What to order at El Barranco

Must order
Arroz con boquerones y espinacas, Benidorm's own rice, for at least two.
Signature dishes
Arroz del senyoret, Arroz con boquerones y espinacas
Editor tip
Rice dishes are made for at least two; a local quoted by Guía Repsol picks the salt-baked fish and the grilled baby squid.
CuisineValencian
Price€€€
NeighborhoodPoniente
HoursMon 13:00-16:00; Wed-Thu 13:00-16:00, 19:30-23:00; Fri-Sat 13:00-16:30, 19:30-23:30; Sun 13:00-16:30, 19:30-23:00; closed Tue
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Address: Avenida Vicente Llorca Alós 14, 03502 Benidorm

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ConBrassa ★ 4.2

€€€ SteakhousePoniente

ConBrassa is a wood-fire asador on the Poniente seafront in Benidorm, grilling dry-aged beef, wagyu and black angus, with Dénia red prawns and market fish.

OrderA dry-aged steak from the wood grill, with Santa Pola quisquilla shrimp to start.

TipIt joined the city's April 2026 bluefin tuna week; the same group runs El Barranco further along Poniente.

Shija Sabores de los Balcanes ★ 4.3

€€ 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.

Ulia ★ 4.0

€€€ MediterraneanPoniente

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.

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D-Vora ★ 4.4

€€€ 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.

ConBrassa ★ 4.2

€€€ SteakhousePoniente

ConBrassa is a wood-fire asador on the Poniente seafront in Benidorm, grilling dry-aged beef, wagyu and black angus, with Dénia red prawns and market fish.

OrderA dry-aged steak from the wood grill, with Santa Pola quisquilla shrimp to start.

TipIt joined the city's April 2026 bluefin tuna week; the same group runs El Barranco further along Poniente.

Shija Sabores de los Balcanes ★ 4.3

€€ 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.

Ulia ★ 4.0

€€€ MediterraneanPoniente

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.

Brasería Aurrera ★ 4.1

€€ 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.

Ducado ★ 4.1

€€€ 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.

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