€€€€SpanishLevante
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.
€€€€SpanishCasco Antiguo
Brasería Aurrera grills aged beef, seafood and fish over charcoal on Calle Santo Domingo in Benidorm's old town, a 50-seat room opened in 2004.
OrderA charcoal-grilled cut of aged beef, or a mixed seafood parrillada for two.
TipThe daily set menus are built around rice; it sits among the pintxo bars of Santo Domingo, the street Basque visitors made their own.
€€€€SpanishLevante
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.
€€€€SpanishRincon De Loix
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.
€€€€SpanishRincon De Loix
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.
€€€€SpanishRincon De Loix
La Bahía has fed Levante beach in Benidorm since 1989 from a seafront terrace facing Benidorm Island, serving paella, fried fish and platos combinados.
OrderA paella on the terrace, or a plato combinado for a quick, cheap lunch.
TipIt works as a café too, from breakfast coffee to an evening meal; book by phone for a terrace table in summer.
€€€€SpanishRincon De Loix
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.