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Malaspina, the Mercure hotel's restaurant near Poniente beach in Benidorm, cooks Alicante rice, salt-cured fish and grilled aged meat; a Repsol Solete holder.
OrderA rice dish of the day, then aged beef from the grill if you have room.
TipIt took second prize at the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest; the Corner Bar on the same floor serves cocktails and casual plates.
€€€€MediterraneanCasco Antiguo
D-Vora is the RH Canfali hotel's terrace restaurant by the church of Sant Jaume in Benidorm's old town, cooking Mediterranean food with Nikkei touches.
OrderArroz a la llanda with monkfish, squid and red prawns, after a bay-fish tiradito.
TipSet menus are served to the whole table and close at 15:00 at lunch and 22:00 at night; breakfast starts at 08:00 on the sea-view terrace.
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Shija cooks the food of the Balkans by Poniente beach in Benidorm, serving mezze and clay-pot dishes from a kitchen that keeps neither freezer nor fryer.
OrderA spread of Balkan mezze to share, then one of the clay-pot dishes.
TipThe street is in Benidorm's low-emission zone with restricted access, so arrive on foot from the Poniente promenade.
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Ulia has cooked on the Poniente seafront in Benidorm for over forty years, a beach restaurant for bay tellinas, cuttlefish in its ink and rice dishes.
OrderTellinas from the bay, then a rice dish with a view of Benidorm Island.
TipIt sits at the La Cala end of Poniente; Sunday is lunch only and Monday the closing day.
€€€€MediterraneanLevante
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.
€€€€MediterraneanPoniente
Shija cooks the food of the Balkans by Poniente beach in Benidorm, serving mezze and clay-pot dishes from a kitchen that keeps neither freezer nor fryer.
OrderA spread of Balkan mezze to share, then one of the clay-pot dishes.
TipThe street is in Benidorm's low-emission zone with restricted access, so arrive on foot from the Poniente promenade.
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Aruba Gastrolounge is an all-day beach restaurant on the Poniente promenade in Benidorm, its kitchen running non-stop from breakfast and brunch to dinner.
OrderBrunch on the terrace, or homemade cake and coffee in the afternoon.
TipThe bar mixes tiki cocktails with Km 0 ingredients; it joined the April 2026 bluefin tuna week, and the ConBrassa group also runs it.
€€€€MediterraneanCasco Antiguo
D-Vora serves creative Mediterranean plates with Nikkei touches on the RH Canfali hotel's sea-view terrace in Benidorm's old town, with tasting menus.
OrderArroz a la llanda with monkfish, squid and red prawns, after a bay-fish tiradito.
TipSet menus are served to the whole table and close at 15:00 at lunch and 22:00 at night; breakfast starts at 08:00 on the sea-view terrace.
€€€€MediterraneanPoniente
Malaspina, the Mercure hotel's restaurant near Poniente beach in Benidorm, cooks Alicante rice, salt-cured fish and grilled aged meat; a Repsol Solete holder.
OrderA rice dish of the day, then aged beef from the grill if you have room.
TipIt took second prize at the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest; the Corner Bar on the same floor serves cocktails and casual plates.
€€€€MediterraneanPoniente
Shija cooks the food of the Balkans by Poniente beach in Benidorm, serving mezze and clay-pot dishes from a kitchen that keeps neither freezer nor fryer.
OrderA spread of Balkan mezze to share, then one of the clay-pot dishes.
TipThe street is in Benidorm's low-emission zone with restricted access, so arrive on foot from the Poniente promenade.