Italian
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2 italian restaurants worth the trip across Spain, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Spain.

Pinocchio Playa ★ 3.9

€€ItalianLevanteBenidorm

Pinocchio Playa is an Italian restaurant, pizzeria and gelateria on Avenida de Alcoy by Levante beach in Benidorm, making its own gluten-free pasta every day.

OrderA stone-baked pizza, then an ice cream from the house gelateria.

TipIts gluten-free menu covers the whole card, with pasta made in-house; it entered the 2026 tapas contest with a gluten-free carbonara millefeuille.

Buffalo Beel ★ 3.8

€€ItalianRincon De LoixBenidorm

Buffalo Beel is a family-run Italian ristogrill and pizzeria on Avenida de Castellón in Benidorm's Levante quarter, making its own pasta and pizzas.

OrderThe house lasagna, or a pizza from the homemade dough.

TipIt opens at 14:00 every day and the phone line is for bookings only; there is a daily set menu at lunch.

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