40 editor picks in Benidorm.
40 cheap eats places in Benidorm, editor-picked. the best low-budget spots in Benidorm: the places editors actually return to. All Benidorm food.
El Café de Axel pours specialty coffee on Calle Apolo XI in Benidorm, with homemade cakes such as carrot cake and muffins and a shop selling its coffee.
TipIt opens at 08:00 on weekdays and closes at 13:00 on Saturday; its Facebook page runs the occasional charity auction.
El Café de Axel pours specialty coffee on Calle Apolo XI in Benidorm, with homemade cakes such as carrot cake and muffins and a shop selling its coffee.
TipIt opens at 08:00 on weekdays and closes at 13:00 on Saturday; its Facebook page runs the occasional charity auction.
El Café de Axel pours specialty coffee on Calle Apolo XI in Benidorm, with homemade cakes such as carrot cake and muffins and a shop selling its coffee.
TipIt opens at 08:00 on weekdays and closes at 13:00 on Saturday; its Facebook page runs the occasional charity auction.
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.
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.
TipIt closes at 14:00 and all day Tuesday; decorated fondant cakes and cupcakes are made to order if you ask ahead.
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.
TipIt closes at 14:00 and all day Tuesday; decorated fondant cakes and cupcakes are made to order if you ask ahead.
Helados Sirvent has sold ice cream in Benidorm since 1954, a Xixona heladero family now in its third generation, scooping on the Levante promenade.
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.
Helados Sirvent has sold ice cream in Benidorm since 1954, a Xixona heladero family now in its third generation, scooping on the Levante promenade.
OrderArtisan 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.
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.
TipIt closes at 14:00 and all day Tuesday; decorated fondant cakes and cupcakes are made to order if you ask ahead.
Guiomar is a pastry shop and café in Benidorm's La Cala that bakes everything in its own obrador daily, from breakfast pastries to cakes and burger buns.
TipIt opens at 07:00 for breakfast pastries and stays open into the evening, when the menu turns to its handmade burgers.
Guiomar is a pastry shop and café in Benidorm's La Cala that bakes everything in its own obrador daily, from breakfast pastries to cakes and burger buns.
TipIt opens at 07:00 for breakfast pastries and stays open into the evening, when the menu turns to its handmade burgers.
Churrería Rafael fries churros and fatter porras on Avenida de los Limones in Benidorm, served with thick hot chocolate or coffee, to eat in or take away.
OrderChurros and porras with thick hot chocolate
TipIt sits near the Colci cinema, and reviewers make it an afternoon merienda stop before a film; Monday is the closing day.
Churrería Rafael fries churros and fatter porras on Avenida de los Limones in Benidorm, served with thick hot chocolate or coffee, to eat in or take away.
OrderChurros and porras with thick hot chocolate
TipIt sits near the Colci cinema, and reviewers make it an afternoon merienda stop before a film; Monday is the closing day.
Guiomar is a pastry shop and café in Benidorm's La Cala that bakes everything in its own obrador daily, from breakfast pastries to cakes and burger buns.
TipIt opens at 07:00 for breakfast pastries and stays open into the evening, when the menu turns to its handmade burgers.
Churrería Rafael fries churros and fatter porras on Avenida de los Limones in Benidorm, served with thick hot chocolate or coffee, to eat in or take away.
OrderChurros and porras with thick hot chocolate
TipIt sits near the Colci cinema, and reviewers make it an afternoon merienda stop before a film; Monday is the closing day.
Guiomar is a pastry shop and café in Benidorm's La Cala that bakes everything in its own obrador daily, from breakfast pastries to cakes and burger buns.
TipIt opens at 07:00 for breakfast pastries and stays open into the evening, when the menu turns to its handmade burgers.
Sugarpop Bakehouse bakes New York-style cookies and cheesecakes on Avenida de los Limones in Benidorm, with specialty coffee, matcha and lemonades.
TipIt also pours specialty coffee, matcha and lemonades to go with the bakes; Sunday is the closing day.
Sugarpop Bakehouse bakes New York-style cookies and cheesecakes on Avenida de los Limones in Benidorm, with specialty coffee, matcha and lemonades.
TipIt also pours specialty coffee, matcha and lemonades to go with the bakes; Sunday is the closing day.
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.
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.
Broodje Benidorm has baked Dutch bread in Benidorm since 2023, from tijgerbrood and multigrain loaves to Dutch pastries and filled broodjes for lunch.
TipIt is a morning bakery, open Wednesday to Sunday until 14:00, and announces its seasonal bakes and closures on Facebook in Dutch.
Broodje Benidorm has baked Dutch bread in Benidorm since 2023, from tijgerbrood and multigrain loaves to Dutch pastries and filled broodjes for lunch.
TipIt is a morning bakery, open Wednesday to Sunday until 14:00, and announces its seasonal bakes and closures on Facebook in Dutch.
Pintxos Aurrera lines its bar with Basque pintxos and raciones on Costera del Hostal in Benidorm's old town, the counter style of San Sebastián's Parte Vieja.
OrderBasque pintxos and raciones from the counter
TipIt entered the June 2026 tapas contest with a curried chicken empanada; the Aurrera group runs several bars on the same streets.
Bar Marianos has fed Calle Gerona around the clock for more than 40 years, a 24-hour Benidorm bar whose spit-roast chicken turns all day and all night.
OrderThe spit-roast chicken, at any hour of the day or night.
TipMariano Sanz of Bar Marianos is the 2026 godfather of Benidorm Gastronómico, the town's calendar of food weeks.
Bar Marianos has fed Calle Gerona around the clock for more than 40 years, a 24-hour Benidorm bar whose spit-roast chicken turns all day and all night.
OrderThe spit-roast chicken, at any hour of the day or night.
TipMariano Sanz of Bar Marianos is the 2026 godfather of Benidorm Gastronómico, the town's calendar of food weeks.
Bar Marianos has fed Calle Gerona around the clock for more than 40 years, a 24-hour Benidorm bar whose spit-roast chicken turns all day and all night.
OrderThe spit-roast chicken, at any hour of the day or night.
TipMariano Sanz of Bar Marianos is the 2026 godfather of Benidorm Gastronómico, the town's calendar of food weeks.
Pintxos Aurrera lines its bar with Basque pintxos and raciones on Costera del Hostal in Benidorm's old town, the counter style of San Sebastián's Parte Vieja.
OrderBasque pintxos and raciones from the counter
TipIt entered the June 2026 tapas contest with a curried chicken empanada; the Aurrera group runs several bars on the same streets.
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.
Easy Coffee is a small specialty coffee bar on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa, serving breakfast, pastries and cold coffee to the Levante crowd.
TipIt keeps weekday hours only, 09:00 to 17:00; look for unit 7 in the block at Avenida de Europa 12.
La Creu Café is a café and chocolatería on Plaza de la Creu in Benidorm's old town, serving Valor hot chocolate with churros, ice cream and pizzas.
TipIt opens at 07:00 every day, early enough for chocolate and churros before the old town fills; the terrace sits on the square.
La Tabernita del Sur fries Andalusian pescaíto on Plaza de la Constitución in Benidorm's old town, a small southern-style tavern from the Aurrera group.
OrderPescaíto frito, Andalusian fried fish
TipFried fish is the house pride, and it entered the 2026 tapas contest with a spring roll filled with stewed lamb.
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.
OrderFresh 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.
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.
La Tabernita del Sur fries Andalusian pescaíto on Plaza de la Constitución in Benidorm's old town, a small southern-style tavern from the Aurrera group.
OrderPescaíto frito, Andalusian fried fish
TipFried fish is the house pride, and it entered the 2026 tapas contest with a spring roll filled with stewed lamb.
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.
OrderFresh handmade pasta to take away
TipA takeaway concept with a few outdoor seats, it stays open until midnight on Friday and Saturday nights.
Easy Coffee is a small specialty coffee bar on Benidorm's Avenida de Europa, serving breakfast, pastries and cold coffee to the Levante crowd.
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.
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.
Colliers Bar is a Scottish-run music and family bar on Calle José Martínez Oriola in Benidorm, run since 2016 by Pauline and Martin Smith from Aberdeen.
TipIt posts one-off changes to its hours on Facebook, such as an early 18:00 close in September, so check there before a late visit.
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.
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