Dharma Wine Bar is a wine bar restaurant in La Cala, Benidorm.
Editorially verified October 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Gastro-bar plates such as bluefin tuna ensaladilla and chistorra croquettes
Why locals love it: A wine bar on Avenida de Mont Benidorm in La Cala, far from the centre, pouring a long list by the glass beside careful plates such as bluefin tuna ensaladilla.
Tip: It hosts winemaker tastings with six wines and six paired plates, such as a Bodega Juan Gil evening; bookings run through its Instagram or by phone.
Private tour · 3 hours
Visit one of the largest wineries in the Alicante region. Follow your guide and get an inside look into the production of these popular forms of alcohol.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Discover the flavors of Alicante on a guided tour of a family-owned winery with a friendly host. Try five wines with local snacks, including cheeses, sausages, a hot m...
Guided tour · 3 hours
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Address: Avenida de Mont Benidorm 11, 03502 Benidorm
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.
Worth the queueHouse cheesecake
Why locals goA neighbourhood pastry shop in La Cala that bakes everything in its own obrador, from breakfast pastries to burger buns, far from the Levante strip.
TipIt opens at 07:00 for breakfast pastries and stays open into the evening, when the menu turns to its handmade burgers.
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.
Why locals goA whitewashed house on a quiet old-town street with about 25 seats, where Fran Burgos cooks modern Alicante food a few minutes from the Levante crowds.
TipThe whitewashed house sits a few streets back from Levante beach and seats about 25, so book a table by phone first.
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.
Why locals goA Poniente seafront kitchen that sets out to cook the food of every Balkan country, with no freezer and no fryer, and a Saturday cooking school.
TipThe street is in Benidorm's low-emission zone with restricted access, so arrive on foot from the Poniente promenade.
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.
DrinkSpecialty coffee
Why locals goA small specialty-coffee café on Calle Apolo XI, away from the beachfronts, that bakes its own cakes and sells its coffee to take home.
TipIt opens at 08:00 on weekdays and closes at 13:00 on Saturday; its Facebook page runs the occasional charity auction.
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.
TryChurros and porras with thick hot chocolate
Why locals goA churros and porras counter on Avenida de los Limones, near the Colci cinema, that reviewers treat as the local afternoon merienda stop rather than a tourist café.
TipIt sits near the Colci cinema, and reviewers make it an afternoon merienda stop before a film; Monday is the closing day.
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.
Why locals goA family-run rice restaurant at the far La Cala end of Poniente beach, a long walk from the centre, that turns up on the town hall food-week lists.
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.
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.
Worth the queueHouse cheesecake
Why locals goA neighbourhood pastry shop in La Cala that bakes everything in its own obrador, from breakfast pastries to burger buns, far from the Levante strip.
TipIt opens at 07:00 for breakfast pastries and stays open into the evening, when the menu turns to its handmade burgers.
