The long Levante beach and the streets behind it: seafront rice houses, rock and live-music bars on Calle Gerona, Indian and Japanese kitchens and late beach bars.
Jardín Mediterráneo faces Levante beach in Benidorm with bay fish, Dénia prawns, Calpe langoustines and dry or soupy rice made with rock-fish stock.
OrderA rice made with Pego bomba rice and rock-fish stock, or prawns from Dénia by weight.
TipThe kitchen runs without a break from 11:00 to midnight, so it works for a late lunch; it took part in the 2026 tuna and spoon-dish weeks.
Taberna Andaluza cooks southern Spanish bar food on Calle del Esperanto in Benidorm: cazón en adobo, clams a la marinera, garlic prawns and hand-cut ham.
OrderCazón en adobo, dogfish marinated in spices and vinegar, then fried.
TipIts Presa Bao won the public vote at the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest; Wednesday is the closing day.
Umai is a Japanese restaurant on the first floor of the Belroy complex on Avenida del Mediterráneo in Benidorm, serving sushi rolls, sashimi and teppanyaki.
OrderA round of uramaki and sashimi, then something off the teppanyaki.
TipLunch and dinner only, closed on Monday and Tuesday; the kitchen also does takeaway for collection.
Casa Toni has cooked fish and shellfish in Benidorm since 1992, from bay red prawns and almadraba salazones to arroz del senyoret and fideuà for two or more.
OrderBay red prawns from the plancha, then arroz del senyoret for the table.
TipIt sits in the Los Gemelos IV building on Avenida de Cuenca, a few streets back from Levante beach; Sunday is lunch only.
El Mesón has run a restaurant and cervecería on Calle Gerona in Benidorm for over 40 years, cooking meat, fish and shellfish over holm-oak embers.
OrderA cut of beef from the holm-oak grill, with a plate of tuna belly and tomato to start.
TipThe cervecería side serves all day from 09:00; the restaurant took part in the city's 2026 spoon-dish, tuna and tapas weeks.
Ducado has cooked traditional Mediterranean food in Benidorm since 1980: sea bream, sea bass and other fish, lobster rice, milk-fed lamb and Iberian ham.
OrderArroz con bogavante, or whichever whole fish is on the day's list.
TipRoast suckling pig is cooked to order, so call ahead; Monday is lunch only and the restaurant closes all day Tuesday.
Casa Toni has cooked fish and shellfish in Benidorm since 1992, from bay red prawns and almadraba salazones to arroz del senyoret and fideuà for two or more.
OrderBay red prawns from the plancha, then arroz del senyoret for the table.
TipIt sits in the Los Gemelos IV building on Avenida de Cuenca, a few streets back from Levante beach; Sunday is lunch only.
Las Gaviotas has fried fish on Calle del Esperanto in Benidorm since 1987: whiting, adobo, king prawns, squid, anchovies and tiger mussels with allioli.
OrderA mixed fritura with bread and allioli, then tiger mussels if the table is hungry.
TipThere are no bookings and the room fills fast in summer, so arrive at opening time or expect a short wait for a table.
Ray's 2 Fish and Chips fries English-style battered fish and chips on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, run by the same owners since 1985.
OrderBattered cod and chips, eaten at an outdoor table on the avenue.
TipIt keeps office hours: weekdays only, with the kitchen closing at 19:30, so plan it for lunch or an early tea.
Café De Kroon is a Dutch eetcafé on Avenida de Murcia in Benidorm's Levante quarter, a terrace bar serving snacks and plain Dutch and Belgian comfort food.
OrderA frikandel or a pair of kroketten with a Belgian beer on the terrace.
TipIt draws a Dutch and Belgian crowd and posts in Dutch on its Facebook page; Sunday is the one closing day.
Pinocchio Playa is an Italian restaurant, pizzeria and gelateria on Avenida de Alcoy by Levante beach in Benidorm, making its own gluten-free pasta every day.
OrderA stone-baked pizza, then an ice cream from the house gelateria.
TipIts gluten-free menu covers the whole card, with pasta made in-house; it entered the 2026 tapas contest with a gluten-free carbonara millefeuille.
Taberna Andaluza cooks southern Spanish bar food on Calle del Esperanto in Benidorm: cazón en adobo, clams a la marinera, garlic prawns and hand-cut ham.
OrderCazón en adobo, dogfish marinated in spices and vinegar, then fried.
TipIts Presa Bao won the public vote at the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest; Wednesday is the closing day.
El Mesón has run a restaurant and cervecería on Calle Gerona in Benidorm for over 40 years, cooking meat, fish and shellfish over holm-oak embers.
OrderA cut of beef from the holm-oak grill, with a plate of tuna belly and tomato to start.
TipThe cervecería side serves all day from 09:00; the restaurant took part in the city's 2026 spoon-dish, tuna and tapas weeks.
Umai is a Japanese restaurant on the first floor of the Belroy complex on Avenida del Mediterráneo in Benidorm, serving sushi rolls, sashimi and teppanyaki.
OrderA round of uramaki and sashimi, then something off the teppanyaki.
TipLunch and dinner only, closed on Monday and Tuesday; the kitchen also does takeaway for collection.
Tiffin opened on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo in July 2026, cooking Indian curries and tandoor dishes beside British and Mediterranean plates.
OrderRailway lamb curry: lamb with herbs, yoghurt and coconut milk.
TipThe menu runs to more than 15 vegetarian dishes; Tuesday is dinner only, from 17:30.
Florentine is a morning tea room on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa that bakes its own cakes each day: carrot, cheese, apple, red velvet and apple tatin.
DrinkCoffee with a slice of homemade carrot cake
TipIt closes at 14:00 and all day Tuesday; decorated fondant cakes and cupcakes are made to order if you ask ahead.
Café París is the Belroy hotel's beachside café on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, serving specialty coffee, fresh pastries, cakes and ice cream all day.
DrinkSpecialty coffee with fresh pastries
TipIt has a large outdoor terrace a few steps from Levante beach and stays open until 01:00, so it doubles as an after-dinner stop.
Easy Coffee is a small specialty coffee bar on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa, serving breakfast, pastries and cold coffee to the Levante crowd.
DrinkSpecialty coffee, iced in summer
TipIt keeps weekday hours only, 09:00 to 17:00; look for unit 7 in the block at Avenida de Europa 12.
Cafe Leroy is a friendly, family-run café just off Levante beach in Benidorm, serving breakfasts, toasties, baguettes, jacket potatoes and burgers.
DrinkTea or coffee with breakfast
TipIt is a breakfast and lunch place that closes at 15:00 and all day Sunday; find it in the passage beside the La Gavina building on Avenida de Alcoy.
Café De Kroon is a Dutch eetcafé on Avenida de Murcia in Benidorm's Levante quarter, a terrace bar serving snacks and plain Dutch and Belgian comfort food.
OrderA frikandel or a pair of kroketten with a Belgian beer on the terrace.
DrinkA Belgian beer or coffee with Dutch snacks
TipIt draws a Dutch and Belgian crowd and posts in Dutch on its Facebook page; Sunday is the one closing day.
Pinocchio Playa is an Italian restaurant, pizzeria and gelateria on Avenida de Alcoy by Levante beach in Benidorm, making its own gluten-free pasta every day.
OrderA stone-baked pizza, then an ice cream from the house gelateria.
DrinkItalian coffee on the sea-view terrace with a gelato
TipIts gluten-free menu covers the whole card, with pasta made in-house; it entered the 2026 tapas contest with a gluten-free carbonara millefeuille.
Helados Sirvent has sold ice cream in Benidorm since 1954, a Xixona heladero family now in its third generation, scooping on the Levante promenade.
DrinkA granizado, the house iced slush
TipThe founder, Luis, was born in Xixona in 1926 and sold from street carts; a second parlour faces Poniente beach at Avenida Vicente Llorca Alós 13.
Florentine is a morning tea room on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa that bakes its own cakes each day: carrot, cheese, apple, red velvet and apple tatin.
Worth the queueCarrot cake
DrinkCoffee with a slice of homemade carrot cake
TipIt closes at 14:00 and all day Tuesday; decorated fondant cakes and cupcakes are made to order if you ask ahead.
Cervecería L'Abadía is a craft beer bar on Avenida de Europa in Benidorm, pouring artisan bottles and rotating guest taps alongside gourmet burgers.
DrinkCraft beers from its own list plus rotating guest taps
FoodGourmet burgers and bar plates
TipIt runs its own Oktoberfest from 14 to 18 October 2026 with Paulaner, German food and live Spanish pop-rock on the 16th and 17th.
Camarote Club is a signature cocktail bar in the Hotel Climia Belroy on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, mixing house creations with premium spirits.
DrinkSignature cocktails from the house mixologists
FoodA short kitchen menu with the drinks
TipIt entered the September 2026 Benidorm cocktail contest; ticketed nights, such as a 16 October DJ party with cava and oysters, have limited places.
KU Lounge Café is a lounge bar on the Levante promenade in Benidorm, serving coffee from 09:00 and cocktails into the small hours, every day of the week.
DrinkCocktails on the Levante promenade
FoodCafé menu from breakfast
TipIt entered the September 2026 Benidorm cocktail contest, and its doors stay open until 04:30 for a late last drink.
The Bodhran is an Irish bar just off Levante beach in Benidorm, with live music every night from 21:00, sport on big screens and homemade food all day.
DrinkA pint with the resident band
FoodHomemade pub food from 11:00, with a Sunday dinner of beef, chicken or lamb from 12:30
TipThe Sunday dinner, with a choice of beef, chicken or lamb, is served from 12:30 on a first-come basis, with no bookings taken.
Rockstar Benidorm has been a rock bar on Calle Gerona since 2007, with three rooms, more than 470 concerts behind it and a bar menu from the morning.
DrinkBeer with the house rock soundtrack
TipIts concert agenda is posted on the website and app; the rooms are also hired out for stag, hen and birthday parties.
Moon Beach Club is a pub on the Levante promenade in Benidorm that runs from a daytime beach bar to late party nights, open every day until 05:00.
DrinkCocktails on the promenade
TipIts October party line-up is posted on Facebook; KU Lounge and Daytona sit on the same stretch of Avenida de Alcoi.
Daytona Rock Beach Bar is a rock bar on the Levante promenade in Benidorm that books live rock acts and plays rock late, until 04:00 on Saturday nights.
DrinkA beer with the band
TipComing acts are posted on its Facebook page, with videos of recent sets; it opens from 10:00 as a beach bar.
Sinatras is a show bar in the Edificio Karola on Calle Lepanto in Benidorm, with live entertainment on its stage every night and nightly drinks offers.
DrinkDrinks offers during the nightly shows
TipThe week's line-up and drinks offers go up on its Facebook page; shows run from the evening until late.
Morgan Tavern is a cabaret club on Calle Gerona in Benidorm's Levante quarter, running a cabaret programme into the early hours and occasional benefit nights.
DrinkDrinks with the cabaret
TipEntry is for over-16s only, a rule the club puts down to Spanish law; the doors stay open until 04:30 every night.
Gigis Pasta is a takeaway counter on Calle Gerona in Benidorm making fresh pasta by hand with organic ingredients, some local and some brought from Italy.
TryFresh handmade pasta to take away
TipA takeaway concept with a few outdoor seats, it stays open until midnight on Friday and Saturday nights.
Ray's 2 Fish and Chips fries English-style battered fish and chips on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, run by the same owners since 1985.
OrderBattered cod and chips, eaten at an outdoor table on the avenue.
TipIt keeps office hours: weekdays only, with the kitchen closing at 19:30, so plan it for lunch or an early tea.
Helados Sirvent has sold ice cream in Benidorm since 1954, a Xixona heladero family now in its third generation, scooping on the Levante promenade.
TryArtisan ice cream and granizados
TipThe founder, Luis, was born in Xixona in 1926 and sold from street carts; a second parlour faces Poniente beach at Avenida Vicente Llorca Alós 13.
Las Gaviotas has fried fish on Calle del Esperanto in Benidorm since 1987: whiting, adobo, king prawns, squid, anchovies and tiger mussels with allioli.
OrderA mixed fritura with bread and allioli, then tiger mussels if the table is hungry.
TipThere are no bookings and the room fills fast in summer, so arrive at opening time or expect a short wait for a table.
Ray's 2 Fish and Chips fries English-style battered fish and chips on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, run by the same owners since 1985.
OrderBattered cod and chips, eaten at an outdoor table on the avenue.
TipIt keeps office hours: weekdays only, with the kitchen closing at 19:30, so plan it for lunch or an early tea.
Café De Kroon is a Dutch eetcafé on Avenida de Murcia in Benidorm's Levante quarter, a terrace bar serving snacks and plain Dutch and Belgian comfort food.
OrderA frikandel or a pair of kroketten with a Belgian beer on the terrace.
TipIt draws a Dutch and Belgian crowd and posts in Dutch on its Facebook page; Sunday is the one closing day.
Gigis Pasta is a takeaway counter on Calle Gerona in Benidorm making fresh pasta by hand with organic ingredients, some local and some brought from Italy.
TryFresh handmade pasta to take away
TipA takeaway concept with a few outdoor seats, it stays open until midnight on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Brunch Box is an independent, family-owned café on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo cooking American-style breakfast and brunch daily until 16:00.
TipIt serves until mid-afternoon every day of the week, which makes it a late-breakfast option after a night out on the strip.
Easy Coffee is a small specialty coffee bar on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa, serving breakfast, pastries and cold coffee to the Levante crowd.
DrinkSpecialty coffee, iced in summer
TipIt keeps weekday hours only, 09:00 to 17:00; look for unit 7 in the block at Avenida de Europa 12.
Florentine is a morning tea room on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa that bakes its own cakes each day: carrot, cheese, apple, red velvet and apple tatin.
DrinkCoffee with a slice of homemade carrot cake
TipIt closes at 14:00 and all day Tuesday; decorated fondant cakes and cupcakes are made to order if you ask ahead.
Café París is the Belroy hotel's beachside café on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, serving specialty coffee, fresh pastries, cakes and ice cream all day.
DrinkSpecialty coffee with fresh pastries
TipIt has a large outdoor terrace a few steps from Levante beach and stays open until 01:00, so it doubles as an after-dinner stop.
KU Lounge Café is a lounge bar on the Levante promenade in Benidorm, serving coffee from 09:00 and cocktails into the small hours, every day of the week.
TryDrinks and bar snacks
DrinkCocktails on the Levante promenade
FoodCafé menu from breakfast
TipIt entered the September 2026 Benidorm cocktail contest, and its doors stay open until 04:30 for a late last drink.
Moon Beach Club is a pub on the Levante promenade in Benidorm that runs from a daytime beach bar to late party nights, open every day until 05:00.
TryDrinks and party nights
TipIts October party line-up is posted on Facebook; KU Lounge and Daytona sit on the same stretch of Avenida de Alcoi.
Sinatras is a show bar in the Edificio Karola on Calle Lepanto in Benidorm, with live entertainment on its stage every night and nightly drinks offers.
TryDrinks with nightly shows
TipThe week's line-up and drinks offers go up on its Facebook page; shows run from the evening until late.
Café París is the Belroy hotel's beachside café on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, serving specialty coffee, fresh pastries, cakes and ice cream all day.
TryCoffee, cakes and ice cream until 01:00
TipIt has a large outdoor terrace a few steps from Levante beach and stays open until 01:00, so it doubles as an after-dinner stop.
Benidorm Palace is the town's dinner-show theatre on Avenida Doctor Severo Ochoa, staging its Trivium production four nights a week after a sit-down dinner.
TipMenus run from €60 to €110 with the show; fish, vegetarian and gluten-free mains replace the beef on request, and the box office opens from 10:00.
Rockstar Benidorm has been a rock bar on Calle Gerona since 2007, with three rooms, more than 470 concerts behind it and a bar menu from the morning.
TipIts concert agenda is posted on the website and app; the rooms are also hired out for stag, hen and birthday parties.
Daytona Rock Beach Bar is a rock bar on the Levante promenade in Benidorm that books live rock acts and plays rock late, until 04:00 on Saturday nights.
TipComing acts are posted on its Facebook page, with videos of recent sets; it opens from 10:00 as a beach bar.
Sinatras is a show bar in the Edificio Karola on Calle Lepanto in Benidorm, with live entertainment on its stage every night and nightly drinks offers.
TipThe week's line-up and drinks offers go up on its Facebook page; shows run from the evening until late.
Morgan Tavern is a cabaret club on Calle Gerona in Benidorm's Levante quarter, running a cabaret programme into the early hours and occasional benefit nights.
TipEntry is for over-16s only, a rule the club puts down to Spanish law; the doors stay open until 04:30 every night.
Moon Beach Club is a pub on the Levante promenade in Benidorm that runs from a daytime beach bar to late party nights, open every day until 05:00.
TipIts October party line-up is posted on Facebook; KU Lounge and Daytona sit on the same stretch of Avenida de Alcoi.
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