18 editor picks in Benidorm.
18 upscale places in Benidorm, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Benidorm: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Benidorm food.
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.
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.
Casa Toni has cooked fish and shellfish in Benidorm since 1992, from bay red prawns and almadraba salazones to arroz del senyoret and fideuà for two or more.
OrderBay red prawns from the plancha, then arroz del senyoret for the table.
TipIt sits in the Los Gemelos IV building on Avenida de Cuenca, a few streets back from Levante beach; Sunday is lunch only.
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.
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.
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.
Casa Toni has cooked fish and shellfish in Benidorm since 1992, from bay red prawns and almadraba salazones to arroz del senyoret and fideuà for two or more.
OrderBay red prawns from the plancha, then arroz del senyoret for the table.
TipIt sits in the Los Gemelos IV building on Avenida de Cuenca, a few streets back from Levante beach; Sunday is lunch only.
Camarote Club is a signature cocktail bar in the Hotel Climia Belroy on Benidorm's Avenida del Mediterráneo, mixing house creations with premium spirits.
TipIt entered the September 2026 Benidorm cocktail contest; ticketed nights, such as a 16 October DJ party with cava and oysters, have limited places.
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.
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.
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.
La Terrasse is the rooftop cocktail bar on the 19th floor of the Port Benidorm Hotel, with sunset views over Benidorm bay and travel-themed cocktails.
TipThe rooftop runs seasonally rather than all year; it took part in the September 2026 Benidorm cocktail contest.
Puig Campana has served fish, shellfish and rice on the beach at La Cala de Finestrat, past the far end of Benidorm's Poniente bay, since 1970.
OrderOne of the seafood rice dishes, or whatever fish came in that morning.
TipBookings are taken by phone only; it runs themed menus through the year, such as a blue lobster weekend in late September.
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.
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.
Jardín Mediterráneo faces Levante beach in Benidorm with bay fish, Dénia prawns, Calpe langoustines and dry or soupy rice made with rock-fish stock.
OrderA rice made with Pego bomba rice and rock-fish stock, or prawns from Dénia by weight.
TipThe kitchen runs without a break from 11:00 to midnight, so it works for a late lunch; it took part in the 2026 tuna and spoon-dish weeks.
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.
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.
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