12 editor picks in Benidorm.
12 valencian places in Benidorm we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Benidorm | Valencian across every city.
La Fava is Fran Burgos's 25-seat house in Benidorm's old town, giving coastal Alicante dishes a modern turn; it won the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest.
OrderThe bluefin tuna belly when it is on, or one of the rice dishes for two.
TipThe whitewashed house sits a few streets back from Levante beach and seats about 25, so book a table by phone first.
Ongi Etorri Manolo 1 has fed Poniente beach in Benidorm since 1968, a family house cooking arroz a banda, paella, bay fish and Basque-style hake by the sea.
OrderArroz a banda for two, or the merluza a la vasca the house calls its signature.
TipThe kitchen runs straight through from noon, so a late lunch after the beach is easy; rice dishes are for a minimum of two.
Rice is a rice house on the Sierra Cortina estate above Benidorm, in Finestrat, cooking seven rices plus fideuà and rossejat, with grilled red prawns first.
OrderArroz de gamba roja y corvina for two, after a grilled red prawn each.
TipRice dishes are for at least two and the kitchen cooks one rice per table; dinner runs only on Friday and Saturday, so plan a long lunch.
Arrocería La Marina cooks rice, calderos, meat and fish of the Marina Baixa in a country setting on the Camí del Palasiet, inland from Poniente in Benidorm.
OrderA rice or a caldero for the table; the kitchen is built around them.
TipBookings are confirmed only by phone; there is a car park and a children's play area, and Friday is the one late night.
El Barranco is a seafront rice and fish house on Poniente beach in Benidorm, cooking arroz a banda, arroz del senyoret and rice with anchovies and spinach.
OrderArroz con boquerones y espinacas, Benidorm's own rice, for at least two.
TipRice dishes are made for at least two; a local quoted by Guía Repsol picks the salt-baked fish and the grilled baby squid.
Bolikki is a family-run beach restaurant at the La Cala end of Poniente in Benidorm, where rice dishes lead a menu that also runs a good-value set lunch.
OrderOne of the rice dishes the kitchen is known for, ordered for the table.
TipA daytime place, serving from noon to early evening; it took part in the city's 2026 spoon-dish week and the 2025 rice week.
Ongi Etorri Manolo 1 has fed Poniente beach in Benidorm since 1968, a family house cooking arroz a banda, paella, bay fish and Basque-style hake by the sea.
OrderArroz a banda for two, or the merluza a la vasca the house calls its signature.
TipThe kitchen runs straight through from noon, so a late lunch after the beach is easy; rice dishes are for a minimum of two.
Arrocería La Marina cooks rice, calderos, meat and fish of the Marina Baixa in a country setting on the Camí del Palasiet, inland from Poniente in Benidorm.
OrderA rice or a caldero for the table; the kitchen is built around them.
TipBookings are confirmed only by phone; there is a car park and a children's play area, and Friday is the one late night.
Rice is a rice house on the Sierra Cortina estate above Benidorm, in Finestrat, cooking seven rices plus fideuà and rossejat, with grilled red prawns first.
OrderArroz de gamba roja y corvina for two, after a grilled red prawn each.
TipRice dishes are for at least two and the kitchen cooks one rice per table; dinner runs only on Friday and Saturday, so plan a long lunch.
La Fava is Fran Burgos's 25-seat house in Benidorm's old town, giving coastal Alicante dishes a modern turn; it won the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest.
OrderThe bluefin tuna belly when it is on, or one of the rice dishes for two.
TipThe whitewashed house sits a few streets back from Levante beach and seats about 25, so book a table by phone first.
Bolikki is a family-run beach restaurant at the La Cala end of Poniente in Benidorm, where rice dishes lead a menu that also runs a good-value set lunch.
OrderOne of the rice dishes the kitchen is known for, ordered for the table.
TipA daytime place, serving from noon to early evening; it took part in the city's 2026 spoon-dish week and the 2025 rice week.
Bolikki is a family-run beach restaurant at the La Cala end of Poniente in Benidorm, where rice dishes lead a menu that also runs a good-value set lunch.
OrderOne of the rice dishes the kitchen is known for, ordered for the table.
TipA daytime place, serving from noon to early evening; it took part in the city's 2026 spoon-dish week and the 2025 rice week.
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