildest and most rebellious version. It’s a runaway rollercoaster that drives you crazy, that you fall in love with, and that’s highly addictive
Three zones, one experience
Like everything Muñoz touches, it follows an internal logic carefully designed to ensure a complete, progressive and irresistible experience. The three spaces interact organically and together create the roller coaster ride the chef has been perfecting for years.
The journey begins at the entrance bar, named AISH and designed as the opposite of StreetXO, replicating everything that happens in the restaurant but in reverse. It is dark, intimate and serves hyper-creative cocktails with a subdued clubbing atmosphere that acts as both a precursor and an epilogue. The calm before—and after—the storm. After you climb the stairs, everything changes suddenly; your senses are suddenly immersed in the colour, energy and technique of the StreetXO bar. And then comes the big new Ibizan feature that sets this StreetXO apart from the Madrid original: a terrace just a few steps from the Mediterranean.
Dabiz Muñoz envisages it as his own personal tribute to the coastal street food of Southeast Asia—the kind that transforms completely when it moves from the city centre to the seashore. It is a space with its own unique atmosphere and its own aura, where the island breeze permeates the concept without altering it. Located in the IBIZA Gallery, at The Site Ibiza, with the beach just a few metres away, the restaurant occupies one of the most magnetic spots on the island.
DNA doesn’t travel alone
Taking StreetXO to a new latitude is an exercise in precision for which Muñoz leaves nothing to chance. ‘Everything we do, we want to do with guarantees’, emphasises the chef. The team has immersed itself in the DNA of StreetXO Madrid, and then allowed the island breeze to take its course. For Dabiz, each StreetXO restaurant shares the same essence, but also fits its location like a glove. Although it will be exactly the same as the one in Madrid, StreetXO Ibiza will have its own identity, which is precisely what is magical about the concept.
Muñoz won’t be supervising from afar, however. He is fully involved in every project, as he stresses without mincing his words. His closest team will be on site throughout the season and he will regularly step into the kitchen himself to fine-tune, correct and maintain what he calls a restaurant in constant evolution. ‘We want things to keep happening throughout the season’. After all, it’s a living, breathing entity that changes and never becomes stagnant.
The next chapter of UniverXO
StreetXO Ibiza isn’t just another seasonal restaurant; it’s the next move on the UniverXO board—the ecosystem that Muñoz has built alongside DiverXO, RavioXO, GOXO and Hungry Club. StreetXO spearheads this entire universe, the most globally-oriented concept and the one most aligned with the experiential luxury that defines the new way of understanding global haute cuisine.
Ibiza was the next stop in the logical evolution of a brand designed to conquer the world from its inception. ‘We come with a great desire to learn and to be part of Ibiza, its vibe, its soul’, concludes Muñoz. A statement that, coming from the chef himself, is as unexpected as it is revealing.
Spain’s most hyper-creative chef—and, arguably, the world’s—has not come to the island to conquer it, but to fall in love with it and to make it fall, irrevocably, in love with his food.
